Applications Now Open
What if the life you’re living isn’t actually yours?
Many of us learned early on who we needed to be in order to belong.
- The responsible one
- The caretaker
- The achiever
- The peacekeeper
- The one who never asks for too much
Without realizing it, we began performing roles — roles that helped us stay safe, helped us be accepted, helped us avoid rejection. And over time, the performance became so familiar that we forgot to ask:
Who am I beneath the role?What do I actually want? What do I truly feel? What kind of life am I trying to create?
If you’ve ever felt like you’re living according to expectations, obligations, or old scripts rather than your own truth, this journey is for you.
The Transformation
This is not about becoming someone new — it’s about becoming your authentic self. Together, we will explore the protective patterns that once helped you survive, and gently create space for something more authentic to emerge.
Moving from
- Performing for approval
- Hiding your real desires
- Shape-shifting to fit the group
- Avoiding rejection
- Overriding your needs
- Living from old identities and outdated stories
- Feeling disconnected from your body’s wisdom
Into
- Being seen without performing
- Owning your voice
- Expressing what you truly want
- Creating authentic intimacy
- Trusting your body’s signals
- Interrupting old patterns
- Acting from the future you desire
- Letting your truth, uniqueness, and magic be visible
Why Somatics?
Most efforts to change focus on changing thoughts. But many of our patterns live deeper than the mind. They live in our muscles, our posture, our breath, our nervous system, our relationships.
Somatic work helps us bring awareness to these unconscious patterns so we can move from automatic reactions into embodied choice. When the body feels safer, new possibilities become available. You don’t have to force transformation — you create the conditions for it to emerge.
What We’ll Explore
01
The Roles We Learned to Play
Identify the protective identities and patterns that shaped how you relate to yourself and others.
02
Listening to Your Inner Signals
Cultivating awareness of needs, sensations, emotions, and boundaries.
03
Taking Up Space
Exploring what it feels like to claim your place in the world without apology.
04
Voice, Desire, and Authentic Expression
Practicing the courage to name what is true and what you want.
05
Connection Without Self-Abandonment
Learning how to stay connected to yourself while being in relationship with others.
06
From Actor to Author
Integrating your learning and stepping forward with greater choice, authenticity, and self-trust.
This Journey Is For You If You…
- Often prioritize others’ needs over your own
- Struggle to know what you really want
- Feel responsible for how others feel
- Fear disappointing people
- Find yourself performing competence while feeling disconnected inside
- Long for deeper authenticity and connection
- Are ready to stop living from old scripts
What Makes This Different?
This is not a self-improvement group, and it is not about fixing yourself. It is a space to slow down, to listen, to feel, and to notice — a space where your body becomes a guide rather than something to override.
Somewhere authenticity is valued more than performance. A space where you can practice showing up as yourself.
Program Details
| Dates | Beginning August 10 |
| Format | In-person, bi-weekly |
| Group Size | Maximum 6 participants |
| Location | The Brick House Collective |
| Facilitator | Raluca Sacalean |
Bodynamic Somatic Developmental Practitioner · Somatic Psychotherapy Practitioner · Registered Massage Therapist / Craniosacral Therapist
Your Reclaiming Authenticity Integration Kit
Designed to support the journey between gatherings. Includes:
- 100 ml Reclaiming Authenticity Botanical Body Oil
- Personalized Aini Body Brush
- Reflective Questions & Somatic Integration Booklet
These tools help anchor the experience in daily life so the work continues long after each gathering ends.
Investment
From Actor to Author Circle
Includes all group sessions and integration materials.
VIP · Author’s Journey
For those wanting deeper individual support alongside the group experience. Includes:
- Everything in the Circle experience
- Two 90-minute private Soul Somatic Sessions
- Personalized guidance and integration support
$1,195 Ideal for navigating significant life transitions.
Payment is also available via e-transfer to edmontonshouseofhealing@gmail.com.
Questions to Sit With
What part of your life feels written by old expectations? And what part of you is ready to write the next chapter?
Imagine Looking Back One Year From Now
What story do you want to be telling?
The year you trusted your voice.
The year you stopped performing and started living.
The year you became the author of your own life.
Applications Now Open
Because transformation happens in relationship, spaces are intentionally limited.
Past Workshops
A look back at gatherings we’ve held.
Bloom Into Playfulness · A one-day somatic & art retreat
A gentle return to your luminous heart. A one-day somatic & art retreat.
Somewhere between holding it all together and “who even am I?”… there’s a playful, alive part of you waiting to be met. Somewhere along the way, play became optional. Expression became filtered. The body learned to hold back instead of moving. And still — beneath all the roles and patterns — there is a part of you that remembers how to feel, to move, and to create freely. Not something to learn. Something to return to.
An invitation to soften
Bloom Into Playfulness is a one-day immersive space to gently loosen what’s been held and reconnect with a more natural way of being: from holding to expressing, from performing to playing, from controlling to allowing, from disconnecting to sensing. This is not about becoming someone else — it is about meeting yourself, just as you are.
What we’ll explore
Through somatic practices and intuitive art, we’ll open space for connection with your body and inner world. You’ll be guided through:
- Body-based practices to release tension and awaken sensations
- Nervous system support for greater capacity and presence
- Gentle movement to reconnect with your natural rhythm
- Creative expression through art (no experience needed)
- Space to explore, create, and play without pressure
This space may resonate if…
- You sense a quiet longing for more aliveness or ease
- You notice yourself holding back or overthinking
- You want to reconnect with your body and creativity
- You’re curious to explore yourself beyond words
- You feel there is more of you waiting to be expressed
A more playful, expressed, and alive part of you is already here. Not somewhere else. Not later. Here. Now. Waiting to be met.
Investment: $222 + GST
For e-transfer: edmontonshouseofhealing@gmail.com
What’s Included
- All art supplies for your playful creations
- Nourishing lunch from the beautiful café at Brew & Bloom
- Fresh lemonade, coffee and tea station throughout the day
Everything is prepared so you can simply arrive, soften, and let your body remember how to play.
What to Bring
- Something soft, comfortable, and free to move in (layers are lovely)
- A yoga mat or blanket
- A journal or notebook for any thoughts, drawings, or whispers that want to land
- Anything that helps your body feel held — a favorite shawl, cozy socks, water bottle, or small comfort item
Come as you are. The garden and the day will hold the rest.
A 4-Week Somatic Series · Body awareness, grounding, boundaries, beliefs
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Body Awareness & Breath
Would you like to understand the subtle signals your body is sending you, and connect more deeply with its inner wisdom? Awareness and breath are powerful tools that help us explore and trust the wisdom within. Knowing what you feel is the first step in knowing why you feel a certain way.
02
Grounding
Grounding helps us open subtle channels in our bodies so we can recognize the rich, nourishing energy provided by the larger field within which we exist. Your energy becomes more effective and your mind more focused. When your life flows better, you are less stressed — and a less-stressed body is more prepared to heal itself.
03
Boundaries
Explore, through movement, the connection between certain muscles and your senses, emotions, and boundaries. Boundaries separate us not only physically but also emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. They help you gain a clearer sense of yourself, boost your self-esteem, and bolster your sense of identity.
04
Clearing Limiting Beliefs
“I’m not good enough.” “I don’t belong.” How many of these stories have you told yourself? Awareness is the first step in recognizing the myths we adopted in the past. Once we uncover those limiting beliefs, we re-frame them and create new, empowering ones.