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"Dance and Grieve. I recommend anything Bernadette Pleasant is doing, from her Sunday (Femme!) emotional dance journeys to her monthly Grief Rituals. She grounds her practices in the body, welcomes everyone where they are, and invites us to experience the full range of emotions. And all the voices that are in our heads."
- Sue Jaye Johnson, Peabody award-winning Journalist, Filmmaker, Producer, and Writer
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Media Mentions
““This woman is pure magic.””
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Podcasts
““Femme! is an out of this world mind/body wellness experience.””
Video Interviews
The Journey Within with Andrea Escobar - “Emotional Healing with Bernadette Pleasant”
The Shift Network - “Grief, Rage, and Shame: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out”
The Shift Network - “Somatic Dance for Emotional Alchemy Q&A”
“Femme! is a class geared towards people who … want to explore expressive movement. These classes are one way of tasting the power in consciously moving emotions through your body and allowing them fuller expression than what is typically available to us in our day-to-day lives.”
– Alicia Munoz, LPC, Author of No More Fighting: The Relationship Book for Couples: 20 Minutes a Week to a Stronger Relationship
““I was blown away by the experience.””
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by Bernadette
EDEN Magazine: The Femme! Experience: Emotional Healing Through Movement by Bernadette Pleasant
The Shift Network: From Halfass to Badass: Living Our Wisdom by Bernadette Pleasant
Black Girls Allowed: Embrace the Freedom of Femme! by Bernadette Pleasant
Sacred Body Wisdom: Igniting the Flame of Our Divine Humanity by Jan Ashley, Zahava Griss, Rochelle Schieck, Bernadette Pleasant, and others.
Sensheant Magazine: It's All In The Hips by Bernadette Pleasant
“Like most women, I was taught to conceal my deep-seated anger and grief. B[ernadette] has inspired me to liberate myself from feeling any shame for having a full range of emotions. In her Femme! class, we move out EVERRYTHANNG from sadness to FLIRTATIOUSNESS! Her one-day experience ‘Emotion in Motion’ and her luscious retreat in Jamaica were the revolutionary medicine supporting me in moving out all of the loaded feelings I was carrying my first year of motherhood. Learning to accept and love the many gorgeous facets of myself has helped me remove the judgment and, instead set my body on fire!”
– Leora Edut, Author of Goddess on the Go: Rituals to Help You Slow Down and Slay
ONLINE Experiences
A select list of Online Festivals, Courses, and Summits in which Founder & CEO Bernadette Pleasant is featured.
Ancestral Healing Summit: Explore Ways to Unlock and Unlearn Racism
Beyond the Veil Summit: Why We Must Grieve to Heal
Black Doula "A Lifetime In Quarantine: Grief & The Somatic Experience
The Future of Energy Medicine & Body Wisdom Summit: Why Grieving is Essential
Cradle Your Body, Unleash Your Fire Retreat: Experience the Truth of Your Emotions
The Course For Brides: With These Emotions, I Thee Wed. A beginner's guide to movement & emotional release
The Shift Network Online Summit: Resilience and Renewal in Your Third Act Summit
The Shift Network Winter Solstice Fest: Music and Ritual For Renewal
Somatic Movement Summit: Emotional Freedom! How being emotionally expressed through movement and sound will change your life
The Future of Energy Medicine & Body Wisdom Summit with Alison Palmer
Mama Gena Goddess Panel: How Do You Navigate the Body “Woman”?
Planifest 2019 with Kavita Rani Arora
You Are The Cure with Chloe Urban