Announcing the Fall 2026 Women's Circle and Book Study:

"On Our Knees" - by Regena Thomashauer

Our Book Club (which is so much more than a Book Club!) will meet for 9 weeks - October 16th through December 17th.

We will come together virtually for discussions, writing prompts, community and connection. The sessions are on Mondays 5:30pm - 7:30pm PT and Fridays 9:00am - 11:00am PT (your pick which session). 

1 payment of $270 or 2 payments of $140

 We’ll be reading On Our Knees: Loving Your Life Even When You Hate What’s Happening by Regena Thomashauer, also known as Mama Gena.

This book explores the relationship between pleasure and pain, and how we stay connected to ourselves through both. What happens when we allow ourselves to feel the grief, anger or longing we’ve been holding? Can we make room for joy and pleasure even while something in our lives remains unresolved?

Regena weaves her own experiences with the stories of ten goddess archetypes, including Aphrodite, Kali, Inanna and Lilith. These stories offer different ways to explore desire, change, loss, courage and feminine power. We’ll approach them with curiosity, noticing which figures speak to us and what their stories bring forward in our own lives.

I’m especially interested in exploring how pleasure and pain can exist together. We can be grieving and still be touched by beauty. We can be uncertain and still feel desire. Through the reading and our conversations, we’ll explore what helps us stay present with difficult feelings while remaining open to the things that nourish us: movement, touch, creativity, connection, sensuality and simple everyday delight.

The book speaks openly about sexuality, shame and pleasure. 

Together, we’ll read slowly and bring the themes into our everyday lives through conversation, journaling and gentle embodied practice. Come as you are, with whatever life is asking you to hold.

Why join Bookclub?

This Book Club is a women's circle of magnificent souls..many of the women have done every single book club, it has become part of their schedule, and part of the fabric of their lives..and some drop in and out depending on the book. know that all are welcome! These groups are always a community of insightful, supportive women eager to engage in meaningful conversation. We laugh and cry and share from our hearts..most of the women have said that they have never shared like this before..and now it's become a natural, necessary, joyous support and touchstone in their lives.

"These book club gatherings have shown me what truth looks and feels like in others and in myself. Women sharing and supporting each other’s unretouched pains, triumphs, worries, hilarities, fears, loves…it is magnificent and affirming. Most especially, it is real and it is safe. Honoring the truth in others helps me see and honor the truth in myself. What a blessing to experience the divine feminine so beautifully brought to life each week! This is one precious tribe." - Sandy

Love, 

Rachel SatSiri