You are the Medicine: Healing Connection through Somatic Breathwork & Authentic Movement

Join us for a day of deep self-exploration through authentic movement and somatic-based breathwork. This unique combination weaves together relational attunement and inner-guidance to give us a direct experience of healing in relationship. This immersion will include 2 sessions of Authentic Movement and a somatic-based breathwork experience (based off of Holotropic Breathwork).

The principles and practice of both Authentic Movement and Breathwork offer direct experiences of what it means to listen deeply to ourselves while in relationship. These practices guide us toward what is ready to be known, felt and integrated via embodied inquiry. Our bodies invite us to tend to the places of our being that are perhaps longing for more attention— those quieter interior threads of intelligence that we get distracted from in our daily lives. Together, we will build a relationship with our own internal compass, exploring what it means to truly belong to ourselves as a foundation for authentic connection with others.

This day is a sacred container for self-medicine. We will root into the inherent wisdom of our bodies and the profound truth that healing deepens in the presence of others. Through movement, breath, stillness, and shared reflection, we will remember what it means to be held, witnessed, and supported on our path. 

We invite you to come as you are.

What is Somatic Breathwork?

Somatic breathwork uses breath, music, and non-directive support as an invitation for what lives within the psyche and soma to come forward—to be felt, expressed, and integrated. It offers a pathway for honest expression, release, and reconnection with our inner truth. There’s space for the movement of what’s been held, the welcoming of what’s emerging, and the possibility of befriending both the shadow and the light within us.

Experiences may unfold through symbolic imagery, physical sensations, emotional waves, vocal expression, or intuitive movement—each a language through which the body and soul speak. By turning inward with the breath as our guide, we learn to listen more deeply to the wisdom that lives within. In this way, breathwork becomes not just a practice, but a return—an embodied path of remembering how to belong to ourselves and be present for the ongoing process of our own being and becoming. 

What is Authentic Movement?

Authentic Movement is an embodiment modality that brings together depth psychology and intuitive movement. In the practice, movers close their eyes and listen deeply to the movement impulses that arise organically in their bodies from the silence. Without planning or contriving what happens next, the mover allows their body to respond to whatever arises within them. Movers connect with sensation, imagery, and feeling, as they let themselves move intuitively. By opening conscious awareness to the body in this way, a bridge to the subconscious emerges. This creates new pathways for self-insight, healing, and overcoming old roadblocks to change. The practice is deepened by the presence of a compassionate and attuned witness who holds the space for the mover’s experience. The witness forgoes judgement and projection to learn what it means to be with themself in relationship. 

After movement completes there is an opportunity for the mover to put words to their experience while the witness listens empathetically. This process supports the transition of subconscious material into conscious awareness. Language helps to solidify the insights gained during movement, deepening both party’s inner knowing and what it means to stay with themself in relationship.

About the Facilitators

Terra Anderson, MA, BC-DMT

Terra Anderson (they/them) is a somatic and Dance-Movement Therapist therapist specializing in sex, intimacy and relationships. The following identities shape their perspective: they are white, transgender, non-binary, queer, neurodivergent, and anti-zionist Ashkenazi. Terra’s experience with intuitive movement as a healing medium stretches back to early childhood. They were introduced to Authentic Movement in graduate school by a therapist who was helping Terra heal after sexual assault. After experiencing firsthand the transformative power of this practice, they dedicated themself to the formal study of the Discipline of Authentic Movement. Terra has now worked in mental health for over a decade primarily within the LGBTQIA+ community, spending dedicated time working with neurodivergent populations, in addiction recovery, and in private practice offering gender and sexuality focussed support. Terra’s approach to healing centers pleasure and the wisdom of the body as tools for personal and collective liberation.

Christine Calvert

​Christine Calvert is an addictions counselor, somatic practitioner and a certified Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator. She is a module facilitator and teacher for Grof Transpersonal Training both in the US and internationally. In addition to bringing Holotropic Breathwork® and other experiential workshops to mental health and addiction facilities, she is passionate about the ethics and integrity needed in facilitating expanded-state work; supporting the integration of Holotropic and psychedelic sessions through somatic resourcing; and creative expression, personal ritual, and group support. She aims to approach this work through a trauma-informed, anti-racist and LGBTQIA+ affirming lens and is dedicated to de-colonizing the work of soma, psyche and spirit, including a deep dedication to unwind the reality of that constellation in her own body and mind. Her own personal healing journey was greatly influenced by the Holotropic perspective and she feels deeply dedicated to sharing this work with those seeking healing. She enjoys finding ways to weave her personal and professional experience of different therapeutic and spiritual systems such as Shamanism, Somatic Experiencing, Jungian psychology, attachment theory, and mindfulness practices into her work with others. Christine maintains a private counseling and consulting practice in addition to facilitating Holotropic Breathwork® nationally and internationally, and supporting psilocybin facilitator trainings in Oregon.

Details & Logistics

Accessibility

After reading the accessibility section, if this event does not meet your access needs please reach out to info@embodyemerge.com to inquire about future breathwork and authentic movement events that are more accessible.

Awakenings wellness is not ADA accessible.

If you need ASL interpretation, you are welcome to bring an interpreter at no charge.

Eyesight will be an essential aspect of this event, though future breathwork and authentic movement events may not require eyesight so please inquire.

Bathrooms are gender-neutral and single-stall for your privacy.

This is a low-scent space. We ask that participants refrain from wearing scents into the space for accessibility needs.

Pricing

Please consider the following points when choosing what investment you make to this event. If you do not see a payment tier that will meet your needs, please reach out to Terra (info@embodyemerge.com) to inquire about registration at a rate that will work for you.

Pay less if:
– You hold a marginalized identity that currently impacts your access to financial stability;
– You financially struggle to meet your basic needs or the basic needs of the people who financially rely on you;
– You have debt that is related to survival;
– You have a criminal record that impacts your access to financial stability.

Please pay more if:
– You benefit from privilege;
– Your basic needs are met. Please contribute even more if have financial resources left over after meeting your basic needs and the needs of those who financially depend on you;
– You have debt that is related to comfort, pleasure or leisure;
– You have no debt.

Financial accessibility is of utmost consideration in creating this fee structure. If you are able to pay more at the Tier 3 level, your contribution will go directly to creating financial opportunities for folks who can pay less.

$100 – $250 sliding scale (payment plans available upon request)

Tier 1: $100 – (This equates to $12.5/hour split between facilitators)

Tier 2: $175  – (This equates to $22/hour split between facilitators)

Tier 3: $250  – (This equates to $31.25/hour split between facilitators)

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