Our next gathering: October 26
Belly: Your Cauldron of Creation & Wisdom, with Carmen Da Silva Wells
When was the last time you felt at home in your belly — listening to her voice instead of judging her shape? What if Belly is more than appearance — what if she is a compass, guiding you toward what is most alive and true? In this 2-hour Deep Body Movement session, we explore Belly as hearth and cauldron of transformation. Together we’ll unravel the inner corset of judgment, soften into rest and nourishment, and rediscover Belly as the creative center of our being. Through guided movement inspired by Philip Shepherd, we’ll learn to drop out of the head and into the deep intelligence of Belly — the place where we digest life, release control, and open to new possibilities. We’ll also bring Belly’s wisdom to the page through intuitive drawing, letting images and impulses reveal her creative potential. This is an invitation to reclaim Belly: warm, fertile, transformative, and alive with guidance for the next steps in your life.
What Our Bodies Know
A virtual sanctuary for Deep Body Journeys into the wisdom of our bodies, the ancestral feminine & the thresholds of our lives
What Our Bodies Know is an intergenerational community for women walking though the power, vulnerability, thresholds, and unknowns of their modern lives and changing bodies- at all ages. Here we explore the most potent and charged themes of our lives as mature women—desire, inner power, loss, change, grief, nourishment, and the deeper forces that shape us– by tapping into the well of intelligence and guidance in our bodies through powerful Deep Body® approaches.
We hold one another through life's thresholds and trials, instead of looking for hacks and fixes.
We unwind our minds, soften our nervous systems, move our bodies freely and intuitively, and listen listen to the ancient feminine knowhow in our bodies.
We center a mature, ripe, wise femininity- instead of running breathless after a forever youthful, perfect, ‘science-backed’ image of who we need to be as modern women.
Among many other questions, we ask ourselves and the world:
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How do we cross the thresholds and trials of womanhood without letting them take us hostage?
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How do we rest, deeply and fully, without guilt?
How do we nourish our bodies, pleasure, and lives through the feminine arts? -
How do we age with grace and strength in a world obsessed with youth?
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Are we really fading into less visibility as we age— or are we, in fact, ripening into our most magnetic form and presence?
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How do we re-allow pleasure as feminine guidance and instruction in our bodies?
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How do expand our nervous systems' capacity to hold what we truly desire– and are capable of?
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How do we preserve the legacy of the Crone—the mythic and ordinary power of the mature feminine—in a world used to deleting and disrespecting it?
The Deep Body Movement® work is central to our explorations: embodied, intuitive movement as our primary tool of contacting the intelligence of our sensuality, instinct, and ancestral wisdom. We engage movement as a language through which our preverbal, emotional, sensuous, and often-unnoticed knowing can arise and be felt in full presence.
Inside the Commumity
As soon as you join us with a free trial, you will have access to the libarry of workshops held thus far. Each month, join one or more live virtual gathering with Stefana Serafina and the Deep Body Collective and ongoing access to a growing library of teachings and practices. Connect with like-hearted women walking the path beside you.
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Monthly live gatherings with Stefana (recorded & easily accessible)
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A private forum to connect and reflect
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Ongoing access to the full library of all previous gatherings- enjoy anytime
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Bonus special rituals & guest events
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Audio or writing prompts to carry you deeper into explored themes in your everyday life
We weave embodied teachings, movement, and deep body wisdom with storytelling and rich community conversation, supporting one another through the life passages that call us into growth and transformation.
This is a chance to experience Stefana's teachings and the powerful benefits of Deep Body Work in your personal life, while also being part of an international community of women who share your values and—all at the most accessible cost we offer.
Upcoming Events
Most 2-hour events are held live monthly on Thursdays. Some longer workshops are offered on weekends. More events and practice spaces will be added as we go
SEE CALENDAR
and click on events for more about each gathering
JUNE 19 THUR Eros of the Mature Body: Sensuality & Femininity Beyond Youth
JULY 17 Her Language is Pleasure: Pleasure as Guidance & Method
of the Mature Feminine Nature
AUG 17 THUR Power of the Well Rested Woman: Deeper Explorations into Our Need and Ability to REST
SEP 18, THUR Power of the Fully Nourished Woman
OCT 16, THUR Women at the Crossroads: Between What Was and What's Next
OCT 26 SUN BELLY: Our Body's Cauldron of Creativity and Wisdom, with Carmen Da Silva Wells
NOV 13 THUR Her Faith is in Her Body: Ways of the Instinctual Woman
DEC 11 THUR Invisible Woman: Loss or Superpower?
DEC 21 SAT Winter Solstice Dark Night Ceremony
JAN 15 Aging Together in a World Obsessed with Youth: Befriending the Crone Inside
TIMELINES
Thursday calls are 9-11 am Pacific/18-20h Central European Time. Weekend offerings are held 9-12 am Pacific/ 18-21CET. See the WHAT OUR BODIES KNOW current calendar for schedule adjusted for your timezone–you can add it to your own calendar for ease.
All calls are recorded and shared.
Debra Mauro,
California
The word for this work is alchemy! It is truly life-changing. Life-giving.
I am amazed and grateful for the tribe of women you have gathered, Stefana– as they are essential to creating the field that allows this catharsis and healing work together.
Katya Villa,
Los Angeles
Stefana’s work has transformed the way I relate to my body and move through the world. Through the Deep Body Institute programs, I learned how to quiet my mind, come into deeper presence in my body, resource my nervous system, heal body dysmorphia, change how I engage with triggers and trauma, build community, and become more creatively expressed. This is no exaggeration, nor a complete list of the impacts it has had on me.
Nadia Duran,
the Netherlands
I love Stefana’s ability to hold space, to lead by example. She takes you by the hand and yet gives you so much possibilities and freedom to discover.
I feel held, seen, guided, accented and inspired by her presence, by her groundedness and authenticity.
What Our Bodies Know is a space where we unwind our minds, soften our nervous systems, move our bodies freely and intuitively, and listen for the deep intelligence of the mature feminine within us, cultivating a wise feminine leadership for our personal lives, careers, and communities.
On an ongoing basis, join us to explore how the following themes:
– desire, sensuality, and eros
– body 'fitness' vs body intelligence and wellbeing
– claiming the mature feminine within
– aging, the changing body, (peri)menopause and postmenopause
– loss, grief, and renewal
– claiming our voices and genius and giving our gift to the world
– cultivating belonging during a pandemic of loneliness
– restoring our sensual root
– becoming truly visible- in a culture that tells us we become invisible with age
– rediscovering out relationship to the mythic feminine
– fem solidarity and the shadow side of ‘sisterhood’ and women’s work
– discovering your inner Witch, Crone, and Flame Keeper
and many more...
Each session invites you deeper into accessing the mature feminine within your body, guiding you to draw embodied wisdom for your next steps. Every individual journey is powerful on its own, but together, they form a comprehensive, multifaceted homecoming to the mature self and the mature feminine–while nourishing you with the power and support of community.
Hi, I'm Stefana
For over 15 years, I have guided women from nearly every corner of the world through Deep Body, soul, and nature journeys, helping them reclaim their embodied authority and personal genius, and cross important thresholds in their lives.
I founded the Deep Body Institute with a fierce commitment to create spaces where we can explore our embodied, mature feminine power and the legacy we must leave behind to the daughters and sons of the world– against the odds of patriarchal cultures . There is an ancient story that was true for millennia- and I know we need to restore it. In it, the mature women hold counsel with the younger women. They ensure the passing down of the right stories and the wise feminine legacy without which this world is doomed. They nurture the men. They hold what is broken in their loving, mothering arms. They spindle their yarn peacefully as they sit together, deep and strong in their well of wisdom and self-respect. They understand that aging together is the gift of a lifetime. The reward of the path. The feminine harvest.
I hold a deep knowing that when women come together, we can not only become more empowered on our personal journeys, but also win important causes for the women and the people of the world at large.
The single most common phrase women share about working with me and the Deep Body Model?
"It changed my life".
You can read more testimonials, or find out more about me and my credentials here. You can also see more about the teachers on the Deep Body Collective here.
I hope to see you inside the community!
Marija Shanta Bjørgeseter, Oslo
"What Stefana transmits and teaches has been the missing part for me. She makes it complete in a way that no other has done."
Membership Options + Registration
Start your journey with the first month free- or register for a single event below
6-Month Core Community Membership
WHAT OUR BODIES KNOW
First month free
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Monthly live gatherings with Stefana (recorded & easily accessible)
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A private forum to connect and reflect
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Ongoing access to the full library of previous gatherings- enjoy anytime
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Bonus special rituals & guest events
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Audio or writing prompts to carry you deeper into explored themes in your everyday life
COST
First month free. Then: $35/month for 6 months.
Want to attend a single event? Register below
Cost $50
SEE WHAT'S IN THE CORE COMMUNITY PORTAL: We add more all the time, and once you step in, you have access to it all
6-Month Deepening Path Membership
WHAT OUR BODIES KNOW + SIGNATURE LIBRARY ACCESS
ideal for deeper self-guided study between live gatherings
Includes everything in the core membership plus access to a curated library of Stefana’s signature recorded workshops
COST
$55/month for 6 months
SEE A SNIPPET OF THE CORE COMMUNITY PORTAL (We add more all the time)
SEE A SNIPPET OF THE DIGITAL LIBRARY
After first experiencing the Deep Body work, I discovered a profound tool that became the cornerstone of my healing journey. It had such a significant impact on me; it felt like finally finding the tool I had always been searching for.
Andreea Balnit,
Copenhagen
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