Join us for a creative, embodied experience that explores the synergy of somatic art practice and mindful movement, co-facilitated by Valery and Jean.

Please note that this will take the place of our Monthly Open Art Studio in October!

This workshop blends sensorimotor art and yoga practices. We will explore the terrain of the body through grounding yogic practices of movement and breath. We will translate those experiences through mark making on paper, creating a record of sensation and the impact of movement, breath, and attunement to ourselves. 

We will make marks on paper, make shapes with our bodies, and make marks on paper again to witness visual evidence of the impact of movement.

Guided Conscious Connected Breathwork Journey 

When we breathe consciously and intentionally, we invite the body out of its stress response and into a state of genuine calm. You know the feeling, the to-do list that follows you into the weekend, the sleep that doesn't quite restore, the sense that you've been running longer than you'd like to admit. This session is designed to meet you there, and bring you home to stillness.

What is Conscious Connected Breathwork?

Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB) is an active, embodied practice that uses a continuous, circular breathing pattern (no pause between inhale and exhale) to shift the body out of everyday thinking and into a deeper state of physiological and emotional release. Unlike meditation, which often works through stillness, CCB works through movement and activation: the breath itself becomes the tool that unlocks tension, emotion, and stored stress held in the body. Many people experience it as a kind of moving meditation, sensation, emotion, and insight can surface and move through without needing to be analyzed or talked through. It's a practice rooted in the body's own intelligence, supported by a facilitator who holds the space for whatever arises.

The session follows a simple arc:

• Opening: settle-in and arrival, easing the body and breath into presence

• Guided meditation: a brief practice to soften into the space before we begin

• 40 minutes of active guided breath: the heart of our time together

• Closing and Integration: supported rest and gentle integration to let the practice settle

A Death Café is a group-directed discussion around death and grief over light snacks. The objective is to practice the art of talking openly about our own mortality and grief so as to make the most of our finite lives and find comfort and wisdom in community. Anyone of any age, background, spiritual belief (or lack thereof!) is welcome to attend. Let's break the taboo together.

As psychedelic use increases and FDA review of multiple psychedelic substances is pending in the coming months, it is ever more urgent that the helping professions build competence to support clients who are drawn to these substances and these emerging treatments. Most clinicians likely have some clients who use psychedelics or ketamine, and there are ways in which we can help them to make use of such experiences while reducing unnecessary risks. Participants will learn additional information about supporting clients during the ‘integration’ phase of psychedelic experiences (after use of a substance), including considerations for increased neuroplasticity, powerful insights, reappraisal or narratives and experiences, and re-opening of the critical developmental window that often occur after such experiences. Participants will learn to identify warning signs and opportunitiesfor growth during integration. Furthermore, they will learn appropriate interventions and recognizing limits of their competence in addressing challenging or destabalizing reactions to psychedelics. A harm reduction approach will also be provided to assess clients when there is the opportunity to discuss psychedelics with them prior to their psychedelic use. This will also include identifying risk and protective factors. Lastly, this training will fill in gaps in knowledge about different modalities of ketamine treatment through discussion.