Nectar Healing Arts · since 2009

Nectar a home for women coming back into their bodies

Yoga, bodywork, dance, and ritual with Raphaela Fritz, in the Appalachian mountains and online.

I’m thrilled to announce that Sovereign Pearl is now registered for Continuing Education Hours through Yoga Alliance and YACEP.

Sovereign Pearl nine weeks, online Chrysalis one-to-one healing YACEP hours
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Barnardsville, North Carolina

Why women come to Nectar

To turn darkness into light, poison into nectar, and silence into sound.

Two journeys

Begin in the circle, or begin one to one

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The signature journey · group, online

Sovereign Pearl reclaiming feminine radiance and wholeness

A nine-week online embodiment immersion for women: two weeks of Parlors, an integration week, three weeks of Parlors, a second integration week, and two closing weeks of Parlors.

  • Nine weeksmodules and live calls
  • Lifetimeaccess to every Parlor
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New

Chrysalis a healing immersion

One to one, for those ready to transform habits and patterns through a dedicated daily practice. 8 or 6 weeks

  • Intake and closing consultations
  • Four intuitive counseling sessions
  • Four massage and energy sessions
The work

Practice that lives in the body

  • Yoga, meditation, breathwork, and dance
  • Self and sensual care rituals
  • Massage, bodywork, and intuitive counsel in Barnardsville
  • Women's circles, live calls, and retreats on the land
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Embody your essence

Yoga, meditation, self and sensual care, dance, and breathwork.

Connect in sisterhood

Journey alongside other women through private chats and live calls.

Inspire your evolution

Powerful metaphors, juicy lectures, and themes to ignite your next level.

Stories from the circle

In their own words

“The strength I've gained, through learning to truly love myself, ripples into every single day of my life, well beyond the end of this course.”
Star ConwayNurse, mother, and yoga teacher
“A powerful, deep, but nourishing course in which a woman can finally stop striving and start healing.”
Helen Joy HarringtonPhotographer and author

Read every Sovereign Pearl story

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Your guide

Raphaela Fritz teacher, healer, artist

Raphaela began teaching yoga at nineteen, to young people in Tucson. She went on to study tantra and Anusara yoga in Santa Fe, became a licensed bodyworker, and has spent more than three decades leading women's retreats and workshops.

She co-founded Nectar Healing Arts in 2009. Sovereign Pearl and Chrysalis both carry what she has learned, including her own path through wounding and back to wholeness.

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The current Sovereign Pearl circle runs September 10 to November 10, 2026. Next cohort datesopen

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