A short list of places in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and online. Each one was recommended to us by someone who knows it.
Each one was recommended to us by someone who knows it. Nobody paid to be listed.
Most meet over several weeks or months, so you get to know the people in the room.
All four offer groups just for women. Way of the Elements also runs co-ed events, so check each listing.
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Links checked September 2026.
Trauma-informed pole dance and movement classes in a dim studio with no mirrors. Nobody is performing.
What we've heard: several women we know go and speak highly of it.
Women's circles using breath, movement and sound, led by Keri Khalighi. Less talking than most groups.
What we've heard: the focus is on noticing what's happening in your body rather than talking it through.
A small women's group led by a Buddhist monk, for talking through emotional pain together.
What we've heard: people speak honestly and listen closely to each other.
A class on what sex ed skipped: knowing what you want, asking for it, and handling different desires in a relationship. Taught by Misha Bonaventura.
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Women in our lives kept asking where to find a good women's group. This is the list we kept sending them.
We're not therapists. Please look into each place yourself before you go.
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