Women's Precious Power

I am sorry I have not been in touch - I was away for three weeks, of which two weeks were a meditation and writing retreat. It was wonderful and I am happy to be back! I am especially happy to be here and looking forward to be with you later this week. Please attend this second women's circle at the Library - let us build our strength and share our wisdom and love! I look forward to be with you.


  NYACK LIBRARY offering a WOMEN'S CIRCLE: THURS., AUGUST 22, 6 - 7:30

        Let's come together, be with each other, listen to each other, feel each other

                        I hope to see you, listen to you, feel you!

Healing and empowering ourselves for a more peaceful world

Women’s Precious Power

JOAN WHITACRE 

Founder and Director, WHOLE WOMEN HEALING

Women embody felt wisdom and spontaneous nurturance. From this comes their power to generate peace and healing. However, we often give it to others and neglect ourselves. 

 Meditation practice, exercises of sensory awareness, movement, and sitting in circle, and exploration of our masculine as well as feminine energies, will guide us to rest in, to listen to, and to derive strength from our precious power. This series will give participants an opportunity to deeply relax and cultivate essential self-care skills.  It will provide space to appreciate compassionate activity, and to support other women in their self and other care. 

 In nurturing our sacred ground of embodied presence and power, we will be enabling ourselves to wisely choose our offerings of presence and power to our world.

 

BIO: Joan Campbell Whitacre, M.A., A.B.D, R.S.M.T., owner of Embody the Journey, founder of Whole Women Healing. Joan is a certified Body-Mind Centering practitioner, and Shambhala Buddhist meditation teacher. Since 1971, Joan has been exploring the embodiment of wise living and compassionate activity in meditation practice, somatic-movement disciplines, and academic study.  Her passion for women's healing and empowerment as peacemakers led her to found WWH after 9/11. 

 

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