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A Circle of Women

Join us as we go inward to uncover stories that prevent from living to our highest potential, return them to their sources of untruth and create new stories of Change.

In a culture where women’s contributions are often ignored, and where our anger is written off as hysteria, many women have unconsciously bought into these oppressive ways of understanding themselves. For many of us, the story we’ve been told is in fact a limiting one which may come from a racist history, a story of "playing it safe" or of accepting "mediocrity" out of fear .For others the story is even less inspiring, a story of self-doubt, insecurity, and low expectations. We carry these oppressive stories in our bodies which can cause the body to become imbalanced and open the door to illnesses as they stop us from loving who we truly are as life bearers. In many cases the wounding is done by other women.

Please bring the stories of powerful women who have set the template for our civilization and a blanket for the journey. This journey will end in a symbolic burning of the stories and hurtful words that prevent us from living to our highest potential and an intentional circle where we create new stories for our lives.

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