Magical Maidens 2024/2025 sister circle program

What is the Program?

Magical Maidens is an empowering 9-month, in-person, monthly sister circle & day retreat program in the Phoenix area.

Our Magical Maidens program is for girls age 9-13, and we have three separate groups who meet up two Saturdays per month.  One of these Saturdays is our Magical Maidens circle, where we teach the curriculum listed here. The second meet-up each month is hosted by one of the designated  "Room Mamas" in the group, and is a social gathering, at a park, or an art project at a parent's home.

We have an additional Magical Maidens program for girls age 14-18, called Magical Maidens 9 Moons.  While this group covers the same curriculum, it is led in a more conversational style, for the teens, and also incorporates basic astrology, specific to the cycles of the moon. We find this to be an engaging and empowering context for the teens to approach the ups and downs of their life, and to connect with their developing personal identities and styles, while offering grace to themselves and others. Magical Maidens 9 Moons is a Sister Circle to the Magical Mama 13 Moons Program for moms, and is led primarily by Jen, with Lanita co-facilitating at our larger group events.

Each circle begins with a centering mindfulness practice. We combine the programs together for a few special occasions, throughout the 9 months.  We also have several circles in the program where moms and daughters come together to explore topics such as the menstrual cycle, from an empowering context, including understanding our moods and emotions, how eating foods from nature supports our health, as well as social emotional issues such as body image, peer pressure, social media, gossip, and bullying, to share ideas & questions, and to bond in a real and lasting way.  

We wish we had something like this with our own mothers!

Magical Maidens is in its fifth year and was created to honor the girls in this important time in their lives. In the program, we share critical information about how to stay healthy... physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Through this program, we celebrate the female body, the menstrual cycle and moon cycles, foster personal empowerment and sisterhood among girls, and we learn and grow together.

Why is this Important?

With 38% of adolescent girls diagnosed with anxiety and over 20% diagnosed with depression, we know our girls need us now.

Girls are feeling high pressure to succeed in school and experiencing the highest levels of social anxiety in history from long periods of isolation during the pandemic. They also contend with constant comparison of their bodies to unattainable standards of beauty in media, as well as the unrelenting unrealistic pictures of what it seems like life "should" be like, as they view the highlight reels of their peers' lives and influencers' lives on social media. 

The time is now to show up powerfully for our girls by connecting them with their inner guidance, connecting them with other girls who are interested in real-life sisterhood, connecting them to tools to support social/emotional balance, connecting them to the knowledge of their bodies and their natural cycles, and to empower them with leadership skills that support them in paving the way for a healthy future.

Who Facilitates the Groups?

This group is facilitated by Jennifer Hoeprich, a Licensed Midwife in the Valley for over 10 years, a Certified Meditation Teacher, mama to a son and daughter, and Creator of Magical Mamas, and Lanita England, Certified Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Educator who has worked within Arizona schools for over 8 years, 500-Hr Yoga Instructor, and Certified Equine Assisted Learning Instructor. 

Spaces for this exclusively in-person group are limited. Participation is $555 per Maiden, for the entire 9-month program.

Together, we watch our girls rise! 

Please reach out, if payment plans or other options are necessary, for your daughter to participate!

If your child participates in ESA, you can use these funds to fully cover tuition in Magical Maidens! Simply skip to "Registration: Part 2," at the bottom of this page, and complete the "All About Your Maiden" Form.  It's also helpful, if you give us a "head's up" that you are registering, by messaging us from this website.  We'll send you a welcome email that includes your ESA invoice, for you to submit through Class Wallet. It's that simple!