Events
Harness Your Power Workshop
How to navigate change, re-member who you are, and retrieve your power as a woman in midlife.
Tuesday 3rd December 2024 at 7 to 9 pm UK - online
Why This Offering?
Ah, midlife! What is the first word association that comes to mind when you hear that word? Crisis - and there is a reason for that.
Midlife is like the second act, when it dawns on you that this ain’t no dress rehearsal. By now you’ve been through enough not to get too swayed by other people’s opinions, have cultivated a fair amount of resilience, can stand up for yourself, and are evaluating where you are in life.
As we step into this threshold and turning point of life, we question our existence, purpose, and life overall. Interestingly, some of the main questions that arise are entwined with the regrets of the dying because, yes, mortality is getting more real at this stage.
Can you relate to these being true for you already?
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
In midlife, we enter deeply into cycles of death and rebirth (aka personal transformation), where we come face to face with who we are right now, and get glimpses of who we want to become. It’s a tall order! But we are fortunate to be living in a time where the Divine Feminine is rising, and for those of us who feel, sense, hear and see this happening, it’s a perfect time to explore this relationship in order to reclaim the parts of us that have been taken, denied, or gone missing over the years. This is one of the vital keys of empowerment - re-membering ourselves and reclaiming our power.
Who is Harnessing Your Power For?
This workshop is for women in midlife who are tired of the narratives and conditions holding them back, and want some fuel to help create something new in everyday life. Some examples of what we’ve been saddled with are:
the “Good Girl” (repression & suppression of power)
living in survival mode (hypervigilance leading to depletion)
wing clipping (living as a watered down version of yourself, not having a voice, not taking too much space)
scarcity mindset (not feeling supported and living fear)
caregiver fatigue (feeling drained)
shame and blame (persecution & witch wound).
…Sound familiar?
These themes have led us to not live the highest expression of who we truly are. When they can be recognised, healed, and transcended they unlock a large amount of vitality, creativity and power.
If you connect with any of these themes and feel like you’ve been working on them for what feels like forever, this workshop offers you the catalytic energy to transform.
What is Harnessing Your Power?
This two hour workshop is an introduction to empowerment in midlife through shamanic practices and wisdom.
What to expect
Teachings about how to navigate midlife from a shamanic perspective
- concept and understanding of power loss & retrieval
- midlife as a rite of passage
- the importance of cultivating your relationship to Spirit (nature spirits / directions, elements, plants, …)
- why women have a natural inclination for shamanism
Shamanic journey
Sharing circle
Community of like hearted souls who has been on a similar journey to yours
Safe, boundaried container to express & explore
What you need on the day
quiet space
time and space for yourself afterwards
comfortable setting and clothing (blanket, etc)
a candle
power object
an offering for spirit
Your Hosts
Catherine Björksten
My greatest passion is facilitating spaces of transformation for people to step into a higher, more authentic and fulfilling version of themselves. I want you to experience the truth of who you are and be supported on that journey. The heroine’s journey is one of courage, depth and willingness. Many of us are feeling the call to step up in the current climate.
My past life was in marketing and advertising. becoming a mother and a burnout called me to the more holistic and spiritual side of life. For the past 10 years, I have worked with people 1:1 offering soul plan readings, shadow integration and spiritual awakening mentoring, led retreats, held workshops, talks and women’s circles. And I am the author of “You are loved: essential spirit guides and guardians”. In that time frame, I have also had the privilege to learn directly from indigenous elders from various lineages and dive deeply into their cosmologies and ways. I have also completed a three-year shamanic training, which included deep personal healing, initiations, and healing techniques.
And last but not least, I apprenticed with great teachers in womb awakening and mentored with Jane Hardwick Collings. We are here to remember the power and gift that is to be a connected woman. Connected to yourself, nature, community, and Spirit.
Laura Prins
Originally from Ohio, I'm an American expat who has lived in the UK for 17 years, and am now based in Berlin. I'm trained as a transpersonal psychotherapist (Centre for Counselling & Psychotherapy Education in London, Northampton University), systemic constellations facilitator (Centre for Systemic Constellations, London), energy worker, and shamanic healer (Second SIght, Sussex UK), and have worked almost exclusively with trauma for 15+ years, both in 1 to 1 work and in groups.
I'm doing this work because it lives in my heart, soul, blood, and bones. The women in my ancestral family lines didn't have a voice, and struggled to love and be loved in ways which didn't disempower and diminish their light. In my teens and 20's I found myself treading similar pathways, living with depression, ‘mystery’ illnesses, chaos, and addiction. It was through breakdowns, grace, and good therapy that my path began to change.
It's my calling in this life to empower not only myself, but support others in empowering, healing, and deepening their relationship to life - with all the wonder, mystery, and unexpectedness that this entails. These energies and forces are here, ever increasing, highly supportive, and ready to party with us. It's time.
When and Where
Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 at 7 to 9 pm UK - online Zoom
Exchange
£60
