You can register for individual events or the weekend packages.
All half-day workshops are $35 for members, $45 for non-members, $25 for seniors 65 years or older, $25 for students (with student id cards), and $5 for teens age 13-18. Exceptions noted for featured presenters.
All workshops are open to young women 13 years old and above, except as noted on the individual workshops. Parental permission forms are required if attending without a parent/legal guardian. Download a parental permission form here.
To register for these events go to the Registration page.
These workshops will be held at the North Seattle Community College in the College Center/Administration Building. The evening events will be held at Seattle First Baptist Church.
We are striving for a fragrance-free event to accommodate attendees with asthma and chemical sensitivities (and to improve awareness for all people regarding fragrance chemicals). Thank you for not wearing perfume, cologne, or other scented products.
For any questions about the conference go to the Conference Information page.
Monday Morning Workshops
Each of these workshops is being held 9:00 AM - NOON on Monday, February 20th
Maura Barclay
Unbreakable Woman® ~ The Art of Compassionate Self-Defense
Discover your most powerful self-defense tool: Your intuition. We will demystify the victimization process and introduce you to the many ways your intuition speaks to you. You will be armed with an effective and empowering way to think and talk about dealing with threats of violence. Learn to understand the psycho-physical connection between your thoughts, your words and your behavior. Through compassionate self-defense, learn how to recognize the humanity of potential adversaries and find the courage to end the cycle of violence for future generations. To be Unbreakable is to be like bamboo: flexible and strong. Your compassion for yourself keeps you supple. Your integrity gives you strength. This workshop is intended for women over the age of 18.
Maura Barclay began her journey into empowerment and wellness working as fire fighter and while competing as a body builder. She trained in mixed martial arts, Yoga Tune Up® and a Zen art called Budokon. Studying under the Master and creator of Budokon, Maura quickly earned the rank of sensei, began teaching Budokon at the prestigious Equinox Fitness Clubs and became a teacher trainer. She later served as the group fitness manager of the Equinox club in Westwood before relocating to Seattle. Today, she is the Director of Training and Continuing Education for Tune Up Fitness World Wide. She also teaches a therapeutic style of Yoga called Yoga Tune Up® at CrossFit and 8 Limbs locations in Seattle and has a private Yoga Therapy practice at West Seattle Wellness. Her greatest passion remains Unbreakable Woman®, while developing her book on the subject, she teaches seminars to women around the nation. unbreakablewoman.com
Dawn Dickson
End of Life Midwifery & The Sacred Art of Dying
Women have been present helpers and healers at birth and death for centuries. Over time, we have become divorced from the caring and rituals of one of life's great mysteries: the dying process. We will create sacred space and explore women's history as midwives at end of life, cross-cultural and shamanic approaches to the dying process. We will look at death practices in America, and the spiritual impoverishment evident in end-of-life care in this culture. Rituals and exercises – ceremonial hand washing, anointing ceremony and sacred songs and chants – throughout the presentation will offer examples for end of life care so we may reclaim our places as midwives to the dying and honor the dead. Bring a journal and writing utensil.
Dawn Dickson, LICSW has been involved in the exploration of the inner landscape and cross-cultural healing practices for 20 years. She is an instructor for the Sacred Circles Institute and an initiate in the Q'ero tradition of Andean shamanism. She facilitates women's retreats focused on depth psychology, empowerment, and the circle as a transformative principle and holds retreats for cancer patients focused on mindfulness and the healing properties of nature. She is a graduate of the Metta Institute's End-of-life Care Practitioner Program and holds a Masters Degree in clinical social work from the University of Washington. Dawn provides counseling to individuals facing life-threatening illnesses. She embraces the notion that life is mythic and encourages others to look inward for truth and healing. www.dawndickson.net/
Hilary Hart ~ WORKSHOP CANCELED
Reclaiming our Power as Women ~ 9 Arms of the Power Wheel
Women's power is the missing piece in a world out of balance. What is your natural power, and how does it work? Longing, nourishment, earth wisdom, the recognition of life's sacredness, purification, community, receptivity, beauty and creative space – these are nine hidden and undervalued arms of power. As you sense into your own prominent power, you will activate and energize it with your own attention and the energy of the circle, and give voice to it in ceremony. We will naturally transport ourselves into our own hearts where we are already in service to the wheel of life.
Hilary Hart is the founder of Women's Power Wheel, a growing movement of circle work that helps women uncover, honor and live their natural power. She is the author of The Unknown She and Pearlie of Great Price. She has experience in Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism, and has been working with dreams for over 12 years. She currently lives on Whidbey Island. www.hilaryhart.org
Amina Melody Pryor
The Magic of Relationships ~ Mystical Sufi Teachings
Learn how to keep love flowing in your close relationships despite the challenges that are bound to arise. This highly experiential workshop uses the ancient mystical teachings of Sufism to break down the walls of separation that can isolate you from those you care about at the times when you most long for connection. With safe, gentle guidance, Amina Melody will help you discover ways to transform stress and difficulties into doorways of opportunity for deepening love and affection with your partner, your teenager, your toddler or your friends. You will explore ways to apply the relationship skills of connection, communication, containment, commitment and caring and move through conflict to more profound understanding. This workshop is appropriate for anyone who is interested in developing a heart-centered paradigm of relationship and applying the skills needed to put the paradigm into action.
Amina Melody Pryor offers monthly teleclasses and live presentations focusing on Heart-Centered Family relationships. Her work is of benefit to any sincere spiritual seeker looking for a deeper understanding and experience of Divine Love and Compassion. She is a spiritual healer in the Shadhiliyya Sufi tradition, trained at the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism in Pope Valley, CA, and the Academy for Life Coach Training in Bellevue, WA. Her background has included the practice of yoga and Buddhist meditation, study in the work of family therapist Virgina Satir, the HeartMath stress reduction program, Laughter Club and Financial Recovery Training. www.aminamelody.com
Gina Salá
Your Voice is Medicine ~ Power of Sacred Song
Your voice is medicine. You can sing. In this powerful, playful workshop, Gina Salá offers tried and tool techniques and tools for opening to greater freedom in voice and heart. She will share careful pronunciation of mantra so that participants can feel the difference. And she offers delightful joyful songs that keep ringing in our hearts, rippling out as blessings throughout our lives.
Gina Salá is a global vocalist, performer, chant leader and more with a repertoire of 23 languages. She leads regular classes in the Seattle area, as well as sound healing, mantra chant and voice workshops on 4 continents and leads annual sound and wellness retreats and tours to India and Mexico. Her performance credits include singing as lead singer for Cirque du Soleil and at the U.N. She has been chanting since she began living in a Hindu ashram at the age of 3. Her passion helping us sing ourselves awake to Love and the Magnificence that we are. www.ginasala.com
Cari Uesugi & Diane Grace
Hawaiian Spirit Box ~ Balance Your Life with Intention
Age 16 and over are welcome.
$3 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop
Sometimes when life gets out of balance, you need to stop for a moment and realign yourselves with your true intentions. Enrich your life, explore your creative spirit and inner wisdom as you learn to listen more closely to your intuitive nature, so the path you walk is less stressful. Eliminate your Opala, (rubbish) review your unique life, and identify all the hats you wear. You will design a circle of balance, take action to live with intention, and create a Native Hawaiian spirit box, which reflects a deeper awareness of your hopes, dreams, and aspirations. Begin the journey of discovery, healing, and growth by celebrating your unique spirit through active arts.
Diane Kamaolipua Grace shares her genuine love and knowledge of the Native Hawaiian culture through her work as a life coach, speaker, workshop facilitator, and ordained minister. Her "talk story" style of coaching has been successful in helping women through life's challenges and empowering them to reach their fullest potential. As a life consultant, personal development speaker, and creative workshop facilitator.
Cari Uesugi finds joy in assisting you to explore your potential, rejuvenate your spirit, and strengthen your intuition. In her experiential workshops, she shares how to create a balanced life, communicate with compassion, attain your heart's desire, and nurture your creative self.
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