cycles of belonging

honouring ourselves through the sacred cycles of life

“A beautiful book on flowing in rhythm with the sacred cycles of life.”

— Rebecca Campbell, bestselling author of Rise Sister Rise

Cycles of Belonging: Honouring ourselves through the sacred cycles of life is a guide to unlocking the powers of cyclic living to lead a more fulfilling, meaningful, and wholehearted life.

Discover ways to engage with the sacred cycles of life for better emotional and mental wellbeing and to enhance your spiritual connection.

It offers an embodied feminine and feminist psycho-spiritual path for women to reclaim their inner wisdom, follow the callings of their soul, and come home to a profound sense of belonging to the cycles of life.

Cycles of Belonging guides you through six sacred temples of belonging:

  • Presence - the breath cycle

  • Daily Rhythms - the circadian cycle

  • Sacred Blood - the menstrual cycle

  • The Moon - the lunar cycle

  • The Sun - the solar cycle, exploring the seasons and the wheel of the year

  • The Life Cycle & Goddess Archetypes - exploring the life cycle archetypes of Maiden, Lover, Mother, Queen and Crone

Each Temple explores the energies of each cycle, their healing gifts and shadows/challenges, together with practical suggestions on how to work with the cycles, including journal prompts, rituals and blessings, as well as magical words of poetry and soul guidance.

Let Cycles of Belonging take you on a journey home to wholeness, rooted deeply in the truth of who you are and the magical web of life that connects us all.

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praise for cycles of belonging

 

“A beautiful book on flowing in rhythm with the sacred cycles of life.”

Rebecca Campbell, bestselling author of Rise Sister Rise

 

“Sometimes, when we feel tired, stressed, disconnected or frustrated we just need a friend, like Stella Tomlinson and her beautiful book.

Cycles of Belonging takes you gently by the hand, guiding you into and through great temples of the seasons, the moon and the goddess. This book is an invitation to find the possibilities of presence and healing we can all benefit from.

Practical and beautiful magic indeed! Thank you, Stella!”

Sarah Robinson, bestselling author of Yoga for Witches and Yin Magic

 

Cycles of Belonging is a beautiful reminder of our innate connection to nature – our nature – and a remembering of the ever-present energy of the feminine.

With awareness of the cycles in us and around us, Stella guides you to flow with life rather than compete against it.

It's a book for any woman who feels out of alignment in this overly masculine energetic world and craves a return to herself.”

Lyn Thurman, author, oracle creator and priestess

“Cyclical rhythms structure our lives and Stella’s book offers simple everyday practices to support your reconnection to vital cycles.

In friendly sisterly style this book shows you how to integrate the embodied rhythmic patterns of your own experiences with the wider seasonal cycles of the living Earth and the turning moon: a simple way to live in sacred harmony with life herself.

For those beginning to tread this path I recommend this guide”

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD, author of Yoni Shakti - a woman’s guide to power and freedom through yoga and tantra , and Nidra Shakti - the power of rest: an encyclopaedia of yoga nidra

 

Cycles of Belonging is the ultimate handbook for cyclical living.

Through beautiful practices and rituals, Stella gently guides you to flow with the seasons and cycles of life to reconnect with your body and soul.

It’s an invitation for any woman feeling disconnected from her body, needs or desires to surrender to the ever present rhythm of nature, so she can experience a deeper sense of purpose, belonging and fulfilment.”

Judi Craddock, The Body Confidence Coach and author of The Little Book of Body Confidence

“Cycles of Belonging is a beautifully compiled book that captures the essence of the feminine energy, the energy of Goddess, which is part of everyone’s life, whether you know it or not. The awareness of the cyclical (opposed to linear) nature of life is a gift which invites a different way of being than we are used to in our patriarchal society.

With welcoming us into the different ‘temples of belonging’, which range from the intimate (breath/sacred blood) to the communal (seasons/archetypes), Stella offers both valuable insights and practical tools to explore these different cyclical ways of how we can experience our lives.

Offering reflections on the shadow side of each of the cycles, journal work and rituals to perform, Cycles of Belonging can be a reference book as well as a useful tool to help you build a daily practice...either way, well worth having on your bookshelf!”

Marion Brigantia van Eupen, tutor of the Brighde-Brigantia trainings, co-organiser of The Glastonbury Goddess Conference and co-founder of The Temple of Avalon in Glastonbury, UK.

 

This book feels like a long, soothing exhale. In these pages Stella takes us by the hand and holds space for us to explore the different cycles that influence our lives.

The attention and intention of this book is stunning - I felt exquisitely taken care of as I read it.

Thank you so much Stella for helping to guide us back to who we truly are.

Nicola Humber, Author of UNBOUND

 

Readings

 
 

In conversation with Lucy H. PEarce for
the womancraft bookclub: