March 14th
3-5 PM

IFCC-MARC Ballroom, 2nd floor
Our Lady of the Lake University
Parking is free on campus, park in Lot B

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"Spring Cleaning" Story Circle
We will explore releasing with love in order to clear our homes, minds, and bodies. Bring an object you’ve had difficulty releasing. In 4-6 minutes, tell us the story of that object and why it is valuable to you. Participants will be guided with storytelling tips and encouraged to barter or donate objects after the story circle. Stay for an optional movement practice that helps release stored energy from within.

These workshops are FREE for OLLU students, faculty, staff, and alumni
Community Participants may Pay at the Door a sliding scale of $8-$88 to welcome all income levels.

Contact Xelena for all info
https://www.xelena.space/contact

About IFCC Artist in Residence, Xelena Gonzalez
González practices the healing arts through writing and movement. She is a storyteller, dancer, and visiting author who centers self-love in her multi-disciplinary workshops for all ages. Her picture books include the award-winning titles ALL AROUND US (Cinco Puntos Press, 2017), WHERE WONDER GROWS (Lee & Low, 2022), and REMEMBERING (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Her writing for adults includes poetry, essays, fiction, and screenwriting. LOTERIA REMEDIOS is her collection of reflections, divinations, plant and animal medicine, and other tools for self-healing based on the time-honored game (Hay House, July 2024). A former librarian and enrolled member of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation, Xelena has become a sought-after speaker on topics such as radical self love, creative early literacy strategies, inhabiting story through music and movement, and reclaiming indigenous identity in Latinx communities.