The Experience

October 3rd · 5–7 PM
1-Hour Shake & Release Ritual + 1-Hour Community Social
N/A drinks + tea provided.

Sometimes your body doesn’t need another mindset shift.

Sometimes it just needs to move.

Somatic Shake & Release Night™ is a 2-hour energetic embodiment ritual and community experience centered around shaking, movement, music, free-form dance, expression, play, and connection.

The first hour is our guided Shake & Release Ritual.

We’ll begin slowly—arriving, breathing, stretching, swaying, and awakening the body—before building into shaking, bouncing, stomping, intuitive movement, music, and dance.

There is no choreography to learn. No rhythm to perfect. No right way to move.

You’ll be invited to notice what your body wants more of, less of, or none of at all—and experiment with movement as a way of listening, expressing, and taking up space rather than performing.

Then we shift from practice into community.

For the second hour, the studio opens into a relaxed social space with non-alcoholic drinks and tea provided, music, conversation, and time to connect.

Stay energized. Cool down. Meet someone new. Sit on the floor with your tea. Keep dancing. Laugh. Talk. Be quiet. Leave when you’re ready.

This isn’t about forcing a release or producing a particular emotional experience.

It’s an evening to move, feel, play, connect, and discover how good a little weirdness can feel.

You’ll Experience

SHAKE — Awaken + Energize

We start with accessible movement that gradually brings attention into the body.

Expect grounding, breath, stretching, swaying, rocking, bouncing, shaking, stomping, rhythmic movement, and moments of pause.

We’ll play with the contrast between:

Movement → pause → notice.

What changed?

Where is there energy?

Where does your body want more movement?

Where does it want less?

Everything is an invitation. Make it bigger, smaller, slower, seated, different—or skip it completely.

MOVE — Dance + Express

As the music builds, shaking evolves into intuitive movement and free-form dance.

We’ll explore hips, shoulders, rhythm, gesture, expansion, contraction, taking up space, getting small, slowing down, getting loud, getting playful, and letting movement become your own.

At times, Mayra will guide you.

And then comes the invitation:

Stop following.

Let your body decide.

Dance. Shake. Sway. Stomp. Stretch. Move sensually. Move awkwardly. Move powerfully. Barely move at all.

We may also play with embodied expressions of:

YES.

NO.

I DON’T KNOW YET.

There is nothing to perform and no one to impress.

RELEASE — Slow Down + Integrate

The music gradually changes.

Big movement becomes smaller movement.

Dance becomes sway.

Sway becomes breath.

And eventually, movement becomes stillness.

You’ll have time on the floor to notice sensation, heartbeat, temperature, breath, energy, emotion—or simply the feeling of having moved.

The question isn't:

“Did I release enough?”

It's:

“What do I notice now?”

You don't have to feel calmer, happier, lighter, or different for the experience to count.

CONNECT — Community Hour

After our movement ritual, the night isn't over.

For the next hour, you're invited to simply be together.

Non-alcoholic drinks and tea will be provided while music continues and the studio becomes a relaxed community space.

There’s no facilitated networking and no pressure to socialize.

Keep moving if your body wants to move.

Grab some tea.

Meet another woman.

Talk about what you experienced—or talk about absolutely anything else.

Sit somewhere cozy.

Laugh.

Connect.

Rest.

This hour is intentionally unstructured because embodiment isn't only something we practice with our eyes closed on a mat.

We get to practice being ourselves around other people, too.

You’ll Leave With

A playful shaking and movement practice you can return to at home, greater awareness of your body's sensations and preferences, experience with intuitive movement and dance without choreography, opportunities to explore expression and choice through the body, and—perhaps most importantly—an evening of movement, music, pleasure, play, and human connection.

Good to Know

Length: 2 Hours

Movement Ritual: Approximately 60 minutes

Community: Approximately 60 minutes

Designed For: Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+

Experience Level: Beginner friendly. No dance experience, rhythm, flexibility, or previous somatic experience required.

Attire: Wear something comfortable that makes you want to MOVE. Layers are encouraged. Bare feet or socks welcome. This is an energetic experience, so you may sweat.

Provided: Non-alcoholic drinks, tea, music, movement space, and community. ☕️✨

Every practice is an invitation. You can make movements smaller, slower or seated; rest, observe, step outside, or stop participating at any time.

Somatic Shake & Release Night™ is an experiential and educational embodiment practice. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, physical therapy, massage therapy, or crisis support.

Come prepared to move.

Shake. Dance. Sweat. Breathe. Play. Get a little weird.

Then stay awhile. Have some tea. Meet someone new.

Because feeling alive can be a ritual, too. 🌹

The Experience

Somatic Reset & Community™ is a gentle, low-impact group experience designed to help you reconnect with your body and explore movement, breath, reflection, and connection in community.

Through breath awareness, somatic movement, shaking, stretching, and guided meditation, you’ll discover accessible practices that may support stress relief, emotional awareness, and a greater sense of presence in your body.

No previous experience is necessary.

Just come as you are.

You’ll Experience

🌬️ Grounding & Breath Awareness

Slow down and arrive in the present moment through gentle, intentional breath-awareness practices.

There is no pressure to breathe in a particular way. You’ll be encouraged to remain curious, notice your body’s responses, and choose a pace that feels supportive.

🌿 Somatic Movement

Explore gentle, accessible movements that invite greater body awareness and help you notice areas of movement, ease, and physical tension.

Every movement may be adapted to your comfort, mobility, and personal range of motion.

✨ Shake & Release

Experience guided shaking as a playful movement practice that may help you notice physical tension, explore shifts in energy, and reconnect with your body’s natural rhythms.

There is no right way to shake, no rhythm required, and no expectation to move beyond what feels comfortable.

🧘 Stretch & Restore

Explore slow, mindful stretching while honoring your personal range of motion and noticing what feels comfortable and supportive in your body.

🌙 Guided Meditation

Close with a guided meditation and quiet reflection, allowing time to notice how you feel and integrate the experience at your own pace.

You’ll Leave With

• Simple body-awareness and grounding practices you can explore at home

• Greater awareness of how stress and emotion may show up in your body

• An opportunity to notice changes in sensation, tension, or energy

• Practices that may support emotional awareness and presence

• A deeper sense of connection with yourself and your community

Good to Know

Length

60 Minutes

Designed For

Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+

Experience Level

Beginner-friendly. No previous experience with somatic practices is necessary.

Dress Code

Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move, stretch, and rest with ease.

What to Bring

A water bottle, journal, blanket if desired, and curiosity.

Touch

Mayra does not provide massage, tissue manipulation, or intimate or erotic touch. The experience does not require participant-to-participant touch. Every practice is self-directed and invitational.

A Note About Emotional & Physical Safety

Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise. You are always welcome to slow down, modify a practice, rest, step outside, or stop participating. You will never be pressured to share or explain your experience.

If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery or injury, prone to dizziness, fainting or seizures, or living with a cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological or other condition that could be affected by movement or breath practices, please consult a qualified healthcare professional before participating.

Somatic Reset & Community provides somatic education, guided movement, reflection, and community connection. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, physical therapy, or massage therapy.

Connection doesn’t always happen through conversation.

Sometimes it begins by breathing, moving, and remembering that you don’t have to experience everything alone.

The Experience

Healthy boundaries aren’t walls.

They are one of the clearest expressions of self-awareness and self-respect.

Many of us were taught that saying “yes” makes us kind, helpful, loving, or easy to be around.

We learned to accommodate.

To avoid disappointing people.

To explain ourselves until our boundaries sounded reasonable enough to be accepted.

To remain available even when we were exhausted.

Over time, repeatedly placing other people’s comfort ahead of our own capacity can lead to resentment, confusion, overextension, and disconnection from what we actually need.

Boundaries & Self-Respect™ is an experiential workshop designed to help you understand boundaries as honest communication about your values, needs, energy, body, time, and capacity.

This isn’t about pushing people away.

It is about creating relationships where honesty, consent, care, and mutual respect have room to exist.

Because a boundary is not a punishment.

It is information about what you are available for—and what you are not.

You’ll Experience

🌿 Understanding What Boundaries Are

Explore boundaries as personal limits and choices rather than tools for controlling another person’s behavior.

We’ll consider the difference between:

• A boundary and a demand

• A boundary and an ultimatum

• Privacy and secrecy

• Self-protection and avoidance

• Flexibility and self-abandonment

• Compromise and coerced agreement

• Communicating a limit and convincing someone to approve it

A boundary does not guarantee that another person will agree.

It clarifies what you will choose when a limit is reached.

🧭 Recognizing Your Limits

Reflect on how you know when something feels aligned, uncertain, uncomfortable, or beyond your capacity.

You may explore boundaries related to:

• Time and availability

• Emotional labor

• Physical space and touch

• Sexuality and intimacy

• Communication

• Family and friendship

• Work and caregiving

• Privacy

• Money and resources

• Digital access and responsiveness

You do not need to justify a boundary by proving that you are overwhelmed enough to deserve one.

🌬️ Somatic Boundary Awareness

Explore how different possibilities—yes, no, maybe, not now, more, less, stop, or I need time—may feel in your body.

Body awareness can provide useful information, but no single sensation determines the correct decision. You’ll be encouraged to consider sensation alongside your values, context, safety, capacity, and conscious choice.

You will never be pressured to accept touch, disclose private information, or make a decision during the experience.

💬 Practicing Boundary Language

Explore direct, compassionate ways of communicating limits without overexplaining or apologizing for having needs.

You may practice language such as:

• “No, I’m not available for that.”

• “I need time before I answer.”

• “I’m comfortable with this, but not with that.”

• “That doesn’t work for me.”

• “I’ve changed my mind.”

• “Please stop.”

• “If that continues, I will leave the conversation.”

• “I’m willing to discuss this when we can both speak respectfully.”

Practice activities may involve hypothetical scenarios. You will not be required to disclose or reenact a personal conflict.

🌸 Navigating Guilt & Discomfort

Explore why guilt, fear, or discomfort may appear when you begin changing an established relational pattern.

Feeling guilty does not automatically mean you have done something wrong.

Sometimes it means you are doing something unfamiliar.

You’ll consider how to remain compassionate without abandoning the boundary you need.

🗺️ Create Your Boundary & Capacity Map™

Develop a personal reflection tool identifying:

• What you are currently available for

• What feels outside your capacity

• Areas where your limits need greater clarity

• Early signs of resentment or overextension

• Boundaries you want to communicate

• Language that feels authentic to you

• Actions you can take if a boundary is not respected

• People and resources that support your choices

Your map is not a set of rules for other people.

It is a guide for honoring your own limits and capacity.

🌙 Integration

Close by choosing one small boundary practice to explore in everyday life.

This may be pausing before saying yes, communicating a limit earlier, allowing yourself to change your mind, or declining without an extended explanation.

Sharing is always optional.

You’ll Carry Forward

• A clearer understanding of what boundaries are—and what they are not

• Greater awareness of your needs, limits, and capacity

• Language for communicating boundaries with clarity and care

• More understanding of the guilt or discomfort that boundaries may bring

• Practical ways to respond when a boundary is not respected

• Your personalized Boundary & Capacity Map™

• One boundary practice to explore in everyday life

Perfect For

Women who struggle to say no, frequently overextend themselves, feel responsible for other people’s comfort, experience guilt when prioritizing their needs, or want relationships rooted in greater honesty and mutual respect.

You do not need to attend with another person.

Good to Know

Designed For

Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+

Experience Level

Open to all. No previous relationship workshop or somatic experience is necessary.

What to Bring

• Journal

• Water bottle

• Curiosity

• A willingness to practice without forcing yourself

Touch

Mayra does not provide massage, tissue manipulation, or intimate or erotic touch. This experience does not require participant-to-participant physical touch.

Any consent or boundary exercise is verbal, reflective, or self-directed. Every practice may be modified or declined.

A Note About Emotional Safety

Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise.

You will never be required to disclose trauma, abuse, sexual experiences, or private relationship details. You may pause, step outside, remain silent, or stop participating without explanation.

This experience does not suggest that clearer communication can make every relationship safe. A person who repeatedly ignores, punishes, threatens, or retaliates against your boundaries may require a different response than improved communication.

Boundaries & Self-Respect provides relationship education, somatic awareness, communication practice, and guided reflection. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, legal advice, mediation, domestic-violence intervention, or crisis support.

A boundary does not ask:

“Will everyone approve?”

It asks:

“What allows me to remain honest and connected to myself?”

The Experience

Pleasure isn’t something you have to earn.

It is something you can learn to notice.

When was the last time you experienced pleasure without feeling as though everything else needed to be finished first?

For many women, pleasure becomes something reserved for vacations, special occasions, or the rare moment when every responsibility has been handled.

Work comes first.

Family comes first.

Everyone else’s needs come first.

Somewhere along the way, many women stop asking one simple question:

What brings me alive?

The Pleasure Practice™ is an experiential workshop that invites you to explore pleasure not as indulgence, reward, or escape—but as a meaningful part of everyday life.

Rather than focusing only on sexuality, this experience explores pleasure in its many forms:

The warmth of the sun on your skin.

A conversation that makes you feel seen.

Food you slow down enough to taste.

Music that moves you.

Creative expression.

Rest.

Laughter.

Beauty.

Movement.

Intimacy.

Wonder.

And yes, sexuality—when that feels relevant to you.

Through evidence-informed education, somatic awareness, sensory exploration, reflection, movement, and community conversation, you’ll begin noticing the people, places, sensations, environments, and experiences that bring more enjoyment and aliveness into your life.

Because pleasure doesn’t only exist in extraordinary moments.

It is often waiting inside ordinary ones.

You’ll Experience

🌿 Redefining Pleasure

Explore the meanings and messages you have inherited about pleasure.

You may reflect on:

• What you were taught pleasure meant

• Whether pleasure was associated with guilt, selfishness, danger, or excess

• Who you learned was allowed to experience pleasure

• Whether pleasure became something you had to deserve

• How your relationship with pleasure has changed over time

• What pleasure means to you now

This experience does not prescribe one definition of pleasure.

You are invited to discover your own.

🧭 Your PleasureFWRD Blueprint™

Begin identifying the experiences and qualities that help you feel most connected to yourself and your life.

Your Blueprint may explore emotional, relational, sensory, creative, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and erotic pleasure.

You choose which areas feel relevant and what you want to keep private.

🌸 Sensory Exploration

Move through gentle, self-directed invitations involving sight, sound, scent, taste, texture, movement, and imagination.

The goal is not to force enjoyment.

It is to notice your authentic responses:

More.

Less.

Yes.

No.

Maybe.

Not today.

I’m curious.

I’ve had enough.

Pleasure includes the freedom to recognize what does not feel pleasurable to you.

✨ Recognizing Pleasure Barriers

Explore the habits, beliefs, and circumstances that may make pleasure difficult to notice or prioritize.

These may include:

• Guilt

• Busyness

• Perfectionism

• Caregiving

• Disconnection from the body

• Fear of being judged

• Waiting until everything is finished

• Believing pleasure must be productive

• Focusing on what you should enjoy instead of what you actually enjoy

You will not be asked to force positivity or override difficult emotions.

🗂️ Create Your Pleasure Portfolio™

Build a personal collection of the moments, environments, relationships, sensations, activities, and rituals that bring you alive.

Your Pleasure Portfolio™ may include:

• Five-minute everyday pleasures

• Sensory pleasures

• Restful pleasures

• Creative pleasures

• Relational pleasures

• Experiences of beauty and wonder

• Movement and play

• Intimacy and eroticism, if personally relevant

• Pleasures that cost nothing

• Pleasures you want to rediscover

🌱 Design Your Daily Pleasure Practice

Choose one small, realistic way to notice or invite pleasure into everyday life.

Your practice is not another task to perform perfectly.

It is an experiment in paying attention.

🌙 Reflection & Integration

Close with journaling and optional community conversation.

You are always in control of what you share.

You’ll Carry Forward

• A broader, more personal understanding of pleasure

• Greater awareness of ordinary moments that bring you alive

• Insight into beliefs or habits that may limit pleasure

• Your PleasureFWRD Blueprint™

• Your personalized Pleasure Portfolio™

• A simple daily pleasure practice

• Greater permission to experience enjoyment without having to earn it

Perfect For

Women who feel disconnected from joy, overwhelmed by responsibilities, curious about living more intentionally, or ready to reconnect with pleasure beyond vacations and special occasions.

No previous experience is necessary.

Good to Know

Designed For

Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+

Experience Level

Open to all. No previous somatic or sexuality workshop experience is required.

What to Bring

• Journal

• Water bottle

• Curiosity

• A willingness to notice without forcing a particular response

Sexual Content

Pleasure and sexuality may be discussed as one possible dimension of human experience, but sexuality is not the sole focus of this workshop.

There is no nudity, sexual activity, genital contact, breast contact, or erotic facilitator touch.

Touch

Sensory activities are clothed, optional, and self-directed. Mayra does not provide massage, tissue manipulation, or intimate or erotic touch.

This experience does not require participant-to-participant physical touch.

A Note About Emotional Safety

Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise.

Pleasure practices are never used to dismiss grief, stress, anger, pain, or other difficult experiences. You will not be pressured to feel good, share personal information, discuss sexuality, or continue an activity that does not feel supportive.

The Pleasure Practice provides education, somatic awareness, sensory exploration, reflection, and personal ritual design. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, sexual therapy, or crisis support.

Pleasure is not a destination.

It is a relationship with what makes you feel alive.

The Experience

Question the stories you inherited about pleasure, desire, worth, femininity, success, and what you are “allowed” to want.

Long before we began making our own choices, many of us absorbed ideas about who we were supposed to be.

Be nice.

Don’t ask for too much.

Take care of everyone else first.

Don’t be selfish.

Work hard before you rest.

Good girls don’t…

Women your age shouldn’t…

Mothers are supposed to…

Partners should…

Over time, these messages may quietly shape the way we experience pleasure, relationships, rest, ambition, sexuality, our bodies, and our identities.

Who Told You That?™ is an experiential workshop designed to help women gently examine the beliefs they have inherited—and consciously decide which ones still belong in their lives.

Through somatic awareness, guided reflection, journaling, movement, values exploration, and meaningful conversation, you’ll begin separating what you authentically believe from what you learned to believe.

This workshop is not about rejecting your family, culture, faith, relationships, or everything you have been taught.

It is about becoming conscious enough to choose what still aligns with the woman you are today.

Because freedom does not always begin when someone gives us permission.

Sometimes it begins when we realize we are allowed to question the rules.

You’ll Experience

🧠 Identifying the Inherited Stories

Begin noticing the messages you may have absorbed from family, culture, religion, gender roles, relationships, school, work, and society.

You may explore beliefs about:

• Being a “good” woman

• Pleasure and desire

• Rest and productivity

• Success and ambition

• Beauty and body image

• Age and femininity

• Motherhood and caregiving

• Relationships and partnership

• Sexuality

• Worthiness and belonging

• Asking for more

• Changing your mind

The goal is not to determine whether every message was good or bad.

It is to recognize which messages are actually yours.

🗺️ Create Your Inherited Stories Map™

Trace where certain beliefs may have come from and how they continue to influence your choices.

Your map may explore:

• The message you received

• Who or what taught it to you

• What the message may have been trying to protect or preserve

• How it has shaped your behavior

• What it has allowed

• What it has limited

• Whether it still aligns with your present-day values

You choose which beliefs you want to explore and what you want to keep private.

🌿 Somatic Awareness

Notice how different beliefs, possibilities, and choices feel as you consider them.

You may become aware of tension, ease, energy, resistance, curiosity, uncertainty, or emotion.

Body awareness offers information—not absolute answers. You’ll be encouraged to consider what you notice alongside your values, circumstances, relationships, and conscious judgment.

You will not be asked to force a response or treat every sensation as proof.

✍️ Questioning the Script

Use guided prompts to examine an inherited belief with greater curiosity.

You may ask:

• Is this always true?

• Who benefits when I believe this?

• What has this belief protected me from?

• What has it cost me?

• Does it reflect my current values?

• What might I believe if I were allowed to choose again?

• What would change if this rule no longer directed my life?

🧭 Values Clarification

Identify the values you want your choices to reflect now.

Rather than replacing one rigid set of rules with another, you’ll explore how values can guide decisions while leaving room for complexity, context, and change.

✨ Write Your Permission Statement™

Choose one inherited rule you are ready to question and create a personal statement that reflects your present-day values.

Your statement may begin with:

• “I am allowed to…”

• “I no longer have to…”

• “I choose…”

• “I give myself permission to…”

• “It is safe enough for me to question…”

• “I am still deciding…”

You do not have to feel completely certain for a new possibility to matter.

🌙 Reflection & Integration

Close with journaling, optional sharing, and one small values-aligned choice you may want to explore in everyday life.

Sharing is always optional.

You May Leave With

• Greater awareness of the beliefs and expectations you have inherited

• A personal map of how those messages have influenced your choices

• Questions for examining narratives that may no longer fit

• Greater clarity about your present-day values

• Your personal Permission Statement™

• One intentional choice to explore moving forward

• More compassion for the ways inherited beliefs may have once helped you belong

Perfect For

Women navigating identity shifts, questioning old expectations, reconnecting with themselves, exploring pleasure with less shame, or intentionally redefining success, femininity, relationships, rest, and well-being on their own terms.

You do not need to reject your past to become more intentional about your future.

Good to Know

Designed For

Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+

Experience Level

Open to all. No previous somatic, personal-development, or sexuality workshop experience is necessary.

What to Bring

• Journal

• Water bottle

• Curiosity

• A willingness to question without forcing an immediate answer

Sexual Content

Sexuality may be discussed as one area where inherited beliefs appear, but it is not the sole focus of the experience.

There is no nudity, sexual activity, genital or breast contact, or erotic facilitator touch.

Touch

Mayra does not provide massage, tissue manipulation, or intimate or erotic touch. This experience does not require participant-to-participant touch.

A Note About Emotional Safety

Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise.

Exploring inherited beliefs can bring up complicated feelings about family, culture, faith, identity, and belonging. You will never be pressured to criticize your community, disclose trauma, defend your values, or reject a belief before you are ready.

Every practice may be modified, paused, or declined. You are always in control of what you share.

Who Told You That? provides education, somatic awareness, values reflection, journaling, and experiential learning. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, religious counseling, medical care, or crisis support.

You do not have to become someone entirely new.

You may simply need permission to question who you were told to be.