Offerings
Ways to engage through private guidance, ongoing practice, and immersive retreats.
Private Sessions
EMDR Mentoring with Nichola
It is helpful to have guides on our spiritual journey. Nichola has walked the path of inquiry, study and devotion. Trained as an Ayurvedic Practitioner, an EMDR Coach, (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a psychotherapy for addressing trauma and negative patterns), and as a Pastoral Care minister, she weaves these modalities together with practicality to gently guide you on your path of wellbeing.
$50 per session
1 session per year included in The Garden of Self Expression Membership
Personalized Practice Set with Siddhi
A personalized set designed for you.
With Siddhi's decades of experience and strong intuition, she knows how to create a personalized set to help reach your goals. A 21 day commitment of self practice is required.
All sessions will be arranged and paid directly to Siddhi.
$100 per session for members
1 session per year included in The Garden of Self Expression Membership
Non-members, contact Siddhi directly for pricing
Group Gatherings
Saturday Morning Sangha
Saturday Mornings 8am - 8:45am Online
Join a global community of women who meet weekly online and throughout the year at various in-person retreats. Weekly we stretch ourselves with a discourse untangling our mental constructs, followed by gently movement, pranayam, mudra and mantra practices.
Open and welcoming to all women, all ages, drop in and explore what it means to live from a place of consciousness, compassion, creativity and friendship.
$15 per session (drop-in)
OR included in The Garden of Self Expression Membership
To receive email reminders with Zoom link, members please complete a onetime registration. All others select "Drop-In" on the days you will be joining us.
Bridging the Gap
Saturday Mornings 7:30 - 8am Online
Saturday morning ‘open mic’. Scheduled for 1/2 hour prior to our Saturday morning women’s sangha, Bridging The Gap is the warm-up to our weekly sangha gathering.
Join us for only the 1/2 hour or better yet, stay on for the following 45 minute sangha guided practices. This 1/2 hour is our time to connect with one another-chatting, laughing and sharing whats up in our lives.
No Charge
To receive email reminders with Zoom link, members please complete a onetime registration. All others select "Drop-In" on the days you will be joining us.
I Am Presence
March 20th - September 22nd: Spring Equinox - Autumn Equinox
12 sessions online with Nichola
A Six month journey into the practice of Self Awareness and Presence
with Nichola. There is a rhythm to the practice and embodiment of self awareness. It begins as a discipline and blossoms into a being-ness. This state of being-ness gives rise to Personal Liberation. There are no adequate words to describe Liberation. Liberation releases one from the talons of fear, judgment, and untruth. It is the ultimate state of personal freedom. We will gather online twice monthly for guidance, discussion, and micro practices.
$111 per series
OR included in The Garden of Self Expression Membership
To receive email reminders with Zoom link, please complete the appropriate onetime registration.
Metta Meditation
Join us on Monday mornings from 7:30-8am for a guided heart-centered meditation practice. Based on the Buddhist meditation of Metta or Loving Kindness, this practice encourages us to cultivate love and compassion for ourselves, for one another, and for the wider world.
At a time when heart intelligence is essential, this practice offers a grounding pause at the start of the week—inviting presence, connection, and care to ripple outward.
Led in rotation by five of our Teacher/Mentors.
No Charge
To receive email reminders with Zoom link, members please complete a onetime registration. All others select "Drop-In" on the days you will be joining us.
Inform & Inspire
Six books a year, shared in thoughtful conversation.
A book is a device to ignite the imagination. With our book group we share the solitary act of reading with the communal act of sharing observations and musings. We read six books a year to inspire and inform. Currently we are delving into the Ai world with the novel Culpability by Bruce Holsinger.
Follow up book will be:
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Book Discussion Sunday, February 15th 10am PT
As we read, we share musings and book observations as well as timing and Zoom links for our gatherings on our What’s App group.
No Charge
To receive email reminders with Zoom link, register below.
Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation
A 21-Day Practice for Brain Health & Inner Clarity with Siddhi Ma
2026 Dates TBA
Throughout the day, our minds work tirelessly—thinking, planning, creating, remembering, and responding at a pace unprecedented in human history. It’s no wonder that stress, mental overwhelm, and cognitive fatigue have become so common. Our brains carry so much for us, and they thrive when given moments of intentional rest and renewal.
Dates TBA
To be notified when the next series is scheduled, please contact Siddhi
Mantra Meditation Series
Moving from sound into silence—where thought softens, breath deepens, and stillness becomes home.
Evenings: March 1st - 11th, 2026, 7pm-7:25pm with Siddhi Ma
Join us daily on Zoom for a 21-minute practice:
11 minutes of mantra, followed by silence held with a specific mudra.
This series is designed to gently ease the busy mind, guiding participants from verbal expression into quiet presence, from the resonance of the human voice into silence, restoring inner ease, and allowing us to return to stillness.
Minimum donation: $111 which includes:
a 15 min personal check-in with Siddhi
Retreats
The Quiet Authority of Experience
1 Day Regional Retreat for Women:
— June 6th, 2026 @ Center for Spiritual Living, Tahoe, CA
— August 8th, 2026 @ Yoga Loft, Palo Alto, CA
There is a form of authority that does not push, prove, or perform. It is born of experience—lived, reflected upon, and integrated. It arises quietly, from having lived fully, loved deeply, lost honestly, and allowing life to shape wisdom. As the years of active caretaking and outer striving soften, many women find themselves at a threshold. Roles fall away. Time opens. A deeper question emerges: How do I now stand in my life?
This retreat invites women to consciously inhabit the Quiet Authority of Experience—the natural authority that emerges as wisdom, discernment, compassion, and presence.
Exploration/Movement/Breathwork/Revelation
What We Will Explore:
• Experience as a source of authority and trust
• The difference between knowledge and embodied wisdom
• Mentoring as offering rather than instruction
• Guiding without fixing, rescuing, or self-erasure
• Compassion grounded in discernment and self-respect
• Vitality as Presence and Aliveness
Full day retreat / Lunch included
$300 per event
OR $270 for The Garden of Self Expression Membership
Register by date and location
JUNE 6TH - TAHOE, CA
AUGUST 8TH - PALO ALTO, CA
The Quiet Way Back To Wholeness
1 Day Regional Retreat for Women:
— December 12th, 2026 - Pescadero, CA
When Trust Becomes Healing
Full Day/Lunch Included
Open to All
Space Limited to 10 Participants
$300 per event
OR $270 for The Garden of Self Expression Membership
Retreats
4 Day Residential Retreat
Spring 2027
Details TBA
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EMDR Mentoring with Nichola
It is helpful to have guides on our spiritual journey. Nichola has walked the path of inquiry, study and devotion. Trained as an Ayurvedic Practitioner, an EMDR Coach, (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a psychotherapy for addressing trauma and negative patterns), and as a Pastoral Care minister, she weaves these modalities together with practicality to gently guide you on your path of wellbeing.
$50 per session
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