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Thursday, February 29 | 7-8:30pm
$35 to attend
Breathwork, in various forms, is one of the oldest healing modalities on the planet. It has been utilized throughout the world since ancient times by many cultures and traditions as a sacred practice.
A Beyond Pranayama breathwork journey begins with a meditation, setting intentions and gentle movement to start moving energy through the spine and activating the breath. The breathwork we will be using is a conscious, connected, three-part rhythmic breath that allows access to heightened intuition and extra-ordinary states of consciousness. A breathwork journey shifts the brain chemistry to "get the thinking mind out of the way" so that we can somatically and energetically experience our expanded self and inner wisdom.
Music that has been carefully selected to enhance the experience will play throughout. I work intuitively, incorporating my own voice, sound instruments, and movement as well as drawing from my background in both theatre and music and study of archetypes, spiritual psychology, and yoga. Participants will be lying on their backs, using bolsters, blankets and eye pillows for comfort. I will verbally guide the experience while allowing people to have their own journey. I may use gentle touch to encourage deeper breath, release, or grounding. I encourage sound through humming, yelling, singing, crying, and laughing. The session will conclude with time for deep relaxation, followed by some verbal integration.
How to prepare: I recommend bringing water, dressing in layers as body temperature may fluctuate, and having an eye pillow and blanket. We will have a limited number of mats and blankets available, and encourage bringing personal items as needed for your comfort.
Jody Weatherstone’s life long interest in the mind, voice, and spirit connection, began as a young child on the coast of Maine. Summers spent immersed in the wild woods and rocky oceanfront, foraging, collecting, camping, cooking, and singing around the campfire instilled a love of nature and a deep connection with the natural world that has been fundamental to her spiritual and artistic growth.
Jody trained and worked as both a singer and actress, touring nationally and internationally. She has also maintained a private voice teaching studio for the past 22 years helping vocalists of all ages fulfill their personal singing goals.
She has been a practicing yogi and meditator since the mid 1990’s, incorporating mindfulness along with breathwork and singing as devotional practices. In 2019, Jody founded Soma Voce, offering classes and private sessions that incorporate vocal toning, improvisation, movement, and breathwork to assist her clients in releasing stuck energy and connecting with their intuition and personal power. Owning and embracing her own empathic and highly sensitive nature has been her greatest gift as a teacher, facilitator, and artist.
Jody is certified as a breathwork facilitator through David Elliot’s healer training. Holding sacred space for breathwork and using the voice as a healing tool is where Jody feels most able to use her gifts to help clients tap into their own potential and remember who they really are.
Jody completed her undergraduate education at New York University with a degree in Voice and Theatre and her Master of Arts from Teachers College at Columbia University in clinical psychology with a concentration in Spirituality Mind Body Practices. Post-graduate study includes her certification in Vocology from the National Center for Voice and Speech at the University of Utah. Jody is a Level III Reiki practitioner, is certified in Somatic Voicework (The LoVetri Method), and completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2012 from Vastu. Jody maintains a private voice and healing studio with virtual students throughout the US and in-person in Warwick, NY. She is an avid gardener and student of herbalism, plants, and the natural world.