Rising Beyond Nervous System Barriers

4 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this excerpt from the YouTube video "Rising Beyond Nervous System Barriers," facilitator Benita Munoz leads a brief group exercise where participants articulate personal "I Am" statements. Speaker B expresses deep gratitude for the retreat, noting that the experience has helped her become more open and able to share difficult past experiences with other young women. The dialogue highlights the retreat’s aim to foster vulnerability, self‑affirmation, and communal support among participants.

Hi there, what's your name? My name is Benita Munoz. And Benita, do you want to say your I Am statement?
Okay, I am like so grateful to be here. Like this whole experience has been amazing.
Beautiful. And then what was something that you were looking forward to before you got to the retreat?
Actually, I want to be able to be more open, like be able to say things instead of keeping them inside. And this experience has given me a lot of that, where I can share my past, bad past experience with the young women that are here. And I think I accomplished that.
Yeah. And, um,