Somatic Wisdom Wednesdays

Embodiment Class Details

Date + Times

Each Wednesday Night through 4/23
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Somatic Wisdom Institute
1324 Lake Drive, Suite 4
Grand Rapids, MI 49506

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*To ensure that this class is right for you, please take a moment to scroll down to read more about the contraindications of breathwork.

All of us were once children filled with light, curiosity, and wonder. Small and vulnerable, we had to figure out how to stay safe and find belonging in the world we grew up in. 

  • Being kids, we had limited resources or solutions when we felt scared or overwhelmed. 

  • We didn’t decide where we lived or who our family was. 

  • We couldn’t get in our car to leave or end a relationship when we were feeling scared. 

  • We simply had to make the best of our circumstances and what our caregivers gave us. 

Many times, the best option in overwhelming situations was to move our attention in an attempt to “turn down” the volume of whatever was “too much” or upsetting to us.

All classes are trauma-informed. Participant safety is of the utmost importance as we dive deep into our body and psyche to empower you with tools to create a life of liberation and ease. 

Who Are These
Classes For?

  • Those who are new to somatic practices and wish to learn more

  • Anyone currently working 1:1 with a Somatic Wisdom Institute practitioner

  • Currently attending The Vitalist School or an alumni

  • Anyone wishing to increase their Vital Life Force + awareness in order to heal

About Breathwork & Bioenergetics

Breathwork has the ability to transform your deepest wounds, allowing you to reconnect with your most authentic self; to engage again, in a life worth living. Any human who can breathe deeply can do this transformational work.

Learn to be an explorer of yourself and inhabit your whole being so you can feel at home in your body. Your body is a tool to develop awareness, stay present, self-regulate, feel whole, find balance, feel connected, know yourself, love yourself and be empowered.

The practice of bioenergetics utilizes specific movements and stretches designed to break up areas of chronic pain and tension in the mind and body.

When practiced consistently over time, bioenergetics creates deep shifts and allows participants to return to their natural state of presence and ease.

Through breathing and feeling deeply, the psychological, physical, and the energetic bodies are harmonized and strengthened.

3/19: Ryan

3/26: Kaycee

4/2: Ryan

4/9: Kaycee

4/16: Kaycee

4/23: Ryan

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What people are saying…

 

“I’m not alone in my journey”

“Before starting embodiment classes I was feeling emotionally overwhelmed with issues in my life. I look forward to each class because they enable me to pause, reconnect with my body, and focus on feeling my deep feelings. I can bring them up and let them go.

I’ve benefited so much from these classes. I have such an incredible increase in energy and sense of not being alone in my journey toward self-integration.”

-Annie R.

“I’m recovering my authentic self”

“I have found so much value in the somatic practice of bioenergetics to release tension in my body in order to find more ease. I feel like I’m recovering my authentic self and rediscovering my innate joy.

I’m surprised at how open and vulnerable the members of this community have been with one another. This is one of a kind.”

-Matt J.

“The practices are helping me release old ways”

“My relationship with myself has changed dramatically. I’m surprised at how beautiful and intense the experience and my life has been so far. The awareness I’m developing and the practice are so helping me release old ways and step into new.

"It’s so validating to be with a community of people who understand.”

Erica J.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact support@somaticinst.com

  • *Space is limited. If you need to cancel, please contact us as soon as possible, as there is often a waitlist. Cancellations will be refunded with a $50 processing fee, if you notify us in writing prior to 14 days before the event. Within 14 days of the event, refunds will not be given due to health reasons, weather, or winter road conditions, unless your space is able to be filled (minus $50 processing fee). Please plan accordingly.

  • Pregnancy, severe asthma, severe heart disease, unmedicated high blood pressure, mental illness, epilepsy and/or history of seizures, acute physical injuries, severe or unregulated diabetes

    *If you are unsure if breathwork is right for you, please reach out to us for a conversation. We offer many unique adaptations and modifications to meet your needs.

*Please note the contraindications for breathwork are:

Pregnancy, severe asthma, severe heart disease, untreated high blood pressure, history of psychotic breaks, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, epilepsy/history of seizures, severe or unregulated diabetes. 

If you are unsure if breathwork is right for you, please reach out to us for a conversation. We offer many unique adaptations and modifications to meet your needs.