Aigné: A Movement Toward Our Collective Becoming
from the Old Irish "aigne" which means mind, spirit, intention, soul.
 

Welcome to Aigné, a sacred gathering of gatherings. More than a project, more than a platform, Aigné is a circle of circles, each one rooted in the sacred breath of becoming that the name implies. The name aigne carries a deep ancestral resonance to move together toward a place where the mind and heart unite in harmony and intention is aligned with spirit. This is the heart of living, breathing, communal movement. This is the soul-work we are called to do.

Across cultures and continents, the circle has long been a sacred symbol, an embodiment of wholeness, unity, and the eternal flow of life. In many Indigenous traditions from the Americas, the circle reflects the deep spiritual understanding that all life is interconnected. For the Niitsitapi, the circle is central to ceremony, governance, kinship, and cosmology. The sacred circle, or oka, appears in the structure of the tipi, in the sun dance, in seasonal cycles, and in the way decisions are made, with each person's voice valued and heard, none above or below another, often sitting in a circle so that none all elevated above the others. Similarly, the Medicine Wheel, a sacred circle divided into four directions, teaches about balance, the elements, stages of life, and the harmony between body, mind, spirit, and community. 

Circles are where our ancestors are honored, our sacred stories are shared, our heart songs are sung, and individual and communal healing begins. In Celtic spirituality, circles symbolize protection and divine interconnected-ness, while in African cosmologies, the circle holds ancestors, the living, and the unborn in sacred unity. Whether drawn in the dirt, danced in ritual, or lived in relationship, the circle invites us to return again and again to each other and to the the wisdom of the ancestors and the divine.
 

We are living in a time of great unraveling. Institutions we once trusted are faltering. Sacred truths are getting buried beneath fear, violence, and violent rhetoric. This is a holy unraveling, and those who carry the ancestral knowledge know know this is a threshold we are meant to cross together.
 

Aigné is a gathering of circles. A circle of voices rooted in ancestral wisdom, artistic expression, spiritual clarity, and liberating faith. Here, each circle shines with its own truth and its own calling, responding the drums that call us to serve and love the world. Together these circles form a whole far more powerful than the sum of its parts.

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