The Tao of the Sun: Power Literacy and Embodiment Workshop

All genders welcome. However, please note the work may be centered around women’s lived cultural experiences. 

Bring your own lunch or snacks

Have you felt powerless or shy despite being in positions of influence or authority?  

Do you experience power struggles in your relationships? 

Do you sometimes feel unseen? 

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Power has been socialized as a binary experience, a struggle between two opposing hierarchical energies: predator/ victim, leader/follower, authority/yielding, win/lose. This dynamic seems to be on hyper-display on the global scale and it also deeply impacts how we relate to those we love the most. No one is exempt from it! 

What if there is a more effective way to inhabit our inherent and authentic power and wield it for the highest benefit of all our relations?

In this workshop you will: 

• Deepen your understanding of subtle (and not so subtle) power dynamics and how they impact the way to relate to each other

• Understand how rank awareness can be used to de-escalate conflict and polarity 

• Broaden your language and sensitivity to identify power and rank dynamics in relationships and groups

• Feel more embodied and intentional in how you leverage your leadership, power and rank 

Overall you will experience a significant shift in how you see yourself, others and the field of relationship between you. You will change the way you think about power and how you use yours for positive change!!

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Carla’s facilitation and teaching approach is: 

• Awareness-based – transforming consciousness by enabling a system to see and sense itself

• Process-oriented – following what is unfolding naturally, rather than focusing on an outcome or solution

• Trauma-informed – recognizing the pervasive impact of trauma, centering psychological safety and preventing further harm

• Re-centralizing – bringing focus back to the parts or experiences that have been marginalized 

• Sensory-grounded – connected and present with the bod and using somatic and embodiment practices

About Carla Orellana: 

Carla (she/her) is a facilitator and coach focused on guiding individuals, couples and groups towards Wholeness. With deep respect and understanding of the complexities of human connection, she accompanies the journey of discovering meaning and purpose seeded within the challenges of daily life. 

Committed to awareness education, embracing diversity and prioritizing equity, Carla leads the Belonging and Equity team at CCLD. 

With a versatile professional background of 20 years in marketing, emotional intelligence, expressive arts therapy and strategic design thinking, she brings a unique blend of creativity and embodied wisdom to the sensitive labor of unfolding what is unknown. She is passionate in exploring the impact of systemic and social conditioning as it manifests through the “inner critic”, especially affecting marginalized or non-dominant groups.   

Carla holds a Certificate in Process Work from The Process Work Institute, an Appreciative Coaching Specialization from IdeIA (Dialogues and Appreciative Inquiry Institute), an International Specialization in Strategic Design (Mónica Herrera School of Strategic Creativity), and a Certificate in Creative Connection® from the Person-Centered Expressive Arts Institute (PCETI). She has also been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for 11 years.

Originally from Venezuela but rooted in El Salvador, Carla now calls the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina home, where she resides with her husband Carlos since 2022.

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Sliding scale pricing - $55 to $111

20% will be donated to CCLD

About pricing: 

I understand socio-economical disadvantages unequally impact the access to this work. For this reason, I offer a sliding scale, so you may choose the price that feels more in alignment to you. Please consider that the highest price is closer to the true value of the service. Choosing this option allows me to continue offering sliding scale.