Hello, I’m Chloe
and Being and Moving explores what it is to be a body: how we love, relate, struggle, regulate and feel presence, grief and joy through our whole selves.
I write about how our bodies and lives interconnect with nature and the seasons of our lives and the larger ones around us. Health and wellness are big themes too - not the bullshit industry side of things but instead what it means to live whole, connected lives, without pressure, guilt or hard sells.
A bit more about me: I’m a yoga teacher and postnatal doula, living in the UK in south east London with my husband, 2 children and emotionally needy cat. Writing on Substack, connecting with other writers and creating regular meet ups online is a real pleasure to me.
Holding space for a group here on Substack is a natural extension of my work - I’m also a group facilitator for new mothers in my local area, and run circles as part of my day and weekend yoga retreats and workshops. You can find out more about my offering The Wheel, which include online gatherings, below.
The Wheel
The Wheel is my offering for paid subscribers - just £5 a month or £50 a year. Paid membership offers exclusive access to:
an online circle every 6 weeks in line with the Celtic Wheel of the Year, a (reconstructed) Pagan calendar of festivals that mark the four major solar events - solstices and equinoxes - and the halfway points between them
an in-depth post before each circle exploring the significance of that festival
a short summary post a few days after the circle, to remind you what to take with you into the next cycle, and simple ways to do that
a post mid-cycle helping you connect with the season and remember your intentions in this period
Online circles are at 8pm and last about 90 minutes (sessions are recorded with access available for a month afterwards). They involve brief teaching and embodied practices to take the teachings to a deeper level, including movement, breathwork and meditation. There’s some time to respond to journalling prompts - this always helps uncover something useful or meaningful in your life.
Finally there’s time for sharing in a (virtual) circle - speaking is always optional, you’re really welcome to have camera off and not share. Sharing is another way to witness our selves and others which again, leads to a more profound level of understanding and clarity.
Why be part of The Wheel?
Carving out the space to reconnect with yourself and others for every 6 week cycle allows a tracking of yourself and life’s events and sheds light on recurring themes and patterns. It’s a form of care and regulation of your nervous system. By showing up you make visible intentions and hopes, joys and triumphs, disappointments and sadnesses, reviews and plans - with a more evolved sense of trust, compassion and acceptance.
Coming together with others to explore and share provides the age-old, in-body wisdom of not being alone. When you feel, rather than know intellectually, that you’re not the only ones feeling a certain thing or struggling in a certain way, the powerful events of connection and co-regulation have happened.
Lastly, living more in tune to the seasons and cycles helps you feel much grounded and anchored in time, space and nature. It encourages you to pause more often, to review and to gently plan and look forward. It’s easier to remember, in your bones, that everything is a cycle.
Dates for The Wheel circles
Circle are at 8pm for around 90 minutes on these Tuesdays:
29 October (Samhain/All Hallows)
10 December (Winter Solstice/Yule)
4 February (Imbolc - first day of spring)
18 March (Ostara/Easter)
29 April (Beltane/May Day)
17 June (midsummer/summer solstice)
29 July (Lughnasadh/first harvest)
23 September (Autumn Equinox/Mabon)
I can’t wait for you to join me on this journey.
Any questions? Just comment below or drop me a line.
This sounds amazing, really looking forward to it.
Hi Chloe. These sound wonderful. What sort of time are you planning?