Devoted ~ A Six-Month Initiation in Circle Holding
with Tanya Forgan and Special Guest ALisa Starkweather
A Call to the Woman Who Knows
There comes a moment on every woman’s path when the focus is no longer on her own healing alone, but on a deeper pull to serve. A quiet insistence to offer what she has lived, held, and become in devotion to life.
If you’re here, you’ve already travelled through your own initiations and it’s likely you will have more.
You’ve shed skins, remembered yourself, and rebuilt in truth.
And now, something is stirring.
The old ways no longer work.
You can feel a new way calling.
One rooted in heart, humanity, and wholeness for all.
You know next chapter is not about “fixing” the systems that harm us, but it about creating something new, something from the heart.
Welcome to Devoted, a journey in Sacred Circle Holding.
Devoted is for the woman who feels the call to hold space, gather others, and lead with love.
This is a remembering of the old ways, a returning to the ancient feminine art of Circle, adapted for the world we’re living in now.
You’ve sat in Circle.
You’ve felt the medicine of being seen, met, and witnessed.
You know the power of women gathering, and something in you knows it’s your turn to hold that flame with devotion.
DEVOTED is not just another facilitation training.
It is an initiation into a new way of leading, one that comes from the heart, through the body, and in service to something greater than you.
This journey will not teach you how to perform facilitation.
It will teach you how to be the space, so the space itself becomes the teacher.
In Devoted, you learn to create group fields where transformation is not forced, it unfolds.
Where enough safety is felt, truth is spoken, and women remember who they are.
Where the Circle breathes, guides, reveals, and restores what has been forgotten.
You will learn to attune to the subtle and listen from presence, not perfection.
This is where facilitation becomes a devotional art.
Where circle becomes ceremony.
Where your leadership becomes a transmission.
Not to fix.
Not to teach.
But to hold, to witness, to remember, to awaken
Why Now?
We are living in a time of profound separation.
A culture of individualism has pulled us away from community, shared meaning, and the ancient knowing that we heal together.
The world doesn’t need more polished leaders.
It needs rooted, courageous, heart-tethered women who can hold spaces where others remember who they are.
Devoted is not just a training.
It is a remembering.
A return to how women once gathered, led, healed, and prayed.
A journey of resourcing your own heart so you can hold others with integrity, depth, and love.
Every circle you will ever hold begins with the one inside you.
Many of us have done the inner work, the therapy, the coaching, and yet something still feels missing:
the village, the shared fire, the place where we belong.
We are remembering that we are not meant to do life alone.
At the same time, the world is aching for leaders who can hold spaces that are trauma-aware, nervous-system-literate, and rooted in love, truth, and embodiment, not performance or ego.
People don’t need more content.
They long to be met, to be seen, heard, felt, and received in their wholeness.
This is why Devoted exists.
Because we need women who can:
• Hold circles that restore belonging
• Support others to regulate and feel safe
• Understand trauma and group dynamics
• Lead from body and heart, not from mind or role
• Create spaces where healing happens through relationship
• Model what it is to be an embodied, awake, compassionate human
Circle work is not a luxury.
It is cultural repair.
It is how we relearn to be human with each other.
This is a path for women who feel the call
to lead not from perfection but from presence,
to serve not from striving but from devotion,
to hold space for truth, tenderness, and transformation.
Because the world doesn’t need more self-improvement.
It needs remembering.
It needs connection.
It needs women who are Devoted.
Who Devoted is For?
For women who have already walked the path of inner work and now feel the quiet, unmistakable call to share what they’ve learned, not from perfection, but from presence.
You may be ready to:
• Hold circles, rituals, or community gatherings
• Weave embodied, trauma-aware skills into your current vocation
• Offer your voice and presence in service to something larger than yourself
You don’t need a platform or a polished plan, only the pull toward truth, and the courage to step forward.
This course is for all women, including trans women. Every sexual orientation is warmly welcomed and honoured.
What You Will Receive
• A carefully curated journey of teachings, readings, and embodied practices
• Small, supportive peer pods for connection, practice, and gentle accountability
• Ongoing mentorship and collective wisdom from a community walking beside you
What You Will Leave With
• The confidence and skill to create and guide circles or community gatherings
• A grounded toolkit of somatic, energetic, and relational practices for coherence and repair
• Embodied understanding of welcome, deep listening, and navigating conflict
• A circle of women, and a certificate affirming your completion of this training
Module One ~ Root
Beginning within and grounding together.
This first module is an invitation to arrive fully, to land in yourself, in the Circle, and in the shared field we are creating together. We take time to slow down, to orient to Devoted, and to meet one another beyond the surface. Together we will explore and build the agreements that protect and establish the Circle as our teacher, creating the foundations of trust and safety that will hold us throughout the journey.
You’ll be invited to deepen into the ancient roots of Circle, exploring where this work comes from and what it asks of you.
Through reflection and embodied practice, you’ll begin to rediscover your own way of being with ritual, presence, and the sacred.
Module Two ~ Resource
Holding yourself before holding others.
This module is an invitation to deepen your relationship with your own nervous system, to understand the language of your body, and to meet yourself with compassion in moments of activation or stillness.
You’ll learn to recognise your edges, to ground gently, and to pace wisely. We explore what capacity truly means and how consent lives in the body, both yours and those you hold. Together, we’ll practise co-regulation, learning how to return to centre when life or facilitation feels intense.
You’ll learn how to tend to yourself and others through energetic hygiene, grounding, and clear boundaries that allow everyone to feel safe enough to be real.
Module Three ~ Belong
The art of inclusive facilitation.
We explore what it really means to belong, as a lived experience. Together, we look at who feels welcome in a space, who doesn’t, and why. We acknowledge the wider systems that shape our bodies and stories, and learn to meet difference with humility, curiosity, and care.
Through practice and reflection, you’ll strengthen your capacity to hold spaces where every person is honoured in their wholeness. You’ll explore language, presence, and relational awareness as tools for inclusion, and craft your own personal commitment to equity and heart-centred leadership that extends beyond the circle into everyday life.
Module Four ~ Hold
Depth, steadiness, and sacred trust.
In this module, we explore what it means to hold space when things get real, when emotion moves, when truth surfaces, when the air thickens with what has long been unsaid. You’ll strengthen your capacity to witness without fixing, to stay present when feelings run deep, and to trust the intelligence that lives within the field.
Together we’ll work with grief, rage, as natural expressions of aliveness, learning how to meet them with reverence rather than resistance. You’ll practise reading the subtle energy of a room, noticing what is spoken and unspoken, and discovering how to bring steadiness and care to both.
We’ll explore how to navigate conflict and repair ruptures, for greater honesty and intimacy. This is where you begin to embody the quiet confidence of a true space holder, one who can meet life as it is, and still remain open.
Module Five ~ Create
Your Circle and leading from the heart.
This is where your circle takes form.
Here, the threads of your learning begin to weave together. You’ll step into the art of designing and leading from the heart, discovering how to create spaces that feel alive, grounded, and deeply human.
We’ll explore the natural arc of a gathering, arrival, deepening, harvest, and closing, and how to hold each phase with intention and flow. You’ll learn to balance structure with emergence, trusting your intuition while staying anchored in a clear framework that supports both you and those you hold.
You’ll design and lead a short ritual element with the support of the group, receiving feedback and reflection to help refine your craft.
By the end, you’ll have both the confidence and the clarity to share your medicine in a way that feels true to who you are.
Module Six ~ Return
Integration, blessing, and next steps.
This final module is a time of integration, blessing, and renewal. A time to honour all that has moved through you and to recognise how you have changed. Together, we gather the threads of our shared journey, the insights, the connections, the softening, the strength and weave them into something that will continue to guide you beyond the circle.
You’ll be invited to harvest your learning and name what continues to unfold. Each participant will contribute to a collective closing ritual, a ceremony of gratitude and blessing created by the group itself. Through this shared act, we give thanks for the journey, the courage it took to walk it, and the devotion that now lives more fully within you.
We’ll complete with reflection, integration practices, and a simple, grounded plan for your next step.
Rhythm and Key Details
Module One - February 1st, 17th, 7-9pm
Module Two - March 3rd, 17th, 7-9pm
Practice Day - March 31st, 10:30am - 4:30pm
Module Three - April 7th, 21st, 7-9pm
Module Four - 5th May, 19th, 7-9pm
Module Five - June 5th, 16th, 7-9pm
Practice Day - 27th June, 10:30am - 4:30pm
Module Six - July 7th, 14th (integration and celebration), 7-9pm
In Person: Two full practice days held in Berkshire, where you’ll learn hands-on circle holding, including a mid-program immersion in April and a closing day of integration and celebration.
Investment: £1,850
We’re committed to making Devoted accessible to women who feel called to this work but may not have the financial means to participate at the full rate. A limited number of reduced-rate and bursary places are available each year and are offered on a case-by-case basis to ensure support reaches those who need it most.
Access and Care
We recognise that people process and engage differently. This space honours difference, capacity, and choice. Each person’s way of participating is welcome here. You may prefer to move, be still, speak, listen, write, or simply breathe and observe. Different ways of showing up are valid, and the space is held with that understanding. All content is offered with care, consent, and clear advisories, allowing you to engage in a way that supports your body, your rhythm, and your truth.
A Final Word
Devoted is not just a training. It is a remembering.
You’ll be guided through a gentle homecoming to yourself, finding safety in your body, trust in your voice, and the confidence to lead from truth. Along the way, you’ll receive a grounded framework for holding space with care, clarity, and presence, learning how to meet any group with steadiness and heart. This is more than training; it’s a collective act of remembering, a return to what it means to gather, to listen, and to build bridges across difference. In doing so, you become part of the quiet change our world is longing for.
Devoted is a body of work birthed and stewarded by Tanya Forgan. She holds the core facilitation, teaching, and guardianship of this six-month journey. During the journey we will be joined by Elder ALisa Starkweather, who will bring additional depth, lineage, and perspective to our sacred work.
Tanya Forgan ~ Initiator & Steward
Tanya is a Somatic Group Facilitator, Ritualist Embodiment Guide, and Visionary devoted to the revival of community, ritual, and the human capacity to love. For over two decades, she has committed her life to awakening the heart, personally and collectively, through trauma-informed spaces, sacred Circle work, and embodied healing. Her work rekindles what we once knew: that we become whole in community, through honest presence, truth-telling, and shared humanity.
Tanya is known for her depth, tenderness, and the fiercely compassionate way she holds the human heart. Her spaces invite people to soften protective layers, restore belonging to the body, and return to a more soulful, relational way of living. She weaves together nervous system literacy, breathwork, rest practices, ceremony, and communal healing to create experiences that transform from the inside out.
Tanya’s body of work spans retreats, women’s circles, grief rituals, seasonal ceremonies, and community offerings in the UK and beyond. Her approach is grounded in inclusivity, ancestral reverence, and the belief that healing is relational, we mend through being witnessed, held, and remembered back into belonging.
Rooted in the philosophy of Ubuntu "I am because we are", Tanya’s work is a call to return to what is sacred, to reclaim rest, reverence, and community as birthrights, and to live from the heart as a daily devotion. At a time of cultural unraveling, she stands for gentle but radical transformation: one circle, one nervous system, one courageous heart at a time.
ALisa Starkweather ~ Elder and Guide
We are honoured to be joined in one of our online sessions by ALisa Starkweather as guest elder and guide, offering her wisdom to enrich this journey.
ALisa Starkweather is a visionary leader and catalyst for the rise of the sacred feminine. She and continues to be a huge inspiration to me.
She has devoted her life to women’s empowerment, collective healing, and transformational community work. She is the founder of the Red Tent Temple Movement, Daughters of the Earth Gatherings, the Women’s Belly and Womb Conference, and the Priestess Path Women’s Mystery School, and co-founder of the international initiation Women in Power: Initiating Ourselves to the Predator Within.
A Shadow Work® and breathwork facilitator, speaker, and ritualist, ALisa is known for her fierce, heart-igniting presence and her ability to guide women into truth, liberation, and embodied power. Her work weaves shadow integration, ceremony, archetypal embodiment, and sisterhood to awaken women’s voices, inner authority, and spiritual leadership.
ALisa’s Red Tent Temple Movement has inspired a global uprising of women gathering in local communities to restore belonging and honour the journey of womanhood. She is co-producer of the award-winning film Things We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Stories from the Red Tent, which has reached over a million people worldwide.
Her life’s work, Women Rise Up, calls women to stand together in courage, dignity, and fierce love during this pivotal time of cultural transformation.
