As part of a FREE 30-day Self-care Challenge hosted by Ashley Levin Therapy, I will be going LIVE on Instagram discussing spiritual self-care, and giving a special offer on my holistic services to all participants. All welcome!
Join us at my account @fancy_po or at
Ashley’s @ashley.levin.therapy on
Thursday, September 22nd
5:30 PM (Pacific Time)
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[22 September 2022]
Watch the recording of the event here:
Much gratitude to VoyageLA for giving me the opportunity to share my work in spirituality, peace activism, and the arts. Read the complete interview here:
www.voyagela.com/interview/conversations-with-francesca-po
Today we’d like to introduce you to Francesca Po. Hi Francesca, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
My life’s work revolves around spirituality, peace activism, and the arts. I encountered some powerful spiritual experiences at a very young age, which really set me off on a trajectory of devoting my entire life to helping people connect to more purposeful things in life…
It is with pride and joy that I announce the publication of my co-edited book, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace. Five years in the making, it is now due to be released in September – available now for pre-orders!
My chapter, “‘Witchy’ Activism: Self-religion and Global Peace Movements”, investigates the role that contemporary forms of spirituality has in peace-building.
If you’d like a copy (or more), I get 40% off the cover price. Email me if interested!
Link to the publisher’s page:
www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Wiley+Blackwell+Companion+to+Religion+and+Peace-p-9781119424345
Also available on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Wiley-Blackwell-Companion-Religion-Companions/dp/1119424348
View the complete jacket here:
www.francescapo.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/2549a3ab-6d2b-463d-b802-18b08ae5b78b.jpeg
In anticipation of the coming Holistic Experience Conference in September, I will be going LIVE on Instagram with Emily Celis of SAGE Holistic Health and Wellness Center discussing my holistic offerings as well as my experiential workshop, Divine Connection with the Enneagram and Tarot, with Matt Bruce.
Join us at my account @fancy_po or at
SAGE’s @sagewellnesctr on
Monday, August 1st
11 – 11:30 AM (PT) / 7 – 7:30 PM (GT)
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[1 August 2022]
Watch the recording of the interview here:
After a provoking and competitive process, I am thrilled to announce that I was selected to facilitate the following experiential workshop at this year’s Holistic Experience Conference with my partner, Matt Bruce: ”Divine Connection with the Enneagram and Tarot”.
Get your tickets here*:
www.sagewellnessctr.thrivecart.com/the-holistic-experience
The Holistic Experience 2022: Embody Healing and Rise Together
ALL WELCOME!
Saturday, September 10th
10 AM – 5 PM (+ Reception at 5-7 PM)
Community Center at The Market Place
2961 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92782
*Sell 5 tickets, get 1 free! Email SAGE for details.
In the current landscape of a global pandemic, polarizing politics, gun violence, as well as the imminent threat of nuclear war, we are at a time when tools for connection are most critically needed. In this workshop, participants will engage in multiple types of meditations, as well as psychic and social activities, in order to deepen one’s ability to connect on multiple levels of being.
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[3 November 2022]
Watch the recording of the workshop here:
Watch the recap of the event here:
From SAGE Holistic Health and Wellness Center:
SPECIAL EVENT: We have a teamed up duo of Dr. Francesca Po, expert in the Enneagram and Astrology, and Matt Bruce, expert in the Tarot and Numerology, who will be presenting, “Archetypes as Guides: Using the Modalities of the Enneagram, Tarot, Numerology, and Astrology”. You won’t want to miss this!
Tickets here:
www.sagewellnessctr.org/event/hhoc-july-gathering
Holistic Healers of Orange County (HHOC) July Gathering
Wednesday, July 20th, 9-11 AM
The Original Pancake House
3322 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92869
Would love to see you there!
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[27 July 2022]
You can view the talk here (last part of the Q&A and guided meditation missing, unfortunately):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1THdvGN-U5KrJFmrUTE4DudY4dA7JIsev
This Saturday, I will be joining the discussion panel, offering my insights as a career educator and peace activist, at this film screening of the Metta Center for Nonviolence’s documentary, “The Third Harmony”.
Get your FREE tickets here:
www.rafaelfilm.cafilm.org/the-third-harmony
Saturday, July 16th, 7 PM
Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
ALL WELCOME!
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[29 July 2022]
Watch a video of the Q&A here:
It is humbling to announce that in addition to offering meditation workshops as private events, I was also invited to start offering them as a public service:
Introduction to Meditation
Learn the theory and practice of meditation in the Catholic tradition as well as a variety of those from around the world
Grade 6+
July 11-15, 11:50 AM – 12:50 PM
Register at: www.materdei.org/summerschool
Practical Meditation
Monday, May 8, 2023, 6-7:30 PM
California Institution for Women (CIW)
Hosted by: Cross Over: Women of Wisdom (WOW) at the Center for Restorative Justice Works (CRJW)
Meditative (Yin) Yoga
Monday, July 10, 2023, 6-7:30 PM
California Institution for Women (CIW)
Hosted by: Cross Over: Women of Wisdom (WOW) at the Center for Restorative Justice Works (CRJW)
If you or a community that you know would like a similar workshop, email me!
In the wake of the massacre at Uvalde, TX, I discuss the current climate of American schools and police reform with Michael Nagler at the Metta Center for Noviolence.
Read the article here:
www.wagingnonviolence.org/metta/2022/06/a-teachers-call-to-act-gun-violence-policing
Or directly at the Metta Center website here:
www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencereport/postuvadle
Given the almost inconceivable tragedy that has been visited on our schools — and believing that no democracy can survive without a viable education and a safe space for children — Michael Nagler spoke with career teacher, peace activist and Metta Center board member Francesca Po to get her perspective.
The Mater Dei High School newspaper, the Scarlet Scroll, put my historical fashion knowledge to use for this special Homecoming article:
www,thescarletscroll.com/13662/culture/dance-attire-an-evolution
Fashion is a reflection of eras – a reflection of time, always evolving, and always changing like the world around us. Many people look to fashion as a way to interpret history. For example, during World War II, the wedge shoe rose to popularity in the U.S. due to rationing on leather, and women began to don trousers because of their new place in the workforce. The evidence of fashion evolution can be seen over many eras, and an example of this evolution can be seen in dance attire.
Dr. Francesca Po 
