The Uncaging · Est. 2026
A practice of Gloria Baraquio · Hawaiʻi ⟷ Cazadero
For those ready to stop performing.
Est. 2026 · Hawaiʻi ⟷ Cazadero
The
Uncaging.
The work of noticing the cage, and finding the door to exit it.
A coaching practice like no other for women who are hungry for something else. For women who are ready to live, move and speak authentically with freedom. For women who want to feel limitless and boundless, even within the constructs of daily life.
Your discomfort with your successful life is not a character flaw. 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.
The Five Masks
She wears one of five.
Most women in midlife transition are wearing one of five. The work is to find which one is yours, and to learn to set it down.
- I.
The Hollow Achiever
She has the life. She doesn't feel the life.
- II.
The Performing Believer
She does the practices. She has stopped feeling them.
- III.
The Cage-Dweller
She knows the door is open. She stays.
- IV.
The Almost-Awake
She is standing in the crack of the open door.
- V.
The Quiet Seeker in Hiding
She has already heard the voice. She hasn't said it yet.
A six-minute assessment. You will learn which mask you are wearing now, and what the next door looks like for you.
Take The UnmaskingWork With Me
Five ways to work with me.
Whether you are ready for the full passage or only ready for an hour, there is a door that fits where you actually are.
- FREE01
The Open Hour
Monthly · 60 min
A free monthly gathering. The easiest way to meet me.
Save my seat ⟶
- $2502
The Clarity Call
30 min · 1:1
A private working session. One named diagnosis, one observation you cannot dismiss.
Book my call ⟶
- $99703
The Circle
5 weeks · group + 1:1
A small group of women walking the work together. Two private sessions anchor it, five group sessions hold it.
Apply for the next Circle ⟶
- $2,20004
The Unmasking
10 sessions · 10 weeks · 1:1
Ten private sessions, one to one, walking the three phases: The Mirror, The Threshold, and The Claiming.
Begin the 1:1 ⟶
- $3,60005
The Uncaging Retreat
7 days · in-person
The full passage. Seven days of group and private work, where the truth is undeniable.
Explore the retreat ⟶
The methodology built across twenty years of teaching and coaching teachers. Five archetypes, five phases, and one specific practice or reflection that does the actual work of unmasking.
The Mirror.
The first three sessions are diagnostic. We name which voices are currently eating at you, and we get to the root of what is really being asked of you.
The Threshold.
The next two sessions are dissolution. Each week you have homework of thinking, speaking, or doing habits differently. This is the operative work, the practice that changes the wearer.
The Claiming.
The final five weeks anchor the new self. You have important conversations with key influencers in your life. You practice forgiveness and surrender. You begin to speak, think, and act differently.
The Uncaging.
A 7-day in-person retreat to truly immerse yourself in new habits and conditions, with support and accountability.
Integration.
You see which new tools, habits, and knowledge actually stick, then choose to join the Circle to stay in community.
Dispatches
Writing & voice.
- No. 0013 min · essay
All the parts of me.
On the multiplicities — and why you don't have to fight or resist any of it.
Read ⟶
- No. 0024 min · essay
I hated meditation for fourteen years.
On the practice that finally stopped feeling like a waste of time — and what it asked of me when it started working.
Read ⟶
- No. 003Forthcoming
On the violence of the word ‘grateful.’
The single word used most often to shame women into staying small. A reclamation.
About
I am Gloria. I help women unmask and get uncaged.
I have taught yoga and contemplative practice for over twenty years. I’ve trained instructors and healers who work all across the globe. I’ve hosted countless circles, workshops, and retreats for women who were starving for something else, something different.
Most of the women who came to me were not seeking transformation. They needed someone to listen. They needed clarity, a map, and clear guidance. They needed permission to take off the mask they had been wearing so long that they had forgotten that it was one. The Uncaging is the practice I built for them.
“I did not know I had a mask on until she said it out loud, gently, in our first hour. Six months later I am running my own studio in a body that finally feels like mine.”
Begin where you are
If you are not sure where you fit, start with the assessment.
You will know within six minutes which door is the right next one.