The Somatic Playground
Moving at the Rhythm of Connection and Trust!
The Somatic Playground is back in October for our THIRD YEAR! See below!
Get on the WhatsApp group (link below) to stay informed of connected events and upcoming Somatic Playground classes!
Praise about The Somatic Playground!
"Oh my goodness, I have so much fun attending these events!! Now Monday nights are one of my fave nights of the week. 🤣
The Somatic Playground is a friendly and supportive place to explore many fun, body- and awareness-based connection activities. So often I noticed myself contemplating things I learned or connections that moved me during the event. It’s such a nourishing and community connected way to grow and develop in really playful and empowering ways! I’m grateful and will keep coming back." ~ Carley
"Facilitated exercises have created a comfortable space to explore ourselves and engage in deeper interactions with others. The building of the Somatic Playground community, and its varied range of teachers, has given us a path into exploring other communities in the Bay Area. As a couple, it’s been a wonderful place to learn about ourselves and our relationship" ~ Kai & Eric
"I had high expectations because of my experience with the work of the producers of Somatic Playground and I was NOT disappointed. I wanted to go deeper into what's possible within the realms of sensation, creativite expression, and attunement to myself and others. Relatable facilitation, great models for conscious relating and body presence. I comenoutbof the classes totally alive with an amazing experience of soft and juicy self intimacy and awakend connection to myself and others." ~Katharine
"I love Somatic Playground because it enables me to try out different skillsets in a group of likeminded individuals and hosts week after week building a community and learning while we do it. Every week is different but hinge upon similar goals to connect more deeply with people through targeted exercises, games, and frameworks created by the diverse array of highly skilled facilitators. // There is something for everyone through Somatic Playground, whether you’ve been immersed in somatic workshop spaces before, are comfortable with sensual, or you’re brand new, nervous, or are wanting a beginner space, different classes offer different levels and interests making it accessible to a diverse array of folks. There really is space for everyone no matter how you identify or what other types of events you attend. // My favorite part is often being able to discuss and debrief, which happens in each class in between exercises and time for open play. It’s a really incredible space and I’ve made some deep friendships through it, learned skills, and healed parts of myself and am excited to continue on in this wonderful community." ~ Elle
"I've really got a lot out of this series, appreciating the variety of approaches from the facilitators. They've brought me movement, stillness, breath, depth. I've found better connection with my own inner experience, and I'm enjoying the company of a community of somatic fellow travelers!" ~ Joseph
"I attended a class at The Somatic Playground to get out of my comfort zone and meet positive people. I was scared because it was the first time exploring a more emotional side of me and I was doing it in front of strangers. I couldn’t have chose a better place. Every one was so open minded and accepting of me, I felt safe and comfortable the whole time. It was an unforgettable experience!" ~ Brian
"The Somatic Playground hosts workshops that create a safe and welcoming environment where participants can dive deep into introspection while having embodied connections. From the beautiful rope workshop to the "Play Your Way to Authenticity" workshop, each experience is a testament to the care and creativity of the facilitators. The combination of trust-building activities, guided meditations, and interactive games create a sensory based journey and camaraderie among attendees, leading to the feeling of genuine community." ~ Heather
"Thank you so much for organizing the Somatic Playground a second time. When I started attending last fall my partner and I were just beginning to explore more movement and somatic awareness activities. I came to the workshops initially intending to connect with others in ways that I was not yet conversant. As each workshop is different, with a full-fledged teacher sharing their passions and skills, I have left each one filled with a broadened sense of community and support in finding out together just how deep and full and mysterious living can be. The work here is important as it brings together many teachers and students to explore the beauty of being fully alive." ~Kent
What is the Somatic Playground?
✨ Weekly Monday classes with some of your favorite FireLight & SoulPlay teachers, and more!
✨ A place for you to learn, embody, and grow somatic, primal, emotional, and energetic intelligence!
✨ A space to co-create community with a common language around relating & intimacy!
✨ An opportunity to slow down, connect, and move at the pace of connection and trust!
✨ A time to play, move, and dance together!
Join us for a series of collaborative exploration at The Somatic Playground!
These in-person events take place on Mondays 7-10pm
Get ready to immerse yourself in a unique experience of connecting with yourself and others in a playful, expressive, & intimate way. Through various somatic exercises and activities, you'll discover new ways to move, connect, let go, and build trust with those around you.
Whether you're a seasoned dancer or have never stepped foot on a dance floor before, this event welcomes everyone. We're cultivating a thoughtful space to explore your body's language, express yourself freely, and connect with like-minded individuals.
In the Somatic Playground, we will cultivate a community of somatic attunement and relational intelligence. Each week, a different facilitator will guide you on a journey of research, play, and practice, honing your abilities to dive into your somatic, emotional, primal, energetic, and relational bodies - learning to listen through touch and taste the pathway of motion. An open jam will follow as a way to continue exploring together sparks and curiosities from class.
So, mark your calendars and come join us at The Somatic Playground for an evening filled with exploration, movement, touch, and connection. Don't miss out on this opportunity to let loose, meet new people, and discover the joy of moving at the rhythm of connection and trust.
Our Community Agreements
As teachers, facilitators, and participants, while we support everyone engaging with sovereignty (making good choices for themselves and others), we also understand that trauma has a huge influence on people's behavior and experience, so we are trauma informed in the ways we teach, engage, and/or participate in these classes. We also recognize and continue to learn to be aware of the power dynamics that exist or might arise as we engage, and seek to level the playing field of power whenever possible, and engage with utmost attunement, care, and consideration for each other.
Erotic energy may emerge but is not the goal. Sensual touch is welcome - we are exploring all that is possible in terms of how we relate to each other through sensing. Sexual touch and intoxication are not a part of this container.
Diversity and Inclusion
For each class series, we seek to include a diverse group of facilitators to express the full range of humanness, bodies, and experience around race, age, gender, identity, sex, sexual orientation, and more. Some series may appear at first glance to favor some subgroups, and while may be accurate that this is what was available at the time, we continue to include facilitators who fit all of these subgroups.
Similarly, and in collaboration with the Plura App/Community, we seek to include a diverse group of humans and celebrate all experiences, bodies, and identities, especially of those who have historically been less favored or appreciated.
Please reach out with any questions.
Refunds or Transfer
If it ever turns out that a class isn't for you or that you missed a class for any reason, we'll be happy to refund you! 🫶
No one turned away for lack of funds, text/whatsapp (+14155050786) or email us (thesomaticplayground@exquisite.love) to chat!
Tickets
Oct 6 🌟 Coco - The Art of Tender Tussling
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Oct 13 🌟 Angela Heyun - Contact Beyond Contact
[Euclid Manor, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Oct 20 🌟 River & Chuck - Creating Your Sexual Menu
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Oct 27 🌟 Philippe Lewis - The Art of Attuned Sensual Touch
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Nov 3 🌟 Glory Moonfire - Sweet Surrender in Rope
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Nov 10 🌟 Malkaprem - Heart Connection & Soundgasm
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Nov 17 🌟 Joshua Hathaway - Ecstatic Playground: ReMembering our Innocence
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Nov 24 🌟 Claire Rumore - The Power of Slow, Attuned Intimacy: An Intro to Subtle Sexuality
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Dec 1 🌟 Maha & Brigitte - AC⚡️DC Authentic Connection through Dance and Chakras
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Dec 8 🌟 Hema Ganapathy - Slow the F@#$ Down
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Dec 15 🌟 Willow Faith - Play With Me! A Hypnotic Somatic & Sound Experience
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Dec 22 🌟 Adam Chacksfield - Erotic Shadow Play
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Dec 29 🌟 Philippe Lewis - Trusting in Maybe: Exploring Our Growth Edge
[Alchemy House, Oakland]
(address sent to participants)
$30 prepaid | $40 at the door
Classes
Oct 6 🌟 Coco: The Art of Tender Tussling [Alchemy House]
Roll, rumble, and melt into each other. This isn’t about winning — it’s about savoring the charge between resistance and surrender, the delicious play of push and pull. Expect sweat, tangled limbs, and that wild tenderness you didn’t know you craved. No winners, no losers — only the thrill of struggle, the melt of yielding, and the living rhythm of bodies entwined with the ground beneath us.
Meet Coco - Kinky Doula, Goddess of Play, Founder of SweetieSM. Her passion lies in guiding others to explore themselves and their connections with others more deeply, she’ll breathe you through touching your edge, dance with your self discoveries, and celebrate your surrender. She’s empowered as a somatic sexologist, authentic relating facilitator, Acroyoga teacher, insatiable curious human.
IG @cococonnects
Oct 13 🌟 Angela Heyun: Contact Beyond Contact [Euclid Manor] TAKE NOTE: DIFFERENT VENUE
Angela is back with a new CBC session! Contact Beyond Contact (CBC) is a dance and healing practice for deep connection - with ourselves, in relationships, and as an interwoven community with one another and nature itself. CBC emphasizes energetic attunement, inviting and being invited, clear intentions, boundaries, co-creation, community care, and dance as a metaphor and practice of how we move through life.
This is a facilitated 2-hour session of relational conscious dance, welcoming to people without movement experience and engaging to people immersed in dance. We’ll explore dance as a language of embodied communication, to express, invite, co-create, say yes and no. By the end, we’ll be dancing with the whole room, moving together as individuals and as a collective, in contact via our energy, senses, presence, touch, heart, and spirit. “Contact Beyond Contact” is a reference to this, how we are always in contact.
CBC integrates dance modalities including Authentic Movement (Solo), Contact Improvisation (Duet), and Passing Through (Group) with healing modalities including Qigong, Thai Massage, somatics, mindfulness and leadership skills, breathwork, philosophies of Taoism and Buddhism, and more. CBC is created by Vangelis Legakis - learn more at education.unityspace.org
Angela Heyun is curious about everything embodiment and improvisation - all the ways we inhabit ourselves, meet life, cultivate presence and imagination, and make choices as humans together.
For her, dance is a kind of existential understanding; presence and touch are an immediate and fundamental ‘knowing.’ Angela is a teacher of Contact Beyond Contact, a dance & healing practice for personal development, relational growth, and open-hearted connection with community and nature. It is a practice of embodied communication, energetic attunement, clear intentions, invitations, boundaries, co-creation - a practice of our dance through life. CBC integrates modalities including Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation, Passing Through, Qi Gong, Family Constellations, psychology, and Taoist philosophy. Learn more about CBC at education.unityspace.org
Angela has been teaching in embodiment for a decade. Beyond CBC and its integrated modalities, she is influenced by Integrative Somatic Arts, Tango, Fusion, Yoga, Tai Chi, Butoh, movement research, embodied theater, bodywork, grappling, and music improvisation. In her facilitation, Angela creates spaces that are immersive, engaging yet spacious, oriented towards embodied practice and self-discovery, imaginative, grounded, and welcoming of being as we are now. She is committed to always being in the practice and learning of what she holds dear.
Oct 20 🌟 River & Chuck: Creating Your Sexual Menu [Alchemy House]
Create your Sexual Menu: Discover and Describe your Biggest Turn-ons
Come identify the emotional set and setting that holds the juiciest erotic charge for you so you get more of what you want in bed! You will discover your most arousing blend of words, touch, and energy. With this personalized erotic menu, you can communicate your desires to a partner and discover their erotic language in return. Expect embodiment, interaction, and fun!
Bio:
River Black is a Sacred Intimate and a Somatica-certified Sex and Relationship Coach with a practice in Berkeley, CA. As a sexual healer, she believes all bodies are sacred and conscious pleasure is a healing force. River teaches workshops on embodied boundaries, consent, and polyamory and frequently organizes Playing in the Dark erotic shadowplay workshops.
berkeleysexcoaching.as.me
Chuck Rockey's passion is to empower people to bring more pleasure and sensuality into their lives. He combines lessons from the Somatica® Institute, the Orgasmic Meditation community, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and developmental psychology to teach about touch, emotional intimacy, and hidden routes to pleasure. As a facilitator, he is skilled at creating a container of safety, acceptance and eroticism that lays the ground for deep transformation and freedom. Chuck’s a certified Somatica Sex and Relationship Coach, Orgasmic Meditation Life Coach & Trainer, and NLP Master Practitioner.
Oct 27 🌟 Philippe Lewis: The Art of Attuned Sensual Touch [Alchemy House]
No partner necessary!
Bring an intimate partner to take things deeper!
In this fun, hot and playful class, you and your partner will begin to expand your repertoire of touch skills and role play. First, you will learn simple yet powerful embodied ways to attune to your partner, their heart, their body, and their animal. Then you will learn to interact somatically with others such as caresses, nails, bites/nibbles, light hair pulling, grabbing, kissing, light spanking, pushing/pulling, wrestling/pinning, flirting/teasing, and more.
This practice is much like learning how to communicate with another human in a language of physical touch, pleasure, and sensations. You will have the opportunity to “speak” to each other through the combined various touch skills and will be able to "read" your partner's responses through breath, movement, sound, and touch. And as you become more and more fluent in this language, the result will be greater and deeper ease in communicating through touch and play and better listening to your partner when it comes to connecting with their body, whether for playful, sensual, or sexual interactions.
Consent/Sovereignty: All skills will be taught in a container of attuned consent to make all engagements fun, safe, and powerfully transformative for everyone.
Who: This class is both for single and couples. Friends coming with friends with the desire to practice these skills is also great.
What to bring/wear: Participants should wear comfortable clothes that allow access to the body and skin.
“It was so great to take your class on attuned sensual touch.... I learned a lot! I really appreciated your dynamism, realness and sense of humor!”
”While at a conference in Hawaii, I was fortunate to attend a workshop facilitated by Philippe. This workshop focused on very light sensual techniques pretty much for beginners although I cannot say that everyone in attendance was a beginner. I certainly was very new to this aspect of play and I found it fascinating. Philippe demonstrated many techniques (biting, nails, pulling hair, spanking and more) — all things that can either be extremely sensual or very scary to the recipient depending upon how they are delivered and the conversation that takes place ahead of time. Philippe was masterful at describing the conversation for agreement and then demonstrated each technique with a different volunteer from class. I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and found it to be stimulating, sensual and informative. Plus, I was the hair pulling model and I found it to be much more yummy than I anticipated. Check Philippe Lewis out! He’s fun and hot!”
— Laurie Handlers, ISTA Lead Facilitor ~ ButterflyWorkshops.com
Philippe is a passionate relationship educator and founder of Exquisite ❦ Love. With a mission to empower men and women in making informed and positive choices for themselves and their partners, Philippe guides individuals on transformative journeys to become sovereign beings through the art of connection, trust, consent, intimacy, and love. Drawing from the profound insights of attachment theory, he helps people explore the depths of human connection and understand the dynamics that shape their relationships.
Philippe's impact in the realm of personal growth and self-discovery extends far and wide. As a co-founder of The Journey to Secure, he fosters a supportive community of like-minded individuals on a shared path of growth and an earned attachment style. Additionally, his role as a coordinator with the International School of Temple Arts, showcases his dedication to fostering open-mindedness and personal exploration.
Over the years, Philippe has been instrumental in founding vibrant communities that tackle essential topics. The Open Relationship Community, the Attachment Community, and the Consent Community provide safe spaces for individuals to engage in emerging discussions, redefining societal norms, and promoting healthier relationship dynamics.
Philippe is also well known for the creation of a vast array of conscious play spaces and playground such as Club Exotica, Love Underground, The Erotic Playground, and the FireLight micro-festival, as well as embodiment spaces such as The Somatic Playground where participants can find and learn about how to relate with each other at all levels.
While Philippe's professional accomplishments are inspiring, he cherishes a role that brings him immense joy and growth - that of a proud and loving father to a 13-year-old teen. This cherished relationship teaches him the invaluable lessons of surrendering to love and embracing life more fully with each passing day.
Philippe's life's work revolves around illuminating the path to enriched human connections and fostering a more compassionate and understanding society, one relationship at a time. His dedication to personal growth, coupled with his commitment to empowering others, sets him apart as a true visionary in the field of relationship education.
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IG @scorpiodreaming & @exquisiteheartlove
Nov 3 🌟 Glory Moonfire: Sweet Surrender in Rope [Alchemy House]
Taste the sweet flavor of surrender through the magic of rope bondage. In this foundational rope class, we’ll learn how to apply sensation, compression, breath, touch, and rope to create a container for surrender.
Through gentle, embodied partner exercises, you’ll practice tying and receiving, holding and relaxing. We’ll tie it all together with a guided sensory exploration to connect with your partner through rope. Come nourish and be nourished through containment and surrender.
Bio:
About Glory Moonfire
Glory Moonfire (they/she) is a multidisciplinary artist, creative vulnerability facilitator, and rope switch. They believe that emotional, creative, and sexual expression are keys to help people unlock wholeness and freedom from within. Their practice is founded on a background in contact improvisation, fusion partner dance, internal family systems (IFS) therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Andean shamanism, and a variety of energy work and meditation practices. In 2023, they co-founded Bound to Rise, a monthly community event that centers rope as a tool for connection. You can find them hosting rope jams and creative, transformational events throughout Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
About Bound to Rise
Bound to Rise is a rope workshop and jam that blends presence, connection, and rope bondage into one delightful evening. Rooted in community, learning, and respect, it offers a container where people can engage in experiential learning at a gentle pace. By practicing presence and attunement, people are encouraged to be active, conscious participants in their exploration of self and other in rope.
Bound to Rise events: https://linktr.ee/bound.to.rise
Nov 10 🌟 Malkaprem Beloved: Heart Connection & Soundgasm [Alchemy House]
Join us for Intimate-Relating, Sensual Exploration, Partnered Sound Play, and Expansive Sound Healing in Community Connection !
Sensual Home-Coming
Coming home to your Body Temple !
We begin in rooting and restoring the Senses as we prepare for an evening of Partnered and Group Relating !
Intimate-Relating
- Relating will be experienced in partnered intuitive-energetic explorations.
- Relating will range from shared breathing and heart connection, flowing movement, and consensual desired touch options !
- Intimate-Relating is gently guided for the organic nature of energy to blossom !
- We connect more through embodiment and less talking.
Note: This is a sensual environment but NOT an erotic one. Conscious Consent Check-in will be spoken about and encouraged throughout our time together.
Partnered Sound-Euphoria!
- Before relaxing in sound healing you’ll experience shared Sound Euphoria with other people !
- A playful and heart-warming exploration of vibration and energy exploration, creating a bridge of Ecstatic-Love !
Note: We will be switching partners through out.You are welcome to bring a partner but it’s not required. In instances of odd numbers pods will be welcomed. If you’re in a polycule you are welcome to bring your partners !
Sound Healing
Relax to the Soothing Tonal Vibrations of Gong, relaxing Medicine Drum, Other Indigenous Instruments, Chimes, individual attention with crystal tones and vocal light language to uplift your frequency into the field of Love !
During Sound Healing you have various options to lay down, consensually cuddle with people, move your body, etc.
Bio:
Malkaprem Beloved is an Ordained Mystica and Soma Sensual Embodiment Guide in Feminine Temple Healing Arts for 22yrs.
She describes her work as,“The Soma of the Primordial Womb Field.”
Malkaprem guides Full-Spectrum healing from Somatic Healing, Body-Temple Work, Parts-Integration, and Sound Channeling to Tantra, Shamanism, Folk Herbal Magick, and Womb-Energetics.
Malkaprem facilitates the monthly group, Heart Connection & Soundgasm in Santa Cruz !
You can work with Malkaprem through her exquisite Private Healing Mentorship Programs, Group facilitated experiences (online & in-person), Ceremonial Healing, and Personal Retreats !
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Nov 17 🌟 Joshua Hathaway: Ecstatic Playground: ReMembering our Innocence [Alchemy House]
The Ecstatic Playground is a somatic sandbox of discovery and delight! We will shake ourselves loose from the Matrix, sink into Organic Time, and explore Breath, Sound, and Movement from the perspective of our Ancient Innocence. We will play with weighted balls!!! (in a way that reorients us to the shape of our bodies in direct relation to the forces of gravity and levity!) We will Creature our way through imaginal realms and remember the mythical landscapes our animal bodies dance within. We will touch the ecstasies of laughter and tears in a space of radical permission and curiosity! Come PLAYYYYYY!!!
Bio:
Joshua Hathaway, M.A. is a Celestial Bard and Holistic Wellness Practitioner living at the confluence of decades of Transpersonal and Somatic Psychotherapy practice, deep training in temple style Kung Fu, wilderness and Rite of Passage guidework, and a commitment to artful empathy and heartfelt honesty in the lineage of NVC. He’s been leading men’s initiations, teaching exquisite communication, and working intimately with individuals and couples for over 16 years. His greatest accomplishment is raising a happy, healthy 22 year old son who he not only loves, but truly admires.
Joshua spent the last four years stewarding a young Regenerative Learning Village on the Big Island, HI, where he experimented deeply with innovative and regenerative land, food, and cultural design practices. He’s devoted to embodying the holistic lineages of Collective Trauma Healing, Tantric Reconciliation, and Collaborative Leadership, in his daily life, and honoring the the generosity of his elders and teachers in the Indigenous Ways through his own decolonization. His presence and teaching is activating the codes of a more coherent and evolved Humanity in every person and group he encounters. His life is a (R)Evolutionary stand for growing a New Heaven and a New Earth right here in the fertile soil of our actual relationships, and transmuting our Ancestral Pain into medicine in the flames of emerging collective practices of Somatic Resourcing and Alchemical Intimacy.
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IG @thehumanthrivingproject
Nov 24 🌟 Claire Rumore: The Power of Slow, Attuned Intimacy: An Intro to Subtle Sexuality [Alchemy House]
Come learn about “Subtle Sexuality”, a sexual orientation that prioritizes slower, softer energetic, emotional, and intimate connecting.
🌟 Do you feel like mainstream culture's version of sexual expression moves too fast for you?
🌟 Are you drawn to a softer, slower, more mindful approach to intimacy, yet too rarely encounter others who can meet you there?
🌟 Do you savor the build-up of anticipation and longing, where glances, breath, and touch carry meaning and sensual excitement?
💡 If so, you might be a "subtle sexual"!
Subtle Sexuals are people who thrive in slower-paced sensual exploration, where emotional and intellectual depth lay the foundation for intimacy. They savor the erotic tension that builds gradually through subtle gestures, non-verbal cues, and pauses (and even communication) between actions, allowing for a deep, multi-layered relatedness that transcends the physical. Presence, attunement, and a sense of mutual connection in intimate moments are key.
In a fast-paced world, subtle sexuals often feel misunderstood. They might:
🌟 Abandon their needs and boundaries in order to meet external expectations
🌟 Feel pressured to conform to faster or more explicit approaches to sexuality
🌟 Get overwhelmed when intimacy escalates too quickly
If this resonates with you, or if you’re curious to learn more, join us for a special evening where we’ll explore the concept of subtle sexuality in a dynamically engaging and supportive environment.
Bio:
Hi! I'm Claire Rumore, an innovative sex-therapy trained intimacy coach, erotic educator and sexuality researcher based in Oakland, Ca.
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With a rich background in the Erotic Blueprints, Urban Tantra, somatic sex coaching, emotional intelligence, attachment theory, and more, my expertise is guiding individuals and couples in the exploration of their multidimensional sexual, spiritual, and relational identities through private coaching, local events, bespoke intensives, personal retreats, and adventures I call “Erotic Odysseys.”
🌟 Find out more about me at www.ClaireRumore.com
🌟 And say hello here: Hello@ClaireRumore.com
🌟 Website: www.subtle-sexuality.com
Dec 1 🌟 Maha & Brigitte: AC⚡️DC Authentic Connection through Dance and Chakras [Alchemy House]
For all levels.
This unique course blends dance and chakra work into a slow-paced, deeply embodied practice for self-reflection and connection with others.
Chakras act as antennas, helping us communicate, coordinate, and resonate with the universe and the energies around us. Through guided movement, you’ll explore each chakra as a pathway to emotional awareness and authentic expression.
You’ll move both solo and with partners, using dance to activate emotion, heighten the senses, and practice nonverbal communication. Together, we’ll explore how to attune to the shared field of energy, connect authentically, and move beyond thinking—into feeling and being.
Come join us to step out of your head, into your body, and into a space of true connection.
Bio:
David Mahabali MS, ATC, CSCS, (Maha Dave) is an Intuitive Somatic Bodywork, Tantra Educator, Wellness Coach, and Professional Cuddler. As a Kinesiologist and former University faculty member, he dedicated his life to bringing awareness around yoga and harm reduction. While exploring the body he noticed how partner dance can share subtle energy not present alone. His investigation in body sheaths opened up exploration in Somatic Experiencing and Authentic Relating.
Brigitte Wittmer is an international movement artist, performer, and transformational guide whose work bridges dance, somatics, and ritual. With nearly two decades of experience across 20+ countries, she creates transformative spaces where embodiment meets creative expression.
Trained at Faculdade Angel Vianna in Rio de Janeiro and creator of Liquid Leading in Brazilian Zouk, Brigitte has shared the stage with artists such as Deya Dova and Swiss musicians Gölä & Trauffer. Her work has been featured at Envision, Fullbloom, Zürich Tanzt, and beyond.
Her practice integrates contemporary and social dance, somatic education, contact improvisation, yoga, parts work, and transpersonal psychology. Through movement and ritual, Brigitte guides participants into deeper awareness, authentic connection, and embodied wisdom—empowering them to bring this integration into all areas of life, from personal to professional.
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IG @b_moving
Dec 8 🌟 Hema Ganapathy: Slow the F@#$ Down [Alchemy House]
This workshop aims to guide participants on an inward journey towards embracing the art of slowing down, reconnecting with themselves, and finding peace amidst the chaos. It will include a combination of results of scientific research, guided meditations, interactive discussions, experiential activities, and reflective exercises. Participants will leave with practical tools, renewed inspiration, and a deeper understanding of how to cultivate a slower, more intentional way of living that nourishes the mind, body, and spirit.
In a world that constantly asks us to go faster, slowing down can feel radical – and deeply healing. This workshop blends modern science with ancient yogic and tantric wisdom to help you re-train your body and mind to move at a sustainable pace.
You’ll learn:
• The science of slowing down, how stress hormones, nervous system regulation and brain wave states influence our sense of time
• Yogic practices: breath work, gentle postures and mindfulness techniques that signal the body to shift from “fight or flight” into “rest and digest”
• Tantric approaches: embodied awareness, subtle energy practices, and rituals that help you experience presence and pleasure in each moment
• Practical tools: simple shifts you can integrate into daily life to create spaciousness, focus and ease – whether you have five minutes or an hour
Through a balance of guided practice, reflection and group connection, you’ll discover how intentional slowing down can restore energy, deepen relationships and reconnect you to joy.
This workshop is for anyone feeling the pull toward a gentler, more conscious way of living. Come ready to breathe, move and rediscover the beauty of the unhurried moment.
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Bio:
Hema, The Holistic Mystic is a Holistic Empowerment Mentor and helps clients release what's blocking them from achieving their full potential so that they can freely live a juicy life of purpose, passion and abundance. Hema works with clients on a variety of topics including abundance mindset, intimacy and relationship coaching as well as healing generational trauma
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Dec 15 🌟 Willow Faith: Play With Me! A Hypnotic Somatic & Sound Experience [Alchemy House]
Step into an evening of wonder, play, and deep nervous system reset. Play With Me invites you to reconnect with your child-like curiosity, soften protective patterns, and rest in the safety of sound and trance. This guided hypnotic, somatic, and sound experience blends movement, breath, and imagination to soothe the body, expand awareness, and renew your sense of aliveness.
Through a playful arc of practices, you’ll discover how easy it is to return home to yourself—with curiosity, whimsy, release, and presence as your companions.
What You’ll Experience:
- Learn how hypnosis can regulate your nervous system & prime your brain
- Receive tools to interrupt unwanted thought patterns
- Explore gentle somatic movement & free-form dance
- Practice with partners for hypnotic attunement, feeling seen, and whole-group improv play
- Shake it out with shaking medicine for emotional release
- Expand with awareness tools that deepen presence, curiosity, & play
- Integrate through a guided group hypnosis for manifestation and nervous-system reset
Flow of the Evening (Subject to change)
- Tangible Neuroscience – learn a few simple takeaways on how the brain works and how self-hypnosis can be used as a form of self-directed neuroplasticity
- Soft Landing – arrive, settle, and orient your nervous system
- Somatic Play & Dance – explore gentle somatic movement and free-form expression through curiosity and play
- Partner & Group Practices – hypnotic attunement, connection, and whole-group improv games
- Shaking Medicine – release stored energy and tension through rhythmic shaking
- Guided Hypnosis & Sound Bath – manifestation, integration, and deep rest
- Closing Ritual – sharing, journaling, and take-home nervous system tools
Bio:
Rachel “Willow” Faith Currie is a Certified Integrative Hypnotist, trauma-informed yoga teacher, somatic practitioner, and founder of Thriving in Theta—where science, sound, and soul converge. With over 15 years as a classically trained ballerina and a lifelong love of dance, Rachel brings both discipline and wild freedom into her offerings.
Her background spans autonomic nervous system regulation, subconscious and mindfulness coaching, and somatic healing, enriched by a BA in Sociology and a decade as an elementary school teacher. She is affiliated with the International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) and draws on a vast repertoire to meet people where they are—whether in intimate 1:1 sessions or expansive group journeys.
Yet her magic is more than credentials. Rachel delights in neuroscience, somatics, and the mysteries of the subconscious—but also in kittens, twerking, forest bathing, primal screaming, ceremonial space holding, jewelry making, and ecstatic movement. She embodies the truth that healing can be both sacred and playful, rigorous and wildly sensual.
“I choose to see people as a quantum physicist would see them—already living the life they desire.” From this perspective, she guides participants into experiences that regulate the nervous system, unlock creativity, and awaken the soul’s deepest knowing.
Rachel believes every being is a multifaceted jewel in this human tapestry, each learning and expressing uniquely. When you step into her space, expect a blend of hypnosis, movement, and magic that invites you to breathe deeper, move freer, and remember the exquisite pleasure of simply being alive.
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https://thriving-in-theta.newzenler.com/
Dec 22 🌟 Adam Chacksfield: Erotic Shadow Play [Alchemy House]
What if the parts of you that you’ve been taught to hide - your anger, fear, jealousy, desire... - weren’t problems to fix, but portals to healing, erotic aliveness, and wholeness?
In this workshop, you’ll reconnect with the energies you’ve exiled to the shadows – and experience the vitality, freedom, and power that come when these aspects are finally welcomed home.
Expect:
• Guided practices to help you access and express the energies you’ve hidden or disowned.
• A safely held space to explore the parts of you shrouded with fear or feel shame.
• An embodied introduction to the practice of erotic shadow play as a path of healing, integration, and liberation
Come ready to be surprised by the gifts hidden in the very parts you've been taught to avoid.
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Bio:
Adam is devoted to empowering people to thrive inside consciousness, love, and desire rather than suffering in shame and fear. He leads transformative retreats and workshops in North America and Europe, and coaches individuals and couples. Adam facilitates with embodied authenticity, love, and clarity. His teaching has been deeply informed by his work with the Light Dark Institute, The Somatica Institute, and Jeannie Zandi.
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Dec 29🌟 Philippe Lewis: Trusting in Maybe: Exploring Our Growth Edge [Alchemy House]
Trusting in Maybe is about claiming and owning our growth edge where we becoming more mature, secure, and aware, and trusting in the messiness that comes along with it. It can look like understanding the nature of honest accidents, not trying to be perfect, and co-creating a space of mutuality and mystery which allows for fun and play while also having enough structure and boundaries for the purpose of knowing when things are within bound (and as such, okay even if surprising/challenging/difficult, ie within a person's "soft" boundaries) or out of bound (ie past a person's "hard" boundaries).
In this class, "maybe" represents what isn't quite known yet, but about to surface in order to be integrated as a "yes" or a "no". It's a space of discovery and exploration, which can both be exciting and scary all at once. This class is for those who want a more conscious approach to the wide expanse between "hell yes" and "hell no" and find themselves oscillating and moving between the two during an engagement.
Bio:
Philippe is a passionate relationship educator and founder of Exquisite ❦ Love. With a mission to empower men and women in making informed and positive choices for themselves and their partners, Philippe guides individuals on transformative journeys to become sovereign beings through the art of connection, trust, consent, intimacy, and love. Drawing from the profound insights of attachment theory, he helps people explore the depths of human connection and understand the dynamics that shape their relationships.
Philippe's impact in the realm of personal growth and self-discovery extends far and wide. As a co-founder of The Journey to Secure, he fosters a supportive community of like-minded individuals on a shared path of growth and an earned attachment style. Additionally, his role as a coordinator with the International School of Temple Arts, showcases his dedication to fostering open-mindedness and personal exploration.
Over the years, Philippe has been instrumental in founding vibrant communities that tackle essential topics. The Open Relationship Community, the Attachment Community, and the Consent Community provide safe spaces for individuals to engage in emerging discussions, redefining societal norms, and promoting healthier relationship dynamics.
Philippe is also well known for the creation of a vast array of conscious play spaces and playground such as Club Exotica, Love Underground, The Erotic Playground, and the FireLight micro-festival, as well as embodiment spaces such as The Somatic Playground where participants can find and learn about how to relate with each other at all levels.
While Philippe's professional accomplishments are inspiring, he cherishes a role that brings him immense joy and growth - that of a proud and loving father to a 13-year-old teen. This cherished relationship teaches him the invaluable lessons of surrendering to love and embracing life more fully with each passing day.
Philippe's life's work revolves around illuminating the path to enriched human connections and fostering a more compassionate and understanding society, one relationship at a time. His dedication to personal growth, coupled with his commitment to empowering others, sets him apart as a true visionary in the field of relationship education.
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