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Just getting started? Start here with an introduction to Erin's somatic framework & some basic practices. Recommended for new clients. 75 min.s Register Here
Wake up your capacity to be at home in your body and tune into your body's cues and wisdom through somatic practices and group sharing. 75 min.s Register Here
You will leave with individualized somatic practices to cultivate a trait or quality that would help you grow in a desired way, as well as with a simple plan to integrate this practice into your daily live. 90 min.s Register Here
Are you satisfiable? What does satisfaction feel like in your body? Gain somatic practices to increase awareness of your inner compass. 90 min.s Register Here
Take your leadership to a new level and practice embodied differentiation skills. You will gain increased awareness of your embodied differentiation, your growing edges, and several somatic tools to strengthen your ability to maintain self in relationship with others. 2 hrs Register Here
You will take away four somatic tools to access more safety, ease, and comfort in your body as well as gain understanding of how embodied practices could support and strengthen your personal growth. 90 min.s Register Here
Coming soon!
Embodied R & R for clergy. Coming soon!
fall 2023
fall 2023
Spring 2023
Learn more here. Winter and Fall 2021
Please contact me if you have other questions.
We begin learning about a concept in embodiment and somatics and then engage in practices to experience and explore it through movement, body scans, partner exercises, sharing, dance and more.
Comfortable clothes you can move in and are okay with being on the floor.
Some classes invite more movement than others, meaning sweat happens.
You can always choose how expansive or inward (or sweaty or not sweaty) you will be.
You are most welcome and most definitely not alone. I will offer structures and invitations to extend your comfort zone, however, the goal is to stretch, not get overwhelmed. To do this we need to stay in the present within our window of tolerance (see below). The goal is to explore embodiment and inhabiting our lives in empowered, healing, and supportive ways. You can always modify, skip, or change my invitations so the experience will work for you.
People who might be addressing a traumatic experience for the first time are encouraged to seek the support of a therapist, trauma healing specialist, or therapy group. Studies have shown that for trauma healing to occur, one must be able to stay connected to the present. If not, we run the risk of re-traumatizing ourselves and strengthening the dysregulated responses within our nervous systems.
For our work to be healing rather than re-traumatizing, I ask participants to be comfortable with their ability to self-regulate and come back to the present in class. If you are not confident in your ability to stay within your window of tolerance (being with an experience without overwhelm or shutting down), I strongly recommend working first with a therapist or trauma specialist. I personally have done both and found the experiences to be life-giving and transformative.
From the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (Click on the link for a visual aid)
"The window of tolerance is a concept originally developed by Dr. Dan Siegel, MD to describe the optimal zone of “arousal” for a person to function in everyday life. When a person is operating within this zone or window, they can effectively manage and cope with their emotions.
For clients who have experienced trauma, it is often difficult to regulate emotions and the zone of arousal where they can function effectively becomes quite narrow.
When a client is traumatized, it can be especially difficult for them to stay grounded in the present because the past is more vivid and intrusive. Someone constantly living in their past trauma is primed to detect threat — and enter into that state of defense. That means they generally have a very narrow window of tolerance.
The stress of a traumatic memory or trigger may cause them to be pushed out of their window of tolerance. Even seemingly minor stressors can cause a client to dissociate, get angry, or feel anxious – leading to states of hyperarousal or hypoarousal.
And this can make it difficult for clients to make progress in therapeutic sessions."
"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb
Slow progress is still progress. You're worth taking the time to heal!
Offered on the NICABM website
Coming back from Shutting Down (Hypoarousal):
Coming back from Freezing Up (Hyperarousal)
I want participants to benefit from our work together. If you are not satisfied, my request is that you please let me know. I want to keep growing. Your experience likely has important learning in it for me. Please talk with me about it even if what you have to say isn't worked out perfectly. There is no such thing as perfection in relationship, only learning, expanding awareness, and tending to repairs when they're needed. Please let this experience be an opportunity to practice authenticity in relationship and working through the inevitable challenges we experience in community. Hopefully, I can adjust and meet you where you're at.
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