Reclaiming Financial Power: A Two-Day Healing & Money Workshop

This workshop is for community members who are ready to take a fresh look at their relationship with money—through a supportive, culturally grounded approach. We’ll blend practical financial tools with wellness practices and trauma-informed guidance to help you feel more confident, empowered, and in control of your finances.

Format:

• Two Days

• 6 hours/day (including breaks and movement)

• Facilitated by Roxanne Best

DAY ONE – Exploring the Roots of Our Money Story

Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (including a 45 min Lunch)
Focus: Awareness, trauma education, mindset, money beliefs, and emotional safety

9:00-9:30 AM | Opening Circle + Gentle Movement & Breath

• Opening song and smudge

• Set group agreements

• Gentle chair-based yoga or grounding breathwork

• Group intention-setting (verbal or journaling)

9:30-10:30 AM | Your Money Story + Early Beliefs

• Guided visualization: Your First Memory of Money

• Journaling prompt: What messages did I receive about money growing up?

• Pair or small group sharing

• Group discussion: “What’s the story I’ve been living?”

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10:30-10:35 AM | Break

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10:35-12:00 PM | Understanding Financial Trauma

• Iceberg Activity: Visible vs. hidden financial behaviors

• Discussion: How colonialism, poverty, and intergenerational trauma affect money beliefs

• Somatic practice: Where do I feel financial stress in my body?

• Grounding technique: Orienting and resourcing (nervous system regulation)

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12:00-12:45 PM | LUNCH

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12:45-1:45 PM | Money Triggers + Emotional Spending

• TOM activity: Money Triggers Map

• Breakout groups: What activates fear, guilt, or avoidance for me around money?

• Short breathwork practice for interrupting activation

• Journal: “How do I want to feel when I deal with money?”

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1:45-2:45 PM | Spending & Values: Aligning With What Matters

• Group brainstorm: Needs vs. wants, values vs. shoulds

• Activity: “What do I really value?” (BNC budgeting reflection tool)

• Values-based budgeting intro

• Journal: Top 5 values → Where does your money go vs. where you want it to go?

2:45-3:00 PM | Closing Circle

DAY TWO – Rebuilding Financial Power with Tools & Practice

Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM (including a 45 min Lunch)
Focus: Budgeting, planning, empowerment, embodiment, action

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9:00-9:30 AM | Gentle Yoga + Guided Grounding

• Chair or mat-based yoga sequence for grounding + spine/hip work

• Guided breath practice (4-7-8 or alternate nostril)

• Opening prompt: “Today I am open to…” (journaling)

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9:30-10:30 AM | Budgeting 101

• Teach: Fixed vs. variable expenses

• Create a simple personal budget (worksheet and Budgeting Books)

• Identify spending leaks(Worksheet)

•  Partner share: What surprised you?

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10:30-10:35 AM | Break

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10:35-12:00 PM | Planning for the Future

• SMART goal activity: Personal and financial goals

• Short/medium/long-term planning

• Create a mini savings plan (BNC emergency savings activity)

• Group sharing or vision board collage (optional art supplies)

12:00-12:45 PM | LUNCH

12:45-1:45 PM | Clearing Financial Blocks (TOM)

• Worksheet: Identify your most active money block (scarcity, guilt, fear, etc.)

• Rewrite the Script: Turn blocks into affirmations

• Group or individual EFT tapping session (emotional freedom technique)

• Gentle movement or stretching to release tension

1:45-3:00 PM | Integration + Closing Circle

• Final journaling: “What I’m taking with me…”

• Create your personal “money medicine bundle” – can include:

  • Affirmations

  • Top 3 values

  • Budget

  • Support actions

• Group share: One thing I’m committing to

• Optional grounding breath / collective closing

 

Materials Provided By Roxanne for Up to 15 People

• Journal + worksheet packet

• BNC workbook

• Budget templates and Workbooks

• Colored pens, sticky notes

• Optional: yoga mats, chairs, blankets