upcoming events
Talk to the Hand
We will gather & play at The Grief House with for an embodied breath and puppet practice.
Puppet play is an opportunity to offer the many facets of our grief actual bodies that can be seen, moved and comforted. Puppets are colorful, animated transformational creatures - they're happy to share the weight of our emotions. They offer us permission and encouragement to genuinely look at and hear parts of ourselves that might feel overlooked, hidden, shy or ashamed.
We will start our time together with a guided practice intended to help us come into relationship with our complex, varied grief creatures - to see and respond to their sticky/self-conscious/thorny/abrupt/direct selves and also with our own wise self - the part of us that sees our hurt bits and can hold them well and kindly.
Next, there will be an invitation to start an actual, out-loud dialogue between one hurt part of ourselves and our wise self. There will be some guidance and demonstration for this portion, which might feel a bit strange and under-practiced to many of us. Then we'll each choose a puppet (or puppets) and move to our own physically private space, so our conversations won't be overheard.
Finally we'll have a chance to let our hurt ones speak with each other's wise ones. We'll do this in pairs, taking turns giving and receiving our grief and our compassion.
Puppets can hold our grief in ways our public, grown-up personas cannot. They offer us an opportunity to witness our hurt from a different angle; to playfully share the deepest elements of the many faces of our feelings. They also offer us an opportunity to share the weight of our loss; both with them - with the magical, un-embodied, universal compassion they stand in for - and with each other.
Tender Hearts Club -Virtual Gathering
A community breathwork gathering for the deep feelers of the world. Centering our capacity for emotional depth & expansion.
Our breathing practice will be a facilitated 3 part breath; an active practice. Best done lying down or sitting comfortably in a space where you will not be disturbed.
Breathwork has the capacity to support us find clarity, release energy we've stored in our bodies that no longer serve us, and unlocking our own inner knowing.
Tender Hearts Club -Virtual Gathering
A community breathwork gathering for the deep feelers of the world. Centering our capacity for emotional depth & expansion.
Our breathing practice will be a facilitated 3 part breath; an active practice. Best done lying down or sitting comfortably in a space where you will not be disturbed.
Breathwork has the capacity to support us find clarity, release energy we've stored in our bodies that no longer serve us, and unlocking our own inner knowing.
Gathering of Roses
Join us, limited spots available!
Tune in to the roses fully with this embodied workshop. Where we will distill the roses into rose hydrosol. Do a short plant meditation using an active breathing practice to fully engage our breath with the sweetness of the season. We will also do a hands on herbal diy.
Reserve your spot by emailing info@oliveofthesea.com
This gathering is sliding scale $30-60
Community Breathwork In Person
An embodied breath practice for the deep feelers of the world. Centering our capacity for emotional depth and expansion. Community breathwork is a group space that honors the importance of healing in community. In a time when global grief is constant it's important to find ways to combat isolation.
The goal is to ground together and be a witness to the emotional capacity we each hold.
Community Breathwork
Community breathwork is a group space that honors the importance of healing in community. In a time when global grief is constant it's important to find ways to combat isolation. Although this is a virtual space the goal is to ground together before an active breathing exercise.
Our breathing practice will be a facilitated 3 part breath; an active practice. Best done lying down or sitting comfortably in a space where you will not be disturbed.
Breathwork has the capacity to support us find clarity, release energy we've stored in our bodies that no longer serve us, and unlocking our own inner knowing.