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“Rekindling a Loving Relationship with your Inner Child.” 

We invite you to join us for a Somatic Breathwork journey on Sunday, January 8th, 2023. 

The theme of this month’s journey is “Rekindling a Loving Relationship with your Inner Child.”  


Childhood events can affect how we think, feel and act - even now as adults. Doing inner child work allows us to help understand unhealthy patterns and dynamics that currently exist in our lives today. Gently acknowledging these patterns provides us the opportunity to work towards changing them. Some signs that your inner child may need some attention and healing may include: 

  • You feel there’s something wrong with you

  • You have a deep fear of being criticized

  • There are parts of yourself you’re afraid to express or feel shame around

  • You feel guilty for saying no or taking solitude when needed

  • You constantly criticize yourself

  • You find yourself repeatedly in the same relationship dynamics

  • You feel responsible for other people’s emotions and well-being

  • You deeply fear being abandoned

  • You don’t trust yourself to make decisions

  • You are a chronic people-pleaser 

  • You relentlessly chase the illusion of perfection

This workshop is meant to provide a safe and loving space where you can go on an inward journey to examine these buried parts of you with compassion and understanding. Building this connection will bring awareness around the needs, desires, and expressive voice of your inner child.

Somatic release allows us to reconnect our mind to the knowledge that exists in every cell of our being. The natural intelligence of our bodies holds wisdom that has the potential to create meaningful connections with the deepest parts of ourselves - including our inner child. We hope to use the modality of breathwork to assist with any of the following:

  • Identify some root causes of self-sabotaging behavior

  • Release some of the energy surrounding emotional or traumatic wounds that your body may be carrying

  • Provide this part of you with the love and tolerance your younger self may have felt was lacking

  • Give your inner child the voice it may have been deprived of in the past

  • Respark child-like wonder and playful discovery

  • Unleash a new found sense of creativity and imagination

  • Find compassion and love for yourself

  • Address unmet needs and repattern by becoming willing to be your own loving parent - building a new foundation to live by.

What is somatic breathwork?
Deep, connected, conscious breathing allows us to enter heightened states of sensory awareness to experience healing. By interrupting our autonomic nervous system patterns, we can discharge stored tension and release what's no longer serving us.

Breathwork can help you:

  • Pinpoint and clear out existing stress

  • Discover and attend to emotional wounds

  • Identify stored trauma in the body

  • Give permission to suppressed emotions

  • Return to a state of authentic self

  • Access altered states of consciousness

  • Re-regulate the nervous system

  • Reconnect to our Soma 

  • Reprogram belief systems 

  • Soften and surrender to safety, love and connection to the self and others

Remember - While breathwork is about releasing, it’s also about bringing something new back in. Just as we will face and work through wounds, fears, trauma, etc., we will also cultivate safety, joy, serenity and inspiration. This practice will give us the opportunity to clear space needed to be able to embody all that the spirit of life has in store for us.

Our trauma-informed facilitators will be there to hold a safe space and fully support you throughout this experience. Part of the beauty of this modality is accessing healing in the presence of an empathetic witness. 

Date: January 8th, 2023 4pm-6:30pm

Location: Notorious Fitness, 6610 W Dakin St, Chicago, IL 60634
Cost: $49.00 per participant

Spots are limited to 12 participants

What should you bring?

  • Blanket (in case you get cold)

  • A picture of you as a young child 

  • Water

  • Journal and pen

  • Yoga mats will be available, feel free to bring your own if you prefer.

ARE THERE CONTRAINDICATIONS TO DOING BREATHWORK? 

Yes. Just as with any physical activity, you may want to avoid breath work if you suffer from certain medical conditions. Breathwork can result in intense physical and emotional release. Therefore, it is not advised for persons with a history of: 


  • Cardiovascular disease, including angina or heart attack/irregularities  

  • High or low blood pressure 

  • Ocular issues, especially a detached retina or glaucoma 

  • Osteoporosis 

  • Significant recent physical injuries or surgery. 

  • Severe Mental Illness 

  • Bipolar/Schizophrenia/Severe PTSD

  • If you have been hospitalized in the past 10 years for emotional or spiritual crisis

  • Major Medications

  • Heavy mind-altering medications (antipsychotic/depression/anxiety meds)

  • Blood thinning/Anti-clotting medication

  • History of epilepsy or seizures

  • Asthma

  • Aneurysm/past or present

  • Strokes

******PREGNANT WOMEN ARE ADVISED AGAINST PRACTICING BREATHWORK 

****DO NOT CONSUME RECREATIONAL DRUGS, PSYCHEDELICS OR PLANT MEDICINE WITHIN 7 DAYS of the session

***DO NOT CONSUME ALCOHOL WITHIN 48hrs of the session

Participation in this session is an agreement of the following:

“I acknowledge that breath-work is a deep and powerful process. I have notified the practitioners of any physical injuries, mental or psychological conditions I have. I engage in this experience willingly and take full responsibility for my own physical, mental and emotional experiences during and after the session.”


Thank you for your willingness to take this journey with us! We look forward to honoring you in this sacred space!

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“From Limiting Beliefs to Stepping into your Power”