Bountiful Life provides therapeutic workshops, healing circles, meditation classes, gatherings, talks, retreats, and other programming centered around the emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of Black women in Western Massachusetts.
HALF-DAY WORKSHOP: LETTING GO OF STORIES THAT DON’T SERVE US
Bountiful Life’s Letting Go of Stories that Don’t Serve Us is a half-day workshop for Black women who want to identify, process and move past old stories about ourselves and others that keep us stuck, never feeling completely free. This 4-hour workshop will provide space, tools, and support for letting go of stories we’ve carried for too long, allowing them to be replaced by new stories that serve our healing, wholeness and joy.
JOIN US.
- Saturday, March 29th from 10-2
- Amherst, MA
- THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL! MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON OUR EMAIL LIST TO GET NOTIFIED ABOUT UPCOMING WORKSHOPS!
WINTER/SPRING WORKSHOPS
4-WEEK BEGINNER STORY WORKSHOP FOR QUEER BLACK WOMEN
In this beginner writing workshop, we merge the art of storytelling with personal growth and empowerment. This workshop offers a safe and inclusive space for participants to share their stories and develop their writing skills while connecting with a supportive network of fellow Black queer women writers.
Whether you’re an aspiring author or simply looking to explore your creative side, this workshop is the perfect place to ignite your passion for storytelling.
- Tuesdays, Feb 18-Mar 11
- 6pm-8pm
- Amherst, MA
- $250 (sliding scale available)
- THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL! MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON OUR EMAIL LIST TO GET NOTIFIED ABOUT UPCOMING WORKSHOPS!
4-WEEK INTERMEDIATE STORY WORKSHOP FOR bLACK WOMEN (online)
Join us for an inspiring and skill-building intermediate story writing workshop for Black women. Hone your writing skills, share your narratives, and foster a sense of community through storytelling.
In-depth sessions on character development, plot structure, and narrative voice.
Constructive feedback sessions, providing and receiving feedback to elevate your work.
Insights into the publishing process, from manuscript preparation to pitching your stories to literary agents and publishers.
- Tuesdays, Mar 18-Apr 8
- 6pm-8pm
- Online
- $250 (sliding scale available)
- For more information and to register, email mia at bgd project dot. org
YOUR fOLKS TOLD ME TO TELL YOU: rECEIVING MESSAGES FROM EACH OTHER'S ANCESTORS
Do your ancestors have messages for you? Could you benefit from help receiving those messages? If your ancestors wanted to send you a message, who would they more likely choose to deliver it? An online priestess zooming you from Oakland for $222 (no shade)? Or the Black woman sitting right across from you in this workshop?
Join us for a lighthearted, joyful, reverent, and experimental exploration of our potential to receive messages that are meant for each other and deliver them with care and connection.
- Sunday, April 6th from 10-12
- Amherst, MA
- FREE
- THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL! MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON OUR EMAIL LIST TO GET NOTIFIED ABOUT UPCOMING WORKSHOPS!
UPCOMING FOR sUMMER
8-WEEK WORKSHOP: BOUNTIFUL SUMMER
Are you a Black woman seeking healing and connection? Would you feel more free and held in therapeutic spaces with other Black women who are seeking the same?
BOUNTIFUL LIFE’s 8-Week Bountiful Summer Workshop is a series of therapeutic sessions dedicated to the individual and collective emotional health and overall well-being of Black women, with an emphasis on the experiences of queer women, women over 40, and mothers of young children.
Over the course of eight 90-minute sessions, we’ll connect with a community of supportive professionals and peers who understand the specific challenges we face on our paths to transformative growth. Sessions provide opportunities to process racialized harm, let go of stories that don’t serve us, find liberation through daily meditation, (re)connect with our bodies, acquire tools for distress, receive curative osteopathic treatment, utilize therapeutic writing, and more, all tailored to our unique experiences as Black women.
In this workshop, we’ll share in learning new methods and strategies to support our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health, with the goal of cultivating balanced and joyful lives–BOUNTIFUL LIVES!
Join us.
- Dates TBA
- Max participants: 10
- Amherst, MA
- $780 per person for 8 wks ($180 deposit due at registration)
- Sliding scale available for those in financial need.* Payment plans available. Email mia@bgdproject.org.
SESSIONS:
- Where “We” Begin: Trust-Building in the Sister Circle
- Letting Go of Stories That Don’t Serve Us
- Meditation for Liberation
- Radical Somatics: Moving Trauma Out of Our Bodies
- Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment (OMT)
- Journaling for the Hurt Black Girls Inside Us
- Girl, You Need to Talk to Somebody About That: Processing Racialized Harm
- Plus a discovery session
ABOUT BOUNTIFUL LIFE
Bountiful Life provides workshops, healing circles, gatherings, talks, and other programming centered around the emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of all Black women in Western Massachusetts, including queer women, elders, and mothers of young children. Bountiful Life is a BGD Project.
Refund Policy:
1-Day Workshops: full refund if cancelled at least 14 days before the start of a workshop. 50% refund for cancellations at least 7 days before start. no refund for cancellations less than 7 days before start.
Weekly Workshops: non-refundable deposit. full refund of balance if cancelled at least 14 days before the start of the first session. no refund if canceled less than 14 days before start of the first session.