Women's Circle: Aware, Confident & Prepared. Intro to Personal Safety Situational Awareness
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Women's Circle: Aware, Confident & Prepared: An Introduction to Personal Safety, Situational Awareness & Self-Defense with Special Guest Ross Dawson — Martial Artist with 65 Years of Experience.
Awareness is your first line of defense. Confidence is your greatest ally. Preparation can make all the difference.
Join us for an empowering, informative, and interactive evening dedicated to helping women feel more aware, confident, and prepared as they move through everyday life.
Whether you're shopping, walking to your car, going to work or school, traveling, dating, or simply relaxing at home, understanding your surroundings and recognizing potential risks can help you make safer choices.
Our special guest, Ross Dawson, will introduce practical principles of personal safety and self-defense, drawing upon his 65 years of experience studying martial arts.
🌸 What to Wear:
Please wear comfortable clothing and supportive, comfortable shoes that allow you to move easily.
❤️ Our Intention:
This gathering is not about living in fear. It is about cultivating awareness, honoring our intuition, establishing healthy boundaries, and developing the confidence to make informed choices about our personal safety.
You do not need to be strong, athletic, or experienced to begin learning how to protect yourself.
What We'll Explore:
🔹 Situational Awareness: Learning to recognize your surroundings, identify potential risks, and trust your instincts.
🔹 Everyday Personal Safety: Practical considerations for shopping, parking lots, vehicles, workplaces, schools, dating, and home security.
🔹 Run, Hide, Fight: An introduction to this widely taught emergency survival framework for active-shooter situations, with an emphasis on awareness, escape, and seeking safety.
🔹 Body Language & Confidence: Understanding how posture, presence, and awareness can influence how we move through the world.
🔹 Grounding & Balance: An introduction to stable stances, body positioning, and maintaining balance.
🔹 Personal Boundaries: Recognizing uncomfortable situations, communicating clearly, and giving yourself permission to leave.
🔹 Introduction to Self-Defense: Understanding basic principles of protecting yourself, creating distance, and getting to safety.
🥋 Meet Our Guest Instructor: Ross Dawson; Rosd brings an extraordinary 65 years of martial arts study and experience to this introductory gathering.
His background includes a wide range of traditional martial arts disciplines:
'Hapkido: Korean martial art emphasizing practical self-defense, balance, and joint techniques.
-Jiu-Jitsu: Traditional Japanese art incorporating leverage, grappling, and defensive techniques.
-Judo: Japanese martial art emphasizing balance, throws, and controlled movement.
'Karate: Japanese and Okinawan martial art emphasizing striking and defensive techniques.
-Kempo: Martial arts traditions influenced by Chinese fighting systems.
-Iaijutsu: Traditional Japanese sword-drawing techniques.
-Kendo: Japanese martial art of swordsmanship using bamboo swords.
-Aikido: Japanese martial art emphasizing movement, balance, and redirecting force.
Ross's approach will focus on sharing foundational knowledge in an approachable, supportive environment. No previous martial arts experience is necessary.
📅 Monday, November 9, 2026
⏰️ Doors Open 5:30 pm
Program 6 to 8 pm
🪷Location: The Vibe Tribe Center, 1505 Tollhouse Road, Clovis CA. Between Fowler and Sunnyside. The blue building in the corner of First and Tollhouse.
❤️ Cost/Energy Exchange. We accept cash in the Love Offerings Bowl at the Door or QR Codes for
Venmo, PayPal, CashApp. Suggested $10-20.
🏵️ Women's Circle Mission Statement: We are a sacred community of women, united in our commitment to support, empower, and nurture one another on our personal journeys of growth, healing, and transformation. Our circle is a sanctuary—a safe, welcoming space where women can gather to share their thoughts, feelings, experiences, challenges, and triumphs without judgment.
🌸 Through our sisterhood, we offer deep listening and heartfelt connection, creating a nurturing environment where each woman can explore her truth and be seen, heard, and valued. We hold space for personal and collective healing, embracing each woman's unique path and honoring the wisdom she carries.
🌼Together, we uplift and inspire each other as we walk the path of "soul work," encouraging authenticity, self-discovery, and self-love. As a sacred cheering squad, we stand in full support of one another’s illumination, personal growth, and well-being, fostering a community rooted in compassion, empowerment, and spiritual connection.
🥀We believe in the power of sisterhood, where women rise together—strengthened by shared vulnerability, wisdom, and love—transforming ourselves and the world around us.
🌻COVID-19, RSV, Flu Precautions: If you have fever, cough, aches, please consider staying home to rest. There will always be more opportunities. You may choose to wear a mask, we have several here for you to share.
🪻Children: We ask that you do not bring children to circle. At times, the nature of our discussions are very personal, graphic and are adult in nature. Occasionally, women experience deep emotional, psychological and physiological release. It is our quest to provide a safe space for spiritual healing and transformation.
-Founder: Dawn Everhart, RN, RMT, Shamanic Healer, Reiki Master Teacher. @dawn_everhart_rn
Linktree: linktr.ee/DawnEverhartRN
Contact Dawn directly with your questions: cell/text (559) 341-7452.
-Disclosure: Dawn Everhart or any other facilitator, speaker or presenter are not acting as counselors, psychotherapists, physicians, nurses or health professionals. Our Women's Circle is not intended to take the place of conventional counseling or medical treatment. Rather, we are a circle of caring, compassionate women, friends and sisters.
#WomenCircleFresnoClovis
#WomenSupportingWomen
#WomensCircle
#TheWomensCircle
#DivineFeminine
#RedTentWomensWisdomCircle
#RedTentSisterCircle
Awareness is your first line of defense. Confidence is your greatest ally. Preparation can make all the difference.
Join us for an empowering, informative, and interactive evening dedicated to helping women feel more aware, confident, and prepared as they move through everyday life.
Whether you're shopping, walking to your car, going to work or school, traveling, dating, or simply relaxing at home, understanding your surroundings and recognizing potential risks can help you make safer choices.
Our special guest, Ross Dawson, will introduce practical principles of personal safety and self-defense, drawing upon his 65 years of experience studying martial arts.
🌸 What to Wear:
Please wear comfortable clothing and supportive, comfortable shoes that allow you to move easily.
❤️ Our Intention:
This gathering is not about living in fear. It is about cultivating awareness, honoring our intuition, establishing healthy boundaries, and developing the confidence to make informed choices about our personal safety.
You do not need to be strong, athletic, or experienced to begin learning how to protect yourself.
What We'll Explore:
🔹 Situational Awareness: Learning to recognize your surroundings, identify potential risks, and trust your instincts.
🔹 Everyday Personal Safety: Practical considerations for shopping, parking lots, vehicles, workplaces, schools, dating, and home security.
🔹 Run, Hide, Fight: An introduction to this widely taught emergency survival framework for active-shooter situations, with an emphasis on awareness, escape, and seeking safety.
🔹 Body Language & Confidence: Understanding how posture, presence, and awareness can influence how we move through the world.
🔹 Grounding & Balance: An introduction to stable stances, body positioning, and maintaining balance.
🔹 Personal Boundaries: Recognizing uncomfortable situations, communicating clearly, and giving yourself permission to leave.
🔹 Introduction to Self-Defense: Understanding basic principles of protecting yourself, creating distance, and getting to safety.
🥋 Meet Our Guest Instructor: Ross Dawson; Rosd brings an extraordinary 65 years of martial arts study and experience to this introductory gathering.
His background includes a wide range of traditional martial arts disciplines:
'Hapkido: Korean martial art emphasizing practical self-defense, balance, and joint techniques.
-Jiu-Jitsu: Traditional Japanese art incorporating leverage, grappling, and defensive techniques.
-Judo: Japanese martial art emphasizing balance, throws, and controlled movement.
'Karate: Japanese and Okinawan martial art emphasizing striking and defensive techniques.
-Kempo: Martial arts traditions influenced by Chinese fighting systems.
-Iaijutsu: Traditional Japanese sword-drawing techniques.
-Kendo: Japanese martial art of swordsmanship using bamboo swords.
-Aikido: Japanese martial art emphasizing movement, balance, and redirecting force.
Ross's approach will focus on sharing foundational knowledge in an approachable, supportive environment. No previous martial arts experience is necessary.
📅 Monday, November 9, 2026
⏰️ Doors Open 5:30 pm
Program 6 to 8 pm
🪷Location: The Vibe Tribe Center, 1505 Tollhouse Road, Clovis CA. Between Fowler and Sunnyside. The blue building in the corner of First and Tollhouse.
❤️ Cost/Energy Exchange. We accept cash in the Love Offerings Bowl at the Door or QR Codes for
Venmo, PayPal, CashApp. Suggested $10-20.
🏵️ Women's Circle Mission Statement: We are a sacred community of women, united in our commitment to support, empower, and nurture one another on our personal journeys of growth, healing, and transformation. Our circle is a sanctuary—a safe, welcoming space where women can gather to share their thoughts, feelings, experiences, challenges, and triumphs without judgment.
🌸 Through our sisterhood, we offer deep listening and heartfelt connection, creating a nurturing environment where each woman can explore her truth and be seen, heard, and valued. We hold space for personal and collective healing, embracing each woman's unique path and honoring the wisdom she carries.
🌼Together, we uplift and inspire each other as we walk the path of "soul work," encouraging authenticity, self-discovery, and self-love. As a sacred cheering squad, we stand in full support of one another’s illumination, personal growth, and well-being, fostering a community rooted in compassion, empowerment, and spiritual connection.
🥀We believe in the power of sisterhood, where women rise together—strengthened by shared vulnerability, wisdom, and love—transforming ourselves and the world around us.
🌻COVID-19, RSV, Flu Precautions: If you have fever, cough, aches, please consider staying home to rest. There will always be more opportunities. You may choose to wear a mask, we have several here for you to share.
🪻Children: We ask that you do not bring children to circle. At times, the nature of our discussions are very personal, graphic and are adult in nature. Occasionally, women experience deep emotional, psychological and physiological release. It is our quest to provide a safe space for spiritual healing and transformation.
-Founder: Dawn Everhart, RN, RMT, Shamanic Healer, Reiki Master Teacher. @dawn_everhart_rn
Linktree: linktr.ee/DawnEverhartRN
Contact Dawn directly with your questions: cell/text (559) 341-7452.
-Disclosure: Dawn Everhart or any other facilitator, speaker or presenter are not acting as counselors, psychotherapists, physicians, nurses or health professionals. Our Women's Circle is not intended to take the place of conventional counseling or medical treatment. Rather, we are a circle of caring, compassionate women, friends and sisters.
#WomenCircleFresnoClovis
#WomenSupportingWomen
#WomensCircle
#TheWomensCircle
#DivineFeminine
#RedTentWomensWisdomCircle
#RedTentSisterCircle
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