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New Moon WOMANifestation Circle – October!

Come together with a circle of your sisters this new moon, and play with some WOMANifestation techniques.

Date: October 23. Gathering at 7:00, circle begins at 7:30 PROMPT. Please be on time for the circle. Brief hang out and socialize sesh after circle.

We will set magickal manifestation intentions for the coming month in a sacred, activated, magickal container. Your goals may be financial, community building, personal care, project completion – or all of the above!

Finger food welcome, as well as drinks for after our circle if desired.

$15 donation requested – no one turned away for lack of funds. And larger donations will always be accepted.

See pricing below for additional items; Money Magick Spell Kit, Manifestation Booklet

If you are purchasing a Money Magick spell kit and article collection, please paypal payment to info@lasarafirefoxallen.com so I can have your items ready for you.

Cirlce Reg and Manifestation Items




Circle Registration $15.00 USD

Circle + Spell Kit $25.00 USD

Circle + Booklet $22.00 USD

Circle + Spell Kit + Booklet Bundle $30.00 USD

Personal message or email me for directions to you if you have not yet been to my home. [contact-form]

New Moon WOMANifestation Circle – September!

Come together with a circle of your sisters this new moon, and play with some WOMANifestation techniques.

September 24, 2014. Gathering at 7:00, circle begins at 7:30 PROMPT. Please be on time for the circle. Brief hang out and socialize sesh after circle.

We will set magickal manifestation intentions for the coming month in a sacred, activated, magickal container. Your goals may be financial, community building, personal care, project completion – or all of the above!

Finger food welcome, as well as drinks for after our circle if desired.

$15 donation requested – no one turned away for lack of funds. And larger donations will always be accepted.

Add $10 for your Money Magick spell kit. $7 for a collection of my manifestation articles.

If you are purchasing a Money Magick spell kit and article collection, please paypal payment to info@lasarafirefoxallen.com so I can have your items ready for you.

Cirlce Reg and Manifestation Items




Circle Registration $15.00 USD

Circle + Spell Kit $25.00 USD

Circle + Booklet $22.00 USD

Circle + Spell Kit + Booklet Bundle $30.00 USD

Personal message or email me for directions to you if you have not yet been to my home. [contact-form]

21 Days to BODYLOVE – Starts October 1!

Ready to LOVE YOUR BODY? Stretch marks, beauty marks, laugh lines, curves, rolls, dimples, scars and ALL? 21 Days to BODYLOVE will set you solidly on the path to a sweet and nourishing relationship with your body as it is right now.

This is the second time I will be offering 21 Days to BODYLOVE. It was so potent and lively the first time around, some of our BODYLOVE sisters will be joining for a second time around. BODYLOVE is a great gift to give yourself anytime of the year, and October is a perfect time to get good with your bodylove before the holidays hit.

After 21 Days to BodyLove, I not only felt comfortable in my own skin, but grew to love my body for the first time in a very long time (perhaps since before puberty and that was about 30 years ago for me). Lasara is a wonderful, caring, attentive coach throughout this process. Plus she has innovative ways to show us how to take care of, appreciate, honor and show off our bodies to each other in the group and if we’re ready, the world! I highly recommend working with Lasara.

– D.C., San Francisco Bay Area

In this sweetly, powerfully transformation course, you will:

learn some completely life-changing techniques that will help put you solidly on the path to body love and acceptance, at exactly the size you are right now
be surrounded by a community of women who are as dedicated to reclaiming, reconfiguring and repatterning their relationships with their bodies as you are
embark on a lifelong commitment to true health and self care

21 Days to BODYLOVE includes:

21 daily invitations to reflection and action
an online support group, available 24/7
four facilitated telephone gatherings where we will share our process
PLUS, a bonus gift of a month enrollment in Sisterhood of the Red Queen group coaching cohort – valued at $150.

 

21 Days to BODYLOVE

begins Oct. 1, 2014

Sign on by September 1, and get $50 off your registration! Registration is $150 UNTIL SEPT 1.










EARLY REG – BODYLOVE plus SISTERHOOD – in full



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Coaching with Lasara

Are you ready to invite rapid and lasting change into your life?

Coaching allows you to define and reach your personal goals, accelerate your growth, and achieve deep healing, and move toward the life you most desire. Wherever you choose to focus your coaching sessions, this work will impact your life globally, rapidly, and with powerful, positive, and lasting results.

“Lasara has developed powerful techniques for helping others to create new positive frameworks of thought. Her techniques are accessible and they work. I know that so many would benefit greatly from her teachings. She’s masterful.”

– Bridget C. McBride, Montessori teacher, artist, and mother of two

“Changing the focus of my career was super scary, and something I had to just jump into. I jumped into the wild blue of changing, and was delighted to be caught by Lasara’s net. I have made such wild progress–beyond what I imagined. Quick new ways of thinking about things–like; this isn’t hard, I can just DO this!”

- Ariel Gore, www.arielgore.com, author of the bestseller, Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness

My coaching services are designed to help you move forward. NLP is an excellent resource set that allows forward momentum without the need for retraumatization or dwelling on old stories. Trance work, intuitive practices, and deep embodiment and empathy practices allow you to find your path into empowerment, using the tools you have already developed, while also assisting you in resourcing new techniques for personal transformation.

I’m a seasoned coach with a great track record and excellent references. My coaching services are phone-based, so location and distance are not an issue. My coaching clients are hand-picked, and I only work with four one-on-one, on-going coaching contracts at any one time. This allows me to give you my complete attention.

For more information, contact me now at info@lasarafirefoxallen.com, or read more below.

“Lasara is patient and insightful. I did a kick-start session with her that helped me clarify some of my hopes and fears, and move forward into manifesting solid results.”

- T. Thorn Coyle author of Evolutionary Witchcraft and Kissing the Limitless

“LaSara is a master! I had gotten bogged down in day-to-day tasks and e-mails, losing sight of my vision and becoming disillusioned with everything I was doing. In just one short session with LaSara, I began to feel excited about my work and my life again. LaSara is extremely skilled – working with her has the potential to change your life.”

- PJ Van Hulle, Real Estate Investor

Areas you may want to seek coaching in:

Work and Career:

embarking on or shifting your career path
changing careers
personal business values and integrity
alignment with your true, soul purpose

Mindful Relationships:

loving partnerships, friendships and connections
finding the relationship(s) you want
maintaining passion and love in long term, committed relationships
personal and shared relationship values alignment
marriages, values, and marriage preparation
self as primary partner
conscious parenting
family alignment
skills for community building

Life Direction:

turning points
alignment with personal values
Health and Wellness (see below for more info)

Health and Well-Being

living with, and transforming, chronic pain
mental health and wellness

accepting your diagnosis (or that of a loved one)
learning to live with awareness of strengths and vulnerabilities
living gracefully within your spectrum of the possible


physical health
spiritual health (see more below)

Spirituality

entering into and committing to your spiritual inquiry
spiritual contemplation and alignment
learning to listen for and hear the divine in your life
inquiring into the role that faith and spiritual dedication may play in informing your path
the role of meditation, contemplation, and prayer in your spiritual practice

My Coaching Certifications:

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP):

NLP Trainer Certification, NLP International – Richard Bandler and John LaValle, 2007
NLP Master Practitioner Certification, Hawk Ridge Institute – Phil Farber, 2006
NLP Practitioner Certification, The NLP Institute of California – TIm Hallbom, 2003

Reiki:

Reiki I Certification, Terrie Wolfe-Lee, 2008

Other modalities and influences drawn upon include:

cognitive behavioral therapy
trance work
meditation techniques
embodiment, breath, and presence practices
ritual and ceremony

Contact me at info@lasarafirefoxallen.com, and we’ll set up a session.

Rates and Coaching Options:

I have currently have openings for three-month/six-session, personally tailored coaching and mentoring programs. The three month package is a sliding scale of $375 – $650. You pay according to your means. Compare this to other one-on-one coaching packages if you need to, and you will find that the rate is very reasonable.

Multiple-session packages include between-session action steps designed specifically for you that will help you ground your growth in your day-to-day life. Packages also include between-sessions email support.

I’m available for single-session commitments as well. Single sessions are a sliding scale of $75 – $130 for an hour session – again, please pay according to your ability.

The potential for massive shift and accelerated growth is amazing when you put yourself in a place of solid commitment to your growth.

I also offer coaching and personalized retreats for individuals, couples, families and groups. In this option interests you, please inquire about availability.

Sisterhood Coaching Cohort

Estelle Carol, a feminist and activist, designed this poster.

Join the

Sisterhood Coaching Cohort!

Deepen your process in an intimate circle of sisters.

Sisterhood Coaching Cohort is an ongoing, month-to-month group coaching cohort which includes:

two interactive, web-based gatherings a month – first and third Tuesdays, 6:30PM Pacific time
ongoing facilitation and guidance with Lasara
access to a secret virtual “room” where you will receive support from your sisters and your facilitator, and create a circle of intimacy and accountability
action steps to keep you moving forward between gatherings
limited cohort size
bonus videos, recordings, and articles

The beauty of cohort coaching (group format) is that the circle of women creates a synthesis of change and growth in a that is it’s own kind of magick. Cohort coaching is also wonderful support for one-on-one coaching. (Talk to me about a package rate for combined one-on-one and group coaching.)

The Sisterhood Coaching Cohort

will cover a variety of topics.

Topics covered will be responsive to the needs of the cohort at any given time. Basic focus for August and September are as follow:

Healthy is Beautiful – Creating Health-Based “Fitness” and Lifestyle Goals


Loving Your Body is a Revolutionary Act: Radical BodyLove

Some possible future themes we will focus on are:

Devotional Self Care
Creating Support in Your Life
Deepening Your Personal Practice
Defining Your Values – Idealized and Pragmatic

ONE MONTH FREE TRIAL! And only $50 a month for each month following. (No strings attached – if you do not want to continue on after your free trial, just cancel your subscription. You will need to register with paypal to qualify for the free trial, but no payment will be taken until a month after the day you sign on. If you cancel sooner than that, no charges will be incurred.)

All women welcome.

Group coaching gatherings are on the first and third Tuesday of the month.

Lammas Magick!

Ready for some seasonal guidance and insight?

Astrological Lammas occurs at Sun 15° Leo, on August 7th. And I’ve designed a special tarot spread just for Lammas.

The Harvest Heart reading is designed specifically to capture a personal snap-shot for you of this transition of the wheel of the year. Harvest Heart includes five cards; ground, crown, immediate past, immediate future, and HEART.

With my Changes of Fortune techniques included, this is an incredibly deep and flexible reading that offers you insight, coupled with rapid change. You will leave your reading with new doorways ready and waiting.

This reading is available via skype or other video options, is available only through the 7th, and costs only $50!

The Answer to the Season’s Biggest Question; Yes, Santa IS Real!

When it comes to the delicate matter of belief, there are creative ways to answer our children’s questions without taking the magic out of life.

When my oldest child was about five, she asked whether Santa Claus was real. Her dad and I told her that Santa is real — to those who believe.

Is love real? Is hope real? Is magic real? Is faith real? We can’t touch or see any of these things, but most of us believe in at least a few of them. In some cases, we can feel them. In others, we may see proof of them appearing in the physical world.

I believe in Christmas miracles. I believe that Mystics speak with God. I believe that Tibetan lamas reincarnate with full recall of their previous lives. I believe in our ability to do good in the world, with each conscious choice we make. I believe in faeries, and faerie tales, pookas, ghosts, saints, and goblins. I believe in a power omnipresent and indivisible.

And, I still believe in Santa Claus. I always will. Just like I believe in God, with Its ineffability, and the many faces It wears.

Jitterbug Perfume by Tim Robbins has one of the best descriptions I’ve seen of the human relationship with deity. The premise is this: the gods depend upon our belief in them to survive. Our belief in the gods makes them real.

The power of belief is an important gift we must instruct and safeguard in our children. Belief is what we build our lives upon. Without belief, we may be cast adrift on an endless, meaningless sea. Belief offers a rudder when nothing else can help us find our way.



At 12, my oldest started the Christmas season by saying she no longer believed in Santa. And then complained when she didn’t feel the Christmas Spirit flooding her as we trimmed the tree.

I talked to her about faith.

The fact is, sometimes it’s hard to have faith that Santa will come. I’ll admit it; even I have been known to test The Spirit from time to time. My first Christmas post-divorce I made such a test.

That year it was hard to find my belief in the Spirit of Christmas. I had no one to give my Christmas list to. No one to tell what I hoped to find under the tree. I prayed to the universe to enforce my faith. I wanted proof that Santa was still real.

I wanted indoor/outdoor, “Ugg” knock-off slippers. I know, it’s kind of petty. Slippers? But it was what I wanted. Sometimes, especially in the midst of doubt, fear, and sadness, it’s the little things that matter. Cozy feet on a lonely morning. A small gift out of nowhere.

It was a deal between me and The Spirit, and since I had asked, The Spirit knew exactly what was required to validate my faith.

Come Christmas day, I was gifted a pair of slippers.

That Christmas, Santa showed up as my sister. She didn’t get the slippers for me, but for one of our nieces. When the slippers didn’t fit the quickly growing girl, my sister asked me to take them instead; she didn’t want to go to the trouble of carrying them home on the plane and exchanging them.

I whispered a thank you to Santa, and reminded myself that sometimes He works in mysterious ways; I didn’t know my sister was bringing slippers for the nieces. She didn’t know I wanted them, either. But Santa did. And He delivered.

Throughout my life I’ve seen innumerable miracles of Christmas faith occur, large and small.

I was 14 when my father left the family. That year Christmas looked bleak. There were five mouths to feed, and no “extra”money to be found. We had a “Charlie Brown tree” cut from a stand of fir trees on our own land, and bedecked with ornaments from Christmases past. We were fortunate enough to have food in the cupboard. But my mother was devastated knowing there was no way she would be able to provide Christmas gifts for all of us.

As the oldest at home, I was privy to the goings-on of the adult world. But to this day, I don’t have any idea who brought Santa that year. All I know is that on Christmas Eve a jolly, bespectacled man with a beard of white and suit of red pulled into our very remote, country driveway in his sleigh — or rather, his worn, old, white pick-up truck — with bags filled with festively wrapped gifts. There was a name on each one.

Santa left the bags on our porch. With a jolly smile he offered a “Merry Christmas!”, and was on his way.

In 2007 my Christmas Miracle was the grandest The Spirit of Christmas has yet conspired to deliver for me; the man I’ve been waiting my whole life to find crossed mountain and river that stormy December to be by my side and spend the holidays with me and the children.

That Christmas I felt like both Doris and little Susan in Miracle on 34th Street; the home, the family, the life that I had been nearly afraid to desire became my greatest Christmas miracle. Now every holiday season is a celebration of that most profound of miracles; the emergence of deep love and partnership.

For me, the holidays will continue for the rest of our lives. My faith in the Miracle of Christmas is no longer shakable. No more tests required – I finally got my ultimate proof. The man of my dreams, now my husband, is here to stay.

Some would say it was just a fluke of timing. And there’s something to that; finding The One is a miracle whenever it happens. But to me, it was more than just a twist of circumstance that this relationship arrived wrapped in a Christmas ribbon. For me, it’s further proof that when we open ourselves to the possibility that magic exists, magic proves itself to be real.

Movies are built on the theme of The Christmas Miracle. In this case, art imitates life. Christmas stories with their grand, sweeping, soaring themes serve as a reminder of what’s possible when we allow ourselves to invest in love and faith. And as believing becomes more effortless, the miracles grow larger. Through our agency, miracles are made manifest.

Off the screen, food banks fill for at least one day with more than enough to feed the local hungry. People open their homes to strangers so they will have somewhere to be on Christmas morning. Communities pull together and provide gifts for children who would otherwise be without.

To quote the words of song writer Red West, popularized by Elvis, “if every day could be just like Christmas, what a wonderful world this would be.”

As a Mystic mama, I don’t feel like a hypocrite or a liar, or as though I’m misleading my children by allowing them to believe in a power that makes their child-lives a little more happy, a little more bountiful, a little more hopeful, a little more magical.

And as they grow older, The Spirit need not disappear. Instead of losing heart at the news that Santa is a myth, faith can continue to flourish. Given the chance to become part of the spirit of Saint Nick, children become an active part of that energy of selfless giving. They become the ones who enact the miracles of the season. They grow to be the hearts and bodies that offer those miracles up.

It’s been proven to me again and again through personal experience that the Holiday Spirit does exist. I have been both the one who receives and the one who delivers on the promise of hope that the season offer.

The Spirit is palpable. It acts in the world. Call it the power of faith, or Jesus, or Santa Claus, or generosity — it’s a reminder of a bond of love for our fellow human beings.

Regardless of the name we give it, it sustains. If we allow it to, if we believe it will, it acts through and for each of us, bringing miracles to bear.

The Sexy Witch Virtual Cohort Series, 2014 – Teleclass and Online Classroom!

The Sexy Witch Workshop Series
A LIFE-ALTERING OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN!

(LOCAL to the WILLITS AREA? Interested in a face-to-face series?

PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK FOR LASARA’S LOCAL CLASS SERIES!)

Enter in to a journey with a circle of sisters, wherever you are. Utilizing the amazing technological world of electronic connection, we will create a shared experience of sitting in circle. Together, we will work the path of Sexy Witch.

“For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must.”

-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind.

The book Sexy Witch is part self-help guidebook, part self-esteem workbook, and part mystery initiation into the hidden secrets of Self Empowerment. Addressing self-referential sexual and spiritual power, Sexy Witch promises to bring you home to your deepest truth.

This eight-week course is based on the book Sexy Witch, and lead by author Lasara Firefox Allen.

“LaSara Firefox is a genius! You couldn’t ask for a better guide to take you on this emboldening and engaging adventure. Whether or not you consider yourself a witch, Sexy Witch is a fabulous book full of serious fun.”

-Ariel Gore, author of Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness.

In this course, you will:

•    Claim your body as your own territory.

•    Claim your sexuality through self-agency.

•    Look at and overcome condition that fosters disempowerment.

•    Complete exercises, magickal acts, and rituals that liberate and empower you.

•    Tear down old forms that aren’t serving you, and build new ones that do.

•    Examine our collective historical past as women, and heal through it.

•    Find empowerment through redefinition of self.

“I did the Sexy Witch teleclass series with Lasára a few years ago and the impact it had on my life, my view of myself and my whole world was and is still profound. Going through it with a group gave it power I don’t think would have come from working the book individually. I am blessed and so grateful that I had the opportunity to do the Sexy Witch group.

-Sage Fae Wolf, social worker, CA

Included in this interactive format:

•    Once-weekly teleclasses, PLUS interactive videocasting on spreecast, where you will have facetime with Lasara and your other circle-sisters. During weekly virtual gatherings, we discuss our process, progress, challenges, and realizations.

•    In between gatherings everyone does the work from the chapters of Sexy Witch. None of the exercises are compulsory, or required. You do the amount of work on each chapter that works for you. (Order your copy of Sexy Witch from me, and get it signed!:) )

•   An online fb-based classroom/living room so you can stay in touch with your circle sisters between weekly in-person circles.

•    You can have a Sexy Witch Sister with whom to share and receive support with as the course goes along. (If you don’t join with someone you’re already close with, I will match you up with another participant.)

•    Meditations in the book are available as recordings to those who take the course.

The course will culminate in a group initiation based on the final initiation in Sexy Witch, near the date of spring equinox, 2014. Teleclass gatherings will be Mondays, 6:30 – 7:30 PM Pacific, followed by interactive webcasting  via spreecast for weekly facetime with Lasara and your circle sisters. Session starts January 27 and  completes March 24 (no class on Feb 17, due to PantheaCon!).

The rate for the entire 8-week course is $295. EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $275! Seating is limited! Register ASAP.

Time commitment:

There’s a once a week teleclass and intereactive videocast gathering on Mondays, from 6:30 until about 8:30 PM, Pacific time. The course runs for eight weeks.

 

 

Deposit, or early bird rate available. Register now!




Deoposit $95.00 USD
early bird (save $20) $275.00 USD
Full Payment (after early bird slots fill) $295.00 USD

Not familiar with Sexy Witch? Sexy Witchis Lasara’s best-selling book on women’s self-referential sexuality and empowerment. It was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in 2005. Sexy Witch is available in four languages, has been reviewed all over the globe, and has hit bestseller lists in two countries.

“This witty and smart, well-researched gem of a book has the power to transform the feminist movement at the radical roots – women’s bodies and their sexuality. For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must. It will serve to liberate your sisters as well as the men and women who love them.”

-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind.

 

“I worked through Sexy Witch with Lasara and a small group of women in 2008, and am so happy I did! The work I did, and we did together, still reverberates in my life years later. My relationship with my body and my partner is richer and clearer, and I feel much more certain about my communication with my kids about what love and beauty is in the world. Lasara’s book is more than an educational read, it’s an experience offered to know yourself on very deep levels. To work through this material with Lasara herself is an experience not to be missed.”

-Durga Fuller – TheCookAwakening.com, nutrition expert, coach, and mom, OR

“Lasára’s insightful work with Sexy Witch will stimulate you to question the reality within which you have chosen to live. In accepting her invitation to the path of transformation you can discover a rich reality which exists within.”

-Liesl, O.T.O Priestess, CA

“I was in the last class and it’s so much more than the book… And the group got together weekly on the bridge line and brought very thought provoking discussions to the table.”

-Apolla, Financial Systems Consultant, VA

 

For more details, get in touch with me via facebook, or drop a note at info@lasarafirefoxallen.com.

Notice; this may be the last time I offer the Sexy Witch series as a virtual experience.

Interested in upcoming course offerings? Subscribe to Lasara’s Lists!

Face-to-Face Sexy Witch Series, 2014 – Willits, CA – REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!

The Sexy Witch Workshop Series
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL WOMEN!

(NOT LOCAL? PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK FOR LASARA’S ONLINE/TELECLASS SERIES!)

“For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must.”

-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind.

The book Sexy Witch is part self-help guidebook, part self-esteem workbook, and part mystery initiation into the hidden secrets of Self Empowerment. Addressing self-referential sexual and spiritual power, Sexy Witch promises to bring you home to your deepest truth.

This eight-week course is based on the book Sexy Witch, and is lead by local author, Lasara Firefox Allen.

“LaSara Firefox is a genius! You couldn’t ask for a better guide to take you on this emboldening and engaging adventure. Whether or not you consider yourself a witch, Sexy Witch is a fabulous book full of serious fun.”

-Ariel Gore, author of Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness.

In this course, you will:

Claim your body as your own territory.
Claim your sexuality through self-agency.
Look at and overcome condition that fosters disempowerment.
Complete exercises, magickal acts, and rituals that liberate and empower you.
Tear down old forms that aren’t serving you, and build new ones that do.
Examine our collective historical past as women, and heal through it.
Find empowerment through redefinition of self.

“I did the Sexy Witch teleclass series with Lasára a few years ago and the impact it had on my life, my view of myself and my whole world was and is still profound. Going through it with a group gave it power I don’t think would have come from working the book individually. I am blessed and so grateful that I had the opportunity to do the Sexy Witch group.

-Sage Fae Wolf, social worker, CA

Included in this interactive format:

Once-weekly face-to-face class at Lasara’s home in Brooktrails
An fb-based private “classroom/living room” environment where you can stay in touch with your circle sisters between classes.
You’ll be teamed up with a Sexy Witch Sister with whom you may share and receive support with as the course goes along. (If you don’t join with someone you’re already close with, Lasara will match you up with another participant.)
Meditations in the book are available as recordings to those who take the course.

The course will culminate in a group initiation based on the final initiation in Sexy Witch on March 18, 2014, near spring equinox. Gatherings will be Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, January 28 to March 18, and will take place at Lasara’s home in Willits. The rate for the entire 8-week course is $295. EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $275! Seating is limited! Register ASAP.

FAQs:

Time commitment:

This is a nine-week series.
There’s a once a week gathering on Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM. During the gatherings we discuss our process, progress, challenges, and realizations.
In between gatherings everyone does the work from the chapters of Sexy Witch. None of the exercises are compulsory, or required. You do the amount of work on each chapter that works for you.

 

Scroll to the bottom of the page for more endorsements from former participants.

Deposit, or early bird rate available. Regsiter now!




Deoposit $95.00 USD
early bird (save $20) $275.00 USD
Full Payment (after early bird slots fill) $295.00 USD

Not familiar with Sexy Witch? Sexy Witchis Lasara’s best-selling book on women’s self-referential sexuality and empowerment. It was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in 2005. Sexy Witch is available in four languages, has been reviewed all over the globe, and has hit bestseller lists in two countries.

“This witty and smart, well-researched gem of a book has the power to transform the feminist movement at the radical roots – women’s bodies and their sexuality. For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must. It will serve to liberate your sisters as well as the men and women who love them.”

-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind.

“I worked through Sexy Witch with Lasara and a small group of women in 2008, and am so happy I did! The work I did, and we did together, still reverberates in my life years later. My relationship with my body and my partner is richer and clearer, and I feel much more certain about my communication with my kids about what love and beauty is in the world. Lasara’s book is more than an educational read, it’s an experience offered to know yourself on very deep levels. To work through this material with Lasara herself is an experience not to be missed.”

-Durga Fuller – TheCookAwakening.com, nutrition expert, coach, and mom, OR

“Lasára’s insightful work with Sexy Witch will stimulate you to question the reality within which you have chosen to live. In accepting her invitation to the path of transformation you can discover a rich reality which exists within.”

-Liesl, O.T.O Priestess, CA

“I was in the last class and it’s so much more than the book… And the group got together weekly on the bridge line and brought very thought provoking discussions to the table.”

-Apolla, Financial Systems Consultant, VA

For more details, get in touch with me via facebook, or drop a note at lasara.allen.mpnlp@gmail.com.com.

Notice; this may be the last time I offer the Sexy Witch series.

Interested in upcoming course offerings? Subscribe to Lasara’s Lists!

Thanks and Thanksgiving – Gratitude is a Gift, and So Is Remembrance

Reprint, with slight edits. First posted on November 21, 2010

Most of us know something about the abysmal history that follows from that first, mythical “Thanksgiving Day”.

I will not belittle the horror and carnage that followed the “founding of a new land” (new to whom?) as “manifest destiny” was used as an ideological weapon that allowed the settlers to push westward, killing people and destroying cultures, and irrevocably changing the fabric of a nation forever.

The inarguable atrocities occurred for hundreds of years, and continue to this day. The Trail of Tears (or, “Nunna dual Tsuni” in the Cherokee language; The Trail Where They Cried). “Americanization” of Native peoples. Broken treaties.

However, perhaps it isn’t essential to get attached to the negative political connotations of this holiday. To have Thanksgiving become Guiltfest.

Perhaps in all of this, we can also believe – or at least hope against hope – that there was, once upon a time, that first gathering of thanksgiving, where the newcomers, out of a deep sense of gratitude and recognition, invited the native people to share a feast with them in thanks for the help that had allowed the settlers to survive their early days in a new land.

This coming together of openhearted and grateful sharing is the spirit I attempt to enter into the holiday with. This, and the belief that it’s worth dedicating at least one day out of the year to the practice of gratitude.

Thanksgiving day does not need to be a political statement. I’ll go even further and say that though the institutionalization of the federal holiday may have originally been a political move, the observation of the holiday has become one of that is patently apolitical. And while the original wording of the proclamations that the Thanksgiving holiday is built upon were Christian in intent, the observation has become more or less secular.

Today, for most Americans, the spirit of Thanksgiving is one of inclusion. Pagans, and even Atheists celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s a chance to take inventory of our lives, an opportunity to consciously reflect upon and share the things we are truly grateful for with friends and family. And a time to indulge in the fruits of our harvests – literal or metaphoric – by way of a large feast, often brought together in a stone-soup or potluck manner.

Like so many of the celebrations of the darkening season, this feast is both a recognition of bounty, and a practice of faith. Faith that through shared abundance, there’s no winter that will be hard enough that we don’t get through it. And at the basic, beautiful, mundanely rooted nature of it, the actual bounty is in no way metaphoric, but is wholly celebratory.

Perhaps somewhere in these days leading up to the holiday you’ll take some time to reflect on the history of the native people of these lands, because this dark side of the history of this nation should never be forgotten – and all too often, it is.

Perhaps you will educate your children about the shadows that dwell behind the images of Pilgrims and turkeys that adorn their classrooms, because their teachers are not going to. Maybe you’ll take a moment of silent prayer, or maybe even shared prayer, in recognition of the hidden history of the Indian Wars and the cultural genocide of the native peoples of this country before (or even at) your Thanksgiving gathering – because until there’s a federally recognized Indigenous People’s Day proclaimed, this is one of the few days out of the year that reminds us of our national shadow history.

And, maybe the awareness of what you’re grateful for will serve as a reminder to offer what you can to those who have less.

And, I hope you’ll begin counting your blessings. Because once you begin counting, you won’t be able to stop.

On Thanksgiving, you have an opportunity to recognize not just the bounty of your table piled high and your cup running over, but also the wealth of community, family, and abundance of all forms. And the more conscious you become of what it is that you’re grateful for, the deeper your experience of the holiday of Thanksgiving will be.

 

Some Thanksgiving Games:

Get GRATIGORIES! Get grateful.

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A Gratitude Round Robin – Gratitude Games * A Grateful A to Z – A Gratitude Game for Kids of All Ages

A Gratitude Game – Gratitude Round-Robin

Posted on November 21, 2010

Definition of Terms

a. Round is a go-around where everyone in a group gives their answer.

b. Round-Leader is the facilitator of the round. This position transitions at the conclusion of each round. The role of round leader can go to the person who wants it next, or you can pass the role in the round, either to the left or right. If a player does not want to be a round leader, they can pass.

Basic Guidelines:

a. Never force, “cajole” , or pressure any player into responding to any prompt. “Pass” is always an acceptable response.

b. The main rule is: Answer from gratitude. BE GRATEFUL!

c. Always give the person who is offering their gratitude the floor. Do not interrupt them, question them, or quiet them. If you’re playing this as a family, it’s especially important that you allow one another the full range of voice.

Round-Robin:

Sitting in a circle, or around a table, one person starts with a statement of gratitude, then everyone else in the group follows one-by-one. The group can set guidelines as desired.

Some possibilities:

Stay within a theme for each round.
No repeats per round. (For example, if someone says they’re grateful for family, someone else may say they’re grateful for a person IN their family, but not repeat the more general idea.)
Staying with one idea for every round (like, the round-leader says they’re grateful for apples, then everyone in the round says why they’re grateful for apples).

A Grateful A – Z — A Gratitude Game for Kids of All Ages

Posted on November 17, 2010

When I was a kid, we played alphabet games in the car to pass the time on long drives or road trips. I’ve recreated one of those games, with a gratitude theme. A Grateful A to Z includes players of all ages – from talking age up.

A Grateful A to Z is an adaptable game. Variations are listed below. For young players, A Grateful A to Z serves two purposes; it teaches both language skills and gratitude! And, with older players, there are ways to make A Grateful A to Z more complicated.

You can choose a category, or allow A Grateful A to Z to be free-form. Free-form is recommended for younger players, and is easier than working with a category. Themes or categories are recommended for more advanced players.

1. Definition of terms:

a. “Round” is a go-around where everyone in a group gives their answer to the category, or passes.

b. “Round-Leader” is the facilitator of the round. This position transitions at the conclusion of each round. The role of round leader can go to the person who wants it next, or you can pass the role in the round, either to the left or right. If a player does not want to be a round leader, they can pass.

2. Basic Guidelines:

a. The main rule is: Answer from gratitude. Be GRATEFUL!

b. Never force, cajole, or pressure any player into responding to any prompt. “Pass” is always an acceptable response.

c. Always give the person who is offering their gratitude the floor. Do not interrupt, question, or quiet them. If you’re playing this as a family, it’s especially important that you allow one another the full range of voice.

Remember, you can print out these directions, or you can upload them to your palm-top and not print at all. Please keep your “footprint” in mind when considering your options.

Variations and Detailed Guidelines:

A Grateful A – Z, Freeform:

The round leader starts a round with the phrase “I’m grateful for…”, and chooses anything starting with an A. The round leader can pass the prompt either to the right or left. The round ends when the alphabet ends. You can make it more complicated by offering a “no repeats” guideline.

A Grateful A – Z, with Themes:

Round leader comes up with a theme – people you’re grateful for, things you’re grateful for, inventions you’re grateful for.

Enjoy your family this holiday season!