“Transmute Anxiety & Reclaim Inner Peace” is a holistic, body-based workshop suited for any and every woman who struggles with anxiety. Perhaps you've tried talk therapy or other approaches without significant progress. If you’re tired of struggling with the painful, negative consequences of anxiety and want to learn powerfully effective somatic, scientifically-backed holistic approaches that get to the root, I invite you to join us for this inner peace reclaiming journey. With our world moving in an unnaturally fast and plugged-in pace, anxiety levels are at an all-time high and we are paying for it in the form of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual un-ease, dis-ease and pain. Instinctually, we tend to curse unwanted anxious thoughts, emotions and sensations, latch onto them, suppress them, or ignore them …and understandably so, we all know they don’t feel good at all! Trying to think our way out of anxiety doesn’t work either. The harder we try to get rid of it (trust me, I tried!), the louder it gets. With meager results, I also attempted using anxiety meds, 3 blood pressure medications, traditional talk therapy, physical therapy, chiropractic, self-help + all the self-care you can think of. That’s when I learned about body-based somatic therapy and shifted my efforts. With somatic therapy techniques in my toolbelt, I finally broke my decades-long anxiety cycle, have helped clients do the same, and now I can’t wait to share some of these techniques with you so you can achieve comfort and thrive! This workshop will use concepts of Internal Family Systems (IFS) developed by psychologist Dr. Richard Schwartz. What to expect in this workshop: * experience a variety of creative somatic (body-based), holistic techniques including guided meditation, body-movement tools and trauma-informed breathwork to support you in easing anxiety, rewiring your response to anxiety, tapping into the truth of who you are, and unveiling inner peace (we will be lying down for portions of this workshop and engaging in gentle stretching + body movement) * gain a deeper understanding of anxiety’s role as a life coping strategy which is actually trying to protect you and keep you safe * identify and focus on your bodily cues of anxious sensations * begin to shift your relationship with anxiety and ease it by befriending it with attention, compassionate curiosity, kindness and non-judgment * learn to tune into the underlying helpful information that anxiety is desperately trying to communicate to you about what you need to thrive * discover ways to meet your deepest needs and reclaim connection with your calm, peaceful center within Anxiety sure can be persistent, but so can the part of you that tenaciously seeks inner peace and a thriving life! With regular commitment and practice of the methods and techniques you will learn in this workshop, you will be well-equipped to decrease your levels and periods of anxiety while increasing your states of calm, presence and aliveness. * Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat & blanket. * Note-if you attended my breathwork workshop at 2024’s Women’s Wellness Weekend ESVA, note that this year’s workshop content and tools are entirely different. You will experience the power of trauma-informed meditative breathwork, like last year, however it will be focused on healing anxiety. Plus so much more!