with Anna Brook
January 2027
50-hour Women’s Circle Training
overview
Are you feeling called to bring women together in deeper connection, healing, and community?
This immersive training is designed for women who feel inspired to hold meaningful and sacred circles that foster genuine connection, support, and transformation.
In our fast-paced modern world, many women are longing for spaces where they can slow down, feel supported, and experience a sense of belonging. Women’s Circles offer a powerful antidote to the stress, overwhelm, and isolation that so many experience, creating opportunities for authentic connection, shared wisdom, and collective healing.
Our unique approach blends the art of circle facilitation with yogic practices, breathwork, somatic and embodiment techniques, and ritual and ceremony. Together, these elements create experiences that soothe the nervous system, deepen self-awareness, and cultivate meaningful connection with others.
Throughout the training, you will participate in a range of circle experiences while learning the often unseen foundations of exceptional space holding. These advanced facilitation skills form the invisible architecture that allows a circle to feel safe, impactful, and deeply nourishing.
Whether you are completely new to circle work or already have experience holding space for others, this training will equip you with the confidence, tools, and understanding to bring circles into your own community. Alongside practical skills, you will also experience the power of sisterhood, connection, and personal transformation that emerges when women gather in circle.
This training is open to
- Those who already have space holding skills and would like to develop their own best practice to enhance their facilitation and hold deeper transformation in their communities.
- Those new to space holding with groups, who have a passion for bringing women together and are drawn to holding their own community spaces.
“Such a nourishing experience. As a yoga teacher, I felt called to expand into holding women’s circles for my community, and this training offered exactly what I needed. Anna brings beauty, insight, wisdom, and years of experience. She holds space with such grace, weaving soft skills into a deeply professional and supportive container. The training moves beautifully between structure and flow, beauty and depth, wisdom and joy, experience and intuition. The training is rich, generous, and created with so much care. I highly recommend Anna’s training to anyone who feels the call to gather women in circle.” Helene (Yoga Teacher)
“Such a rich toolbox of frameworks, practices, skills etc was provided, for the first time in my life and after many obstacles, I truly feel ready and capable to facilitate! I felt truly held and supported as this new version of me emerges. I cannot thank you enough Anna! Inspiring, heart felt, fulfilling…10/10” Kasia (Astrologer)
“I’ve completed numerous courses over recent years, but none have left me feeling so prepared to go out and deliver some of the teachings so readily. The two words I keep feeling are “intentional” and “aligned”… and that’s how this feels.” Beth (Yoga Teacher)
“I feel so honoured to have shared a room with such a dynamic, gifted, loving group of women. That alone has been so transformative and healing for me. I feel fully equipped to begin my journey as a facilitator, but mostly I have a full heart”. Lauren (Singer)
“It was so great to be able to share, be heard and connect with other amazing women! The biggest thing I gained was feeling heard and seen… I found it so personally beneficial and healing…Anna is a fantastic teacher and I learnt so much”. Clare (Founder of Her Land + Journalist)
“I’ve gained a deep understanding of where I’m at and how I can centre myself and hold space, and the connection to the other women on the course..to deeply experience how circle felt was so powerful…it completed exceeded my expectations. Thank you!” Nadia (Yoga Teacher)
course content
Over 4 days – we will move through 8 elements:
1– Circle Foundations
Learn the foundations of circle work and explore why women’s circles are re-emerging.
Create and clarify your circle agreements, intentions and vision.
Learn how to hold different types of circles, structure them, and understand the practicalities of setting up your own.
2 – Facilitation & Space Holding Skills
Discover your purpose as a facilitator and the role that body language and nervous system regulation play in holding space.
Develop deeper levels of listening and learn the subtleties of advanced space-holding skills. Practice facilitating in a supportive environment.
3 – Female Archetypal & Goddess Activation
Activate, heal and embody the feminine by connecting with the different energies of the feminine archetypes and goddesses.
Discover how to channel these energies into your circles.
4 – Creating Sacred Space, Incorporating Ritual & Considering Themes
Experience a variety of ways to transition into sacred space.
Explore themes for your circles and create, receive and practise a toolkit of potent rituals to draw upon.
5 – Grounding & Yogic Techniques
Experience a range of grounding and breathwork techniques, learn how to create your own guided relaxations (Yoga Nidra), and experience Partner Yoga techniques for connection and bonding.
6 – Astrology, Moon Phases & Cyclical Living
Understand how to work with the Moon phases and what themes to draw in, as well as how to to connect with astrological phases and weave them into your circles.
Learn how to create New Moon and Full Moon Circles with guidance from our experienced Astrologer.
7 – The Inner Work & Group Dynamics
Explore the importance of Shadow Work as a Facilitator and gain an understanding of research around group dynamics.
Learn common behavioural archetypes and how to navigate them, building confident in your ability to rebalance circle dynamics.
Receive training in Trauma Informed Facilitation.
8 – Developing your Unique Circle Offering
Discover your unique circle style and leave the training with a clear sense of your vision, your offerings, and how to bring them to life.
learning outcomes
By the close of this training, you will:
- Learn how to create empowering women’s circles that nourish your community and your own sense of purpose.
- Deepen confidence in your space holding and facilitation skills, with a range of skills rooted in ethical practice.
- Develop a toolkit of rituals, techniques and practices to enhance your circles.
- Have guidance in Trauma Informed Facilitation approaches.
- Experience the difference between ‘Teaching’ & ‘Circle Holding’ and be able to confidently move between the two.
- Develop your own unique circle offering and come away from the training with a starting point for your circles.
accreditation
The course is accredited with Yoga Alliance Professionals (now Yoga Pros) with 50 CPD points for yoga teachers. Those who decide to complete the accreditation who are not yoga teachers receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ from Shala Women.
For accreditation, we ask for the following to be completed:
- Full attendance
- An essay
- Reading list
- Lesson plans
The course is recognised by an established insurer once accreditation is complete.
additional information
Backgrounds of some of our graduates include:
- Yoga Teachers
- Psychotherapists
- Wellness Practitioners
- Facilitators
- Mental Health Professionals
Teacher Bio
Anna Brook, Founder of Shala Women, is a Senior Yoga Teacher, Women’s Yoga Therapist, and Circle Facilitator. She has been facilitating Circle in a myriad of environments for 20 years, and is the creator of the Women’s Circle Training, held at Triyoga.
Driven by a lifelong fascination with holistic practices, ceremony and meaningful communication, Anna creates multidimensional spaces that thoughtfully weave together a rich tapestry of influences, experiences, and perspectives. She has worked with women 1-2-1 since 2013, and draws in experience of being a Breathwork Coach, Cacaoista, Rite of Passage Ceremonialist (feminine ceremonies) and menstrual cycle/birth worker specialist.
Anna has completed over 1,000 hours of professional training and qualifications, studying with respected teachers including Uma Dinsmore Tuli, Nicola Price (Inspirational Breathing), and Swami Saradananda.
Drawing on these influences, Anna brings her devotion to Circle into a diverse range of studios, retreats, wellness events, and festivals, creating spaces for meaningful connection, reflection, and transformation.
next course
16th-17th January (Weekend 1) + 23rd-24th January (Weekend 2)
cost
course fee: £999 Early Bird (until 1st November) £1,199 Full Price | Payment plans available
venue
Camden
contact
Camden Team [email protected]
faculty
Kristin Campbell
