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Reading

      The predator
        an essay by Sara Schley

      Explaining my
       
Unexplainable Work With
       Women.
        by Alisa Starweather

      What We Face
        by Alisa Starweather

Links  
      Woman Within Int'l

      WIP Facilitators' websites
      Jude Blitz, Living Arts Foundation
      Nicola Kurk
      Janine Romaner, Naturally Healthy
      Sara Schley, Seed Systems
      ALisa Starkweather


Leaders

Jude Blitz

Jude, one of the original founders of Women In Power, is a psychotherapist in private practice and a facilitator of Systemic Constellation Work in Boulder, Colorado. Certified in Hakomi Therapy and Shadow Work®, Jude is a practicing fourth-degree black belt in Aikido, which she teaches at the Naropa University. She is a lead facilitator with Dynamic Dialogue and 4 Quarter Coaching programs. A member of a moon lodge for many years, and then a member of the Rolling Crones, Jude created and leads a yearly women's retreat, Reclaim Our Feminine Initiations, and workshops on warriorship and the feminine and mother/daughter relationships. With her husband Tom Daly and colleagues Cliff Barry and Mary Ellen Blandford, she co-created the Inner Sovereign Training. Her website is www.livingartsfoundation.com.

Nicola Kurk

Nicola is a certified trainer, mentor, coach and facilitator of Shadow Work® . She and her husband, John, conduct Shadow Work® trainings and workshops in the UK, Europe, Russia, Latvia, Canada and the US. Nicola leads women-only Shadow Work® retreats that unearth buried aspects of the feminine soul and psyche and celebrate feminine Rites of Passage. She has created a workshop for mothers and daughters (ages 9-12) with her colleague Debbie Collins. Nicola is an experienced group facilitator, and over the past 21 years has led personal development and spiritually oriented seminars in many countries. She works privately with both couples and individuals. She has considerable experience of intentional community, leadership, counseling, mediation and communication skills. Educated as an artist, Nicola brings rich texture, colour and creative flair to all her endeavors. She lives in England with John and their 15-year-old son Ben. nicola.kurk@virgin.net
www.goldenopportunities.org.uk

Janine Romaner

Janine Romaner, ND, CHT, is a naturopathic doctor and licensed emotional therapist/counselor of 20 years with a private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a founding member of the Shadow Work® Guild and is a certified Shadow Work® facilitator, trainer and mentor. Janine has traveled extensively throughout North America, southern Africa, Britain and Australia, lecturing, training and leading seminars. She is regularly featured on radio health shows and has authored and been featured in many articles printed in international magazines on subjects such as the hazards of metal toxins, toxicity in general, effective ways to heal the body rather than cover symptoms, and archetypal patterns in Jungian psychotherapy. "I love assisting people to finally release unwanted residue or trauma from the past, and experience enrichment of the soul through healthy interaction." You can learn more about Janine and her work at www.naturallyhealthy.ws.

Sara Schley

Sara, initiator and one of the three original founders of the Women In Power program, is mostly on sabbatical with her newborn twins, yet her gifts to our work continue when she is able to attend. Sara is a certified Shadow Work® coach and facilitator. She is a coach, consultant, facilitator and thinking partner to individuals, organizations and communities. With her husband and partner, Joe Laur, Sara is co-founder of Seed Systems, a company dedicated to personal and planetary healing. She is the creator of numerous communities and collaboratives for global and personal sustainability, including the international SoL Sustainability Consortium, Creating Sustainable Organizations: Meeting the Economic and Social Challenges of our Time, and Yes to Life. Sara has been an Outward Bound instructor and a member of the Israeli analog to the Peace Corp. She is a published author, facilitator, speaker and teacher in the areas of social diversity, environmental sustainability and personal development. More about Sara's work can be found at www.seedsys.com.

ALisa Starkweather

ALisa is a certified Shadow Work® facilitator since 1995 and is one of the original founders of Women In Power. She has been avidly involved in ritual, rites of passage work, community building and healing for 19 years. ALisa is the founder and facilitator of a two-year international women's spirituality and leadership program, the acclaimed magical Priestess Path Apprenticeship which has recently been compared by graduates to attending Harry Potter's fictional Hogwarts School. As a Women's Empowerment Trainer, she helps women to walk on fire, dance with serpents, sleep in caves and transform their lives with authenticity, connection and passion. ALisa has two recordings of her original chants for circles, Daughter of the Earth and Calling Us Home. She is the visionary and organizer of the Women's Belly and Womb Conference and a featured teacher and speaker at several women's gatherings worldwide. Her other workshops include Transformational Breathwork, The Right to Be Magnificent, Mothering Our Adolescent Daughters, Giving Birth to a Woman of Courage, Living Our Deepest Dreams and more. Her website is http://members.aol.com/alisastar.

Our lead facilitators will be supported by additional trained staff and participants of past Women In Power events.


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