Feminine Essence & Flow with Amy Frankel.

A body-based movement practice that brings your awareness down from the mind into the currents of sensation deep within you so you can feel and experience your body more fully. Sensation, or the internal felt senses, is the language of our body, our feminine, that has been muted over time in favor of logic, rational, linear thinking that propels us forward in a state of doing, over being.  

This is a somatic practice that is unstructured and unscripted – unlike a yoga class- and is akin to a moving meditation that seeks to create deeper intimacy between your body, mind, and spirit. The practice can be used to amplify pleasure or liberate sources of tension in the body, and help you find more sensitivity to the aliveness of your essence, and feel more flow as you reconnect with the outside world.

This practice is trauma-aware. We work with the sensations that are alive in your present moment, and do not need to go back into our past. We seek only to sincerely be with and express what is present in the body in the moment.

We begin the session with a brief drop-in process- either seated or lying down- which is similar to a traditional meditation. The aim is to establish a sense of safety within the space, and begin to connect with our inner landscape and notice sensations in the body. With this body-awareness, we may set an intention or ask a question to create a focus for our personal practice.

Generally, the movement practice begins on hands or forearms and knees as this tends to shift our orientation in a way that slows and quiets us down, and allows the spine the most opportunity to move. This position may not work for you, or be where your practice concludes, and that’s completely ok. Our first priority is always your safety and comfort.

We’ll use gentle music as a backdrop, but the energy, currents, or feelings within the body guide how we move. The aim is to use our body, not to overthink or analyze any part of our experience, but to fully inhabit what we notice within. You are allowing your sensation to move you and move through you – in whatever way that may be, there is no right nor wrong way to move in this practice.

You'll be given prompts through the practice to notice your sensations, and be given permission and space to experience your inner world fully in the body. There may be pleasure or pain, sadness or joy, or anything in between. You will be welcomed and allowed to express these sensations through the pillars of embodiment: awareness, breath, movement, touch, and sound.

We’ll close the session with an opportunity to share or journal your experience.

The 1 hour session is held live. Feminine Essence & Flow is developed from the teachings of Michaela Boehm, creator of the Non-linear Movement Method, and Jenna Ward, Founder of the School of Embodied Arts.

Amy Frankel is a Feminine Embodiment Coach certified by the School of Embodied Arts and a Maiden to Mother trainee with the Mother Spirit. She also holds a master's degree in public health from Hunter College in New York City. She's currently a healthcare consultant, and was formerly a fashion industry executive, group fitness instructor, community health worker, and world nomad. Her journey to the feminine began with the transition to midlife and motherhood. The teachings and practices of feminine embodiment, rites of passage, and somatic therapy have aided her through these transitions, and have helped her heal from chronic insomnia, autoimmune diseases, depression, and stress. She is dedicated to sharing the gift of this work, and is honored to hold space for women to reconnect with their feminine essence and the wisdom that lies within the body. Read more about Amy and her work at www.amyfrankel.com.  

$25

*Non-refundable.