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03/18/2025

Seeking a supportive space for trauma recovery? Our Holistic Trauma Recovery Circle is happening this Saturday, March 22nd, 2025, at 10 AM EST.

This online peer-led gathering offers a chance to connect with others and explore holistic healing through sharing and guided meditation. To attend, please register via the QR code in the image. We welcome you.

12/04/2024

When the world feels unpredictable, self-care becomes our grounding force. In these times, let’s make space to pause, breathe, and extend the same compassion to ourselves that we offer to others. May this week bring you moments of rest and renewal as we journey together toward collective wellness. Let’s support and uplift one another through kindness and understanding, building resilience together.

12/03/2024

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Join Stephanie Harris and Octavia Hendricks in a conversation about Sankofa Institute's upcoming healing circles for women on December 3rd and 17th. This circle offers a nurturing and supportive environment for women navigating trauma and stressful experiences. Rooted in the symbolism of the lotus flower, which blooms beautifully despite growing in muddy waters, this circle honors your journey of resilience and healing

Join Stephanie L. Harris and Octavia Hendricksk in a conversation about Sankofa's upcoming healing circle for women. This circle offers a nurturing and suppo...

11/29/2024

Resilience is woven into our very being. Let’s celebrate the strength within us to overcome, rise, and flourish together, no matter the challenges we face 💫💕

11/25/2024

Let’s take a moment to ground ourselves in the here and now. When the world feels overwhelming, each mindful breath brings us back to a place of inner strength and resilience. Together, we are stronger and more capable of facing what’s ahead. Let’s breathe through this moment with hope and trust in our journey. 🌻

11/22/2024

🌅 True resilience is measured in our willingness to rise after every fall. Together, we can find the courage to keep moving forward and create spaces where we can all flourish

11/20/2024

💫 Audre Lorde taught us that self-care goes beyond personal wellness; it’s a radical act of self-preservation and resistance.

💫 In times of social upheaval—when divisions and polarization feel overwhelming—collective self-care becomes essential. Lorde believed that true self-care helps us create community, even fragile ones, from the pieces left after struggle and hardship.

💫 As we honor our own needs, we also strengthen the bonds that unite us, offering spaces where shared experiences become sources of resilience.

💙 Today, let’s remember that caring for ourselves—and each other—is a powerful stand for justice, connection, and the shared strength we need to heal and rebuild together.