Lawrence Women's Temple

10/27/2026

𖦹 nature was her church 𖦹
Trees were her cathedrals.
The long grass, her rosary.
Flowers, her prayer book.
The sky, her domed ceiling.
The birds, her choir.
The stone circle, her confessional.
The river, where she baptized herself.
She knew that God was in nature.
That everything was nature.
And that the temple was always
waiting for her within.

I think there comes a point on the spiritual journey when we get tired of constantly reaching for transcendent experiences and begin to feel a deeper ache beneath all that searching.

And it’s often at this crossroads that we discover the Sacred has been here all along.
~ Rebecca Campbell

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

A warm-hearted welcome to folks new to this page. 💗

You are invited to our upcoming Lawrence Women's Temple introductory circle this coming Sunday, October 11th. More information and registration details are in the comments.

If you're looking for a women's spiritual feminine embodiment circle, you are welcome to join us!

09/11/2026

The Temple bells are ringing, and I am so excited that this coming Sunday, September 13th, we will again open the temple doors and begin our next Lawrence Women's Temple season!

We will open with a "Beginner's Circle." This circle is for women new to our practice and those returning after our summer break. Being beginners and starting anew allows us to come to our practice fresh, curious, and open to what arrives at this moment.

If you've considered joining us, this is the last call to claim your seat in this month's introductory circle.

Sunday, September 13th
2 - 4 pm
Lawrence Healing Space | 512 E 9th St., Lawrence, KS
(above Culinaria restaurant)
$20

It is my deep desire that Lawrence Women's Temple is a sacred refuge and space for real, authentic feminine embodiment and relating. When women come together to soften into our body and allow our true essence to emanate, alongside other women doing the same, it is so freeing!

The grace and blessings that flow from our practice benefit not only those of us in circle, but they ripple out into our relationships, our families and community.

If you feel called to join us, I would be honored to be in circle with you .

With deep respect for all that you are, and all that is evolving within you,

~ Jennifer

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09/08/2026

Beloved Sister,

The Temple doors are opening for our 2026–2027 cycle, and you are warmly invited to join us! This year, we will practice with the theme In Devotion to the Living Goddess.

Chameli Gad, yogini and founder of Awakening Women, writes: “The living Goddess is an intimacy pulsating in the depth of your longing. She is the rotting of leaves in the autumn and the voice that whispers the truth. She is grief and rage, wetness in water, heat in fire.”

The Living Goddess is not a distant ideal or a perfected version of ourselves we must strive to become. She is the sacred life already moving within and around us - in your body, in the earth, in your longings and instincts, in what is ending, and in what is asking to be born.

She is present in our tenderness and our fierceness, our grief and our joy, our silence and our expression. To live in devotion to Her is to practice meeting the fullness of life with presence, reverence, and a willingness to whole-heartedly engage with what is real.

Throughout this upcoming series, we will take our place among the yoginis and wisdom keepers who have gathered in circle across generations. Through ceremony, meditation, prayer, movement, singing, deep listening and speaking, and respectful touch practices, we will explore what it means to recognize and embody the Goddess as she lives and expresses herself uniquely through each of us.

We will begin with two open introductory circles — one in September and one in October. These gatherings are for women who are new to the Temple, as well as those who are returning to the circle.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲:
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟯, 𝟮:𝟬𝟬–𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲

During our time together, we will enter several of the foundational practices of Women’s Temple and begin creating the shared container for the season ahead. Each practice offers a doorway into presence — a way of slowing down, inhabiting the body, and listening for the deeper current of wisdom and life moving within us.

No previous experience with Women’s Temple, Goddess spirituality, meditation, or embodiment practice is needed. You are welcome to come exactly as you are, with your curiosity, your longing, and whatever this season of your life is presenting.

Since the beginning of time, women have gathered in circle to pray, move, grieve, celebrate, remember, and renew. When we take our seat in the circle, we enter something both ancient and immediate. We practice for ourselves, for one another, and for the generations yet to come.

The Temple doors are opening and you are warmly welcome to join us.

With love and devotion from my seat of practice
to you,
Jennifer
www.lawrencewomenstemple.com

08/18/2026

Sharing again... We are in preparations for our upcoming Introductory LWT Circle, happening Sunday, September 13th.

01/08/2026

As we step into this new year, perhaps you too feel drawn to deepen your meditation practice, to be held in community, and to return to the stillness and nourishment that reconnect us to what truly matters.

After the deeply nourishing meditation immersion we shared last summer, I am happy to announce that we are opening the Sanctuary circle once again, for us to pause, drop in, and be restored in the living presence of the Goddess.

We will gather in February for Sanctuary ~ A Goddess-centered meditation series; weekly classes you can join from home. We will practice meditations that are gentle, somatic, and deeply nourishing.

Whether you are new to meditation, curious about exploring practice in a softer and embodied way, or if you are already familiar with somatic, ta***ic meditations and wish to go deeper, you are warmly welcome.

In addition to weekly meditation classes, we will also gather in Sisters by the Fire Satsangs for sharing and Q&A.

If you have joined this series before, you will find a blend of familiar and new practices offering continuity, deepening, and renewal to your meditation practice.

To register and more info https://awakeningwomen.com/living-goddess-meditation-series/

(There is an early bird discount if you register before January 20th.)

May we all find peace within our hearts
and may it ripple into our relationships,
our communities,
and our achingly beautiful world,
Chameli

01/08/2026

Hello and Happy New Year!

Earlier this week, Lawrence Women’s Temple completed a four-month cycle of practice with the goddess Inanna, an ancient Sumerian goddess and the first recorded goddess for whom we have documented stories and hymns. Our journey with Inanna, and with our own inner processes, was profoundly potent. I am in deep awe of the work the women in circle did together, and I honor the courage, compassion, and realness that were shared.

For each of us, any “ending” is also a place of continuation, and of new beginnings. We are each walking our own path through the labyrinth of our lives, meeting ourselves anew with every step.

In this season of my life, there is a great deal of uncertainty and change unfolding within my family of origin, and I find myself being called into deeper and deeper surrender. I have chosen two words to guide me this year: grace and space. I am practicing patience - with myself and with others— allowing room for what is, for uncertainty, and for the clear choices that emerge when answers are ready to arise, rather than when they are forced.

And so, in this time of radical grace and spaciousness, I am choosing to pause Lawrence Women’s Temple. I imagine I may host occasional pop-up Temple gatherings this winter or early spring, as space allows. And having a defined schedule beyond the next few weeks feels irresponsible.

Also - there are truly beautiful resources and events being offered by Chameli and Awakening Women. If you are longing for practices that nourish the roots, trunk, and branches of your life and spiritual practice, I warmly encourage you to explore what they are offering. You can find those events at the link below.

I hold a deep and sincere hope that each of us receives what we need this year, and that we find the strength and peace to move forward consciously, with care for ourselves, Mother Earth, and each other.

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, and however your path is unfolding, may you remember the magnificence of your soul, the power of your spirit, and the unending grace and love of the Divine Mother who holds us and breathes us all into being.

From the heart of my seat of practice to yours,

~ Jennifer

12/03/2025

Good evening to you, precious sister. How are you? How is your heart?

The last many months have been full for me with a swirl of family changes, challenges, and unexpected turns with my mother's health. I’ve been stretched and uncertain at times... but I’m also here… steady and taking one day at a time.

When I reflect on the past months, what has carried me - again and again - is embodied presence. Letting myself shift my awareness to the beauty and steadiness available in each moment — the morning sunlight on the floor, my pup sleeping at my feet, the quiet strength of the trees outside the window... The palpable beauty and realness of each moment keeps me anchored when family happenings have been uncertain and in motion.

I am so grateful for Chameli, and the feminine embodiment practices she has given us that we use in Lawrence Women’s Temple. They are lifelines - maps that help me back home to the heart and soul of who I am and what matters most.

A few Sundays ago, Lawrence Women's Temple met for our Autumnal Retreat Day, practicing with pieces of the ancient myth of Inanna's descent into the underworld. The women in circle were invited to touch into the identities they've assumed that are restricting them... and to let go of what has grown heavy, all the while being held in by the circle in the unendingly compassionate presence of other women, supporting them through the journey.

Inanna's myth invites each of us to touch into the places where we don’t yet know how to make our next step… and rest into the unknowing... It was a beautifully gentle and potent day. I’m deeply touched by and grateful for the authenticity each woman has brought into the circle the last few months.

We’ll be completing our current closed-circle cycle at the beginning of January.

As I look towards 2026, I’m in the midst of planning a winter retreat with Lalita Devi, which is still taking shape. I’ll share details with you as soon as I have them. I’m feeling a soft excitement about what is showing up, and I look forward to sharing more about this soon!

As the days grow shorter and longer nights settle around us, may you feel the warm glow of your own heart lighting the way.

May the shakti keys of Inanna's descent offer you:
the courage to let go,
the grace to meet yourself as you are,
and the quiet knowing that renewal awaits.

I hold you in my heart with deep tenderness and respect for all that you are, and all that is evolving within you.

From the heart of my seat of practice to yours,

~ Jennifer

12/02/2025

Lovely Ladies of the Lawrence area - Are you looking for something fun to do this Friday evening? If so - come join us for another soulful evening of women amplifying and supporting women! 7-9 at Lawrence Healing Space.

Unleash your voice. Share your magic. Take up space.