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TheUncagingwith Gloria Baraquio

Your discomfort with your successful lifeis not a character flaw.

A coaching practice for women in transition. For women ready to take off a mask they have been wearing so long they have forgotten it is one, and to stay with themselves while the new self comes in.

Take The MirrorWork with me

The Mirror is a six-minute quiz that names the mask you are wearing now.

Two ways to work with me.

Gloria Baraquio in deep red, arms crossed, in forest light.

One to one · Begins January 1, 2027

The Unmasking

Ten private sessions to look at the challenges, explore your dreams, and discover what is holding you back. A focused intensive walking the three phases: The Mirror, The Threshold, and The Claiming.

For
Women who want precise 1:1 work, not a group or a course.
Format
Ten private sessions · $2,200
You leave with
  • Recordings of all ten sessions.
  • A one-page Clearing Document.
  • Customized homework, practices, and resources to assist the healing and the shift.
Apply for The Unmasking
A retreat circle walking a beach at sunset beneath sea cliffs.

Retreat · Two in 2027

The Uncaging Retreat

Seven days of group and private 1:1 work, walking the three movements of the methodology: The Mirror, The Threshold, and The Claiming.

We connect, hour by hour, with ourselves, away from family, friends, work, TV, phone, and home. We start to see what is possible when we try on new habits, circumstances, and conditions.

For
Women ready for the deepest, most immersive work.
Format
Seven days · $3,600 plus lodging
You leave with
  • Art and writings created by you after deep guidance.
  • A custom daily ritual designed for you.
  • A gift bag.
  • Lifetime alumna access, one free session per year.
See the 2027 retreats

She wears one of five masks.

The Mirror is a six-minute quiz. It names the one you are wearing now.

Take The Mirror. Six minutes.
Gloria Baraquio seated by a window, looking out, in black and white.

A letter.

A letter for the reader who already knows, and is only waiting for permission to say it out loud.

It is not a guilt of being ungrateful, nor a resistance to overcome.

It is your soul finally refusing to keep paying for a life it never ordered.

You were not taught this.

You were taught to be grateful, to be good, to be strong, to be productive, to be spiritual, in the ways that other people find acceptable.

The Uncaging is the practice of carefully leaving every version of yourself that was built to be approved of, and cultivating the version that your soul was meant for.

“What you are feeling is not a collapse. It is the precise moment your life began telling you the truth.”

Gloria B.

Letters from Gloria

New writing from Gloria, by email.

The 2027 retreats.

  1. April5

    Spring 2027 · Big Island

    The Uncaging Retreat

    Private retreat house, Big Island, Hawaiʻi
    April 5 to 11, 2027

    Program
    $3,600
    Lodging
    $1,800 to $3,200
    Seats
    10 seats
    Request a seat

  2. November8

    Autumn 2027 · Big Island

    The Uncaging Retreat

    Private retreat house, Big Island, Hawaiʻi
    November 8 to 14, 2027

    Program
    $3,600
    Lodging
    $1,800 to $3,200
    Seats
    10 seats
    Request a seat
Gloria Baraquio in white, a hand on her heart, before the golden stupa at Ratna Ling.
Gloria as a small child in a red muumuu, a school portrait.
The youngest of ten.

About Gloria

Teacher for twenty years. Student for life.

“At age 16, I made an inner resolve to not do anything for my mother's approval anymore.”
On the day she stopped being impressive
  • The youngest of ten, raised by Filipino Catholic immigrants in Hawaiʻi.
  • Teaching yoga since 2006. Studying Tibetan Buddhism since 2004.
  • Director of Programs at Ratna Ling. Director of Shivakali Yoga School.
Read her story

Find the cage. Open the door. Come home to yourself.

Take The Mirror

Apply or request a seat, and Gloria writes back within 48 hours.