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✨ a constellation of care✨ operating as a worker cooperative
🌱 Healing and Liberation🌱
🪶 Solidarity always and in all ways 🪶
📍Lowell, MA
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🌱 May 30th is my womb emancipation day and I want to celebrate life in community with you. For everyone who has walked alongside me in life, in work, in movement, and in whatever form our proximity takes I am grateful for you. Deeply. If you have capacity, I am asking for some birthday love. I am crowdfunding with a goal of $5,000 for our nonprofit, the Cervitude Coalition and I will personally DOUBLE every dollar, up to an additional $5,000. That means your gifts become a minimum of $10,000 in UNRESTRICTED FUNDS to keep our community going through the end of 2026. Every. Single. Dollar. Gets doubled. Your $25 becomes $50. Your $100 becomes $200. There is no gift too small and your donation is tax-deductible in the US. Since 2019, the Cervitude Coalition has been building what the system was never designed to give us: trauma-aware, liberation-centered mental health care rooted in Lowell, Massachusetts with a global reach, because collective healing has no borders. The political attacks on our community are not abstract. They are violent. And still, we tend. We sit with human beings our system has abused in 1:1 sessions where truth can finally breathe. We make art together, because our bodies need to express the inexpressible. We hold our traditionally underrepresented practitioners so they can keep holding others in a circle of care that refuses to collapse. We organize mutual aid, the material tenderness of survival. And we advocate, because love without power is just a beautiful wound. The fires consuming our community are not metaphors. They are policies. They are daily. And still we tend. And we will tend until we mend. Your donation keeps the lights on. Literally. The phone lines clinicians use to reach clients in crisis. The HIPAA-compliant software that protects our most vulnerable. The administrative backbone that makes healing organized and possible. Fair compensation for practitioners who pour themselves into this work. All of it is necessary. Will you celebrate life in community with me? Give what you can. Like and share if you can't. With so much love and solidarity, always and in all ways, Angelica 🌱 🔗 Donation link in bio! by @thecervitudecircle
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¿Qué historias aparecen cuando volvemos a crear como cuando éramos niños? 🎨 En Historias que Sanan te invitamos a hacer una pausa para volver al juego, a la imaginación y a esa parte de ti que alguna vez creó sin preocuparse por hacerlo perfecto. A través del garabato, el dibujo, el color y la escritura, iremos descubriendo formas, personajes, recuerdos y emociones. No necesitas saber dibujar ni tener experiencia artística. Solo traer curiosidad y ganas de explorar. 💛 Durante el taller crearemos un mini libro ilustrado, construido a partir de todo aquello que vaya apareciendo en el proceso. ✨ Historias que Sanan Un espacio de artes expresivas para mirar nuestra infancia con ternura y darle forma a nuestras propias historias. 📌 Detalles del taller 🗓️ Domingo 18 de octubre ⏰ 8:00 p.m. (hora Guatemala) 📍 Virtual (Zoom) 💌 Inscripciones en el enlace de la bio. 🎨 Tallerista: @mayarihernandezl Este taller es gratuito gracias al apoyo de @createonthe8 y The Cervitude Coalition (@thecervitudecircle), fundada por Angelica Pinna-Perez, PhD. Recuerda reservar tu espacio. Texto alternativo: Video promocional con fondo fucsia y formas de colores azul, amarillo y verde lima. Mayari con cabello negro corto y lentes grandes habla a la cámara frente a una pared blanca decorada con platos pintados. El texto dice "Taller virtual gratuito, Historias que sanan, 18 de octubre, 8 pm, Plataforma: Zoom" e indica dónde inscribirse. La última imagen muestra la lista de materiales. by @thecervitudecircle
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Reflection on Paint Your Autumn: A Creative Wellness Workshop on September 28! Paint Your Autumn was a beautiful evening of reflection, creativity, and connection.We began with a guided visualization and a little fall fun, sharing our favorite cozy drinks before diving into our creative process. Using gentle prompts around what we’re ready to release, what we’re carrying forward, and what we want to invite in, we explored symbolism through color and other items associated with fall. A relaxing playlist played in the background, creating space for reflection and setting a smooth ambiance. We closed by sharing the stories behind our artwork and the wisdom we’re carrying into this new season. Grateful for the creativity, openness, and connection shared in our virtual space. May we flow gently with the changes this season brings. Thank you to everyone who joined! Stay tuned for the final sessions of Createonthe8 with Mardia in 2026, in English, (ET). Details coming soon! Like, follow and share to stay in the loop! Our continued gratitude goes out to the Cervitude Creativity Collective @createonthe8 and The Cervitude Coalition Inc. @thecervitudecircle for their advocacy and commitment to providing free arts for health and wellness community support. Donations help us keep ALL Arts for Health & Wellness programs FREE for participants, and help increase access to culturally affirming, multilingual, arts based community building. Consider donating today! Link in bio! Solidarity, always and in all ways. Image Description: Three autumn paintings stacked over blurred fall foliage: a watercolor tree shedding colorful leaves under a swirling blue sky, four red-orange trees above a row of leaves, a basket, an apple, and a pumpkin, and three mountain peaks made of tiny multicolored dots. by @thecervitudecircle
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Monday, September 28th at 8pm Virtual + Free All are welcome. Sign up link in bio! Paint Your Autumn A virtual painting/drawing gathering Workshop Description: Through guided reflection and creative expression, we’ll take some time to slow down, check in with ourselves, and reflect on what this fall season brings up. We’ll begin with a short guided meditation and reflection, then move into painting with some musical ambiance. Paint an autumn scene, a landscape that captures how you’re feeling, or simply see where the painting takes you. We’ll close with an optional share out and a little time to reflect together. No painting experience is needed. Please come as you are. Additional Information: Facilitated by @mardiasgarden GENTLE REMINDER: WHILE THIS MAY FEEL THERAPEUTIC, THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT THERAPY. Mardia's free workshops in 2026 are thanks to a grant from @MosaicLowell! Our continued thanks go out to the support of the Cervitude Creativity Collective @createonthe8 and The Cervitude Coalition Inc., @thecervitudecircle founded by Angelica Pinna-Perez, PhD Donations help us keep ALL Arts for Health & Wellness programs free for participants and help increase access to culturally affirming mental health care. Consider donating today! Link in bio! Image Description in comments by @thecervitudecircle
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A question we get often: why don't you post more therapy content here? Here's our honest answer. This is our current perspective which may evolve with time: The therapeutic alliance is sacred endeavor that a clinician and a client get to co-create. Every public persona a clinician builds brings something new into the room: an audience, a projection, a parasocial closeness where boundaries can blur. We are all still learning how deep those effects go and how it impacts the therapy process, so until we have some more evidence, we'd rather move slowly and intentionally around this. Safety isn't abstract for us either. In addition to HIPAA considerations, we share intersectional identities that are targeted and met with violence, sharpened in this political moment, just like our clients do. Visibility is never neutral. We hold this truth alongside another: visibility can be resistance. For folx who have been erased, pathologized, and silenced, being seen and naming your existence in public space is its own act of liberation, and we honor everyone doing that work. Our subversion looks different: it is decolonial work aimed at dismantling oppression in the mind and in the world, one relationship at a time, often invisibly, often without multiple witnesses that can quickly deteriorate into surveillance. Multiple truths can live in the same body of work. Visibility is sacred. Resistance is essential. And so is the quiet, unglamorous labor of unmaking empire in a therapy room where no algorithm should ever exist. Our work is many things including but not limited to psychodynamic, relational, and person-centered: rooted in presence and relationship built over time, not algorithms. We'd rather put our energy into the moments in the "room" rather than into creating content and building a following. There are wonderful clinicians doing that kind of psych-education online. We admire them and encourage you to seek out the ones that resonate with you. It's just not our jam. You'll still see arts and wellness content from us thanks to @createonthe8. Thank you for trusting us to do this work with care. 🌱 Alt Text in comments by @thecervitudecircle
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Hay encuentros que nos invitan a mirar hacia adentro, pero también a recordar de dónde venimos y qué estamos dejando atrás. En nuestro taller Amor a la tierra, tuvimos un encuentro muy íntimo alrededor de Guatemala: sus paisajes, sus historias, nuestros ancestros y aquello que soñamos para las futuras generaciones. Encontramos similitudes en nuestras historias y en nuestras formas de mirar nuestro país. Hablamos de la magia del Lago de Atitlán, de la gratitud hacia quienes estuvieron antes que nosotros y de la responsabilidad de preguntarnos qué estamos sembrando hoy para quienes vendrán mañana. También hablamos de ese sentimiento tan particular de escuchar y entonar nuestro himno lejos de Guatemala: ese orgullo que nos recuerda, aunque estemos lejos, de dónde venimos. Gracias a cada persona que compartió su tiempo, su creatividad y su amor por nuestro bello país. Gracias a @createonthe8 y The Cervitude Coalition (@thecervitudecircle) por hacer posible este encuentro. Fue un espacio para crear, conversar, recordar y preguntarnos: ¿Qué estamos sembrando hoy para las futuras generaciones? Porque Guatemala no solo es algo que heredamos. También es algo que estamos construyendo. Descripción de imagen: Collage de fotografías de un taller virtual de Create on the Eight titulado “Amor a la tierra”. Se observan participantes mostrando sus creaciones artísticas inspiradas en Guatemala, incluyendo paisajes, el Lago de Atitlán, árboles y elementos de la cultura maya. En una de las imágenes aparece Mayarí sosteniendo una obra con diseños geométricos y colores vivos. Algunas fotografías tienen elementos gráficos que cubren los rostros de las participantes. Al final del collage aparece el título “Amor a la tierra” en letras azules. by @thecervitudecircle
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On Friday, August 28th, we gathered for an evening of connection, meditation, reflection, and creativity. 🕯️ We began with light conversation and introductions, then settled into a guided meditation to help us arrive together in the virtual space. We shared rituals and practices that supported us last fall, and reflected on what we might want to carry with us into this new season. Then we got creative and made our own ritual cards, ending the evening with a beautiful and delightful share out. Thank you to everyone who joined us and brought your presence, stories, and creativity into the space. It was such a joy to be in space together. ✨ Next up: Createonthe8 with Mardia, in English, on September 28th at 8:00 PM (ET). Details coming soon! ✨ Like, follow and share to stay in the loop! Our continued gratitude goes out to the Cervitude Creativity Collective @createonthe8 and The Cervitude Coalition Inc. @thecervitudecircle for their advocacy and commitment to providing free community support. Donations help us keep ALL Arts for Health & Wellness programs FREE for participants, and help increase access to culturally affirming, multilingual, arts based community building. Consider donating today! Link in bio! Solidarity, always and in all ways. ✊🏾 Image description / alt text (English): Zoom call grid with four participants. Top left, a participant labeled "Cervitude Coalition" holds up a handmade ritual card reading "Winter/Fall Walks," decorated with drawings of a tree, mittens, and small figures, with the words "Dress warmly," "Notice changes in the environment," and "Come back to a warm meal or drink." Top right, a participant with curly hair holds two cards reading "Good Smells" and "Movement." Bottom left, a participant holds two pink cards, one reading "Nap Time" with a drawing of a person resting, and another reading "Hug." Bottom right, a participant holds a card decorated with musical notes and a boombox, with handwritten text by @thecervitudecircle
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We are held. We are resourced. We are moving together. One grant at a time. Cervitude Coalition has been awarded a $10,000 Community Access Fund grant from @rainbowrailroad! This solidarity funding will help continue the grassroots work we have been doing since 2019! This is what happens when funders understand that queer and trans survival is a collective project, not an individual burden. Rainbow Railroad has spent nearly two decades building pathways to safety for LGBTQI+ people facing persecution worldwide and now some of that care reaches us here in y/Our cervCircle. Every dollar of this grant will move toward the people who need it, with no gatekeeping and no proving your pain is legitimate enough. You are welcome, just as you are. Thanks to the Rainbow Railroad Community Access Fund Grant, we have space to welcome new participants through three doors of care: 🧠 Individual Mental Health Support 🤝 Mutual Aid Direct Assistance 🕊️ Community Healing Circles ✨ Centering LGBTQI+ folx impacted and/or displaced by Border Violence and Global Crisis 🕯️Like, Share and Follow us for more information! And stay tuned for details, coming soon! 👉 Donate to double our impact! Link in bio. ⁠ 🔗 Know someone who could utilize these offerings? Tag them or share to your stories! In solidarity always and in all ways! #LiberationCenteredCare #CommunityAccessFund #RainbowRailroad #MutualAid #HealingJustice #QueerAndTransCare #NonCarceralCare #WeKeepUsSafe #LowellMA #NonProfit IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS Image 1: Holographic pastel background with layered text. Faint background words read "Migrants," "Asylum Seekers," "Forcibly displaced," "LGBTQI+," "Mutual Aid," "Mental Health," "Healing Circles." Bold teal bubble-letter text in foreground reads "Community Access Grant." Image 2: Pastel rainbow cloud and sparkle background. Black hand-lettered text reads "We have received a GRANT from Rainbow Railroad to continue to offer mental health support, mutual aid, and community healing events in 2027!" Image 3: Illustrated pink tulip with green leaves on a cream and light blue striped background. Dark purple text taken in Lowell, Massachusetts by @thecervitudecircle
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¿Qué aparece en ti cuando piensas en Guatemala? Tal vez un paisaje, un color, un aroma, una canción, una persona, un recuerdo… Guatemala vive en nuestras raíces, en nuestras historias y en aquello que llevamos dentro. En este taller de Create on the Eight te invito a explorar, a través del arte, esa conexión con nuestra tierra y con aquello que nos ha formado. Un espacio para conectar, crear y honrar nuestras raíces, y para hacernos una pregunta: ¿Qué queremos sembrar hoy para nuestra familia y las futuras generaciones? 🌱 📌 Detalles del taller 🗓️ Martes 8 de septiembre ⏰ 8:00 p.m. (hora Guatemala) 📍 Virtual (Zoom) 💌 Inscripciones en el enlace de la bio. 🎨 Tallerista: @mayarihernandezl Este taller es gratuito gracias al apoyo de @createonthe8 y The Cervitude Coalition (@thecervitudecircle), fundada por Angelica Pinna-Perez, PhD. No necesitas experiencia artística. Solo traer tu curiosidad y disposición para crear. Te espero para compartir este espacio de conexión, creación y amor por nuestra tierra. 🇬🇹 ALT TEXT: Anuncio en video sobre fondo azul rey con formas juguetonas en rojo, amarillo y verde. Texto blanco en negrita dice 'Taller Virtual Gratuito' arriba y 'Amor a la Tierra' en vertical a la izquierda. Una mujer de cabello oscuro hasta los hombros, lentes y blusa blanca habla a cámara, gesticulando con las manos, dentro de un recuadro de foto/video. Detrás de ella cuelgan pequeñas ilustraciones circulares de temática natural sobre una pared de ladrillo blanco. Abajo, el texto dice '8 de Septiembre | 8 PM' e 'Inscríbete en: thecervitudecircle.com/creativity-form. by @thecervitudecircle
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Friday, August 28th at 8pm EST Virtual + Free All are welcome. Sign up link in bio! Illustrated ritual cards for short grounding practices A virtual creative workshop for welcoming the transition into fall Workshop Description: As we move toward a new season, we’ll pause to reflect on the practices and rituals that held us through the past year and make space for new ones we might want to carry forward. Together, we’ll create simple illustrated ritual cards: small, tangible reminders of practices that help us ground, reconnect, rest, or care for ourselves in the midst of everyday life. You’ll need: Index cards or paper A pen or pencil Scissors, if you’d like to cut your cards into different shapes Something to color with (colored pencils, markers, crayons, etc.) No art experience needed. Come as you are, with whatever materials you have. Rituals for Right Now: A creative pause for reflection, grounding, and imagining what care can look like in the season ahead. Additional Information: Facilitated by @mardiasgarden GENTLE REMINDER: WHILE THIS MAY FEEL THERAPEUTIC, THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT THERAPY. Mardia's free workshops in 2026 are thanks to a grant from @MosaicLowell! Our continued thanks go out to the support of the Cervitude Creativity Collective @createonthe8 and The Cervitude Coalition Inc.. Donations help us keep ALL Arts for Health & Wellness programs free for participants and help increase access to culturally affirming mental health care. Consider donating today! Link in bio! Image Description in comments by @thecervitudecircle
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El sábado compartimos El Poder del Color, un espacio donde se encontraron distintas edades, historias y miradas, unidos por la curiosidad de crear. Comenzamos con algo de cansancio, pero poco a poco el color fue abriendo espacio para la presencia, la exploración y el juego. Cada persona encontró un color, una afirmación y un significado diferente. Para algunos, fue una invitación a soltar el perfeccionismo y simplemente crear por crear. Para otros, un color evocó el mar, la paz o una sensación que necesitaban recordar. Y entre todas las reflexiones hubo una que se quedó conmigo: El blanco es la suma de todos los colores. Y así también cada persona tiene su propia luz, hecha de muchos colores. Quizás de eso se trataba este encuentro: de hacer una pausa para descubrir los colores que ya viven dentro de nosotros. 💛 Gracias a cada persona que compartió su tiempo, su creatividad y su luz. Gracias a @createonthe8 y The Cervitude Coalition (@thecervitudecircle) por hacer posible este espacio. Descripción de imagen: Collage de una videollamada de Zoom con nueve participantes, cada quien sostiene un dibujo que hizo durante el taller. Los dibujos incluyen un mandala floral rosa y amarillo sobre un fondo de galaxia, un círculo verde de trazos radiantes, una ola azul junto a flores, una rosa roja con espinas, y varios diseños abstractos en espiral. Arriba, el texto dice "Taller Create on the Eight" en letras negras grandes. Abajo, el logo "El poder del color" en tipografía multicolor (amarillo, rosa, morado, verde) sobre fondo crema. by @thecervitudecircle
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Threads That Hold US Workshop Recap On July 28th, we gathered virtually for Threads That Hold Us, a workshop curated by Cervitude Coalition's Create on The 8, with support from Lowell Mosaic and facilitated by Mardia. We began with a guided meditation to arrive together, then shared the little things that bring us comfort and joy; from fresh popcorn on the stove to soaking up some sunshine. These everyday moments inspired a drawing session, where we illustrated what keeps us grounded while listening to some tunes. We closed the evening by sharing our creations and hearing one another's reflections. Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared a piece of what sustains you. Next up: Rituals for Right Now: Illustrated Ritual Cards for Short Grounding Practices August 8 8:00 PM (ET) As we begin looking toward the transition into fall, we'll create a set of illustrated ritual cards while taking inventory of the practices that have been carrying us over the past few months. We'd love to have you join us. Our continued gratitude goes out to the Cervitude Creativity Collective @createonthe8 and The Cervitude Coalition Inc. @thecervitudecircle for their advocacy and commitment to providing free community supports while fairly compensating facilitators. Donations help us keep ALL Arts for Health & Wellness programs FREE for participants and help increase access to culturally affirming multilingual arts based community building. Consider donating today! Link in bio! Solidarity always and in all ways! Image Description: Zoom screen showing three collaborators sharing hand-drawn illustrations: whimsical doodles (octopus, jellyfish, ostrich), a self-care poster with a face and calming objects, and fluffy cloud characters in blue tones. by @thecervitudecircle
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