Do Good Things with Power

Why I offer this:

I want to help you grow the community who’s been waiting for your soul work, so you can thrive while transforming our culture.

I’m a dancer, sexuality educator, coach, grief ritualist, and change maker. My soul work is to welcome people home to your body and your soul path so you can experience passion for life and for each other.

I never thought I’d be coaching facilitators to be successful entrepreneurs. But I’ve seen what’s possible when a community is hungry for what my soul is here to offer and what it can be like to have more support that I ever imagined offering my soul work. I’ve had the honor of facilitating groups around dance and sexuality since 1999. I’ve graduated from a business academy and 4 years of coach training. I’ve realized it is part of my calling to support group facilitators like you, who work with the body, to thrive doing your soul work in a community of support. Here’s why I offer this:

1. Offering your soul work calls forth your greatness.

When you struggle with your soul work, you struggle to bring your best to life.

There’s some medicine you are here to contribute. You know something about the body and love. You are on a “hero’s journey” to say YES to your wisdom and to share it, to be known for it. When you share it, you experience satisfaction, meaning, and fulfillment. When you don’t share it you experience frustration, resignation, and if you wait long enough… cynicism.

2. Your soul work moves you when you let it.

When you struggle with your soul work, you miss out on your own growth.

When you say YES to your soul work, when you devote yourself to it, it calls you to breakthroughs you didn’t know you could have. (Did I mention I never thought I’d be supporting facilitators to be successful entrepreneurs?) Your creativity expands. Your clarity emerges as you share your soul work. Your generosity grows because there’s nothing more meaningful than getting to support someone in a skilled way. As you let yourself surrender to your soul work you do not “lose” yourself in a hustle, instead you actually become more of who you truly are and always have been.

3. Your soul work supports your relationships.

When you struggle with your soul work, you struggle in your relationships.

When you are worried about having enough money or time it’s hard to be fully present and bring your best to relationships. Saying YES to your soul work means being willing to learn mastery with money and time. Imagine what it might be like to do what you said you would do with money and time, consistently, so you can free up energy to bring your best to your loved ones.

4. Your soul work redesigns your experience of society and what’s possible.

When you struggle with your soul work, you experience society as a hard place to be.

Of course your heart is tender when you think about our society, you are a loving human being who’s paying attention. We are living in a time of ecosystem collapse, racism, homelessness, sexual trauma, financial struggle for many people, a crisis of faith in our political leadership… You are called to transform our culture and you know how to work with the wisdom of the body and love. Saying YES to your soul work means being less interested in “society happening to you,” and more interested in seeing your part to play in creating the society you love. It means being willing to discover new ways of seeing and doing things so you can make a difference.

These are the gifts my soul work has given me… this is what I want for you.

I have struggled with my soul work like everyone else… but with the support of a business academy, mentors, coaches, and loving community, offering my soul work has been the greatest blessing of my life.

This will be the 7th leadership program I’ve offered. I cannot wait to share these skills with you and to build community with you. It’s my deepest honor to support you to create and grow the community who’s been waiting for your soul work so you can thrive while transforming our culture.

with love and respect,

Z

Is this for you?

• This is for group facilitators who work with the body to transform our culture. Dance teachers, yoga teachers, conscious sexuality educators, kink educators, somatic guides… I’m talking to YOU.

• You have been struggling finding your audience and earning money. You are ready for more people to know what you offer so the right people can find you. You are tired of “waiting for them to find you” or “being sale-sy and pushy.”

• You have so many things you want to do, you don’t know where to focus next. It’s easy for you to come up with new ideas. You’re ready for a clear sense of direction and purpose that is CONSISTENT so you don’t get lost in the fluctuating “weather” of your thoughts and emotions. You are hungry for structure and support so you can evolve, refine and deliver your best work. You know consistency is what gives people a chance to find you. You are willing to see and do things in a new way to serve more people.

• You are a community creature! You can’t wait to have more support. You love giving and receiving support with other visionary leaders. You’re inspired seeing others’ creativity. You long to be witnessed on your path.

• You’ve had powerful experiences you haven’t learned how to communicate yet. You know what it’s like to journey in your body, deeply, to tap into a wisdom that is spacious, generous, forgiving, innovative… you are in awe of being a body, of being alive. You long to communicate from this state of being and to consistently guide others to experience it.

• You sometimes get burned out, resigned or overwhelmed thinking about the world. You’re interested in making a difference in a way that enlivens you and your community. You desire to savor your soul work. You want to remember each day what a blessing it is to live this life, this exact life in this body, in this culture, at this time.

• You are curious about your identity and how it may impact your leadership. You are willing to examine beliefs about what it means to be… (white, brown, black, woman, man, cisgender, transgender, able-bodied…) You are willing to see things in a new way. In fact your heart CAN NOT WAIT to see things in a new way that brings out the best in each other.

• You have completed one or more professional training program to work with the body. That might include but is not limited to: yoga teacher training, bodywork training, dance educator training, embodied facilitator training, Generative Somatics, Betty Martin’s Like a Pro, Somatic Experiencing practitioner training, Sexological Bodywork training, Somatica Institute, Urban Tantra professional training, Sexual Shaman training, Femme teacher training, International School of Temple Arts practitioner training…

• You have facilitated some groups and you are passionate about working with more. You already have some core content you’ve offered to groups. You’re ready to bring mastery to this work and to share it with more groups you love.

• You are willing to be coached and ready to invest in your leadership now. You are done playing small. You are ready to create your support team. You have the financial stability and time to make your soul work a priority in 2020.

  This is not for you if:

• You don’t know what you want to offer, you just know you want to facilitate groups.

• You haven’t completed a professional training program yet, you have an exciting idea but not the training and experience to create consistent results.

• You’re not sure if this is the year to play full out.

What you’ll get:

This program will NOT magically give you an audience and earn back your tuition. But it will help you take action to find and grow a community that loves working with you. This program helps you to actually put into practice what you might already know, but aren’t consistently doing yet. It will give you the support, tools, and practices to:

1. Approach your soul work with joy instead of worry so you can bring your most creative effective ideas forward.

2. See and go beyond your internal stopping points so you can act on what’s most important to you consistently.

3. Refine your core offering in a supportive lab with colleagues who have body-centered, somatic, and erotic skills.

4. Clarify your ideal audience so the right people can find you with ease.

5. Identify the core transformation your soul work creates in others so you can invite people to your work in a simple clear way.

6. Enjoy every communication you have with people about your soul work. Show up as the loving facilitator you want to be when inviting people to work with you. Delight in supporting potential students to see where they are on their path and their next step, whether it’s working with you or not.

7. Give your soul work the space in your life it needs to bloom, so you can savor the sacred opportunities you might have otherwise missed.

8. Create meaningful income goals and achieve them so you can do what you say you will do with money consistently.

9. End each day saying “I’m doing what I’m called to do and I am part of an incredible supportive community.”

What’s Included:

East Coast 5 Day Retreat

at Nine Mountain in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. This retreat center is one of the most extraordinary places where the people have a cultivated an intimate relationship with the land over many years. I’ve had the honor of offering the leadership program here for 3 years. It is a home for deep listening to your soul path in the embrace of the woods. Wake up each morning with a grounding movement practice. Learn practices to partner with your body to see your soul work with clarity. Bring an excerpt of your core offering and your biggest questions to the lab. This week you get to receive quality feedback from Z and other skilled facilitators to bring your work to the next level. Let this sweet loving home nourish you as you generate your most creative ideas. Relax in the hot tub under the clear night sky and enjoy locally sourced seasonal meals from our amazing chef.

West Coast 5 Day Retreat

at Veritas Vista in San Rafael, CA. This exquisitely designed treetop haven has breathtaking views from almost every room. It is the perfect place to see the big picture of your calling… to look out onto the world from your soul work and to see your next steps to reach the people you can best serve. This week you will clarify who your ideal audience is and what they most need that you love to offer. No matter how magical your work is it can only support the people who can find you! This week will give you skills to speak about your work in the sweetest simplest way so you can bring ease to referral and enrollment conversations. Learn how to shift enrollment from a task to a sacred and generous conversation with another human on their path (whether or not they choose to work with you.) Start each day with movement practices and energy skills to connect with a bigger wiser sensual intelligence. Enjoy nutritious vegetarian meals, a hot tub, and deepening friendships with other visionary facilitators focused on being successful entrepreneurs.

1-on-1 coaching

Most of us have 90% of the same thoughts we had yesterday. The creative mind is a supple mind. Coaching with Z gives you a supportive space to question your most closely held assumptions so you can move beyond the places you have been stopping yourself. Coaching frees up your attention to see what’s most important to you and to focus your energy on it consistently. Every dream that becomes a reality is made up of small sweet steps. Coaching gives you a chance to see your next step on the path. We meet 1-on-1 for an hour every other week so you can move forward on your path with steadiness.

Group training sessions

You are not alone. This program is an intimate immersive experience with 8 participants, Z, and Alyssa. Every other week our group comes together on zoom (an online video platform) to see each others’ faces, learn new skills, share questions, challenges, and successes. As my grief teacher, Sobonfu Some, says “When we are 'separate' we are vulnerable and are more likely to underestimate the self… Being in community forces us to cultivate a deeper sense of intimacy with one another, to notice one another and value one another's gifts."

Daily accountability calls

“Yesterday I said I would… and I did.” Imagine what it might be like to say these words every day. Success is doing what you said you would do consistently with clarity, focus, ease, and grace. Clarity is seeing what’s most important to you. Focus is directing your energy towards what is most important to you. Ease is breaking it into small sweet steps, getting support, and celebrating along the way. Grace is being thankful for the blessing of getting to focus on your soul work, getting to live your best life. Every weekday morning you and your accountability partner will celebrate the small sweet steps you completed yesterday and will focus your attention on the most important next step for today.

What Graduates Are Saying:

“It allowed me to refine my offering and take the plunge into action, which seemed so daunting. I now have a good foundation of support and feedback, as well as a sense of what my work can bring to the community. [It] fostered connection, trust, and friendship in an atmosphere of focused, yet playful, manifestation of our soul purpose.” ~ Susan Schuster 

“Do good things with power helped me clarify my vision and feel grounded in taking actionable steps to get there. I feel seen and supported by a dynamic group of courageous erotic revolutionaries and have a sense of how my offering contributes to a larger sea-change that I am co-creating. This experience has helped me become unwavering in my commitment to this path.” ~ Kelly K.

“Do Good things with Power helped me see how I can support and be supported in a deeply rich and fulfilling community. I discovered a new part of myself, the part who can co-exist and thrive in a loving tribe. It’s life changing.” ~ Domina Colette

Dates & Times:

• East coast 5 day retreat: May 30 - June 3 at Nine Mountain in Western Massachusetts

• West coast 5 day retreat: Oct 15 - 19, at Veritas Vista in San Rafael, CA

• 19 1-on-1 coaching sessions: 1 hour each session on zoom with Z. Choose the best time for you Mon - Thurs, 12 - 5 pm pst (3 - 8 pm est). We will meet at that time every 2 weeks! Need to reschedule? No problem, simply give at least 48 hours notice.

• Daily accountability calls: you will be paired with an accountability partner to call every weekday morning. Together you choose the time that works best for you. This is a 15 min check in with a specific structure to support you to focus on what’s most important today as you live from the vision of your soul work.

• 22 group training sessions: every other Wednesday, 4:00 - 5:30 pm pst (7:00 - 8:30 pm est). Sessions will be recorded and replays are available if you need to miss one. In the spirit of community and to best support your learning you are asked to not miss more than 2 sessions. Sessions will be held on the following Wednesdays: April 1, April 15, April 29, May 13, May 27, June 10, June 24, July 8, July 22, Aug 5, Aug 19, Sept 2, Sept 16, Sept 30, Oct 14, Oct 28, Nov 11, Nov 25, Dec 9, Dec 23, Jan 6, Jan 20

Investment:

Early bird by Feb 25: $1000/month

Registration by Mar 24: $1200/month

This includes accommodations and nutritious meals at both retreats!

Beyond the money, it takes your time, energy and devotion. While this is a robust program at a tremendous value, it is not cheap. Why? Joining Do Good Things with Power requires significant commitment and courage to irreversibly change your life and be known for your soul work. I bring 20 years of experience as a facilitator offering my soul work to give you my highest level of support. I also attract people who are no shit saying YES to their calling. That makes this the most powerful loving team to be on.

Free intro webinar: Offering Your Soul Work

Monday, March 2, 4:30 - 5:30 pm pst

Learn more and register here

Facilitation Team:

Zahava Griss aka Z (pronouns: they/them) (director) I’ve been dancing since I was 2, and dance continues to be my greatest passion and teacher. I’ve been offering performance, ritual, dance and sexuality workshops since 1999, across the U.S. and Europe. My work has been featured at the White Privilege Conference to heal racism, on Black Entertainment Television, Upworthy, at New York University, Hunter College, the International Inspiring Women’s Summit, the Kennedy Center, the New York Midwifery conference, and the Deepak Chopra Center. I am an alum and guest facilitator for Move the Crowd, a business academy for socially conscious entrepreneurs. Over the last 4 years I’ve attended one of the most rigorous coach training programs in the industry where I also trained in how to lead successful groups. I’m certified in Urban Tantra, Yoga for Birth, Pilates, Esalen Massage, Deep Bodywork, and Health Coaching. I’ve trained and lived the arts of Sufi dancemeditation with Dunya, Sexual Shamanism with Kenneth Ray Stubbs, BDSM with Orpheus Black, Om Rupani, and Midori, energy skills with Teeni Dakini, and transformational group dynamics. I’m a contributing author in two anthologies: Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries and Sacred Body Wisdom. I’m an organizer, inclusivity innovator, and teacher for Touch&Play, an international festival exploring dance and intimacy. Learn more about my story here. I’m honored to collaborate with Alyssa who will be assisting Do Good Things with Power for the 3rd time.

Alyssa Lynes (pronouns: she/her) (assistant)

I’m a dancer, life and relationship coach. I offer a coaching group for non-monogamous people to show up in their relationships in ways they are proud of. I also coach creative people to take action on their unique ideas. I’ve danced and taught dance internationally including living in Europe for 7 years. I co-directed the first anthropological film on Contact Improvisation, “Five Ways In,” exploring communication, partner dance, intimacy, and power dynamics. I’m a founding organizer of the Touch&Play Festivals at Earthdance, MA. My article, “Awareness, Engagement, and Resilience” was published in the dance and improvisation journal, Contact Quarterly. I co-authored Getting Along: Skills for Life-Long Love including topics of polyamory, long distance relationships, uncoupling, and finding a partner. Learn more at www.AlyssaLynes.com.

I met Z in 2000, at Sarah Lawrence College and have had the pleasure of being a dear friend, student, and collaborator for the last 20 years! I can honestly say that Z has been one of the top contributors to my learning around: movement, the pelvis, sexuality, gender, communication, S&M, kink, healing, spirit, facilitation, coaching and friendship. Z and I also co-founded White Folks Soul By Any Dance Necessary, a dance company in NYC exploring the incompatibility of whiteness and humanity. I’m eager and excited to assist Do Good Things with Power for the 3rd time.