Welcome to the first workshop series within a candle in the dark. This will be a space for us to ground and receive our inner wisdom. This space is a sacred space for cis and trans women. I resonate most with sharing and holding space for women, and have been craving this space for myself for some time. This space is not therapy, but a container to reflect and feel joy. This space is purely for fun, relaxation, and care. I am not a medical professional, and urge you to seek care from a medical professional as it fits your needs. I look forward to having you! Welcome to A Candle in the Dark Workshop Series, the first workshop series by a candle in the dark. This series contains 7 workshops, each in support of sharing, connecting, and softening with other women and femme folks. My hope for this workshop series is that it’s a supportive space to release, ground, share, be vulnerable, or bring something into fruition. This workshop is amazing if you’re an artist who is ready to deepen their craft, if you are stuck at a crossroads, if you are feeling the energy of fear and are unsure of where to turn next, or if you’re looking for a supportive space to be vulnerable and share what’s been living within you. This space is purely reflective, and will be a container to tune into your inner wisdom. This series will not be therapy, but a creative space to share your heart and move through stuck energy. In this series we will: -Receive care -Soften into creation -Release and gain clarity -Listen in to our inner world -Be vulnerable and open with other women -Receive guidance from our inner wisdom with journaling, meditation, tarot, art, dance, and recognition of Divine energy -Feel the support of others and their process -Receive, release, and align Themes for this series: -Connecting to desire -Softening fear into fruition -Finding simplicity and connection to what “is” -Gratitude and abundance -Finding the wise inner guide -Using our own inner wisdom to access our path -Finding clarity through presence -Moving with feminine energy and listening to our inner compass My hope for this series is that it will feel like self care, and a space for us to ground down from a fast paced world and feel into our inner wisdom. Each workshop will begin with a grounding meditation before we share. In this series you will receive: -Bi-weekly check ins via email -Contact with me as the facilitator for any questions or clarity -Meditation and other tools to support in your journey -Seven 2 hour workshops with interwoven self care rituals to support -A pathway to sensuality and a heart centered flow Description of workshops: Horse Runs Body Sings is a workshop meant to slow the mind and connect to the body. We will begin this series by welcoming one another, and move into a meditation to seal the space and create a safe container. The meditation we use here will be brought with us into the rest of the series. We will journal briefly on a question and share our findings, and end our session together with a clearing meditation meant to support in gaining a higher perspective on our current reality. A Healing Circle will be a space for full sharing. We will be led through our meditation, and I will share a question for us to journal on and share with the group. This is a great space to share anything that’s been weighing on your heart, and will be a more open ended space for us to be seen in our current happenings. We will end with a grounding meditation. The Death Card will be a space for us to use tarot as self reflection. I personally do not connect with any outer entity (such as God or Divine) when using tarot in a group setting. This space will be for us to use tarot to tune in on our inner world, and will be a self reflective space for us to move through energy and connect to our intuition. I will bring in three questions, and pull three cards for us to journal on as a group. We will end our session with a grounding meditation **Tarot can be a space that can bring anxiety, as some folks use it to connect to higher self or guides. This space will be purely for reflection. I will describe each card that I pull, and you will pull your own reflections from the card. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions! Music As Feeling will be a space for us to share our art. Art is an amazing way to move through energy, and is one of my favorite tools to use to process. If you have been wanting to share a new medium, this is a great space to try something new, or find solace in your current practice. During this time, any art can be shared: painting, poetry, stories, film, music, song, etc. Any and all art is welcome. No experience necessary! This is an amazing space to share your work and reflect positively. You will receive a prompt for this session following The Death Card via email.. No, the earth was, will be a dance and stretch class. This class will be inspired by yoga, ballet, heels class, and energy/breathwork. My hope for this class is that it is a space for us to connect to our body and move by listening. This will be a sensual space for you to feel into your body and move into joy. This will be a no cameras class, and will be a space for you to be with your energy and body, while following instruction. This is an accessible dance class, and an open space will be needed. **I highly recommend doing this class privately! I enjoy dance as a solo practice and it’s an amazing way to feel into joy again after any period of darkness or drought. Feel free to reach out with any questions! A Beautiful Thing will be a space for us to share gratitude with one another, and open up the areas of the heart. We will begin our session together by doing a brief heart centering meditation, and move energy around the area of the heart. This is a space to drop into gratitude, and share anything exciting, light, and fun or any clarity that has emerged since our time together. We will end the session with a grounding meditation. A Candle in the Dark will be a silent meditation and prayer. This is a space for us to tune into the energy of simplicity, and ground down after our time of moving into joy. We will start by centering into our heart space, and journaling down any findings from our time together. Centering our gaze on a candle, we will spend our time together in silence, prayer, or reflection, to ground our energy and find stillness. This will be a space for us to share any last findings, and send each other off with light into our journey. **This will be a space for you to connect to any guides or Divine, or just be in a space of reflection. No religious or spiritual practice needed. Workshop Dates: Dates will be bi-weekly Sundays at 6pm via zoom. Each workshop will be up to 2 hours. March 22, April 5, April 19, May 3, May 17, May 31, Jun 14 If you are interested in this series, feel free to message me on Instagram, or email me via my contact page. The link for our meeting will be sent via email a few days prior to our time together. I look forward to having you. With Love, raen