The Wild Within – Spiritual Exploration & Connection

The time of the Full Moon is an energy peak, like the crest of a cosmic energy wave that's been building throughout the lunar month.

Humans have gathered together under the full moon through the ages to share, to express and to feel, to move, breathe, and release - We gather for all of this, and to embody the wild within and make space for more aliveness in your being.

Here, at our first Full Moon of 2025, we'll create a sacred space for recharging and letting go of what is no longer serving us, ready to start fresh and clear with a powerful vision and intention for our lives. 🌕 🌕

During this ceremony, we will work with the medicines of cacao, movement, and breathwork to realign and rebalance ourselves at the time of this full moon in Cancer. ☕️🌹🌬️

We will open the space with a cacao ceremony, bringing in both cacao and Rose as our plant guides this month. Working with cacao and rose helps us to open our hearts, access our intuitive channels, activate our creativity and gently turn inwards into a space of self love and reflection.

Cacao is a medicine of the heart who shows us how to open more deeply to our authentic selves. We will work with the cacao through intention-setting, partner and group connection, and guided meditation, and then move through a gentle full moon yoga practice designed to release physical and energetic blockages and prepare us for the transformational breathwork journey.

Transformational Breathwork helps us to deepen our inner connection, improve our physical vitality, elevate mental and emotional clarity, and awaken our spiritual connection. It works by helping you to bypass the conscious mind and move into the subtle body to access the deeper layers of emotion, while gently supporting the nervous system.

It’s a faster way to move stuck energy and tap into a deeply intuitive state while remaining grounded in the body!

During our breathwork journey, you will lay down on your mat and be gently guided into a rhythmic breathing pattern supported by the music and my voice helping you to travel deeply into your body, allowing the breath to create space for release and renewal.

For many, the breath utilized in this way can help to release stored emotional energy that has been keeping them blocked and stagnated for years. And for many others, it is a portal to their innate wisdom and medicine within, an activation of their true essence and gifts.

Our journey will conclude with a group integration, with time for journaling and sharing insights and further support for one another.

Together we will co-create a healing and insightful experience of somatic release, heart-centered expression, and creating space for what you are truly calling into your life at this time.

Note: If you tend towards elevated blood pressure or have any heart issues, please contact me before the session so we can determine if this particular form of breathwork will be appropriate for you.

Limited spaces available (up to 15); please only RSVP if you are you sure you will be joining us!

What to Bring: Please bring a mug for cacao, a water bottle, a journal and pen, and comfortable clothing (layers are good for temperature fluctuations that can happen during breathwork!) We will have blankets and yoga mats available at the space.

When: Sunday, January 12 from 12:00 - 3:00pm

📍Where:
The Way Home Studio
8435 SE Stark St
Portland, OR 97216

Contribution: $33-$44

Join us for an afternoon designed to help you drop into your heart space, tap into your sense of play, and connect more deeply with yourself and others.

Using the tools of breathwork, cacao, and authentic relating, we’ll create a unique space for personal exploration and meaningful connection.

🌬️ We’ll begin with a gentle pranayama practice to ground and center, preparing our minds and bodies to fully arrive in the present moment. These practices will help open the pathways to deeper self-awareness and connection.

☕️ We'll then move into a ceremonial space with cacao as our plant ally, opening our hearts and tuning into our inner wisdom. We’ll explore the tools of meditation and visualization to connect with our intuition and our hearts. Working with the sacred plant medicine of cacao invites us to soften, reflect, and access a more expansive sense of love and creativity.

👫🏻 From this open-hearted state, we’ll flow into relational practices and authentic relating games designed to foster meaningful connection. Through guided activities, we’ll explore how to be fully present with ourselves and others, creating a shared space of trust, curiosity, and play. You'll leave with some new tools to bring extra richness to the relationships in your life!

About Authentic Relating:
Authentic Relating is the art and practice of exploring the aliveness of human connection in the present moment. Through this practice, we learn how to cultivate deeper relationships, understand our own patterns and emotions, and connect to ourselves and others with empathy, curiosity, and somatic awareness.

This journey is an invitation to come alive in your heart space, to nourish your sense of well being, and to leave feeling lighter, more open, and deeply connected to the beauty of the human experience.

What to Bring:

- A mug for cacao
- Comfortable clothing
- A journal and pen (optional)

When: Sunday, January 19 from 2:00 - 4:30pm

📍Where:
Awakenings Wellness Center
1016 SE 12th Ave
Portland, OR

Suggested Contribution: $33-$44; if this cost is truly prohibitive, feel free to pay what you can or feel, as it's important to me this event be accessible to all who feel called.)