Without realizing it, we fall into the roles we’ve been socialized into…
An emergent healing and leadership (un)learning course and community
weaving somatics, spirituality and social change
to nourish us in these times.
We explore the conscious and unconscious patterns; intergenerational narratives; individual and collective wounds, trauma, and shadows; the gifts that and to shared.
GRIEF | WHOLENESS | BODY
SHAME | WORTHINESS | VOICE
RAGE | COURAGE | BOUNDARIES
ROOTS | RADIANCE | SPIRITUALITY
Over 30 hours of on-demand workshops, practices, interviews & more that will blow your mind and heart wide open.
Circle of Reclamation has been a healing, inspirational, deep experience.
when I first joined COR besides the emotional/phsyical/spiritual impact of the pandemic and the uprising, and my involvement in activism and volunteering, i was and am in a time of intense change in my personal life, including school, the shift of a long-term romantic relationship into a platonic relationship , processing my sexuality, reconnecting with family, and the continuation of long-term intentional spiritual and healing processes.
Being in a container of trust, held by Thérèse, in community with other women committed to healing has been extremely supportive and transformational for me.
My most profound breakthrough was very difficult and very important for me to share about. my struggle to love and accept my own skin and my feelings of racial isolation and rejection and wishing i had a darker complexion like my siblings. it’s something i still experience shame and confusion and pain around, but it was very profound to feel that i was in a safe space to share such a central ‘shadow’ and to be met with only love and compassion.
Thérèse is so intentional, has so much wisdom and compassion and integrity and insight, and creates a container of love and trust where it feels safe to be myself and where I feel that I am offered support in looking within myself, the nudges I need to do work that will be transformational, and guidance in processing what I find. She really creates processes that allow us to connect with each other and ourselves on multiple levels in deeply meaningful ways.
Thérèse also holds space for us all in a way that allowed me to feel I could share freely without feeling that I would burden anyone, and also that allowed me to listen deeply without feeling burdened or overwhelmed by anyone’s sharing or emotion.
I feel so lucky to have connected with Thérèse this way, in this life, and to be able to be in circle held by her. She is also just fun to be around and brings joy without negating the importance of processing the difficult things! I could go on!
Wahida Omar
Organizer, Yoga Teacher + Herbalist
Shame, Courage, Boundaries and Spirituality were my favorite chapters. These chapters allowed me to revisit the past, heal, create new boundaries, tell others how I expected to be treated and how important rest is. I recall feeling sadness, joy, regret and how I would do things different in the future. It has transformed me to allow myself to put myself before anyone else. I am the most important person in my life and I can not pour from a empty cup.
Circle of Reclamation helped me address my challenges by giving me new tools to work with and enhancing the skills I already had. COR has helped me realize that my desires is what I needed to move forward in an authentic way of being. Even if others didn’t like or agree with me.
COR is life-changing and Thérèse is a gem and medicine woman.
Adrienne Lakes
Circle of Reclamation has helped me heal and trust my own self again.
Circle of Reclamation has been the lifeline I needed when I felt (or feel because this is still ongoing), like I am drifting on an ocean of confusion and feel a bit out of control with my emotional life. This circle has been a safe haven, harbor, an anchor for me and provided much needed community and grounding when I have needed it.
My most profound experience has been actually releasing grief during the 13 months. There’s been a profound change and a lightness that has come as a direct consequence of committing to my healing and actually doing the exercises within each month’s theme. I actually could feel myself getting energetically lighter as I let go of certain emotions and allowed myself to face the things I had been running from within myself.
The chapters on shame and worthiness were super powerful as were courage and boundaries. I needed so much help releasing shame around my own personal failures and needed to forgive myself and shed this to reclaim a sense of worthiness and desire to truly live. When we got to radiance I realized I still had work to do before I could be visible to my own self let alone others.
Thérèse and her space holding, leadership and guidance has been transformative.
If you’re thinking about joining Circle of Reclamation I’d say it is absolutely worth it because YOU are worth it.
Zenzii
Circle of Reclamation has been a place for me to be seen and grounded and prioritize me. The Sister Squads allowed me to practice with more support for exploration. This is a community of women working on themselves to extend their impact. If you’re on the fence it’s an indication that there is work to be done. This is the space you need (for you) especially if you’re a space holder for others!
Nicola Brown
Founder Kokoro, Holding spaces for social health + wellbeing
Enrollment for membership is open to Black women and femmes and women and femmes of color.
There are three pricing options available. Please choose the appropriate option
based on your circumstances.
Choose this option if you need additional assistance to meet the full cost of the program.
Choose this option if you’re able to meet the full cost of the program.
Choose this option if you have more than enough and can support fellow kin.
All prices are in USD.
Healing and deepening our leadership needs time and space and we seek to counter the programming of the quick fix wellness industry. This is an (un)learning, decolonial and sacred approach and we desire to create genuine relationships in this space vs. transactional interactions and all of this takes time.
THÉRÈSE CATOR
CEREMONIAL GUIDE, LEADERSHIP MENTOR, SOMATICS + EMBODIMENT TEACHER
Hi, I’m Thérèse, I’m the founder of Embodied Black Girl! I’m also mother, a daughter, a sister, an auntie and a friend to many beloveds.
Circle of Reclamation was birthed from noticing the disparities in access to healing for Black women and femmes.
Circle of Reclamation was birthed from a lifetime of being an artist and all that comes with it.
Circle of Reclamation was birthed from my deepest pain and my greatest joys.
Circle of Reclamation was birthed from over two decades of personal healing work and nearly two decades of being a sacred space holder for visionary people.
Circle of Reclamation was birthed from being raised in a family of healers, artists and activists.
I envisioned a space where deeply embodied leadership meant the lived experiences of those who’ve been silenced would be centered.
I envisioned a space where embodied healing incorporated trauma informed and grief informed care.
I envisioned a space where we practiced nervous system regulation.
I envisioned a space that knew we couldn’t get free if we don’t address the ways we are shaped by our culture.
I envisioned a space where we are all leaders and practice what it means to be in community.
I envisioned a space that believed that we all were worthy to be well and we would remember what’s been lost.
I envisioned a space that was dripping with sacredness.
And this blossomed into Circle of Reclamation.
If your heart says yes, it would be an honor to serve as both your guide and sister on this beautiful journey!
If you have any questions about the experience please send a note to hello@embodiedblackgirl.com and we’ll be happy to support you! We’re deeply honored that you’re here and if you feel called we can’t wait to journey together!
