TRANSFORM: SHED ISOLATION & BURNOUT

This workshop is an opportunity to regain your power. The pandemic has profoundly impacted our mental health on a collective level. Relieved to reconnect yet overwhelmed with social interaction at the same time, we can all sense the threat of anxiety and burnout rising.

This group workshop will help you to acknowledge your needs and set up boundaries, and to redirect people-pleasing energy to regain balance in work and play.

We will use the astrology of the season as a common playground. Scorpio Season calls for grief and transformation because while we crave new beginnings, it first requires endings. The intention is to shed the weight of isolation and burnout using rituals of embodiment and the power of imagination.

Guided by two therapists, here is a generous play space that can help you:

• Gain techniques that ignite your creativity to help work through nervous system activation.
• Learn ways to express boundaries that align with your values.

• Practice strategies for stating boundaries in different relationships such as friends, colleagues, and intimate partners.
• Access relief from somatic tensions built up from burnout.

We acknowledge that we are guests living and working on unceded traditional Indigenous territory known as Tiohtià:ke in the language of the Kanien’kehá:ka and as Mooniyang by the Anishinaabe. This land is a vibrant and active gathering place for Indigenous and other peoples. Knowing the past and current consequences of colonialism is crucial; we are committed to lifelong un/learning and to supporting indigenous resistance.

WHAT IS DRAMA THERAPY?

Often talk therapy alone is not enough to sustain long-term relief, and it can even be harmful to use words to describe painful memories and emotions. In the drama therapy space, you harness the power of embodied somatic expression to relieve stress and anxiety, and start untangling from traumatic memories and emotions.

Creative arts therapy techniques use imaginative metaphor, nonverbal expressions, somatic physical movement, storytelling, and role play. The rational verbal part at the front of the brain acts as a defensive guard against overwhelmingly painful experiences. This playful method gently slips past cognitive defences without flooding your system, to allow emotional relief and mental flexibility. It's also fun!

Facilitator bio: susieshowers.com

WHAT IS HYPNOTHERAPY?

Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness: our senses are on the alert, our attention and our perceptions are heightened. This condition varies from person to person and from one time to another.

Hypnotherapy uses specific techniques to bring about this hypnotic state. These techniques, called inductions, are communication processes that engage body and voice, using verbal and non-verbal language.

Hypnotherapy is a type of short therapy that sets specific, time-bound goals. It grants access to our resources in order to solve our problems or to make our wishes come true.

Hypnosis is also an excellent tool for regulating the nervous system. Hypnotherapy is therefore both a favoured technique for managing stress and emotions, as well as an effective self-transformative tool.

Facilitator bio: marinechavet.com

ENROLLMENT: ACCESS TO FULL SERIES OR DROP-IN

We have concocted a series of customized workshops for you. You can sign up for the whole program to get the most out of this experience or you can access a single drop-in session and enjoy the benefits of powerful embodied exercises.

Here are the highlights of the program:

• Nov. 2nd: Release somatic tension & name your needs
• Nov. 9th: Shed rigid habits & set up new useful boundaries
• Nov. 16th: Quit people-pleasing & connect better with your own pleasure
• Nov. 23rd: Power up your intuition, creativity & playfulness

PRICING STRUCTURE

We offer custom pricing to help you get the most out of our workshop series.

Here are the offers:

• The full-series 4-week program: $120 (save $20 per workshop)
• 2 drop-in workshops: $80 (save $10 per workshop)
• 1 drop-in workshop: $50

ACCESSIBILITY

There are 6 stairs leading into the building. The studio is located on the 4th floor. There is a large, freight elevator at the end of the entrance hallway on your left. The bathroom is not wheelchair accessible in the space, but there is access to one on the main floor.

We ask people keep the space scent free.

The therapists have training in trauma-informed care and a deep commitment to social justice.

COVID-19 PROTOCOL

We are currently living through multiple pandemics, specifically Monkeypox and COVID variants. Studio 414 has a dedicated ventilation system in all three private rooms, a Mila HEPA filter and multiple fans and ability to open windows (even in winter because of an overactive central heating system).

Masks are recommended but currently are not enforceable.

If you have any symptoms of COVID 19 or Monkeypox (or any other potentially contagious condition), we ask you not to come to the workshop. Please send us a message to cancel.