Heal What Hurts · Healing in Community
Heal What Hurts Women’s Circle
A place to become more solid in yourself, soften old emotional patterns, and practice meeting what hurts with loving presence.
$197 per month · Live on Zoom · Six women maximum
No payment needed to request an introductory conversation. Monthly membership has no commitment beyond your first month. Please ask about current openings.
Understanding emotional patterns is one thing; practicing a different response, with support, is another. In this intimate group, we use guided coaching, meditation, and compassionate connection to return to the body and a more loving relationship with ourselves.
With only six women in each Circle, there is room for individual attention, meaningful connection, and unhurried practice.
Reflections on Maria's Work
What Women Have Experienced.
These reflections come from Maria's broader retreats and teaching. Their words speak to the safety and practical growth at the heart of her work.
“I felt deeply seen, safe, and accepted.”
Iliana describes how feeling supported helped her explore parts of herself she had not felt ready to approach.
Iliana Rossell · Retreat participant“I no longer feel overwhelmed by my reactions”
Geneah describes gaining practical tools to change how she relates to her emotions.
Geneah Escobar · Yoga philosophy studentThese are not testimonials about this particular Women's Circle. Read more personal reflections.
Loving Presence Is a Practice
You can understand the pattern. And still need space to practice.
When we're triggered, the body may brace, the breath may become tight, and familiar responses can take over. We might lash out in anger, numb out through food, alcohol, scrolling, or other habits, or check out by disconnecting from what we're feeling.
In the Circle, we learn to recognize these moments earlier and gently turn inward with love instead of adding shame. No one is expected to have mastered this. We come together to practice, again and again.
What Becomes Possible
A More Loving Way to Be With Yourself.
These are capacities we cultivate over time, not outcomes anyone needs to achieve on a schedule.
Notice Sooner
Become more familiar with the breath, sensations, and places where your body contracts when you're triggered, so there may be room to respond differently.
Bring Love Into What Hurts
Practice staying present with difficult feelings without judging yourself for having them or needing to push them away.
Return to Your Center
Build a familiar path back to breath awareness, grounding, and greater kindness toward yourself during challenging moments.
Feel Less Alone
Let your practice be supported by the presence of other women who are also learning to meet themselves with care.
If this feels like the support you have been looking for, you are warmly welcome to join us.
Join the Women's CircleHealing in Community
Some Healing Happens When We Are Met by Others.
A book can offer insight. A meditation can guide you inward. But practicing in community brings something different: the chance to be heard, witnessed, and supported without needing to explain everything perfectly or hold yourself together.
Within this small circle, we make room for each woman's experience. We listen without rushing to fix one another. We learn to offer ourselves the loving attention we so often extend to everyone else.
You do not have to be finished healing to be worthy of love, presence, and belonging.
Inside the Women's Circle
Come As You Are. Practice Together.
Each gathering makes space for guided practice and human connection. Sessions are responsive to the women present, rather than following a rigid agenda.
Ground
Settle into your breath and body through meditation or gentle somatic awareness.
Listen Inwardly
Become curious about what you're feeling, where you are holding, and what needs care.
Be Witnessed
When it feels right, share or receive personal coaching. Listening quietly is equally welcome.
Bring It Home
Take the practice of loving presence into relationships and the ordinary moments of life.
Sharing and receiving coaching are always optional. The Circle is facilitated with care for each woman's pace and privacy.
Your Women's Circle Membership
Support You Can Return To.
In a typical month, your membership offers 7.5 hours of live group practice, plus resources and personal support between meetings.
Four Live Women's Circle Sessions
Four 90-minute group coaching and somatic practice sessions, with no more than six women and opportunities for personal guidance.
Monthly Nervous System Reset
One 90-minute live workshop weaving SomaYoga, gentle movement, breathwork, meditation, and guided relaxation into a nourishing return to the body.
Explore the Monthly Reset →Self-Study Practice Library
Guided meditations, practices, teachings, and talks to support your personal exploration between our live gatherings.
Nervous System Reset Replays
Access recordings of the monthly workshops if you cannot attend live or wish to return to a practice.
Circle Recordings, With Consent
Members-only recordings of Circle sessions are available only when every woman participating agrees. To honor privacy, recordings are not guaranteed.
A Personal Welcome
After joining, begin with a complimentary 20-minute Welcome Session with Maria to help you settle in and ask questions.
Additional Individual Support
When you want more personalized guidance, Women's Circle members receive 20% off a private coaching package with Maria.
The Circle follows a regular monthly rhythm. Occasional schedule changes or integration weeks may occur, as described in the membership policies .
Our Time Together
A Rhythm for Practice.
Women's Circle
Tuesdays, 7:00–8:30 PM Central Time. Four gatherings monthly. In months with five Tuesdays, we take the first Tuesday off.
Monthly Nervous System Reset
Usually the last Saturday of each month, 10:00–11:30 AM Central Time.
All live meetings take place on Zoom. Occasional changes are communicated whenever possible.
A Monthly Commitment to Yourself
Begin Where You Are.
Your membership renews monthly. There is no long-term contract or commitment beyond your first month, and you may cancel before your next monthly charge.
Once you've joined, Maria will be in touch about your Welcome Session and participation details. You are never required to share more than feels right for you.
There are only six places in each Circle. Ask about current availability.
Please review the membership policies before enrolling.
An intimate online circle of no more than six women.
Before You Join
A Few Things You May Be Wondering.
Do I have to share personal experiences?
No. Sharing and receiving personal coaching are always invitations, never requirements. You're welcome to listen, participate in the guided practices, and move at your own pace.
What if I miss a session?
You'll still have access to the Self-Study Practice Library and Nervous System Reset workshop replays. Circle sessions are recorded only when everyone participating consents, so a replay of a particular Circle gathering cannot be guaranteed.
Is the Women's Circle therapy?
No. This is a coaching, meditation, and somatic-awareness practice community, not psychotherapy or a substitute for mental health treatment. You are welcome to participate alongside any professional care or support you may already receive.
Do I need to have read Heal What Hurts?
No. Familiarity with the book is welcome but not necessary. Maria guides the practices, and you can begin wherever you are in your own exploration.
Can I talk with Maria before I purchase?
Yes. You're welcome to request a complimentary 15-minute introductory conversation before joining. There is no payment or obligation for the call. Email Maria to arrange a time.
Are there places available?
Each Circle is limited to six women. Availability changes, so ask Maria about openings if you would like to confirm before enrolling.
What happens after I join?
Maria will follow up with participation information and arrange your complimentary 20-minute Welcome Session. You can ask questions, get acquainted, and settle into the experience.
How private is the Circle?
Members are asked to respect one another's confidentiality, and a Circle session is recorded only with everyone's consent. Because any group involves other participants, absolute confidentiality cannot be guaranteed; please review the membership policies for more detail.
Can I cancel after the first month?
Yes. The $197 membership is billed monthly and renews automatically. You may cancel before your next charge; there is no commitment beyond your first month.
A Circle of Women · Meaningful Connection
Come As You Are.
Practice a More Loving Way Forward.
You don't need to become someone different before you belong here. Bring your humanity, your questions, your tenderness, and your willingness to practice. Together, we'll make space for what hurts and for the loving presence that can meet it.
$197 monthly · Four Circle gatherings plus a Monthly Reset · Six women maximum