Bless´ing

n. 1. The act of one who blesses.

2. A declaration of divine favour, or an invocation imploring divine favour on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel.
- Deut. xxxiii. 1.

3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.
Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed.
- Milton.

4. (Bib.) A gift.

5. Grateful praise or worship.


'An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.'

Henry David Thoreau

Who we are

Circles of Blessing is a creative partnership between Ishara (Catherine de Garis) and Miriam (Michelle Brooker).

Ishara graduated from the University of Western Australia with a first class honours degree in French Literature in 1988. Since then she has continued to educate herself both formally and informally as opportunities have presented themselves. She is fascinated by people, community, women's issues, pregnancy and childbirth, earth-centred spiritualities, and the power of ceremony. She has been designing and facilitating ritual and ceremony both privately and professionally for over 14 years. In her leisure time she enjoys reading, playing with her family, talking with friends, writing, listening to music and dancing.

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Miriam is currently in the process of writing a masters thesis at Murdoch University, where she also does some casual teaching in the school of Education. A qualified school psychologist, she is passionately interested in young people and how adults can relate respectfully with them to promote mutual learning and growth. She also enjoys collecting women's music, and is currently working on developing her skills as a d.j. with a view to holding some women's dance events in the near future!

 

Our work

We work collaboratively with individuals, families and community groups to create contexts and occasions that enable meaningful connections to be made. Our mission is to co-create life-changing celebratory experiences.

Through our work with ceremony we aim to deepen each person’s awareness of being a richly gifted individual. And at the same time to strengthen each one’s sense of belonging - of connection to family and friends, as well as to the greater human story.

Our goal is for every participant to take away with them the firm knowledge that they are a valued member of the bigger circle of blessing which joins us to each other and to the Earth.

We strongly value:

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