
“FEMME! IS AN OUT OF THIS WORLD MIND/BODY WELLNESS EXPERIENCE.”
– NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS

Femme! is an experience, brand, and lifestyle that passionately fuses sensual movement, dance, meditation, creative visualization, and celebration of the human form. Femme! is inspired by African, Tribal, and Free Dance interwoven with the somatic and primal healing arts. Femme! creates sacred, safe spaces and invites everyone to reclaim and boldly display their power. If you are interested in seeing the latest press news about Femme!, enjoy the media coverage, featured interviews, and more. If you are looking for information and assets for your own media coverage of Femme!, CLICK HERE. Our published work, key collaborations, media assets, and event photos can be found there.
To request more information or to arrange an interview with Bernadette Pleasant, CEO & Founder of Femme!, please contact our team at Info@LiveFemme.com. To request press credentials to cover any Femme! events, please contact Marketing@LiveFemme.com.

“THIS WOMAN IS PURE MAGIC.”
– AMY EMMERICH, PRESIDENT NORTH AMERICA & CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER AT REFINERY29
FEATURED PRESS
- “A New Fusion Movement Experience” via ABC7News Here and Now
- “Entrepreneur, Fitness Enthusiast Creates Unique Wellness Experience” via New York Amsterdam News
- “Exploring and Celebrating Emotions” via Primetime For Women
- “Grief, Rage and Shame: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out” via The Shift Network
- “Femme! Helps Express Emotion Through Movement” – Milwaukee Courier
- ” Bernadette Pleasant On Femme!, The Importance Of Being “Too Much,” And Living Her Healthiest And Happiest At 53″ via Madame Noire
- “De-stress With Femme!” via Alexandria Living Magazine
- “Pop-ups in New York City: The most Instagrammable shops and experiences” via AM New York
- “Moving through Emotional Blockage and Finding Life Again” via HerStory TV
- “Meet Bernadette Pleasant” via Miz CEO Magazine
- “Learn to De-Stress During the Holidays” via Houston Style Magazine
- “April is Stress Awareness Month: Here Are Some Ways to Manage Your Stress” via Kristin McGee

“I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE EXPERIENCE.”
VICTORIA UWUMAROGIE, SENIOR EDITOR OF MADAME NOIRE
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
- “Sacred Sexuality“ with Leslie Blackburn and special guest Bernadette Pleasant
- “Fully Expressing Our Emotions with Bernadette Pleasant” via Women Wanting Women podcast
- “Freeing the Emotional Body: A New Culture of Expression” via The Embodied Way podcast
- “Learn How to Heal Through Movement” via The You-est You podcast
- “Awakening Your Body’s Voice” via The Awakened Podcast
- “Moving Your Emotional Experience through Femme!” via Body Soul Wisdom podcast
- “Managing Our Emotions Through Movement” via The PurposeGirl podcast
- “Empowerment Through Embodiment: From Shades of Beige to Bright Colors” via Her Success Radio podcast
- “Bernadette Pleasant of Femme!” via Fit Bottomed Girls
- “Moving through Emotional Blockage and Finding Life Again” via HerStory TV
- “Movement Alchemy with Bernadette Pleasant” via Super Power U podcast
- “A Gorgeous Guide to Embracing Your Femininity” via Inside Outer Beauty podcast
- “Going On an Emotional Tour with Bernadette Pleasant” via The GirlGang Conversations podcast
- “Live Femme! with Bernadette Pleasant“ via The Rebellious Leader podcast
- “Healing Through the Art of Dance and Movement” via Celia Chat podcast
- “Going on an Emotional Tour with Bernadette Pleasant” via the Punk Rock Personal Development podcast
ONLINE INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES OF MENTION
- “A Healthy Way to Express Emotions” interview via Darla Magazine
- “Self Care Tips: Movement and Emotional Intelligence” via Flawless Foundation
- “Bernadette Pleasant and the Live Femme! Experience” interview via Stacey Hoffer
- “Your Daily Itinerary for Free Music at South by Southwest“ – via Austin Woman Magazine
- “The Transformative Power of Dance” via Home Sweet Home Birth by Anne Margolis
- “2014 Empowerment Experience” via The Power of You Teens
ONLINE FESTIVALS
- “Resilience and Renewal in Your Third Act Summit” with The Shift Network
- “Somatic Movement Summit 2020” with The Shift Network
- “You Are the Cure” online retreat with Chloe Urban
- “The Course for Brides” with Kate O’ Connor
- “Creating Your Novel Worthy Life” with Pamela Madsen
- “Planifest 2019” with Kavita Rani Arora
- “Mama Gena Goddess Panel – My Body” with Mama Gena
- “Mama Gena Goddess Panel – Power in Sensuality” with Mama Gena
- “The Positively Disruptive Symposium” with Ebonie Allard
AUTHOR & THOUGHT LEADER
- “From Halfass to Badass: Living Our Wisdom” by Bernadette Pleasant, published on The Shift Network
- “Sacred Body Wisdom: Igniting the Flame of Our Divine Humanity” by Jan Ashley, Zahava Griss, Rochelle Schieck, Bernadette Pleasant and others.
- “The Femme! Experience: Emotional Healing Through Movement” by Bernadette Pleasant, published in Eden Magazine
- “My Amazing Left Ear” by Bernadette Pleasant, published on Medium.com
- “Hips Don’t Lie: How Hip Movement Helps to Release Sexual Shame and Trauma” by Bernadette Pleasant, published in Sensheant Magazine
- “Embrace the Freedom of Femme!” by Bernadette Pleasant published on Black Girls Allowed
BOOKS

“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
“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


Bernadette Pleasant has spoken at and/or taught Femme! at the following events: Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, “Energizing Health” at SXSW, Brave Girls NYC Festival, Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute “Activating Leadership” program, Shift Network, the Somatic Movement Summit, The Black Doula, Mama Gena Mastery events & Creation retreats, Goddess on the Go Book Tour, WomanSpeak International Festival, Touch&Play Festival, Power of You Teens “Empowerment Experience,” doTerra Leadership retreat, S Factor’s “Sheila Kelley LIVE,” Pamela Madsen’s “Back to the Body Portal,” and The Nest Project.
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