GRACE AS LIBERATION
A New Series Ritualizing Radical Self-Acceptance In New World-Building & the Demise of Patriarchy
A Spring 2026 Series about Grace as Spiritual Activism
GRACE AS MEDICINE, GRACE AS POWER
My purpose is guided by my work, which centers spiritual activism: the inner work of moving closer to our truth, allowing the light within to shine, singing our unique soul song, and drawing on intuitive knowledge to change ourselves—which results in changing the world.
Recently, my intuition has led me to grace.
I think of grace as a decolonial, feminist practice.
A way of being in a radically accepting relationship with ourselves.
An anti-patriarchal practice, energetically held in the compassionate and unconditional embrace of the Divine Feminine.
Grace is taking back our power.
Grace is calling us back to ourselves.
Not as bypass.
Not as softness mistaken for surrender.
But as medicine.
As liberation.
As a decolonial, feminist practice of radical self-acceptance in a world that taught us to shrink, fragment, hustle, and disappear.
This series is for those who feel the pull—
the quiet insistence in the body—
that something must change in how we live, lead, and love ourselves
if we are to build what comes next.
What if grace is a remedy for fear?
What if grace is not indulgence,
but a radical refusal of the systems that taught us to abandon ourselves?
I have come to know grace as medicine.
Grace as a way of turning the unconditional compassion of the Divine Feminine back toward ourselves.
Grace as the practice of staying with ourselves when we stumble.
Grace as choosing love over hustle, trust over perfection, embodiment over approval.
For me, this teaching lives in Guadalupe-Tonantzin—
who has shown me what it feels like to be fully accepted,
and who continues to teach me how to offer that acceptance to myself.
When we choose grace, something softens.
And something powerful returns.
These times are heavy.
Many of us are tired in ways sleep does not touch.
We are holding grief, rage, responsibility, memory.
We are navigating a world shaped by patriarchy and white supremacy—
systems that taught us to doubt our knowing, to over-function, to seek permission to exist fully.
You may know this place:
Wanting to speak your truth but fearing the consequences.
Feeling the call to share your work, your medicine, your voice— and freezing at the threshold.
Living with an internalized grind that tells you rest is selfish.
Carrying guilt when you choose yourself.
Over-seeking validation instead of trusting your own voice.
Your song has gone unsung for too long.
Hasn’t it?
JANUARY OFFERING:
Leaning Into Grace — A Listening Circle
Fri, January 23, 2026 | 12–1 PM CST
Zoom | No charge
Space is Limited
👉Register Here
Led by Brenda Sendejo, PhD
Practitioner-Scholar of Spiritual Activism
Author, Chicana Spiritual Activism: Making Change, Making Soul (University of Arizona Press, fall 2026)
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The Invitation —
Grace As Liberation, The Series
The Spring 2026 Grace As Liberation offerings are rooted in spiritual activism, collective healing, and truth-telling.
Spiritual activism, as named by Gloria Anzaldúa and lived by Chicanas of the Texas civil rights movement, is the inner work of moving closer to our truth—
allowing our light to shine, singing our unique soul song,
and drawing on intuitive knowledge to change ourselves,
which changes the world.
This work is not separate from liberation.
It is liberation.
And the first step is simple, ancient, and revolutionary:
Listening.
Feeling heard.
Being witnessed in community.
I. LEANING INTO GRACE LISTENING CIRCLE
January 23, 2026
• Collective listening and witnessing
• Naming what we are carrying in these times
• Feeling heard without advice or fixing
Core question:
What is asking to be spoken and heard right now?
II. RITUALIZING GRACE
February 2026
• Embodied practice of radical self-acceptance • Grace experienced through the body and spirit • Releasing fear, guilt, and self-doubt • Calling power back to the self
Core question:
What happens when grace is felt, not just named?
III. GRACE AS PRACTICE (WORKSHOP)
March 2026
• Translating grace into daily life • Grace as medicine and anti-patriarchal practice • Trusting intuition over external validation • Itegrating the thing that scares us into our daily life and practice.
Core question:
How do I choose grace over fear in my real life?
IV. GRACE AS LIBERATION (COHORT)
April–June 2026
• Ongoing community and collective holding • Living out purpose and sharing our medicine • Sustained practice of grace in relationship • Reclaiming power in community, not isolation
Core question:
What becomes possible when we live our medicine together?
Leaning Into Grace Listening Circle
January 23, 2026
This is the entry point into Grace As Liberation Series
• Collective listening and witnessing
• Naming what we are carrying in these times
• Feeling heard without advice or fixing
Core question: What is asking to be spoken and heard right now?
You’ll be invited (never required) to share:
How you are experiencing these times
How you are coping, resisting, surviving, becoming
How you connect to yourself and/or a higher power
What moments of joy, release, or liberation feel like—or could feel like
What leaning into grace might look like for you right now
This is not performance.
It is presence.
👉 Register Here & Join Our Circle
The Listening Circle
This listening circle is gently structured and deeply held. Brenda will guide the flow, keep time, and respond to group needs so that trust, care, and equity remain central. Time will be allotted per participant depending on group size.
Why This Format
So many of us are longing for community right now.
For spaces where we don’t have to explain ourselves.
For places where our complexity is not too much.
These offerings are designed to connect us,
to help us voice our needs,
and to remember the medicine each of us carries.
In addition to holding space, Brenda is also listening—
learning what the community needs
and how those needs may shape future offerings in the year ahead.
This is collective becoming.
OPENING OFFERING:
Leaning Into Grace — A Listening Circle
Fri, Jan 23, 2026 | 12–1 PM CST Zoom | No charge
Space is Limited. 👉Register Here
Client Testimonial | December 2025
“What a beautiful space Brenda held for us in La Madre y La Medicina retreat! I've participated in many ceremonias, but I wasn't sure what to expect in our virtual circulo. During our time together, we were able share, reflect, question, and write about our relationship with Tonantzin/Guadalupe and with our ancestors. Gracias, Brenda for your knowledge, vulnerability, and pedagogical strategies that allowed us to learn from each other and continue on our path.”
- Dolores Delgado Bernal, President's Distinguished Professor, Loyola Marymount University
About Me
I’m Brenda Sendejo. I write, teach, learn about, and practice spiritual activism.
My work is rooted in spiritual activism, collective healing, and storytelling as a liberatory practice.
I walk with feminist, decolonial, and women-of-color spiritual lineages that taught me my purpose long before I had language for it.
I believe grace is not passive.
It is powerful.
And it is essential if we are to take back our power—
individually and collectively—
in these times.
If this calls to you, walk with us and explore ...
What could giving ourselves grace look like in 2026?
What might become possible if we faced our fears—
in practice and in community—
and chose compassion over contraction?
Your medicine is needed.
Your voice matters.
And you do not have to walk this threshold alone.
Come listen.
Come be heard.
Come lean into grace.
👉 Register Here — Space Is Limited
This space is for you if:
You are a soul-led changemaker, leader, or creative navigating exhaustion, fear, or transition
You feel called to your work but are wrestling with doubt, visibility, or self-trust
You are seeking community rooted in care, spirit, and authenticity
You are curious about grace as a liberatory practice
This space may not be for you if:
You are looking for advice, coaching, or solutions
You need debate, analysis, or fixing instead of listening
You are uncomfortable with spiritual language or collective witnessing