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                                               Ladies First






                      Filled with plenty of workshops, meditation sessions and panel discussions,
                       Festival du Féminin inspires every woman to embrace her inner goddess.

                                                       B Y CHRIS T Y LA U

                       ore than just a celebration of female     mother and wise
                       empowerment, Festival du Féminin is a premier   woman to the powerful
             M international event created by women for women.   warrior and enchanting
             The third edition of the festival was held at Swissôtel Le   seductress.
             Concorde Bangkok on March 23rd and 24th and saw women
             from all over the world come together for a transformative   Day two saw Thai
             journey, where they were awakened to many new experiences.   inspirational leaders
                                                                 gather to share their
             Led by a series of acclaimed international instructors, the   insights on how to
             interactive workshops covered a range of topics from an   empower Thai women
             introduction to yoni eggs to guided lessons on how to let   in an engaging panel
             go of past fears and embrace happiness, all with the aim of   discussion, and
             connecting women to all the different aspects of their    included other sessions
             inner femininity.                                   on how to overcome
                                                                 past traumas, and tips
             The event began on Friday morning with an opening ceremony   on how to understand
             circle for blessing, where women joined hands to encourage   and balance female
             sisterhood and empower one another, regardless of age, race   hormones. The event
             and cultural background. Various discussion groups followed,   ended on a high note
             covering healing modalities, dance, music and meditation   with a final workshop full of dance and music, where women
             ceremonies. One of the highlights of the festival was the   shared the valuable insights they learned, and would later take
             Primitive Expression workshop led by Gisèle Baradel from   home with them.
             France. Performed to percussion music, the session was a joyful
             and energising adventure where women were introduced to the   For more information and updates on next year’s event,
             many different personalities that live within, from the nurturing   follow www.festivaldufeminin.com/en


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