Journal GYM® Sister Circle: Returning to the Body

A monthly embodied experience for women ready to move beyond knowing themselves and practice living what they already know. You may not need another affirmation. You may need to notice the words you've already been living by. I have to handle it. I should be further along. That's just who I am. I don't want to be a burden. Keep the peace. Be grateful. Be strong. Some of the most influential words in our lives aren't the beautiful ones framed on our walls or written at the top of our journals. They're the quiet sentences we've repeated so often that they stopped sounding like thoughts and started feeling like truth. What if some of the words you've been living by deserve to be questioned? Journal GYM® Sister Circle is an intimate monthly experience for women to reflect, restore, reconnect with the body, and practice intentional living in community. OCTOBER 18TH: THE WORDS WE LIVE BY This month, we're getting curious about language. Not simply what we say to other people, but the words beneath our choices. The stories we've inherited. The promises we've made to ourselves. The labels we've accepted. The identities we've rehearsed. The sentences our bodies may still be organizing themselves around. We'll explore questions like: What words have been shaping the way I live? Which of them are actually mine? Which were inherited, learned, or once necessary? What am I ready to stop rehearsing? And what might become possible if I choose my words more intentionally? What have you been carrying? What has your body been communicating? Where might you be ready to listen differently? This isn't about replacing every difficult thought with something prettier. It's about noticing the language that has quietly become instruction and deciding whether you still consent to living by it. THIS ISN'T A LECTURE OR BOOK CLUB This is an embodied Journal GYM® experience. Across 90 minutes, we will move beyond simply understanding ideas and create space to experience them through guided reflection, journaling, gentle embodied practice, sacred conversation, stillness, sisterhood, spiritual connection, and nourishment. Some parts of the experience are intentionally left to be discovered inside the room. THE WISDOM WE'LL EXPLORE Our circles bring Sacred Woman by Queen Afua into conversation with my own bodies of work, Surrendering to Soft Living and Sacred Responsibility. We won't simply read the books. We'll use their wisdom as doorways into reflection, embodiment, conversation, self-inquiry, and lived practice. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ARRIVE BROKEN You do not have to perform healing. You do not have to have the “right” spiritual language. You do not need previous experience with Sacred Woman, yoga, meditation, or journaling. Come with a life you're willing to tell yourself the truth about. We'll begin there. GUIDED BY TANASIA POKE I'm an author, Sacred Woman Practitioner, certified yoga teacher, emotional intelligence practitioner, and founder of Journal GYM®. My work explores the space between what we know and how we actually live; bringing together reflection, embodiment, spiritual wisdom, emotional awareness, soft living, and Sacred Responsibility. SACRED, SPIRITUAL & INCLUSIVE This is a non-denominational spiritual experience welcoming women of all faith traditions, spiritual paths, and personal belief systems. There is room here for your own relationship with the Sacred. WHAT TO BRING Bring a journal and something to write with. Our Circle meets in white, preferably natural fibers such as cotton or linen. Choose something soft, comfortable, flowing, and easy to move in. There is no need to purchase anything elaborate or new. Water, tea, light nourishment, and a Journal GYM® reflection card are included. Sunday, OCTOBER 18TH @4pm 90-minute gathering I AM YOGI Studios — Jamaica, Queens Investment: $65 Space intentionally remains limited to preserve the intimacy of the circle. Reserve your place in the Circle.