The Women's Meditation Circle of SW Florida
2006 - 2025
RISING TIDE SPIRITUAL CENTER
5102 Swift Road, Sarasota, FL (between Proctor & Ashton)
Doors open at 6:30 - Close at 7. Meditation ends at 8 pm
Meditation Calendar Schedule Below
MEDITATIONS ARE IN-PERSON & Simulcast on ZOOM
Click link below to see Highlights of our 16 years
16th Anniversary Film
5102 Swift Road, Sarasota, FL (between Proctor & Ashton)
Doors open at 6:30 - Close at 7. Meditation ends at 8 pm
Meditation Calendar Schedule Below
MEDITATIONS ARE IN-PERSON & Simulcast on ZOOM
Click link below to see Highlights of our 16 years
16th Anniversary Film
"If every child in the world were taught to meditate, we would eliminate violence in one generation."
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
Begun with 8 women in January 2006 the Women's Meditation Circle has grown to over 500. It has served southwest Florida's spiritual community in gatherings of friendship, respect, and devotion. We meet on the third Friday of the month - see schedule below. The Circle is a place where women come together, hold intentions of healing, of planetary peace, and focus on the raising of human consciousness.
2024 will be our 18th and final year leading the group. It's now time to move in new directions that will include holding meditations and spiritual classes in smaller groups. In 2025 Christine Abbey leads and hosts the meditations. All of our meditations can be found on a new YouTube Channel. It includes shortened versions of your favorites, like Green Tara, Ho'Oponopono, The Medicine Buddha, and others. We hope you'll find them useful and inspiring. If you do, please subscribe to the channel.
Experienced guest meditation leaders are chosen to lead the group. Each leader comes from a different spiritual background, training, or discipline and is capable of holding space and leading groups. Meditations are varied, and include guided visualization, mindfulness, movement, sound and chanting as well as silence.
2024 will be our 18th and final year leading the group. It's now time to move in new directions that will include holding meditations and spiritual classes in smaller groups. In 2025 Christine Abbey leads and hosts the meditations. All of our meditations can be found on a new YouTube Channel. It includes shortened versions of your favorites, like Green Tara, Ho'Oponopono, The Medicine Buddha, and others. We hope you'll find them useful and inspiring. If you do, please subscribe to the channel.
Experienced guest meditation leaders are chosen to lead the group. Each leader comes from a different spiritual background, training, or discipline and is capable of holding space and leading groups. Meditations are varied, and include guided visualization, mindfulness, movement, sound and chanting as well as silence.
2025 CALENDAR SCHEDULE
2nd Saturday Monthly at 9 a.m. EST. BLUE LIGHT MEDITATION - on ZOOM Only 9-minute meditation for raising human consciousness.
WOMEN'S MEDITATIONS
Jan 17: Patricia Cockerill - Raising Frequencies - RTI/ZOOM
Feb 21: Frannie Hoffman - Circle of Light - RTI/ZOOM
March 21, Spring Equinox: Caroline Crawford RTI
April 18: Maureen McSweeney - Starlight to Earthlight RTI/ZOOM
May 16: Pam Cooper - Path of Beauty - RTI/Zoom
June 20, Summer Solstice: Zan Benham / Alicia Nieves at Unity Sarasota
July 18: Mary Getten - Connecting Inner Waters with Waters of the World. RTI/Zoom
Aug 15: Jennifer Sault - Inner Pearl - ZOOM only
Sep 19: Fall Equinox Donna Day - Zoom Only
Oct 17: Diana Wyatt - Walk in Nature with musical accompaniment: RTI/ZOOM
Nov 21: Jo Mooy - RTI - The Healer's Cave - with Faerie Elaine Silver & Annie Williams
Dec. 19 - Winter Solstice - Christine Abbey and Zan BenhamDec 19, Winter Solstice: Christine Abbey with Zan Benham
2nd Saturday Monthly at 9 a.m. EST. BLUE LIGHT MEDITATION - on ZOOM Only 9-minute meditation for raising human consciousness.
WOMEN'S MEDITATIONS
Jan 17: Patricia Cockerill - Raising Frequencies - RTI/ZOOM
Feb 21: Frannie Hoffman - Circle of Light - RTI/ZOOM
March 21, Spring Equinox: Caroline Crawford RTI
April 18: Maureen McSweeney - Starlight to Earthlight RTI/ZOOM
May 16: Pam Cooper - Path of Beauty - RTI/Zoom
June 20, Summer Solstice: Zan Benham / Alicia Nieves at Unity Sarasota
July 18: Mary Getten - Connecting Inner Waters with Waters of the World. RTI/Zoom
Aug 15: Jennifer Sault - Inner Pearl - ZOOM only
Sep 19: Fall Equinox Donna Day - Zoom Only
Oct 17: Diana Wyatt - Walk in Nature with musical accompaniment: RTI/ZOOM
Nov 21: Jo Mooy - RTI - The Healer's Cave - with Faerie Elaine Silver & Annie Williams
Dec. 19 - Winter Solstice - Christine Abbey and Zan BenhamDec 19, Winter Solstice: Christine Abbey with Zan Benham
HONORS - AWARDS - HIGHLIGHTS
Portals to Pure Being - Featured Meditation on Insight Timer
Patricia Cockerill's meditation Portals to Pure Being was selected by the Editorial Staff of Insight Timer as a "Featured Meditation." The meditation appeared on their Home Screen to "encourage our 15 million meditators to use it and discover you and your wonderful work" said the Editor. Within hours of its appearance as a "featured" meditation accolades on the depth, serenity, and spaciousness of this meditation were pouring in from around the world. If you'd like to listen to it click this link: Portals to Pure Being
Patricia Cockerill's meditation Portals to Pure Being was selected by the Editorial Staff of Insight Timer as a "Featured Meditation." The meditation appeared on their Home Screen to "encourage our 15 million meditators to use it and discover you and your wonderful work" said the Editor. Within hours of its appearance as a "featured" meditation accolades on the depth, serenity, and spaciousness of this meditation were pouring in from around the world. If you'd like to listen to it click this link: Portals to Pure Being
Charitable Giving - Karma Yoga
The Women's Meditation Circle holds a fund-raiser every fall for a worthy charity. This is our Karma Yoga "service give back" to the community. Each year the Charity recognizes the efforts of the Women's Circle and responds with certificates. Joel Swallow, Chairman of the Mayor's Feed the Hungry Program awarded the Women's Meditation Circle, a Certificate of Appreciation for its ongoing support to the organization. This program across Sarasota and Manatee counties feeds hungry children and their families. In 16 years this Circle contributed over $20K to charities.
The Women's Meditation Circle holds a fund-raiser every fall for a worthy charity. This is our Karma Yoga "service give back" to the community. Each year the Charity recognizes the efforts of the Women's Circle and responds with certificates. Joel Swallow, Chairman of the Mayor's Feed the Hungry Program awarded the Women's Meditation Circle, a Certificate of Appreciation for its ongoing support to the organization. This program across Sarasota and Manatee counties feeds hungry children and their families. In 16 years this Circle contributed over $20K to charities.
FELT - Feeding Empty Little Tummies - a chance meeting with Kim Bailey led to FELT's selection as the 2019 Karma Yoga organization. Volunteers stuff backpacks with food for homeless children so they do not go hungry over the weekend. The kids last meal is lunch on Friday. Many had nothing to eat over the weekend. Through FELT, generic backpacks filled with meals are given to the children - many of whom live in vans and cars. The meals feed them until they return to school on Monday.
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Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children recognized the Women's Meditation Circle for it's support in 2017 when three deadly hurricanes, Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This charity was selected because of its involvement with Hurricane relief efforts but focuses on the children affected.
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16th Anniversary Celebration
On January 8th, 2016, Rising Tide Spiritual Center was filled as we celebrated the 16th Anniversary of our Circle. Some of the original 8 members returned. Many watched on ZOOM from all over the US and Canada.
Leaders of several spiritual centers spoke, along with members of the Circle. Recording artist Faerie Elaine Silver followed the Ho'Oponopono Meditation with a specially recorded song on Forgiveness. The 16 Anniversary Film highlighting the women of the circle and their achievements was shown. It includes a memorial to the 16 members we lost in the last 16 years. The evening ended with a beautiful rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujiah sung by The Venice Choir members Ali Nieves and Jackie Wands.
On January 8th, 2016, Rising Tide Spiritual Center was filled as we celebrated the 16th Anniversary of our Circle. Some of the original 8 members returned. Many watched on ZOOM from all over the US and Canada.
Leaders of several spiritual centers spoke, along with members of the Circle. Recording artist Faerie Elaine Silver followed the Ho'Oponopono Meditation with a specially recorded song on Forgiveness. The 16 Anniversary Film highlighting the women of the circle and their achievements was shown. It includes a memorial to the 16 members we lost in the last 16 years. The evening ended with a beautiful rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujiah sung by The Venice Choir members Ali Nieves and Jackie Wands.
Women's Meditation Circle Honored by Rising Tide
The Women's Meditation Circle has a "home" at Rising Tide. Over the years, our group has conducted Fund-Raisers on behalf of the center. To acknowledge those contributions, Rising Tide held a "Recognition Dinner" to honor the efforts. It was the first time the two communities came together to meet, learn about our shared values, and to support each other's work. It was a sincere mingling of mutual respect and acknowledgement that the center is our spiritual home.
On YOUR behalf, we accepted a beautiful blown glass spiral in blue and green. It signifies the emergence of the spiritual work our two communities do. Out of a 'rising tide' of blue at the base the spiral emerges into a teardrop shape. It's inscribed, "Jo and Patricia - Thank you for Everything - Rising Tide International." We thank ALL the women of the circle who commit to the ideas of our gatherings and support us and Rising Tide.
The Women's Meditation Circle has a "home" at Rising Tide. Over the years, our group has conducted Fund-Raisers on behalf of the center. To acknowledge those contributions, Rising Tide held a "Recognition Dinner" to honor the efforts. It was the first time the two communities came together to meet, learn about our shared values, and to support each other's work. It was a sincere mingling of mutual respect and acknowledgement that the center is our spiritual home.
On YOUR behalf, we accepted a beautiful blown glass spiral in blue and green. It signifies the emergence of the spiritual work our two communities do. Out of a 'rising tide' of blue at the base the spiral emerges into a teardrop shape. It's inscribed, "Jo and Patricia - Thank you for Everything - Rising Tide International." We thank ALL the women of the circle who commit to the ideas of our gatherings and support us and Rising Tide.
NATTIE Award Winner - Six Years
The Women's Meditation Circle was named #1 Best Meditation Group for six consecutive years by winning the NATTIE AWARD from Natural Awakenings Magazine. The Meditation Award category, voted by thousands across southwest Florida, was "retired" by the magazine in 2015.
2006-2016 Highlights Video 10th Anniversary Celebration Jan. 8, 2016 Video
This Interview with KDWRADIO & Margaret Germain on the History of the Women's Circle - KDWRadio
The Women's Meditation Circle was named #1 Best Meditation Group for six consecutive years by winning the NATTIE AWARD from Natural Awakenings Magazine. The Meditation Award category, voted by thousands across southwest Florida, was "retired" by the magazine in 2015.
2006-2016 Highlights Video 10th Anniversary Celebration Jan. 8, 2016 Video
This Interview with KDWRADIO & Margaret Germain on the History of the Women's Circle - KDWRadio
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