Featuring guest speaker Kimberly Bryant, Founder of Black Girls Code.
A Sacred Reclamation of Self
Soft Landing Transformation
For too long, you’ve been the one pouring into everyone and everything around you, with very few spaces that pour back into you with the same care.
At Styled to Heal™: The HERstorical Wellness Experience, we begin with a soft landing for your nervous system and your spirit. This retreat acknowledges what you carry as a Black woman who’s often unseen, underestimated, and spoken over, and offers you something rare: a sacred place to be held, heard, and restored
Powerful Restoration
This isn't a quick escape. It's a reset. A recalibration. A return to the version of you that's not exhausted by carrying everyone else.
You'll not only leave rested. You'll leave seen, styled, and soulfully restored, with practices you can carry back into your everyday life.
You'll leave with:
* A calmer nervous system and a body that remembers what rest feels like
* Simple rituals for daily soul care, rooted in culture and HERstory
* A renewed relationship with your own beYOUty, presence, and voice
* New connections with Black women who understand your journey
GUEST SPEAKER
A featured voice for Black women navigating power, pressure, and purpose.
Kimberly Bryant
Founder of Black Girls Code | Author | Innovation Leader
Joining this HERstorical experience is Kimberly Bryant, a visionary leader whose work speaks directly to the real burden Black women carry, caring for others, showing up for everyone, and pushing through even when they feel like they have nothing left to give.
As the founder of Black Girls Code, Kimberly helped open doors for more than 100,000 girls of color in coding and entrepreneurship. Her work continues to center innovation, equity, and the lived experiences of women of color in leadership. She currently serves as CEO of Black Innovation Lab by Ascend Ventures.
At Styled to Heal™, her presence adds depth to a day created and culturally designed for Black women who are tired of carrying so much and still expected to keep going. She brings insight, honesty, and a powHERful perspective on what it means to lead, navigate systems, and remain rooted in yourself along the way.
Learn more about Kimberly Bryant
FEATURED WELLNESS EXPERIENCES
Each experience is curated to restore, reconnect, and reimagine your wellness journey.
Guided Art Journaling Experience
Lucretia “LIVACIOUS LU®” Clark, BSBA, HC, CAS
Mixed-Media Artist | Speaker | Author | Wellness Facilitator
LUCRETIA “Livacious Lu®” CLARK, BSBA, HC, CAS is a Bay Area–based visual artist and wellness facilitator whose mixed-media practice blends textiles, fiber, and non-traditional tools to layer color, texture, and HERstory. She has created art professionally since 2009, with her work shown in juried, curated, and community exhibitions from Pennsylvania to California. Her practice extends into integrative wellness experiences that serve Black women, connecting art, space, and well-being.
Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Lucretia lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, KTVU-2 TV News Anchor and Emcee/Speaker, Dave Clark. Together, they stay active in regional arts, dining, and community life.
Lucretia lends her expertise to Joshua’s Gift, a nonprofit supporting families living with autism and advancing inclusion and respect for individuals on the spectrum.
She is also the Founder and Executive Director of this event's host, The Vibrancy Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing wellness, creativity, leadership, and community for Black women and girls.
Restorative Yoga Experience
Dr. Christina Marie Taylor, PhD
Integrative Wellness, Health & Grief Coach |Emotionally Intelligent Leader | Yoga Teacher
Dr. Christina Marie Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology, a Professional Master’s in Biotechnology, and a Certificate in Integrative Wellness Coaching. She recently earned her Ph.D. in Mind-Body Medicine, with a specialization in Integrative and Functional Nutrition. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance and a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), and is currently pursuing her credentialing with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Her work is rooted in a holistic approach to well-being, integrating science, mindfulness, and compassionate care to support individuals on their healing journeys.
At the Styled to Heal™ Experience, Dr. Taylor will guide a Restorative Yoga Experience designed to gently reconnect the body, calm the nervous system, and create space for intentional healing. Her approach blends science, mindfulness, and compassionate care to support deep restoration and inner alignment.
Grounded in both expertise and lived intention, she creates spaces where the heart, mind, and spirit feel safe to soften, release, and return home to the body.
Sound Bath & Tea Ceremony Experience
Allie Brown
Herbalist, Sound & Meditation Guide, and Reiki Practitioner
Allie Brown (she/they) is a multidisciplinary healer, blending her expertise as an Herbalist,
Sound & Meditation Guide, and Reiki Practitioner. She has a Master’s in Traditional East
Asian Medicine and has been a student of Mindfulness for a decade. With a local and
international background in Community Health and Reproductive Justice, Allie is deeply
committed to creating spaces for people to heal, thrive and tap into the innate wisdom of
their bodies. With clients like Google, Spotify, Civana Resort & Spa, Belmond Hotels,
Paramount Pictures, Zara, the ACLU, and various non-profits, she brings a holistic
approach to corporate and community wellness.
Allie has a B.A. from Occidental College with a focus on Environmental and Reproductive
jJustice. Her fieldwork spans from Food Justice in Oaxaca, Mexico to researching the
adverse health implications of beauty/self-care products on the reproductive health of
Black people and Women in South LA.
Through private one-on-one sessions, educational events, and workshops—including
herbal medicine making, incense crafting, soundbaths, tea ceremonies, and more—Allie
creates spaces for deep healing and connection. Her work invites individuals to be in
ritual with themselves, fostering community-care, reflection, and restoration.
This retreat is for you if...
If you see yourself in even one of these scenarios, Styled to Heal™ was created with you in mind:
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You’re navigating toxic dynamics at work, at home, in institutions, or even in community spaces, and you need a space where you’re not dismissed, minimized, or talked over.
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You crave rooms where Black women are centered, honored, and resourced — not tokenized or asked to shrink.
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You’re the one everyone leans on, and you rarely have a safe, judgment-free place to put it all down.
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You’re tired of surface self-care and want deep, culturally rooted restoration that actually reaches your body and spirit.
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You look successful on paper, but you’re quietly exhausted, overstimulated, or numb inside.
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You know there’s a more vibrant, fully expressed version of you waiting to be reclaimed, and you’re ready to stop postponing her.
What makes Styled to Heal™ different?
Styled to Heal™ is not a generic spa day or lecture.
It’s a HERstorical wellness experience created for Black women who are ready
for true restoration, not just a quick escape.
Culturally rooted
Grounded in Black women’s HERstory, aesthetics, and lived experiences, so that you’re not an afterthought. You are the center of the room and the story.
Multi-sensory and immersive
We engage sight, sound, taste, touch, and emotion so the experience lives in your body, not just in your notes. Your whole self is invited to exhale here.
Designed for high-achieving Black women
Curated for leaders, caregivers, creatives, and professionals who are used to holding it all together. This time, you’re the one being held.
Focused on life after the retreat
You leave with simple practices, language, and frameworks to support your nervous system, your voice, and your wellness long after you leave.
Become a HERstorical Partner
Partner with The Vibrancy Foundation to honor Black women’s healing and legacy.
When you become a HERstorical Partner, you're investing in spaces where Black women shift from depleted and overlooked to rested, resourced, and ready to lead. Schedule a Consult to explore investment options.
Voices of HERstory
The truth is that until you show up, no one knows you.
Now is the time to show up in a way that matters.
-Precious L. Williams “Rainmaking Speaker” — CEO, Perfect Pitch Group