Public Events
Stay tuned for more public events in the future!
We post our monthly public events on our Facebook page and in our newsletter mailing.
Here are some of our past events.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
"Being With" Circle
About The Event
Do you feel like your world is moving fast?
Are you craving a place to slow down, re-connect with your body, and slowly, gradually deepen into more intimacy and connection with others?
In our special edition of "Being With" Circle we will invite in deep embodied presence through practices that help us slow down to the speed of our nervous system.
Together we will welcome the deeper layers that naturally emerge when we give ourselves space to notice and feel what's here.
*This event is 2 hours long*
Meet Your Instructor- Mahaya
Mahaya is passionate about authentic connection, loving presence and listening to deep wisdom within. Her own experience of moving through 20 years of chronic illness led her to deep dive into the world of yoga, breathwork, plant medicine work, mindfulness, authentic relating practices, psychosomatic therapy and trauma work and to discovering her own gifts of an intuitive, a space holder and a healer. Currently, she is offering “Being With” circling sessions at the platform. These circles have a tangible flavor of presence and spaciousness to support others in cultivating a state of deeper attunement within themselves.
Details (When, Where, How)
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Emotions- Alter Ego Circle
About The Event
It is VERY common for some emotions to not be "welcomed" in our every day lives, including emotions such as:
- Grief
- Anger
- Jealousy
- Frustration
- Fear
just to name a few.
But what would happen if we not only gave space for them, but FULLY embodied them? What would happen if we played them FULL OUT in a theatrical fun setting?
What wisdom may emerge by playful acting out these feelings - knowing that these feelings are fleeting, and here only momentarily to share their lessons with us.
Join Lead Trainer Jen Burns for a special version of Alter Ego Circle- where this week we will practice embodying one emotion at a time in order to more deeply understand and welcome it's place in our world.
Meet Your Instructor- Jen Burns
Jen is a somatic coach, connection facilitator, lead trainer, and official Instigator at The Connection Institute.
Jen specializes in incorporating nervous system practieces that cultivate deeply safe and embodied spaces where others feel safe to dive deep into their emotional worlds.
Her biggest passion now centers around using somatic coaching to support others in knowing, owning ,and claiming what [really] matters most to them.
Saturday, May 20 & Monday, May 22, 2023
Honoring our Resistance w/ James
About The Event
Resistance has a bad rap.
It’s often described as something that we need to “move through,” “get over” or “overcome” in order to get “what we want.”
But we are missing the whole point.
Resistance is actually gold.
Our resistance often offers deep wisdom -
Advice to slow down, to reconsider something we may have missed.
We oftentimes MISS the wisdom in our rush to “get to the other side of it.”
In order to hear the wisdom of our resistance we are invited to slow down, pause, and bring our compassion, curiosity and acceptance.
AND… let’s be real..
Sometimes its easier said than done.
This is why being in community is so powerful.
When we allow ourselves to be seen by others, to be loved and accepted- exactly where we are - the resistance naturally starts to soften.
The strategies that have been judged as “wrong” in the past (hiding, avoiding, fighting, distracting, pretending etc) - get to receive PERMISSION to be here. Then we explore what wisdom and positive intention is underneath these strategies.
You’re invited to experience this for yourself. Come join our community at The Connection Institute and get a taste of what its like to truly honor your resistance -however it shows up- and create a new friendship with it.
**Note: Please plan to be ON TIME and stay for the entirety of the event. This is an intimate interactive experience so come prepared to be loved up on!
Meet Your Instructor- James
James is a multidisciplinarian, healer and lifelong learner. His current work revolves around integrative practices (coaching, psychedelic medicine, meditation, massage therapy, dance, and movement) that welcome the whole of human experience. He believes that the more we allow and accept what is, the more we get to come into alignment and work with the world, rather than against it.Details (When, Where, How)