Love Letters to Our Bodies - ONLINE

There are moments in life that test our strength, reshape our journey, and invite us into deeper conversations with our bodies. If cancer has become part of your story, we want you to know something important: you are not walking this path alone.

A Sacred Invitation from Moyo Institute

Moyo Institute is honored to invite you to "Love Letters to Our Bodies" — a free online contemplative workshop created specifically for African American women journeying with cancer. This experience was designed with your unique needs, cultural experiences, and spiritual traditions in mind.

More Than a Workshop — A Homecoming

"Love Letters to Our Bodies" is not just another cancer support program. It's a sacred gathering space where:

• Your whole experience as a Black woman is honored and centered
• The profound connection between body, mind, and spirit is explored with reverence
• Ancient wisdom meets contemporary healing practices
• Your relationship with your body can transform through compassion and understanding
• Community and sisterhood become medicine for the soul

What You'll Discover

Through gentle contemplative practices, guided meditations, and supportive community, you'll:

• Learn transformational tools to navigate the complex emotions of a cancer journey
• Develop a new language for communicating with your body
• Connect with other Black women who truly understand your experience
• Reclaim aspects of your power that medical systems often overlook
• Access ancestral wisdom that can carry you through challenging times
• Create healing rituals that honor your body's journey and wisdom

This is a deeply healing and creative process. A time to immerse in self-love. 

Those who complete the workshop online will receive a printed copy of the booklet of "Love Letters to Our Bodies," and links to the portable document format (pdf) to share and to as previously recorded audio files, and  meditations to support you on your journey.  You also will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Gift Card. 

Moyo Institute, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit organization, is presenting this workshop in collaboration with the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic in Oakland, CA and the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC. The workshop is funded by the generosity of the Lloyd Symington Foundation.

FACILITATOR

The workshop will be facilitated by Gwendolyn Mitchell, President and CEO of Moyo Institute, Inc. Gwendolyn is a Reiki Master and Meditation Teacher. Helping others has been her lifelong passion. She has facilitated clients seeking balance and healing at every stage of life. She previously served on the Board of Directors and as President of The Reiki Alliance. She is a certified trainer with the Golden Age Movement.

Gwendolyn also has studied and practiced a wide range of healing modalities and is an ordained Priest in the Order of Melchizedek. She holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Administration Degrees from California State University, Hayward. Gwendolyn is not a licensed therapist or medical doctor. She does not give medical advice.

PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT

Participants will be required to sign a Course Agreement regarding the scope and nature of the course material, confidentiality, non-liability, etc., prior to the course. To participate you must agree not hold Gwendolyn Mitchell, Moyo Institute, Charlotte Maxwell Center, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, or Symington Foundation liable for any pain or emotional distress you experience during the course of this work. You also agree that you will seek medical or psychotherapeutic help, if needed.