Without realizing it, we fall into the roles weâve been socialized intoâŠ
A healing and leadership course and membership by and for
Black women + femmes and melanated folks weaving
somatics, spirituality and social justice
to nourish us in these times.
ThĂ©rĂšse’s work has been featured in:
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 ThérÚse, 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. itâs 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 âshadowâ and to be met with only love and compassion.
ThérÚse 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.
ThĂ©rĂšse 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 anyoneâs sharing or emotion.
I feel so lucky to have connected with ThérÚse 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 ThérÚse 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. Thereâs 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 monthâs 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.
ThérÚse and her space holding, leadership and guidance has been transformative.
If youâre thinking about joining Circle of Reclamation Iâd 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 youâre 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 is open to Black women, femmes and
gender expansive humans across the African Diaspora and folks of color.
There are three pricing options available. Please choose the appropriate option
based on your financial circumstances.
Choose this option if have limited financial means.
Choose this option if your basic financial needs are met.
Choose this option if you donât worry about your basic financial needs being met.
There are no refunds or exchanges.
Circles are sacred. They represent our innate wholeness, equality, sovereignty, community, the infinite and our unbreakable spirit. When we enter a circle itâs an opportunity to deeply connect with our essence, power and truth while being supported.
There are 12 portals of reclamation. Youâll focus on reclaiming the parts of yourself that have been silenced and forgotten, release and heal, honor and find the gifts in your emotions, while taking dedicated time for rest and integration. Although youâre welcome to dive into these themes at your own pace we also honor community rhythm and each month we explore a theme communally.
The themes are:
Body | Shame | Worthiness | Voice | Rage | Courage | Boundaries | Roots | Radiance | Spirituality | Grief | Wholeness
At the start of every month youâll receive an audio exploration (deep dive) with an accompanying soulsheet for deeper inquiry around that monthâs theme. Youâll look conscious and unconscious patterns; weâll dig deep into your individual intergenerational, familial, ancestral, societal and cultural narratives; individual and collective wounds, trauma, and shadows; all the things that prevent you from truly reclaiming all that you are and showing up in your brilliance. Finally, youâll anchor it all through action in your life, relationships, work and through sacred service.
One of the practices thatâs been integral in my personal healing is breathwork.
Monthly, youâll receive a Breathwork to explore that monthâs theme and heal your emotional body. Itâs designed to guide you to somatically release. Youâll bypass the noise in your mind and gain access to your creativity and intuition.
As a lifelong artist and teacher, I know first hand that ritual offers us a direct route to healing and reclamation. Ritual bring us together, it challenge us and it heals. Ritual has always been an important component in helping us see our own humanity and that of others.
Monthly, youâll receive a ritual that correlates to that monthâs theme for deeper embodiment.
Weâll gather virtually monthly for Ask ThĂ©rĂšse our community coaching call. After leading group coaching calls for over a decade I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that these calls are magic. This is where we come together do the work for deeper embodiment. Whether you have a pressing question on your heart or you simply are listening to your sisters share we allow whatâs below the surface to emerge.
This container is about reclaiming your brilliance, releasing what no longer serves you and embodying your power.
If youâre unable to make any of the sessions live youâll have an opportunity to send your questions in advance. All calls are recorded and posted within a few business days of the live calls.
Trauma is a nervous system event and Somatic ExperiencingÂź (SE) is a powerful body-oriented therapeutic model that helps heal trauma and other stress disorders.
At the core the Somatic Experiencing Group Sessions are a reclamation of the intelligence and wisdom of our ancestors and our bodies. Although much was severed and lost due to colonialism, racialized and gendered capitalism and imperialism the medicine lives in our cells and now we get to access it now for ourselves and our communities.
Our Somatic Group Practice is a place to soothe your nervous system, attune to your body and expand your resilience. We offer Embodied Resilience and Self-Massage and Somatics led by Danielle Smith, RMT and ThérÚse Cator.
One of the most beloved aspects of Circle of Reclamation are the Sister Squads. Your Sister Squad is a place where you can meet and share your journey with others. While there are guidelines this is self-directed and youâll meet weekly.
You’ll also receive exclusive access to our Embodied Black Girl Global Village space which for more sharing and communing. This is an additional space to share aspects of your journey and be witnessed and celebrated.
During this welcome chapter youâll receive
Circle of Reclamation Course
Audio Exploration, Meditation + Soulsheet
Full Moon Breathwork Practice
Somatic Experiencing Group Session
New Moon Reclamation Ritual
Monthly Ask ThérÚse
Somatics for the People
Sister Squads
Embodied Black Girl Global Village
Enrollment is open to Black women, femmes and
gender expansive humans across the African Diaspora and folks of color.
There are three pricing options available. Please choose the appropriate option
based on your financial circumstances.
Choose this option if you have limited financial means.
Choose this option if your basic financial needs are met.
Choose this option if you have more than your basic financial.
*There are no refunds or exchanges.
Circle of Reclamation was created in response to the needs of our community. This is an invitation to center our healing outside conventional spaces that center whiteness. Our approach is grief literate, trauma-informed and grounded in secure attachment. Furthermore, after being in countless wellness, spiritual and leadership spaces for over two decades that lacked representation in both teachers and participants it was time to create something different.
In this space you will be held and challenged. There are conversations that as Black women we need to have for our healing and liberation and this will be the container to those deeper discussions.
In order to weave new worlds we must contend with the harm that this world has created while also being able to expand into a decolonial vision of our individual and collective future.
So much of the trauma we experience is in relationship and that is why we know our healing must be communal. While we acknowledge the limitations of doing this work in a virtual space we also know without a doubt that the transformations and medicine is real.
Hi, Iâm ThĂ©rĂšse, Iâm the founder of Embodied Black Girl, a Somatic and Embodiment Teacher, a Decolonial Leadership Coach and an Artist. Iâm also a mother of a magical being, a daughter, a sister, an auntie and a friend to many beloveds.
The seed of Circle of Reclamation was planted in 2016.
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 over 13 years 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 whoâve 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 couldnât get free if we donât 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 whatâs been lost.
And this blossomed into Circle of Reclamation. I’ve had the honor of guiding this work for 4 years.
If your heart says yes, it would be an honor to serve as both your guide and sister on this beautiful journey!
With love and devotion,
