an exercise in excavation: externalizing our inner oppressors

Thu May 7th, 6:30-8:30pm Central
w monica climaco

an exercise in excavation is an experimental and whimsical workshop. the goal is to externalize and uproot our inner oppressors, so that we can get curious and begin to understand them, and work towards reclaiming their power over us. part 1 of 2 workshops on practicing freedom, inspired by Audre Lorde's writing on revolutionary change.

Rage Release

Thu May 14th, 7-8:45pm Central
w Azul Lopez of Mariposx Healing

Your wise, precious, sacred body isn’t wrong for making you feel sensations and emotions of rage and anger. Look at all the horrible abuses happening to us, our people, and the land. Your body isn’t wrong, the systems are. These evil systems were designed to oppress, and that is exactly what they are doing. These same oppressive systems benefit from us keeping all our emotions in. Lack of expression and release makes us emotionally, physically, and spiritually sick. This is why we are inviting you to join us for a RAGE RELEASE session. This is an offering to express and Release your Rage through breath, movement, medicine drum vibrations, and somatic practices. Practice letting it out with other people who are tired and fed up, in a space that is intentionally supported. Allow your body to have this necessary release and not have to carry it all.

SPIRAL: A Practice for Integration

Thu May 28th, 6:30-8:30pm Central
w Samantha Magnolia

SPIRAL: A Practice for Integration is a trauma-informed, experiential session that guides participants through a compassionate, cyclical process for integrating insight into embodied, lasting change using reflective exercises, somatic practices, and real-life application to support alignment, meaning-making, and personal transformation.

terms and conditions: (re)defining the relationship with our inner oppressors

Thu, June 4th, 6:30-8:30pm Central
w monica climaco

"terms and conditions" is another experimental and whimsical workshop, this time on alchemizing our inner oppressors' power over us into power with us, through negotiating for a dynamic that is more liberatory. part 2 of 2 workshops on practicing freedom, inspired by Audre Lorde's writing on revolutionary change.

The Art of Discourse 

Thu June 11th, 6:30-8:30pm Central
w Samantha Magnolia

The Art of Discourse is an immersive, practice based workshop where participants engage a social media inspired experience called “Keeping it Reel” to explore meaningful topics through multiple perspectives, while practicing somatic, relational tools like deep listening, intentional pause, and curiosity to navigate tension, build communication skills, and reimagine disagreement as a pathway to connection, shared vision, and collective liberation.

Centered Integrity

Fri June 26th, 6-8pm Central
w denim {d} chang

Centered Integrity is an exploration of relational right distance and the dismantling of victim/savior dynamics. We will discuss the energetics of vertical alignment as an embodiment of rooted self-worth, and how the spectrum of self-abandonment and relational neglect are reflections of imprinted attachment and enmeshment. This will be a gentle, loving and consensual space to explore our capacity to care for ourselves and each other.

Healing Our Hurt

Facilitated by denim {d} chang

• Sunday, May 3rd, 12:00-2:00pm central
• Thursday, July 9th, 6:30-8:30pm central 

Hurt people hurt people. But we don’t have to. Relational challenges are high right now because we’re collectively struggling under the weight of a falling empire.

Our usual defense mechanisms like shutting down and withdrawing, or lashing out and blaming, shaming and ghosting– continue to perpetuate cycles of harm and hurt that are certainly not helping. 

Healing Our Hurt is a somatic practice and healing circle for those who would like to share and be witnessed in their relational struggle, supported by somatic practices that will help us understand what our heart and spirit needs to heal.

Open Practice

Facilitated by monica

• Thursday, May 21st, 6:30-8pm central
• Friday, July 3rd, 6:30-8pm central

Open Practice is a monthly communal space to move from theory into embodied action and application. Each session is mainly shaped as open time held in community, where you choose what feels most nourishing and integrative: movement, journaling, developing your own practices, seeking guidance, or simply being.

monica will be in attendance to kick off the session and hold the space for the group, as well as to provide support, offer ideas, lead a guided practice if requested, and otherwise serve as an encouraging presence who can help address any needs that may arise.

Much like body doubling, this circle offers the supportive presence of community while you focus on your own intentions. There is no performance, no expectation, just an open container where you are free to tend to what serves you, alongside others doing the same.