“Come into this place, where the ordinary is sanctified, the human is celebrated, the compassion is expected…”

— Excerpt from “Come In” by Becky Edmiston

 

1st Fall Offering: 

Embodying the Fierce and Tender Heart Within
Cultivating Our Dynamic Range through practical practices for these wild times we live in!
FULL with waitlist
email denise@somasense.com to get on the waitlist

Peace
Whenever there’s a sense of threat, we harden. And so if we don’t harden, what happens?
We’re left with the uneasiness, that feeling of threat. That’s when the real journey of courage begins.
This is the real work of the peacemaker, to find the soft spot and the tenderness in that very uneasy place
and stay with it.
If we can stay with the soft spot and stay with the tender heart, then we are cultivating the seed of peace.
– Pema Chodron

When: Saturday October 28th
Time: 10 – 4 pm
Doors open at 9:45 am
Where: Private Home Studio, in Sonoma
(address given upon registration)
Cost: $108

In this daylong adventure, we will play with textured breaths and sounds while exploring primal movement and our fluid nature. Invoking our primordial anatomy through wrapping muscles around bones, finding our paws and claws, our teeth and tail, awakens our 70 trillion cells of intelligence. This supports the dynamic range of our fierce and tender hearts for these wild times we live and love in!

Come  ~  Listen  ~  Discover  ~  Explore
Biological Movement ~ Organismic Intelligence
Playing with textured breaths, sounds, and movement…
… Tending our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls!


10 Participants Max, Wellness Precautions: Please do a Covid test the morning of before entering studio.
Symptoms of any kind (even if you test negative for Covid) please stay home and take good care – Thank you!
Doors Open 9:45 am. Wear comfortable clothing to move in and bring your own mat and blanket. 

TO REGISTER: Email: denise@somasense.com w/”SIGN ME UP FOR October Daylong” in the subject line. I will then send you the payment link w/address to the studio. Refund Policy: Full refund by 9.30.23 Or if you are sick in anyway on or before the workshop begins.
No refund after 9.30.23

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2nd Fall Offering:

Evening Continuum Practice
Committed Series

Forget about enlightenment.
Sit down wherever you are
And listen to the wind singing in your veins.
Feel the love, the longing, the fear in your bones.
Open your heart to who you are, right now,
Not who you would like to be,
Not the saint you are striving to become,
But the being right here before you, inside you, and around you.
All of you is holy.
You’re already more and less,
Than whatever you can know.
Breathe out,
Touch in,
Let go.
John Welwood

When: 4 Thursday’s
Oct 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 9 2023
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Doors open at 3:45 pm
Where: Private Home Studio, in Sonoma
Cost: $100
(for the series)

Entering in silence and movement supports our arrival for our evening practice. We will then circle up to layer in breaths, sounds, and movement explorations. Our practice supports embodied expressions and allows integration of impressions from our daily life. This helps us stay current with ourselves while meeting the complexities of life.

10 Participants Max, Wellness Precautions: Please do a Covid test before entering studio.
Symptoms of any kind (even if you test negative for Covid) please stay home and take good care – Thank you!
Doors Open 3:45 am. Wear comfortable clothing to move in and bring your own mat and blanket.
 

TO REGISTER: Email: denise@somasense.com w/”SIGN ME UP FOR COMMITTED FALL SERIES” in the subject line. I will then send you the payment link w/address to the studio. Refund Policy: Full refund by 9.6.23 Or if you are sick in anyway on or before the series begins. No refund after 9.6.23

Come In

Come into this place, which we make holy by our presence.
Come in with all your vulnerabilities and strengths,
fears and anxieties, loves and hopes.
For here you need not hide, nor pretend, or be
anything other than who you are and are called to be.
Come into this place where we can touch and be
touched, heal and be healed, forgive and be forgiven.
Come into this place, where the ordinary is
sanctified, the human is celebrated, the compassion is expected.
Come into this place.
Together we make it a holy place.

BECKY EDMISTON