Somatic Cures
Magic and Embodiment Practice for Tending the Heartbreak of Apocalypse
Somatic Cures is a gathering place to explore embodiment and practice magic for the sake of our survival and liberation in these apocalyptic times. Many of us are in complete overwhelm from witnessing and experiencing the violent assaults on vulnerable people all over the world, climate crisis, government collapse, and so much more. Each session of Somatic Cures will employ somatic and spiritual tactics to explore a theme that will aid you in nurturing, nourishing and resourcing yourself emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. We will use the practices of many lineages including earth honoring paganism, Polyvagal theory, Ecstatic Dance, Hakomi, Internal Family Systems, Anti-zionist Jewitchery and more. Sessions will focus on being in active practice together with short periods of large and small group reflection. The intention of this offering is to tend the flames of resilience in each participant so that their magic may ripple out infinitely for the healing and liberation of all. We will save us!
Week One: The Poetics of Heart Break
Naming your Feelings, Feeling your feelings - We will create space to feel our feelings, honor how hard it is to feel our feelings and explore supportive practices for compartmentalizing when necessary.
Week Two: The Guides and Gods of Survival Creating webs of connection through the realms - We will uncover what kinds of support we can offer and what kinds of support we need. We will discover what kinds of support we have access to from the magical realms that we are not tapping into.
Week Three: Your Greatest heartbreaks have Not Happened yet Tending Triggers and Griefy Time Warps - We will learn practices for coming back to presence and ground. When reality is absurd and unimaginable, how do we orient?
Week Four: The World Is Ending!?!?!
Chaos Magic and Clown Medicine - Using subversive tactics of chaos and clown we will move the energy of despair through our bodies.
Week Five: Our Grief Is Ecstasy
Tending collective sorrow through ritual - In this session we will honor our grief through powerful and life giving acts of mourning, together.
Week Six: Faith, Fear and Fate
The courage to stay present with it all - We will make embodied commitments to continuing a practice of tending polycrisis with magic and somatics so that we may stay attuned to each other and the world.
Sundays May 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, June 8th and 15th
12 pm pst / 1 pm mst / 2 pm cst / 3 pm est
Sessions are 90 Minutes
All sessions will be recorded and shared within 72 hours.
Testimonials
“Working with Scarlet in her somatic practice groups has given me a regular, gentle yet structured space in which to engage with my body, heart, and spirit, keeping me grounded, resourced and resilient during otherwise tumultuous times. I appreciate Scarlet’s vulnerability, openness and confidence as a guide. Scarlet’s vast repertoire of different somatic exercises keep each session fresh and exciting; I discover/rediscover new inner and relational worlds to explore each week. ”
“I am new to magic - it was something forbidden during my childhood and it has taken a lot of work to disentangle from that conditioning. Scarlet created the loveliest online learning environment to start exploring connections to the elements, the ancestors and intuition. The others in the group were equally inspiring and kind, and I loved the way each week unfolded new insight and opportunity to practice. While I definitely experienced some discomfort, I deeply trusted Scarlet to help guide me to my own sense of safety and knowing. As an added learning benefit, Scarlet’s facilitation style was an absolute masterclass in forming and holding a trauma-informed group. I’m so grateful to Scarlet for her offerings, and highly recommend.”
“The wailing institute is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in 7 years of personal development. Scarlet expertly cultivates one of the safest most held containers I’ve ever been in. Additionally, she goes above and beyond to ensure you stay within your window of tolerance as you open energetic movement throughout your body in ways completely forgotten in modern society. If you ever get a chance to grieve here, take it! The chance to be witnessed in community with supportive loving trauma informed facilitation is a beautiful rare and deeply transformative experience.”
Registration Costs
Somatic Cures is offered at three price points:
Supporting for $600 / three payments of $200
At Cost for $450 / three payments of $150
Supported for $250 / three payments of $84
Please use the Green Bottle Diagram created by Alexis J Cunningfolk below to assess your financial commitment. You are welcome to pay in full or in three installments over three months.
Scholarships are available for BIPOC and Trans folks; please email Scarlet@intothedeepcoaching.com to discuss.
