Red Tent Topics

All Red Tents are optional, so join those that fit your schedule and pique your interest.  Most Red Tents are recorded - view at your leisure.  The live connection with other students is fantastic, though!

Most of these topics are covered in the Thirteen Teaching Videos. We meet in the Red Tent to explore and learn more in sisterhood.

We meet in Virtual Sacred Space, opening with a poem, short meditation, and Talking Circle.  Recent and upcoming topics:

• "Talking about Self-Pleasure with Girls" (Saturday, June 16)
• "Developing Your Sacred Business" (Wednesday, June 27)
• "JOYW Active Mentors: Panel Discussion" (Saturday, July 7)
• "Body Literacy for Girls" (Saturday, July 14)
• "Evolutionary Eating" with JOYW graduate  Bree Calarco (Tuesday, July 17)
• "Cycle Literacy for Men" with JOYW graduate Karin Gisler (Wednesday, July 25)
• "Talking about Assault with Girls" with Stephanie Gooding and Ilkdio Tcerczak (Saturday, August 11)
• "Nature-Based Mentoring" (Tuesday, August 21)
• “Mother’s Circles – Providing Deep Presence, Not Therapy” (Wednesday, August 22) 

Topics and schedule are subject to change.

More Red Tent Topics

Here are other topics that you'll find in the Red Tent Library and that we'll revisit "live":

• "Inclusive Girls' Circles: Welcoming ALL Girls"
• "Setting Fees for your Girls' Circles"
• "Choosing and Working with a Co-Mentor"
• "Guided Meditations for Girls"
• "Tender Support for Mentors with Self-Doubt"
• "Help Girls Connect with Plants in Practical and Sacred Ways" 
• "Mentoring Mixed Gender and Boys Groups"
• "Q&A on Girls Circles with JOYW Senior Teacher Gina Angelini" 
• "Menstrual Cycle and Body Literacy for Girls"
• "Hormone Literacy for Girls"
• ”Positive Body Image for Girls”
• "Red Thread Circles for Mothers and Daughters"
• “Leading Dad’s Gatherings”
• ​"Croning Ceremonies"
• "Key Elements of a Boys' Mentorship Initiative"
• "Solar Celebrations with Girls"
• "'Uniquely Me,' the JOYW Girls' Circle Song
• "Finding My Voice, Claiming My Values"
• "Body Awareness for Girls" 
• "Girls and Birth Control"
• "Positive Self-Image for Girls"
• "Circling with Girls of Mixed Ages"
• "The Art of Mentorship: Inquiry, Planning and Power"
  
• "More Ideas for your Moms' Circles"
• "Birth as a Rite of Passage - A Sacred Experience for Girls with a Pregnant Woman and a Midwife"
• "Following the Moon with Girls"
• "New Moon Intention Circle for Girls"
• "Full Moon Release Circles for Girls"
• "The Boy Code: Don't be a Girl"
• "Chakra Meditations for Girls"
• "Songs to Sing with Girls"
• "Non-Violent Communication"
• "Blessing Our Wombs"
• "Our Bodies, Our Stories"
• "Our Bleeding, Our Stories"
• "Our Daughters, Our Stories"
• "Our Sexuality, Our Stories"
• "Our Mothers, Our Stories"
• All you need to join a Red Tent is a computer, mobile device or phone. Microphone and webcam are optional but handy.

Red Tent schedule

These are the regularly scheduled Red Tents.  You'll see the detailed schedule including Extra Red Tents on your Training Circle's private Facebook group. 

• 2nd Saturdays: 7:30 am US Pacific/ 10:30 am US Eastern /  3:30 pm UK / 12:30 am (Sunday) Sydney 
• 3rd Tuesdays: 5:30 pm US Pacific / 8:30 pm US Eastern /  1:30 am (Wednesday) UK / 10:30 am (Wednesday) Sydney
• 3rd Wednesdays: 4:00 pm Eastern / 1:00 pm Pacific / 9:00 pm UK / 6:00 am (Thursday) Sydney

Twice a year, the start times will shift for students who are not in the US or Canada. The times above are correct from April through October. From November through March, the start times for most students in the southern hemisphere will be 2 hours later than shown.
All you need to join a Red Tent is a computer, mobile device or phone. Microphone and webcam optional but handy.