Connecting in the Mystery

embodied relating practice group

Austin, TX · Summer 2024

You’re invited on a twelve-week journey to explore the wild terrain of bodies and souls in connection.

Weaving somatic mindfulness with relating practices grows your capacity for aliveness, intimacy, and authenticity. Through practices like circling, relational meditation and conscious movement, develop skills to deepen embodied presence in connection. Build trust within the container of a closed practice group, and bring the art of relating into all aspects of your life.

Hosted at a cozy home in Southwest Austin.

Details + Dates:

This group meets biweekly on Tuesdays 7:00-9:30pm, from June 4th through August 13th (six sessions).

Sessions:

June 4th
June 18th
July 2nd
July 16th
July 30th
August 13th

**To honor group cohesion, we ask that participants attend at least four of the six sessions in this series.

Who is this for?

  • Those who want to connect with others while staying in connection with themselves

  • Anyone who wants to have more meaningful, heartfelt connection with their friends and loved ones

  • Practitioners of other relating modalities who don’t know what to do with their body or feel distant to their body while connecting

  • Ecstatic dancers wondering how to be that honest and open in their verbal conversations

  • People who want to understand their relationship to groups through belonging, leadership, and contribution

  • Caregivers, somatic therapists, bodyworkers, and body-based healers who want to deepen their relational skills

How people are connecting:

  • “Returning to each session felt like coming home to myself. Not only do I have tangible skills that will carry over to my personal work and relationships, I am also keenly aware that I show up with more love and kindness for myself and others. This has truly opened up where I can be a more kind and gentle human.”

    ~ Briana C.

  • “Each week brings something moving and precious with Stephanie’s facilitation, and yet it’s the inter-individual transformation over the entire multi month process that makes the investment worth it. Mind blowing thing you’ve created, Stephanie!”

    ~ Max E.

  • “I’m joining this cohort for the 3rd time in a row! I love Stephanie and what she offers: one of the deepest, most intriguing presence practices I have ever encountered. This is my favorite presence practice and Stephanie’s genius really shines in this space. It’s so good!!”

    ~ Kat F.

  • “I can’t recommend her work highly enough. I felt that I could not be real with anyone. Like what I had to share in my daily life is just too intense for most people. Without wanting to, I built an armor. It was necessary, but working with Stephanie and doing this group specifically has helped me to feel the difference between my armor and my Self again.”

    ~ Lauren B.

  • “I absolutely recommend this workshop with the amazing Stephanie. Mind-bending, transformative and compassionate are but a few of the words I could use to describe this incredibly potent experience.”

    ~ Erik A.

  • “Wow!!! 10/10 recommend!!!! Stephanie is incredible! I’m so grateful for my time spent connecting in the mystery with her!! Give yourself the gift of embodied connection.”

    ~ Kelly B.

  • “I just completed the last one and HIGHLY RECOMMEND. I felt nourished and connected after each meeting. I’ve done a lot of groups like this over many years, and this one is the juice.”

    ~ Lauren B.

Stephanie Soma, PRYT, SE Adv.

Your Host:

Stephanie is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Coach, Circling Facilitator, and certified Yoga Therapist with 10 years experience leading groups into their hearts and bodies. Her aim is to help people feel safe while connecting authentically to experience more meaningful relationships. She guides individuals 1:1 and offers workshops in Austin, TX and online.

Previous Workshops: “God Between Us” (Austin Tantra Festival), “Homebody: Pleasure, Pain and Presence” (Austin Tantra Festival), “Embodied Circling: Exploring relatefulness as a whole-body practice” (Austin Relateful Studio), “Embodied Relating” (Integral Tantra Training), “Unfold Into Being : Somatic and Relational Practice” (Burning Man)

Full website and bio: www.stephaniesoma.com

Payment:

Sliding Scale

$375
Supported Rate

$475
Standard Rate

$575
Supplemental Rate

Sliding Scale is offered to maximize group intimacy while maintaining financial sustainability.

Application, Questions and Registration:

Info Session:

Q & A Zoom Session
Tuesday, May 28th 5:30pm CT

Interested in participating in Connecting In the Mystery but not sure if it’s a fit? Join us for this 60 min free info session where I’ll answer your questions and then offer optional embodied relating practices.