Classes, workshops, Retreats & Trainings
Women’s School for Spiritual Warriors-
Registration closed for 2026. Registration now open for cohort 2027!
This is a powerful 7 month, 222+ hour school like no other. Step into an integration and immersion into select eastern, western and earth-based wisdom traditions and healing arts practices aimed to bring your best self forward. Step into your own clarity, well-being and power in community! Embody the Spiritual Warrior that you are! Space limited to 12 women for this in-person training in Westbrook, Maine. Reach out to learn more!
Qi Gong for well~being!
Join Jen Deraspe for a gentle, enlivening winter Qi Gong series designed to refresh your body, calm your mind, and nourish your spirit. Through deep, conscious breathing, guided meditation, and mindful movement, you’ll be guided into a state of greater ease, balance, and peace. Each class offers a chance to unwind, reconnect, and move with intention—leaving you feeling more fluid, flexible, grounded, and quietly strong. This ancient Chinese healing art is accessible to all bodies and all levels. No experience necessary—just come as you are. Recordings available if unable to attend live streaming. Self-assessed sliding scale; $13-$15+ for live streaming or recording.
Jen is a Certified Holden Qi Gong instructor and has deep appreciation for her teacher, Lee Holden, from Santa Cruz.
ZOOM LINK OR copy and paste link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/261285075
*Email Jen to be on the email list for class recording link if unable to attend live streaming! (spiralsofwellbeing@gmail.com)
Yoga & Qi Gong for your Inner Athlete
Join Jen Deraspe on a quest for greater well-being & balance through a unique blend of Qi Gong & mindful Hatha Yoga. Through conscious breathing & mindful movement, be guided into a state of greater ease, balance, and peace.
Qi Gong is an ancient healing art and part of traditional Chinese medicine thousands of years old. It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body, mind & spirit, with the goal of improving & maintaining health and well-being. Qi gong has both psychological and physical components and involves the regulation of the mind, breath, and body’s movement and posture. All levels are welcome. Whether you are new to yoga and qi gong or a seasoned practitioner, you are welcome here. First class free!
May Women’s Circle CANCELLED
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this circle is cancelled. Sorry for the change.
Casco Bay Watershed Celebration
Water connects us to each other, to the land, and to the living systems that sustain us. This spring, we're gathering to honor that connection.
The Casco Bay Watershed Celebration is an evening that weaves together science, spirit, and community in service of our shared waters. Whether you come as an environmental advocate, a spiritual seeker, or someone who loves our local waters, there is a place for you here.
The evening includes:
A presentation by Jen Deraspe on her solo canoe journey Paddle with a Purpose; an 85-mile passage from Bethel to the ocean tracing the Presumpscot River watershed all the way to Casco Bay, lifting up the nonprofits working to protect it.
A space for conversation across communities who don't always find themselves in the same room
Suggested donation $25+/-
All are welcome. No one turned away for lack of funds.
In partnership with Portland Water District, Spirals of Wellbeing and Maine Center for Sacred Arts at the Portland New Church
Holistic Approaches to Stress Management for Women
This 2 week series will provide practical and experiential opportunities to better manage stress. Coping strategies are enhanced with greater self-awareness, mindfulness and tools. This series will offer a progression of methods to reduce stress and enhance peace, vitality and ease no matter the circumstances.
This chakra affirmation deck is inspired by the life experiences, teachers and teachings that have guided Jen on her path.
The intent is to do the same for you. There are 7 affirmative messages and gentle challenges for each chakra. May they serve you well. Cost: $25 local pick-up (Westbrook, Maine) or $30 shipped.
Also Unity Church of Portland in Windham, Maine.
Residential Holistic Life Coaching Immersion in Maine
A private, solo retreat provides an opportunity to immerse into who and what you are without the distractions, responsibilities, and content of your life back home. You will be offered one-on-one facilitation and exercises that meet you exactly where you are and guide you back to your True Nature.
• 12 hours of one-on-one customized facilitation sessions and guided reflective solo exercises and excursions.
• Canoe Coaching on the Presumscot River by Jen’s beautiful hand-crafted wooden canoe.
• Qi Gong and beach walks on a nearby GORGEOUS Coast of Maine beach.
The Work of Byron Katie
The more we begin to learn about our own mind, the more we discover how we all share the same thoughts and beliefs. We begin to realize that our inner world, our perceptions, judgments and stories are the source of our suffering. Through The Work of Byron Katie, we identify our stressful thoughts, ask ourselves four questions and see if we can discover how the opposite could just as true if not truer than the original belief. The Work opens the mind to other perspectives, takes us out of victim-consciousness and creates empowerment, clarity and freedom in what once seemed like impossible situations. Honest self-inquiry leaves you the humble student, open to life and living fully, freely and fearlessly.
A truly powerful and unique opportunity for peace and interconnection
Experience a day-long personalized immersion into nature and the healing arts! Explore local waterway in a handcrafted made in Maine wooden canoe and Jen’s gentle guidance and presence while immersed in the elements. Customized to meet you exactly where you are and guide you along your path to greater peace and well-being. Self-assessed sliding scale: $333-$555. Includes: organic tea/coffee, picnic lunch, canoeing gear and day-long personalized one-on-one holistic life coaching immersion. This offering is available spring, summer and fall in southern Maine. $100 deposit to register.