Somatic Breathwork Healing with Amanda Goodrich

Harvest energy that has been locked out of Presence. Connect directly with your inner wisdom & higher guidance. Rewire your system into safety, authority, authenticity, and Love. Clear space in your body for your Soul to live comfortably.

Breathwork is an ancient practice used across cultures to support mental, physical, and spiritual health. In this bi-weekly ceremony, you are invited to journey into Yourself using a three-part, open-mouth breath. This breath will guide the nervous system into a deep parasympathetic state where the mind can rest and the body can unwind. From this place, your only job is to receive the healing that wants to happen through you. Your journey will be supported by evocative music, gentle somatic cueing, and hands-on energy work (if desired). Each ceremony is curated and themed based on what is alive in the group’s energetic field.

While no two journeys look the same, it is common to experience physical & emotional releases as energy bound in our past is liberated into the Now. Journeyers may also experience altered states of consciousness, receive messages & guidance, and activate/sharpen their intuitive gifts. No prior breathwork experience is needed – your body & Soul know exactly what to do.

We’ll flow together within the following structure:

Opening discussion on this week’s theme

Altar setting & sharing of intentions

Breath mechanics & what to expect

Somatic drop-in & grounding meditation

45-60 minute Breathe & shavasana

Re-grounding, integration, & closing

Re-grounding & integration may include things like drawing/journaling, partner/group shares, pulling tarot cards, 1:1 support & grounding touch from Amanda (if desired), and other surprises. I also strongly encourage journeyers to connect with each other individually – the power of loving community around this type of work is indescribable. Delicious tea and cacao will be available for purchase in the teahouse.

HOW TO PREPARE

We will begin the Breathe lying down. Yoga mats, blankets, and bolsters will be available. You should bring:

A small altar item

A water bottle

A journal & writing implement

Layers of comfortable clothing

Optional eye mask, lip balm, and personal comfort items

Your altar item might be a stone, a childhood trinket, a photo, a coin – notice and trust what you are drawn to any given week. It’s an ingredient to the alchemy. While you are welcome to, I don't recommend bringing a pillow. Resting your head on the ground is supportive to your spine during this practice.

I suggest coming into ceremony well-hydrated. I don’t suggest coming in with a very full belly (though some nourishment is great). Please use the restroom before we begin.

Please be sure to read and sign the electronic waiver on Eventbrite prior to the ceremony.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Members of historically marginalized communities are invited, held, and celebrated in this space. Your personal and ancestral healing is sacred.

This form of breathwork is not recommended for pregnant individuals or those with cardiovascular issues, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, epilepsy, asthma or other breathing issues, a history of aneurysms or strokes, recent physical injuries or surgeries, or severe psychiatric symptoms. Reach out to Amanda at [email protected] or consult your doctor if you have questions. If you can’t join, I love you and I wish you could. Talk to me about other healing modalities I can suggest.

Tickets are offered on a sliding scale between $30 and $50. Please reach out if this exchange is cost-prohibitive for you — scholarship tickets are available. If you're experiencing more financial freedom and would like to contribute toward a scholarship ticket for another community member, it is greatly appreciated and the option to do so is on Eventbrite.

Every single part of you is welcome here. I’ll see you soon.

– A

Amanda is a lover, feeler, and powerful healing ally. She is here to create ripples of personal & collective transformation by engaging the wisdom of the body and our relationship to Soul & Source.

Amanda came to the healing arts by way of “spiritual emergency.” In her twenties, long-repressed childhood trauma came flooding into her adult awareness through spontaneous somatic & emotional flashbacks. The process was disorienting and excruciating and beautiful and divine. As who she thought she was began to fall away, something inside of her smiled knowingly. She has been dedicated to walking and serving on the Healing path ever since.

Years later, with courage, devotion, and incredible support, Amanda has transformed herself from the inside out and discovered a profound ability & desire to help others do the same. Refined through formal training, her work is an intuitive weaving of elixirs from her own journey – from grounding & resourcing to somatic inner child work; from breathwork & energy work to ceremony & community. She holds you and these tools in a safe, sacred, and unconditionally welcoming container that enables the alchemy that wants to occur within you, to occur.

Amanda has trained in Alchemy Somatics, Core Energetics, and Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. In addition to group breathwork ceremonies, Amanda also offers private ceremonies, 1:1 somatic healing containers, energy work, and intuitive readings. You will know her by her gentle warmth, grounded presence, soft strength, and laughter. She can’t wait to witness you in all of your glory.

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