Love & Liberation

S.O.U.L.’s Signature Course

Know yourself. Trust yourself. Love yourself fully.

An online program for women and femmes of color to expand your capacity to love & be loved, deepen your relationships & support our collective liberation.

October 20, 2021 - March 9, 2022

 
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Are you ready to love and be loved without apology?

Are you yearning to step into the fullness of who you are and receive the love that you know is possible?

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Are you feeling disconnected from yourself and struggling to find a community that gets and supports you?

What if you could love yourself unconditionally, deepen your relationships, and build a network of heart-centered leaders blazing a trail towards self and collective liberation?

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If you resonate with any of the above, this course is made for you.

 

WELCOME TO

Love & Liberation*

Love & Liberation is an online course for women of color, queer and trans femmes of color to help you access self-acceptance, heal your relationships, and build a network of heart-centered leaders committed to our collective liberation.  

This five month journey combines proven practices in holistic trauma-informed healing, spiritual psychology, and somatic coaching. A dream team of experienced healers and coaches to support you during a curated experience of transformation.

This is an intimate experience of deep support and attention for each participant, so we have a limited number of spots available. 

COURSE DATES:  October 20th - March 9th

Ready to see if this course is a fit for you?

*The term Love & Liberation is inspired by the pioneering work of Satya de la Paz at Soulflow Oakland.

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 “The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move toward freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.” 

~ Bell Hooks

This course is for you if …

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» You’re ready to step into a new way of living, working, loving, and leading

» You want to be a model for healthy love for your people and the next generation

» You’re craving connection to your spirituality that feels authentic and real

» You’re tired of toxic and unfulfilling relationships and yearning for intentional ways of loving

» You want to be part of creating real and lasting change in our communities, led by a vision of love and liberation

» You’re ready to heal and grow with an inspiring, courageous community that’s got your back!

Over the course of five months you will:

Deepen your healing journey, connect to your inner knowing, and expand your capacity to to give and receive fully.

Deepen your healing journey, connect to your inner knowing, and expand your capacity to to give and receive fully.

Move towards becoming the leader, lover, mother, parent, daughter, sister, sibling, partner and friend you are meant to be.

Move towards becoming the leader, lover, mother, parent, daughter, sister, sibling, partner and friend you are meant to be.

Decolonize love and discover tools and pathways for practicing self love, navigating all your relations, and accessing the divine.

Decolonize love and discover tools and pathways for practicing self love, navigating all your relations, and accessing the divine.

Rest and play in a community of women and femmes of color also on their paths of love, liberation, radical joy, and self healing.

Rest and play in a community of women and femmes of color also on their paths of love, liberation, radical joy, and self healing.

WHAT SOUL SIBLINGS ARE SAYING:

 

“In the sky of uncertainties and grief, SOUL’s women of color healing circles were the shining Northstar that brought a creative and safe space to my life. I was able to drop in and soak up the joy of connection with the other women and femmes of color from all walks of life. We laughed, we cried, we danced. We healed our hearts and femifested our dreams. I highly recommend this community.”

— Shabnam Shomail

 
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“Through this community, I have come in touch with my own feminine energies that have helped me heal, rejuvenate and intentionally set the design of my own life. Stepping into my higher self, designing my dreams, and finding my calling in the world are some of the very powerful outcomes they have helped me navigate! With their guidance I built a support system of surrounding myself with people who strengthen me! This has been the single most gift I would ever have given myself.”

— Jyotsna Maan

 
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Love & Liberation Course Curriculum

During our five month journey we will explore each of these 10 topics during our 10 live group sessions. After each group session you’ll receive additional healing practices & tools as well as be paired with a new Support Sibling for deeper connection, healing, and learning.

 
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1 || Knowing Yourself (Mind Body Healing)

Self love is the foundation of it all. We will be guided to reflect on the lessons, patterns and gifts of our journey and join in ritual to redefine and reclaim love and liberation for ourselves.

 
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2 || Trusting Yourself (Emotional Body Healing)

Healing our inner wounds as a path toward trust. We will be supported to integrate experiences of grief, pain, heartbreak, and loss as a path toward unconditional love. We will learn how to cultivate a practice of self-forgiveness to return to peace.

 
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3 || Loving Yourself (Physical Body Healing)

Coming home to ourselves and rediscovering safety and spaciousness within our bodies. We will tend to our self criticism and shame, redefine beauty on our terms, discover wisdom in trauma, and reclaim pleasure as our birthright.

 
 
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4 || Family & Ancestry

Come to understand the ancestral, intergenerational, and karmic imprints of love and loss for each of us. We will define a model for healthy love with our families and chosen families that includes healthy boundaries and reconciliation.

 
 
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5 || Friendship, Sisterhood & Siblinghood

Find refuge in the power of friendship as medicine during times of fear, uncertainty and doubt. Together, we will learn how to set loving containers that allow us to express our desires, fears and needs between friends. We will also explore Love Languages and how we like to give and receive love.

 
 
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6 || Love & Liberation in Partnership

Relationships are our biggest mirror. Together, we will craft a definition and vision for conscious relating and loving partnership, learn about attachment theory, practice tools in compassionate communication, and expand our emotional literacy.

 
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7 || Love & Liberation in the Movement

Examine the impact of power, privilege, colonization, and patriarchy on love in our communities with intersecting identities. We will also explore how to cultivate beloved community and where love, self care, and resilience belongs in the greater liberation movement.

 
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8 || Love & Liberation in Leadership

Access your divine creativity, listen to your callings, and channel that into the career/work you are meant to do in the world. Whether you are an entrepreneur, intrapraneur and/or you work with an organization or team, together, we will explore how to bring our whole selves to work.

 
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9 || Divine Love & Liberation

Tune into indigenous earth medicine and teachings from around the world centered in the spiritual heart. Heal any wounding and blockages that have prevented you from connecting spiritually. Cultivate a personal practice and direction relationship with Spirit that feels authentic to you.

 
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10 || Collective Declaration of Love & Liberation

Celebrate our growth, affirm one another’s journey’s, and share our personal “Declaration of Love & Liberation”. Make a wholehearted offering (poem, art piece, song, prayer, story etc). This will serve as a living prayer for who we are and what we are calling into our lives!

“We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each other.”

~ Grace Lee Boggs

Join us for an Info Session!

This is an opportunity for you to experience a taste of the Love & Liberation program, our gift to you! We will also review the course curriculum & answer any questions. The recording will be shared with all registrants.

 
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Meet Your Dream Team

  • Lotus Wong

    (she/her)

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    LEAD COACH

    LOTUSAWAKENS.CO

  • Karmay Gorley

    (sher/her)

    LEAD COACH

    HEALER & FACILITATOR

    GLOETRY.CO

  • Flo Dabokemp

    (she/her)

    HOLISTIC MOVEMENT COACH

    & SOUND HEALER

    OFFICIALFLO.COM

  • Raquel Najera

    (she/her)

    LEAD COACH

    & FACILITATOR

    LIBERACOACHING.COM

  • Sonia-Melitta Montoya

    (she/her/ella/they/them)

    SELF HEALER COACH

    & YOGA TEACHER

    LINKEDIN

  • Christine Juang

    (she/her)

    COACH & FACILITATOR

    AAPI SOLIDARITY CIRCLES

    LINKEDIN

  • Carolina Pissarro

    Carolina Pissarro

    (she/ella)

    COMMUNITY MANAGER

    COACH-IN-TRAINING

    LinkedIn

  • Lynda Lopez

    Lynda Lopez

    (she/ella)

    COURSE ADVISOR

    LYNDALOPEZ.COM

  • Regina Felice Garcia

    Regina Felice Garcia

    (she/her/ella)

    BRAND & VISION DOULA

    REGINAFELICE.COM

 
 

Why I created this course.

A note from Founder, Lotus Wong:

When I look back at the last 11 years on my healing path, the single thing I wish I had is a community of wholehearted and committed women and femmes of color who had my back every step of the way.

Love & Liberation is the dream course I wish I had on my healing journey.

A comprehensive experience for people like you who are ready to know themselves, trust themselves and love themselves fully.

 

“Without community, there is no liberation.”

~ Audre Lorde

WHAT SOUL SIBLINGS ARE SAYING

 

Participating in the SOUL healing circles has been such a gift of love and connection on my healing journey. They create a sacred container for me to be in community with other beings of color that are committed to their and other’s liberation and have helped me to know, deeply, that I am not alone. The circles are magically healing and fun! I’ve felt grief, forgiveness, love, and joy during the circles. I’ve danced and drawn and laughed. They’ve helped me grow in community and friendship. And, they’ve cultivated a space for me to deepen my compassion for, and vulnerability with, others.”

— Mona Mabengi

 
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This course includes:

 
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TEN LIVE GROUP COACHING SESSIONS

We gather in sacred circle online twice a month on Wednesdays as a group (every other week). Guided by a team of expert coaches and healers we will move through an experiential learning journey along with group coaching about Love & Liberation at every level. The course is designed with an alternating yinyang flow, so one week will be more active (yang) where we will meet as a collective and the following week will be restorative (yin) with self-paced healing practices. All sessions are recorded for lifetime access.

 
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FIVE 1:1 COACHING SESSIONS

Each of us is unique, and our experience shows us that guidance, support and accountability helps us integrate our learning for lasting change. Those seeking this support will receive five 1:1 virtual coaching sessions with one of our guides to support your unique healing journey. This is your time and we are here to hold you as you walk bravely on this path of self liberation through love. (Learn about the difference between coaching and therapy in our FAQ.)

 
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HEALING RITUALS, RESOURCES & TOOLS

We will share additional video tutorials with healing rituals, resources, tools and guidance. These will include mindful meditation, yoga, movement, music, creative writing, art, and sound healing practices. These are meant to offer self-paced healing and inspiration to support you in knowing yourself, loving yourself and trusting yourself fully.

 
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PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNITY

Access to our private online forum to share learnings and inspiration on your path and to deepen your connections in community. You'll also be matched with a "Support Sibling" after each of group coaching sessions for additional encouragement, connection, and accountability.

 
 
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EXPERT COACHES & HEALERS

You get access to a curated selection of SOUL Coaches, Healers and Faciltitators to develop your skills in love and liberation. All of our experts are trauma-informed, holistic health practitioners, and self-healing medicine women.

 
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LESSONS FOR A LIFETIME

These teachings are deep and comprehensive, and we recommend returning to them time and time again over your journey. That is why we give you lifetime access to the material so you can revisit it any time at your own pace.

Want more? We got you!

+ SOUL NOURISHING BONUSES +

  • 1 year membership to S.O.U.L. community

    Yay! We are excited for you to join our beloved community. Being a member of SOUL means you get exclusive content, resources, and first invites to our events and gatherings (online and in person). You’ll also receive member discounts on services from our curated healers and coaches and monthly SOUL meditations and resources to support you on your Love & Liberation journey!

  • "All About Love" by bell hooks

    All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our private and public lives. In eleven concise chapters, hooks explains how our everyday notions of what it means to give and receive love often fail us, and how these ideals are established in early childhood. Moving from the cultural to the intimate, hooks notes the ties between love and loss and challenges the prevailing notion that romantic love is the most important love of all.

  • S.O.U.L. Ritual Kit

    You will receive a soul nourishing ritual kit filled with a host of hand-selected items such as a SOUL journal, ritual candles, essential oils, herbal tinctures, bath salts, love notes, and more! This custom kit is designed to support you throughout your journey in the Love & Liberation course!

 “I’m not missing a minute of this. It’s the revolution!”

~Sylvia Rivera

Investment & Payment Options

 
 

Join the course for $1,200

THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM IS $5,500

 

Invest in the SOUL Nourishing Bonuses for an extra $600

 

SOUL Nourishing Bonuses Include:

  • FIVE 1:1 Coaching Sessions

  • SOUL Ritual Kit

  • All About Love Book

  • SOUL Year Long Membership.

    (ADDITIONAL VALUE OF $1100)

Payment Options

1x payment of $1,200 ($1,800 with bonuses)

4x monthly payments of $300 ($450 with bonuses)

Early Bird Investment: Receive $200 off when you register by September 25th, 2021

Join as a Pair: Receive $100 off each when you register as partners, sisters, siblings or friends

 

Limited Scholarships available, schedule a Clarity Call!

 
 
 
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Hell yes!

How do I join the course?

 

We are SOUL’d out!

Join us next year for our 2023 cohort.

 
 

“If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I am shortchanging myself.”

– Zanele Muholi

What The SOUL Community is Saying:

 

“I was drawn to participate in SOUL’s women of color healing circles because I needed to be in a decolonized space with a feminine community.  I was impressed with Lotus’ ability to hold space, create a deep container of wide experiences, and bring together such powerful and inspiring women. I felt connected to myself, connected to a community, and empowered as a woman of color when leaving her circles. "

— Natalie Orozco

 

“There was a lot of uncertainty and major shifts happening in my life and SOUL’s healing circles definitely kept me grounded and connected to community during that time. I’m so grateful to have been a part of the mutual healing process. Thank you and all of the folks in the circle for sharing your wisdom, good vibes, and love.”

— Sienna Renee

“The journey with other women of color in particular was a way to process the external trauma in a safe space with those who were experiencing life in similar ways. I witnessed our beginning as individuals, metamorphose into a sisterhood. We held one another’s experience with support and encouragement along the way. It’s a beautiful journey to behold and I was able to explore and get to know my emotional self in a deeper way.”

— Joann Lee Wagner

 

“The SOUL healing circles offered such beautiful, loving, gentle, and safe space. I hadn't attended many circles and if you haven't done so, you will not be disappointed by these unique, heartfelt offerings. I highly recommend taking the time to resource yourself in the company of fierce, yet tender in heart women. This is true healing. No code-switching. Pure, embracing community.”

— Amabel Navarez

Deepest gratitude

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Holistic Underground is a leadership and organizational development agency supporting the success and integrity of social movements and conscious companies. Through the guidance and partnership with HU, Love & Liberation was born.

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Soulflow Oakland is a yoga & meditation community co-creating a world where everyone can thrive. The term “Love & Liberation” is inspired by the teachings and offerings of Soul Flow’s founder, Satya de la Paz.

To the behind the scenes team: Course Advisor, Lynda Lopez, Vision Doula, Regina Felice and the many members of SOUL, thank you for your support in bringing this vision to life!

To the behind the scenes team: Course Advisor, Lynda Lopez, Vision Doula, Regina Felice and the many members of SOUL, thank you for your support in bringing this vision to life!

FAQs

 

Wait so how much does it cost?

The course is $1200 total which is $300/month for 4 months. The course with SOUL Nourishing Bonuses and Six 1:1 Coaching calls is $1800 which is $450/month. If you sign up by September 25th you get $200 off. If you really want to be a part but that is a stretch for you we do offer some equity based partial scholarships.

I’m a busy bee. How much time will I be expected to commit to this program?

Totally up to you. The calls are all recorded and sent out. The sacred group coaching sessions are 120 minutes and are well worth your time to make it live and engage in the group experience. It will likely take 1-3 hours per week to engage fully. Some of this time will be spent applying new skills, listening to the information, completing the weekly workbook, engaging in our community portal, and participating in the bimonthly group calls. However, as with anything, what you put in is what you get out.

I really want to participate, but cannot afford it. Are there any alternative options?

The pricing of Love & Liberation was calculated intentionally to offer you extreme value as a group program and an extended payment plan. If you have a gut-wrenching YES, do not let your "I can't" voice get the best of you. We believe in your ability to cultivate the necessary means to participate and honor your readiness. Please schedule a Clarity Call and let us know your situation and we can create options from there.

There are also some partial scholarships available. This program is an investment, so if it is not possible at this time, no worries. Sign up for our email list and stay tuned for more community offerings!

I feel a strong yes, but my “I can’t” voice is really strong, any guidance?

Schedule a Clarity Call and let's chat. Nerves are normal... you're on the edge of discovering a whole new you! Anything that is calling this much of you forward into being will invite a level of resistance. Just notice it. Notice how much power you give it. See if it's fear or if it's guidance and take aligned action-steps forward. There are scholarships available just include your inquiry around that in our call.

Will you be running this program again?

We hope so! We intend to host Love & Liberation for Women and Queer Femmes of Color again as well as a BIPOC cohort in 2022. This is our introductory pricing and the rate will likely go up!

How many spaces are available?

This is program is designed for up to 16 participants to keep the intimacy or the program and the accessibility to the coaches abundant.

When/where does Love & Liberation take place?

The course runs on Zoom from October 20, 2021 to March 9, 2022. We meet every other week on Wednesdays from 4-6pm PST | 7-9pm EST. If you sign up for the five 1:1 Coaching Calls, they will take place via Zoom whenever you and your coach schedule it each month.

I can’t make all the sessions, is that okay?

Of course. The live calls are an opportunity for you to dive deeper on each course topic, get personalized support, group coaching, and be in community. However, they are not mandatory. If you miss a session, they will be recorded for you to access whenever you want. It is suggested you miss no more than 3 of the calls.

Do you offer refunds? If so, what is the policy?

We will give you as much of my time as needed before the program to find your clear yes and answer all questions. Once you commit and make your deposit, you're saying yes to the full program. Should a life-changing event occur or there is a substantial reason why this course is not serving you, we can support you in completing in a way that feels in integrity for all. Partial refunds are possible at the Course Leader’s discretion. There may be times that come up in the course of 5 months that take you away from the course, but it's all recorded and our team is here to support you to feel caught up and that you’re getting your course needs met.

What is the difference between coaching and therapy?

Therapy tends to be a long-term process in which a client works with a healthcare professional to diagnose and resolve problematic beliefs, behaviors, relationship issues, feelings and sometimes physical responses often stemming from the past.

A coach takes the client’s current starting point as an acceptable neutral ground and is focused on moving from that point forward. A coach supports their client to take action to steer it toward their future goals.

Does this course replace a mental health practitioner?

No, this course is not intended to replace a licensed mental health practitioner or provider to address emotional and mental health wellbeing or wellness.