Do you feel like you're carrying a heavy weight,
but forced to perform as if you're moving optimally in the world?



As humans we are emotional sponges and take on so much, conscious or not. Even if we logically think we have surpassed something, the body keeps score, and it stays stuck unless it has a pathway of release. Talk therapy and the like is a beautiful pillar for healing but it only goes so far.
We also need to address what we hold in our bodies.


This is a safe container where you are encouraged to feel the spectrum and depth of your emotions and allow yourself the space to unravel so that you may rebuild stronger. We think suppressing emotions keeps them locked away forever, when in fact, this only reinforces them and causes them to creep out in less favorable ways. Processing thoughts and emotions in a safe environment using the transformative tools of reiki and breath creates energetic movement, softens their charge, and invites the potential for transmutation.


The workshop will open with sharing intentions (if you feel comfortable,) light yoga warmups, guided visualization meditation, Reiki-infused breathwork, and a Reiki chillout integration period. There will also be an opportunity to share your experience if you feel comfortable, as through being vulnerable and sharing we feel less alone in our experience and build community.


What is Breathwork?
This particular breath pattern asks that you lie down flat on your back. The breath is a two-part inhale, one-part exhale, all through an open mouth. You can adjust the pace and the depth to increase or decrease the intensity of it. There will be about 25 minutes of this active breath portion set with emotionally stirring music which stimulates energy flow and delivers more oxygen to your brain. The cleansing effect generally leads to more mental space, clarity, inspiration and a sense of peace.


What is Reiki?
Reiki is a soft, subtle, universal life force energy that is channeled and transmitted to restore balance. The healing practice comes from Japan. The sensation is often perceived as warm and gentle tingly, buzzy, dreamy energy and can put you in the space between consciousness and sleep. It often leads you to deep rest and receptivity where you can process and purge in a way that feels safe and held. There is a sense of overarching optimism.


A variety of physical responses can happen in reaction to the breath and reiki that are not to be concerned about i.e. body temperature changes, tingliness, hands clamping, dryness of mouth, trembling, etc, which can all shift easily. It is also completely normal and most welcome to have a cathartic emotional response i.e. crying, laughing, letting out sounds.


The point is not to resist what wants to come through, but to surrender and know that everything that is happening is okay, and actually working in your highest good. The more you can accept and soften into what's happening, the less intense and panicky it will feel.


It truly is a practice of acceptance, and through that acceptance, you initiate an opening to change.
By the end of the practice, there is a feeling of lightness and self- empowerment. Through that feeling of self-belief, comes the ability to understand the next logical, inspired step to create the life you want.