Move, Breathe, & Process in Community
Sunday, November 15th from 1:00 - 5:30PM
Loss is an inherent part of living, but we live in a culture that doesn't make space for mourning. In this workshop, we invite you to bring your sorrows; whether the loss of a loved one, way of life, or the degradation of the world, your grief is welcome.
Location: TBD
Schedule:
Opening Ritual: build the memorial altar
Guided, Creative Movement
Transformational Breathwork
Art Processing
Group Processing
Closing Ritual: deconstruct the altar
Snacks will be provided.
$150 per person. Maximum 16 participants.
Payable through Venmo @mariah-devenish or Paypal jackiemelinmsw@yahoo.com
Facilitated by Mariah Devenish LSW, Jody Kocsis LPC, and Jackie Melin LCSW.
Please bring:
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Memorial items - pictures, poems, memorabilia, objects
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Blanket and pillow
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Eye mask (available if you do not have one)
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Yoga mat
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Water bottle
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Comfortable clothing - layers recommended
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Anything else that makes you feel comfortable
About Breathwork
Transformational Breathwork uses connected circular breathing, intentional, loud music, embodied facilitation, and art processing to enable participants to access expanded states of consciousness that support emotional release, insight, healing, regulation, and transformation.
Breathwork allows individuals to connect with their innate wisdom and bring greater freedom into their lives and the decisions they make. It is a somatic process that helps move energy in and through the body. It allows the ego to let down defenses, releasing what it no longer needs. This enables the individual to better understand who they are, and can increase in love and self-acceptance.
At its core, transformational breathwork works because breath is one of the only automatic functions of the body that you can consciously control. This unique link between the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems gives you a direct handle on how your brain and body respond to stress, emotion, and even memory.
Science is only now catching up to what ancient traditions already knew — that breath is the bridge between body, mind, and spirit. In transformational breathwork, we use that bridge not just to cross into calm, but to rewire the patterns that keep us from living fully.