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.
A monthly women’s circle
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.
Retreats
Retreats offer time to step out of the everyday, rest into good company and listen to what is asking for your attention. We gather through circle, embodied practice, ritual, conversation and time on the land.
About Tanya
I’m Tanya, a circle facilitator, somatic practitioner, ritualist and teacher. I’m mixed-heritage, with a Black Dominican father and a white British mother.
I know something of searching for where you fit, and of shaping yourself to find acceptance. These experiences are part of what brings me to this work.
They shape my care for who feels welcome, whose voice is heard, and what each of us needs to take part without leaving something of ourselves at the door.
Through circle, the body and ritual, I create spaces where we can bring more of ourselves into relationship—with all the tenderness, grief, joy and complexity of being human.
Where would you like to begin?
Not sure where to begin? Book a free 20-minute call
Restoring the art of being human, together.