IAW Empowerment CoachingImagine a woman who turns toward herself with interest and attention.
There’s a gift for you in each stanza of the IAW poem. Our Certified Lead Coaches will assist you to unwrap the gift held within the stanza of your choice using our one-of-a-kind woman-affirming coaching model. IAW empowerment coaching sessions are one hour long and take you on a journey of self-discovery to unwrap the special gift held within the stanza of your choice. Scheduling your IAW Empowerment Coaching Session is easy!
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I celebrate "Imagine a Woman" today because
I have become the woman described in the poem.
Before the poem came into my life
I didn't know such a woman existed. –Linda
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Preparing for your Coaching Session:
Before you meet with one of our Certified Lead Coaches, choose a stanza for your session. The stanza you choose will guide you on your “Imagine a Woman” journey of self-discovery and serve as the focus of your coaching session.
To review stanzas from the original Imagine A Woman Poem CLICK HERE
Or
Review These Additional Stanzas by Theme Below
Here are a few questions to keep in mind when reading through the stanzas,
they will help you choose the one that's the perfect fit you in this moment.
If you experienced any of these visceral reactions, there’s a gift for you within that stanza or group of stanzas. |
We've organized the stanzas by themes, in alignment with the Imagine A Woman WomanSpirit Fundamentals Courses to assist you in choosing the stanza that is perfect for you!
Theme 1 – The Journey Home to Yourself
Three Pathways Home
Imagine a woman who turns toward herself with interest and attention.
A woman who turns inward to listen, remember, and replenish.
Whose capacity to be available to others deepens as she is available to herself.
Imagine a woman who lives an embodied life.
A woman who has returned home to her breath.
Who breathes consciously in gratitude for life itself.
Imagine a woman who discovers the way home to herself.
A woman who descends into her own inner life.
Who reunites with her essential self and reclaims her natural capacities.
Theme 2 – Heal into The Present
Four Steps into the Present
Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself.
A woman who listens to her needs and desires.
Who meets them with tenderness and grace.
Imagine a woman who has access to the full range of human emotion.
A woman who expresses her feelings clearly and directly.
Who allows them to pass through her as gracefully as the breath.
Imagine a woman who tells the truth.
A woman who trusts her experience of the world and expresses it.
Who no longer defers to the thoughts, perceptions, and responses of others.
Imagine a woman who follows her creative impulses.
A woman who produces original creations.
Who refuses to color inside someone else's lines.
Theme 3 – Author Your Own Life
Five Choices of Authentic Living
Imagine a woman who authors her own life.
A woman who trusts her inner sense of what’s right for her.
Who takes responsibility for the design and content of her life.
Imagine a woman who is interested in her own life.
A woman whose life is her teacher, healer, and challenge.
Who is grateful for the ordinary moments of beauty and grace.
Imagine a woman who balances her life.
A woman who trusts her impulses to move inward and outward.
Who makes choices to support balance and harmony.
Imagine a woman who participates in her own life.
A woman who meets each challenge with creativity.
Who takes action on her own behalf with clarity and courage.
Imagine a woman who is glad to be alive.
A woman who has released chronic self-criticism.
Who celebrates her life with gratitude and appreciation.
Theme 4 – Love Your Body
Five Pathways to Body-Love
Imagine a woman in love with her own body.
A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.
Who celebrates its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.
Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself.
A woman who listens to her body's needs.
Who meets them with tenderness and grace.
Imagine a woman who embraces her sexuality as her own.
A woman who delights in pleasuring herself.
Who experiences her erotic feelings and sensations without shame or guilt.
Imagine a woman who honors the body of the Goddess in her changing body.
A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and wisdom.
Who no longer uses her life-energy to disguise the changes in her body and life.
Imagine a woman who is glad to be alive.
A woman who has released body-scrutiny and -criticism.
Who celebrates her body with reverence and respect.
Theme 5 – Name Your Own Gods
Five Paths to Conscious Spirituality
Imagine a woman who embodies her spirituality.
A woman who honors her body as the sacred temple of the spirit of life.
Who breathes deeply as a prayer of gratitude for life itself.
Imagine a woman who names her own gods.
A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.
Who designs a personal spirituality to inform her daily life.
Imagine a woman who refuses to surrender to gods, gurus, and higher powers.
A woman who has descended into her own inner life.
Who asserts her will in harmony with its impulses and instincts.
Imagine a woman who experiences her oneness with all that is.
A woman who honors her intimate connection with the natural world.
Who embraces its rhythms and cycles as her own.
Imagine a woman whose words and actions flow from her beliefs.
A woman who designs spiritual practices based on her beliefs.
Who chooses communities of spirit that embody her beliefs.
Theme 6 – Relationship From the Inside Out
Five Ingredients of Conscious Relationships
Imagine a woman who remains faithful to herself through all the seasons of life.
A woman who preserves allegiance to herself even in the face of opposition.
Whose capacity to sustain interest in others deepens as she is loyal to herself.
Imagine a woman who participates in her own life.
A woman who is fully engaged in each of her relationships.
Who takes responsibility for their quality, meaning, and content.
Imagine a woman who assumes equality in her relationships.
A woman who no longer believes she’s inferior and in need of salvation.
Who takes her rightful place in the human community.
Imagine a woman who values the women in her life.
A woman who sits in circles of women.
Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.
Imagine a woman who loves herself.
A woman who is at home and at peace with herself.
Whose relationships reflect her relationship with herself
This poem is not just a poem—it is a prayer, affirmation, and daily inspiration for me. To imagine this woman, and to imagine that I am this woman has helped me on "my walk through the past to heal into the present." —Gina