LOVE... Four letters. Boundless territory.

LOVE is used to describe our relationship to everything from romance to family to pizza. Most songs are written about it, every genre tackles it, lots of us are seeking it, and many of us feel inadequate about it. But can anyone who is willing to talk about it really fail at LOVE? Let's definitely do talk about this in LOVE CLUB!

Centering self-love, LOVE CLUB will explore our personal boundaries and openings to LOVE.

Through teaching, contemplation, and connection, we will explore our own longings and aspirations for LOVE. We will examine our ideas about LOVE, understanding the societal roots of our limitations and misconceptions. And, together, we will nurture an embodied, interconnected, sacred LOVE within ourselves that includes self/other/nature/everything.

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"All awakening to love is spiritual awakening." — bell hooks

In her powerful book, All About Love, bell hooks defines and explores various aspects of this vast concept. Each week will feature a statement from her book to guide our own exploration of LOVE.

Week 1:

• To practice the art of loving, we have first to choose love – admit to ourselves that we want to know love and be loving even if we don’t know what that means.

In this first week, we will explore definitions of LOVE that we have absorbed from our family cultures, our unique experiences and the larger society. And we will uncover our personal aspirations around LOVE through an embodied embrace of our own longings for it.

Week 2:

• There is no special love exclusively reserved for romantic partners.

In the second week, we will bust myths about romantic love that permeate the larger culture. Looking especially at the DOMinance of couple-DOM as the ideal, we will explore and express other visionary and expansive models of LOVE.

Week 3:

• Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving.

The third week, we will understand for ourselves how sovereignty is central to healthy, sacred LOVE. Exploring the work of those who have experienced ecstatic LOVE through meditation, connection, and expression, we will craft our own contemplative processes for the art of loving.

Week 4:

• Self love cannot flourish in isolation... Let love be love in me.

The final week, we will acknowledge and explore the need for communion in any model of LOVE. Centering self-love but also expanding beyond the more than human, we will identify a sacred LOVE that includes self/other/nature/everything.

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Like with all my courses, every session of LOVE CLUB will include:

• sacred honorings & blessings

• a well-researched lecture (with slides)

• meditations & contemplations

• journaling prompts

• time for connection

• an updated Notion page with the recording and links to all the resources mentioned (including books, articles, and a Spotify playlist).

• PLUS, I will be available for email support throughout the course and until one week after it closes

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What people say about my workshops/courses:

"I loved this course Sebene! It felt really soulful, aesthetically pleasing (both the music and slides), and full of brilliance."

"Sebene has a gift for creating space for exploration and acceptance, and I feel grateful to have been part of that space."

"I loved the spaciousness with which you hold space... I love how much YOU are in it. It's definitely not a pass through of generic teaching transmission. It is SO YOU and, at the same time, so expansively welcoming for everyone to show up as their own self."

"This is one of the best one-day workshops I've ever attended. Sebene communicates so beautifully and simply."

"Sebene, You are a bright light of love and inspiration! I loved: you showing up on the computer screen, moving to the music, giving us music to guide our practice; caring feedback to each and everyone; the notions page for easy access to resources; the repetition of the honorings and blessings; summary, recap of the essence of the teachings between lessons, to help connect the threads."

"I would sign up for literally anything that Seb offers. This workshop helped crack through limiting assumptions about coupledom I didn't even know I had. I've been feeling more comfortable, happy, and empowered in my singleness ever since. Thank you, Seb!"