Natalie Mangiaracina

The Altar of Your Body

The Altar of Your Body Somatic Workshop is for people of any gender orientation who spend a lot of time caring for others, performing for approval, or overriding their own needs. If you find it hard to ask for what you want, if you feel more comfortable giving than receiving, or if your relationship with your body has been shaped by shame or control, this workshop may be supportive to you.

This workshop is called 'The Altar of Your Body' because in order to come into right relationship with our bodies - and the bodies of others - we have to first approach ourselves the way we'd approach a sacred altar: with reverence, loving-kindness, and compassion.

The general flow of the workshop:

- We’ll open up the space and call in the energies of Aphrodite and Kuan Yin - love and sensuality alongside compassion and mercy

- Natalie Mangiaracina will guide us into a tea ceremony, journaling, and an elemental somatic movement practice

- Christina Dellaiacono will move us into a guided self-massage practice and optional anointing ritual

- Sarah Woolson will bring us to a restful, restorative state with a mini soundbath journey

- We’ll close the space with an opportunity to share about your experience with the group, if you so choose

You don't need any experience with somatic work, ceremony, or movement practices to be here. You just need a willingness to slow down and turn toward yourself with curiosity instead of judgment. Everything offered is optional. You're free to opt in or out of any part, at any time, no explanation needed.