Preparing your retreat space
Before the work begins, you prepare.
Total time Β· spread over a few days Β· gather & chooseA small, deliberate act of choosing yourself before anything else.
Movement One is not where the deep work happens. It is where you build the foundation for the work to come β gathering what you need, choosing your three retreat blocks, and signaling to your body that what is about to happen matters.
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You're here. And I want you to sit with that for just a moment.
In a world that is constantly asking you to produce, perform, and show up for everyone else, you chose to show up for yourself. That's not a small thing. That's actually the whole point of what we're about to do together.
But before we begin, I need you to do something that might feel unfamiliar.
I need you to prepare.
"This is not a webinar you watch between meetings. This is not content you consume while eating lunch or folding laundry. This is a retreat. A small, private, intentional one. And it deserves the same care you would give any space you were walking into to do sacred work. Because that's what this is."
What to gather before Movement Two
Take a few days to pull these things together. Some you already have. Some you may need to pick up. All of it matters.
Choose your three retreat blocks
Movements Two, Three, and Four each take about 90 minutes.
Open your calendar and find three blocks of 90 minutes. Evenings work for some women. Early mornings before the house wakes up work for others. Choose the time when you are most yourself: most quiet, most honest, most available to you.
They don't have to be consecutive. But closer together holds the energy better.
Once you've chosen your three blocks, write them in your journal. Not your calendar app. Your journal. There is something about writing it by hand that turns a plan into a promise.
Early morning before the house wakes up. An evening after dinner when the day has wound down. A quiet Sunday afternoon with the door closed. Whenever you are most yourself: least performed, least needed, most present. That is your retreat time. Protect it like it matters. Because it does.
What did you have to say no to, in order to say yes to these 90 minutes?
There's no right answer. Only the truth of what you set down to be here.
When you've gathered your things, chosen your three retreat blocks, and sat with this question, take a moment to share your answer with me. It's a small ritual that closes Movement One and opens what comes next.
When you submit your reflection, you'll return here. Then scroll down β Movement Two will be waiting.
You are not doing this alone
While you're preparing, and all the way through your retreat, there's a room of women doing this kind of listening alongside you.
The Circleβ’ is a free weekly gathering β every Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 pm Eastern. Drop in when the week calls for it. You don't have to come every Thursday. You don't have to speak. You only have to come the Thursday it matters.
Some women in The Circle have done The Whisper Bio retreat and bring revelations from it into the room. Others arrive curious, with no introduction at all. Both belong.
The Circle is free, ongoing, and drop-in. Bring a girlfriend, or come alone. We're glad you came.
When you have gathered your things and chosen your retreat blocks, you are ready to begin.
Movement Two is waiting for you. I'll see you there.
β NicoleWhen you're ready
I'm ready. Take me to Movement TwoCome when you've prepared your space. The retreat is yours, on your schedule.
