International Women’s Day at Stillheart

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Tamara Trejo recently posted  a won­der­ful blog about her expe­ri­ences at Stillheart dur­ing our International Women’s Day Celebration. She included a descrip­tion by her friend Mary Baxter, who also participated:

“It was beau­ti­ful to expe­ri­ence a guided med­i­ta­tion in the Great Room with gor­geous chan­de­liers of hand blown glass over­head, com­mem­o­rat­ing the love of the artist and his deceased wife who had vis­ited him there the night he had slept in the room and inspired these works of art.  We as women were reminded of the need for the fem­i­nine to come for­ward in the Earth’s energy at this time in his­tory, not to sup­plant the mas­cu­line energy that has dom­i­nated the last mil­len­nia, but to bal­ance it, to com­bine the ener­gies of the pink flame of the fem­i­nine with the blue flame of the mas­cu­line, bring­ing into aware­ness the vio­let flame, the energy that will move our Earth away from polar­ity, war, and dom­i­nance into a time of great love, coop­er­a­tion, and a unity that hon­ors all liv­ing beings.  And this includes our  sacred Mother Earth. Read the rest of this entry »

Global Advocates Share Collective Voice to End Violence Against Women

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This year at the 2nd World Conference of Women’s Shelters, there was no short­age of energy and enthu­si­asm, and cer­tainly no short­age of women. Representing 96 coun­tries, 1,600 indi­vid­u­als par­tic­i­pated in work­shops and inter­ac­tive dis­cus­sion ses­sions in an epic net­work­ing event, hosted by the National Network for Ending Domestic Violence at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington D.C.

The con­fer­ence included an impres­sive list of speak­ers and pre­sen­ters, atten­dees and spe­cial guests. All types of roy­alty, from HRH Princess Mary of Denmark to Reese Witherspoon, and even for­mer U.S. President, Bill Clinton, made speeches and added to the col­lec­tive spirit of the crowd with mes­sages of sup­port, unity and hopes for a brighter future. Survivors and advo­cates alike came together for this spe­cial 4-day con­fer­ence to meet fel­low advo­cates and to speak about a global human rights issue — vio­lence against women. Despite the diver­sity of back­grounds, the women (and a hand­ful of brave men) were united by a sin­gu­lar pur­pose: to live in a world devoid of gender-based vio­lence. Read the rest of this entry »

The Next Wave of Women, Business & Wellness in China

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Last October, I took an incred­i­ble trip to China to intro­duce Stillheart Institute and my book, The Goddess of Happiness, which was trans­lated into sim­ple Mandarin. Since it was my first time in China, and I was excited to explore, expe­ri­ence, and learn about the com­mon­al­i­ties between our two cul­tures. In addi­tion to my excur­sion to the Great Wall (pic­tured above), I man­aged to squeeze in eight pre­sen­ta­tions in eleven days in four cities includ­ing Beijing and Shanghai. I spoke to diverse audiences—university stu­dents, gov­ern­ment offi­cials, women entre­pre­neurs, cor­po­rate lead­ers and UNICEF. Read the rest of this entry »

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