Permission to Feel™

The Experience

Permission to Feel™ is a collaborative emotional embodiment and sound experience by PleasureFWRD and Higher Self Harmonics, thoughtfully facilitated by Mayra Chaidez and Patrice.

This experience creates compassionate space for women to acknowledge what they are actually feeling—including anger, fear, sadness, hurt, frustration, joy, tenderness, numbness, or uncertainty—without being asked to suppress it, explain it, or transform it into something more acceptable.

Mayra guides a trauma-informed somatic journey using grounding, breath awareness, sound, shaking, movement, self-directed expression, and reflection. Each invitation is optional, and participants are encouraged to remain connected to choice, pacing, and personal limits rather than forcing an emotional release.

After the active emotional exploration, Patrice of Higher Self Harmonics guides an immersive sound bath, offering space for stillness, rest, and personal integration.

You do not have to perform your emotions here.

You do not have to make them disappear.

You are invited to meet them, move with them, and listen to what they may be asking you to notice.

Your Guides

🌿 Mayra Chaidez | PleasureFWRD

Mayra is a Somatica®-trained Somatic Intimacy and Relationship Coach, Certified Sexologist, and trauma-informed facilitator.

Mayra will guide the opening circle, grounding, emotional awareness, and self-directed embodiment practices—creating a compassionate environment where emotions can be acknowledged without judgment or pressure.

She can hold grounded, caring space when emotions arise while helping participants remain connected to their bodies, boundaries, choices, and individual pace.

🎵 Patrice | Higher Self Harmonics

Patrice of Higher Self Harmonics will guide the closing live sound journey, creating an immersive landscape of sound, vibration, and stillness.

Following the active somatic portion of the experience, Patrice’s sound journey offers participants an opportunity to rest, listen inward, and notice what they need as the evening moves toward completion.

Together, Mayra and Patrice weave emotional permission, somatic awareness, live sound, and community into one intentional journey.

The 120-Minute Journey

⭕ 15 Minutes | Women’s Opening Circle

We begin in community with grounding, introductions, and shared agreements around consent, confidentiality, personal choice, and emotional respect.

You may share as much or as little as you choose. No one will be asked to disclose trauma, explain personal experiences, or participate beyond their comfort level.

🌿 15 Minutes | Grounding & Emotional Awareness with Mayra

Mayra will guide gentle breath awareness, orienting, and body-based check-in practices.

You will be invited to notice what is present emotionally and physically without needing to label it perfectly, intensify it, or make it go away.

Together, we will establish personal anchors you can return to throughout the experience, such as feeling your feet, opening your eyes, changing positions, slowing your breath, or stepping outside.

🔥 40 Minutes | Emotional Embodiment with Mayra

Explore optional, self-directed practices that may include shaking, movement, breath, vocal expression, stillness, journaling, pushing against a wall, pressing into a cushion, or allowing the body to choose its own pace and rhythm.

These practices offer ways to acknowledge and move with emotions such as anger, fear, sadness, hurt, frustration, or grief while remaining connected to choice and present-moment awareness.

There is no expected emotional response and no requirement to cry, shout, revisit a memory, achieve catharsis, or experience a release. Quiet participation, observation, rest, and stepping away are equally welcome.

🎵 30 Minutes | Integrative Sound Bath with Patrice

Following the emotional embodiment journey, you will be invited to find a comfortable resting position as Patrice creates an immersive live sound experience.

The transition from movement into sound offers space to slow down, listen inward, and notice what your body may need after active expression.

There is no right way to receive the sound bath. You may lie down, remain seated, change positions, use hearing protection, step outside, or discontinue participation whenever needed.

✍️ 10 Minutes | Closing Circle & Reflection

Mayra will guide a gentle return through breath, orientation, and present-moment awareness.

You will have time for optional journaling and reflection before the facilitated portion closes. Sharing is always invitational.

🫂 10 Minutes | Community Connection

The final portion of the evening is intentionally left open for unstructured community connection.

You may stay to enjoy tea, connect with other women, or leave quietly if solitude feels more supportive.

You May Leave With

• Greater permission to acknowledge your emotions without judging them

• Increased awareness of how emotions may show up in your body

• Self-directed practices for moving with emotional energy

• A clearer understanding of your personal limits and sources of support

• Language for asking for space, connection, movement, or rest

• An opportunity to experience sound and stillness after emotional expression

• A greater sense of connection with yourself and other women

Good to Know

Length

120 Minutes

Designed For

Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+

Experience Level

Open to all. No previous experience with somatic practices, emotional embodiment, meditation, or sound baths is necessary.

Dress Code

Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to sit, lie down, stretch, and move freely.

Recommended to Bring

• Water bottle

• Journal

• Blanket

• Eye covering, if desired

• Earplugs or hearing protection if you are sensitive to sound

Touch

Neither Mayra nor Patrice provides massage, tissue manipulation, or intimate or erotic touch.

Participant-to-participant touch is not required. Any optional non-intimate contact introduced during a community practice requires a clear request and an enthusiastic yes, and choosing not to participate will always be respected.

Participation

Every practice is an invitation and may be modified, observed, paused, or declined.

You are encouraged to care for yourself by slowing down, keeping your eyes open, remaining near an exit, changing positions, using hearing protection, stepping outside, or leaving early when needed.

A Note About Emotional, Sensory & Physical Safety

Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise. This experience welcomes emotional honesty while respecting that each person has different needs, histories, limits, and ways of expressing themselves.

Participants will not be encouraged to overwhelm themselves, recreate traumatic experiences, force catharsis, or remain in a practice that no longer feels supportive. Emotional expression must also respect the physical and emotional safety of everyone in the room.

Permission to Feel™ is designed for adults who can participate in a facilitated group wellness environment. It is not appropriate for someone experiencing an immediate mental-health crisis or requiring individualized clinical support.

Sound and vibration can feel different for every person. If you have sound sensitivity, tinnitus, migraines, a seizure condition, are pregnant, use an implanted medical device, or have another condition that may be affected by sustained sound or vibration, consult a qualified healthcare professional before participating and contact PleasureFWRD with accommodation questions.

Permission to Feel™ is an educational wellness, somatic self-exploration, sound, and community experience. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, sound therapy, physical therapy, or crisis support.

You are allowed to feel what you feel.

You are allowed to move, pause, rest, or ask for support.

And you do not have to carry it alone.

A collaboration between PleasureFWRD and Higher Self Harmonics.