The Living Practice of Being Human
I’m Tanya Forgan, a circle facilitator, somatic practitioner, ritualist and teacher. I create spaces to gather, rest and reconnect, and train women to hold circles in their own communities.
Why this work matters
In a world that keeps us rushing, divided and trying to hold it all alone, gathering is a quiet revolution.
To slow down enough to feel. To listen to someone whose life is different from our own. To grieve in company, ask for support and discover what we can offer each other.
Through circle, somatic practice, ritual and retreat, we practise these ways of being together. And through the women I train, this work takes root in other communities.
A place to be welcomed into your own humanity.
Teach · Training and development
Training for women, facilitators and community leaders who want to hold groups with embodied awareness, skill and responsibility, and for the organisations that work with them.
My signature training in the practice and responsibility of group facilitation. For women who already hold groups, or are ready to commit to a deeper apprenticeship.
Explore DEVOTEDIntimate professional development days for 10 to 14 facilitators.
Themes such as conflict, grief, rage, power and group dynamics.
Explore The Living PracticeTraining and facilitation for charities, community organisations, education providers and women’s networks.
Embodied leadership, relational responsibility, inclusive practice. Shaped around your people.
Enquire about trainingNot sure which is for you? Book a free 20-minute call
Tend · Grief and ritual
A monthly online gathering to tend grief together through circle, ritual, live music and shared silence. A place for the grief you carry, including what can be difficult to name.
Gather · Community and belonging
Places where women can experience connection, rest, ritual and belonging directly.
The Matriarchal Way
A different way of being together. Through sharing, movement, ritual and deep rest, we practise relationship, reciprocity and embodied wisdom, and the matriarchal values that make a community able to hold its members.
It isn’t a workshop and nobody is there to be fixed. It’s a place to be among women who are practising care, honestly, with one another.
Retreat · 12–14 February 2027 · Sussex
You have practised, created, nurtured and contributed. The questions you are asking of your life are changing. Legacy is an in-person retreat in Matriarchal Leadership, with Sophie Jane Hardy and me, at Florence House in Sussex.
A little about me
I’m Tanya Forgan, a circle facilitator, ritualist, somatic practitioner and teacher. My work is devoted to restoring community, reclaiming the wisdom of the body and remembering the sacred art of gathering.
My understanding of belonging has been shaped as much by my own life as by the practices I’ve studied and the people I’ve learned from. As a woman of mixed heritage, I’ve spent much of my life exploring questions of identity, difference, acceptance and what it means to truly belong.
I’ve come to understand that belonging is about more than being welcomed into a room. It’s about being able to bring our humanity with us. Our grief, our joy, our contradictions, our uncertainty and the experiences that have shaped who we are.
I believe deeply in the wisdom that emerges when we come together with intention. And I know that creating spaces where people feel genuinely welcomed, respected and able to participate requires care, skill and a willingness to examine our own power.
Today, I bring this understanding into the circles I hold, the people I accompany and the facilitators I teach. At the heart of it all is a simple conviction: we need one another, and how we gather matters.
Where would you like to begin?
Not sure where to begin? Book a free 20-minute call
Restoring the art of being human, together.