Sierra is an entrepreneur, advocate, influencer, researcher, life transformer and best-selling author.
Sierra Bender has transformed and inspired the lives of over 5 million women and girls in less than 3 decades. Her book, personal empowerment workshops, retreats and professional trainings have been featured around the globe, from the United States to Canada, Australia, Germany, Russia, Romania, UK, Mexico, and South America. Ms. Bender’s insistence on integrity, humility, truth-telling and love–the full-capacity living her 4 Body Fit™Method embodies–sets her above the fray. These very attributes dictate the success of individual leaders and global organizations in any industry in our contemporary milieu.
Woman Warrior On The Front Line
“Intelligence of Living Empowered”
Through her 4 Body Fit™ Method, Sierra Bender’s work is the intelligence of love, embodied. Her reach is deep, real, and professionally sound. It is also ahead of its time. Bender has been on the front-lines of the Women’s Empowerment and Women’s Health Movement. She was instrumental in calling attention to the need for it before it was a trend. She is now 30 years ahead of that trend, extending her work to transform the lives an equal amount of men. Bender’s Method has been applied to heal university cultures and to aid women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds to transform experiences of sexual abuse, assault, and into embodied courage, rooted purpose, and community service. LEARN MORE
Advocacy & Leadership The Future Is Now
As an advocate and leader Sierra Bender and her company are actively involved in making the world a better place. A few examples:
LAW
At the age of 32 Sierra Bender’s personal experience with a male doctor’s abuse of power led her to pioneer the passage of a New Jersey state law, in 1996, requiring a third party present for all doctor visits to protect and prevent unwarranted advances and sexual abuse on women and girls while under the care of a medical professional.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
In 2005 Sierra Bender, Inc. donated over $50,000 dollars in scholarships to prevent domestic violence in Puerto Rico by training and certifying women in the 4 Body Fit ™Sierra Bender Empowerment Method (SBEM), enabling these women to bring change to their communities.
SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ABUSE ORGANIZATIONS
Sierra and her team have taught and donated her 4 Body Fit™Sierra Bender Empowerment Method (SBEM) programs to Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) NYC, Youth Villages / Germaine Lawrence, MA, Heels to Heal, FL, Oasis Center, FL, Survivor’s Resource Inc., PA, Youth Consultation Service, NJ and many other influential organizations to empower women and girls.
COLLEGE CAMPUS CULTURE
The 4 Body Fit™ Sierra Bender Empowerment Method (SBEM) is being taught in universities, high schools, and mentoring programs across the United States, to help break the cycles of violence and disempowerment. Harvard University, Simmons College, Northeastern University, Stuyvesant High School, NYC and others.
WOMEN & GIRLS ORGANIZATIONS
Sierra and her team have taught and donated her 4 Body Fit™Sierra Bender Empowerment Method (SBEM) programs to Girls Inc., Girl Scouts, Dress for Success, Working Women of Tampa Bay and many others.
Sierra’s Legacy
YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE
Laurie Levin, Director
You are a miracle worker! Outstanding role model, providing our girls with hope and inspiration. Your 4 Body Fit™ Empowerment Method program helps our children ease the pain of their difficult past and help them recover from the trauma. Also, thousands of dollars worth of supplies to update our facilities.
SURVIVOR’S RESOURCE INC.
Elizabeth Cotton - Director, Pike Country, PA
“Your donation of the Day of Empowerment™ helped to make the day a safe and healing experience for our survivors. They walked away with amazing tools to feel and live empowered.”
COUNTRY IN THE ROCKIES—CMT COUNTRY MUSIC TV
Francis Preston, President BMI — CMT (Country Music Television)
” Your program was one of the highlights! It definitely added to the OVERALL ENJOYMENT of our guests, staff and celebrities in so many ways. ”
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION / WARNER BROTHERS
David & Sheri Mount - CEO Warner Brothers Studio
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is richer by $350,000.00, thanks to you! Your generous contribution of donating 4 Body Fit™ classes for the golfers and guests along with your Boot Camp for Goddesses® packages to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation amounted to $24,000.00.”
VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER, NASHVILLE, TN
Dr. Murphy, Vanderbilt Hospital Ingram Cancer Center, TN
“Members of our team are committed to working at learning more about your method and other healing techniques – for ourselves as well as our patients”.
KRIPALU CENTER
Denise Barack, Director of Program Development, Kripalu Center
“Sierra is a staunch and passionate advocate for women’s empowerment. She has lived through and triumphed over many of the issues that affect women today. She is a role model for those who want to embrace their challenges with strength and grace. She inspires us all.”
“LOVE ISN’T JUST AN EMOTION;
it’s the most powerful force in the universe
grounded by action and responsibility.”
Sierra Bender
