We want our whole community to have access to mindfulness practices. It is the foundation for everything else. Black Feminist Breathing is one but there are others. We will do BFB and other practices together everyday of this gathering but most especially on the main event on Saturday afternoon.

Plan to be in downtown Durham Saturday by 1:45pm. We plan to check folks in and start at 2pm. We will be done around 6pm.

Then we’d love for you to come to the bonus day on Sunday at 3pm.

Locations will be shared in a separate email.

FRIDAY

1) There are 4 spots for one-on-one BFB Oracle Readings with Alexis & Sangodare. Time slots (45min) for those are from 10am to 2pm (4 slots: 10a,11a, 1p, 2pm- 45min each).

2) Friday 6pm - The first group event is at 6pm when we’ll do a Live Recording of September: A Podcast for Loveships and take our listener/participant questions live.

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SATURDAY

1) Saturday 10AM to 1PM for Weekend Retreaters

2) Saturday 2 to 6PM for Day Practitioners & Weekend Retreaters

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SUNDAY (optional)

Sunday 3 to 5:30pm - Invitation Only + RSVP Required

So, if you registered for the half-day or the weekend you are invited but we need you to RSVP. You can also bring a guest to Sunday only. Your guest also needs to RSVP so we can be sure to have enough space for what we have planned. ;)

All those that resonate with the love and legacy of Black feminism are welcome to attend. We set a special invitation to our Trust Fall Lovebirds since we have already been practicing with them recently. We hope to especially facilitate wonderful hospitality to our Lovebirds and other solo participants. Although, we think it would be great to participate with a friend or framily.

We are holding space for the retreat participants. The activities we want to do during “Sunday School” aka Chu’ch require we keep attendance to about 50% of the capacity of the space.

Because the event is less than a month away we are not able to spread out the payment. We are working with a wonderful local team and I know you want us to come correct in how we take care of them. Check back for other spring and summer offerings for which we plan to offer payment plans.

Any of these or similar inspirations sound to me like you resonate with the flow of Black feminist love and legacy. So, yes register and shom’on!

You will be safe enough as you are.

This is not a religious event. We honor the religious traditions of our community, kin and ancestors. In these spaces we draw from the cultural and spiritual resources of all our teachers some of whom are or were religious. This may include a story from a religious tradition or it may include a fundamental principle of physics.

What we do is more about resourcing each of us as the infinite energetic (aka spiritual) beings that we are and trusting that if there is a generative religious tradition or a non-religious tradition (e.g. science, etc.) that supports and sustains you OUR PRACTICE SPACES can contribute to your deepening in that tradition AND contribute to your growth and transformation in general.

It also worth noting that we believe in the power of feeling and emotion to facilitate and activate necessary change. That could look religious to some. AND it might feel religious to religious people.

We believe two things can be true at the same time in the same space. The same song or chant could be like: Bob could be experiencing the Holy Spirit in a Christian-way, while Carmen is experiencing a new perspective, a liberating clarity that overwhelms her emotions and fuels a decision.

Still, you could come and be like, good for y’all but that’s not for me. This is a perfectly plausible and reasonable outcome as well. {{ shrug emoji }}