Welcome Home Somatics Community Offerings
Rooted in the belief that we need each other for real individual and societal transformation, Welcome Home Somatics offers different ways to plug in with and learn and practice in community. For now, these will all happen online. Many of these groups will be launching in 2025, once we have gauged that there’s enough interest, so if you’re intrigued, please fill out this interest form and let us know if you’d like more information and/or would like to be notified when registration goes live for a particular group. We will weave somatic practices in all of these offerings. I will be inviting guest teachers to join or cofacilitate. Feel free to email me at regan@welcomehomesomatics.com with any questions.
Big Fat Fun! for Fat or Larger-Bodied Women, Trans and Non-binary Folks
Like a co-working space, this is a virtual co-moving space! We start with a short guided somatic practice, followed by self-guided time to do whatever movement/PT/dance calls to you, with good tunes and in community. This time is intended for fat/larger-bodied women, trans and non-binary folks. Tuesdays from 12-1pm PT/ 3-4pm ET from March 18-May 27. If you’re interested, please sign up to receive the Zoom link. Cost: FREE.
Cranky Bodies Movement Club for folks living w/ chronic pain/illness/disability
Like a co-working space, this is a virtual co-moving space! We start with a short guided somatic practice, followed by self-guided time to do whatever movement/PT/dance calls to you, with good tunes and in community. This time is intended for anyone who identifies as disabled/chronically ill or living with chronic pain. Thursdays from 12-1pm PT/ 3-4pm ET, March 20th-May 29th, on Zoom. Cost: FREE.
Finding Our Way Home - for Folks Living w/ Chronic Pain, Illness, or Disability
This will be a small group (6 people) 8-week online exploration of the principles and practices of somatics for people who identify as chronically ill, sick, disabled, or living with chronic pain. Includes two 1:1 coaching sessions with Regan. Offered early in 2025. Sign up to be alerted when registration opens. $500, sliding scale available.
Somatics for Filmmakers - Deepening in Purpose and Resilience
This will be a small group (6 people) 8-week online exploration of the principles and practices of somatics for anyone working in the film industry. Includes two 1:1 coaching sessions with Regan. Offered early in 2025. Sign up to be notified when registration opens. $500, sliding scale available.
Fat Somatics - Reclaiming Our Dignity & Our Bodies in a Fatphobic World
This will be a small group (6 people) 8-week online exploration of the principles and practices of somatics for fat or larger bodied women and non-binary folks. Includes two 1:1 coaching sessions with Regan. Offered early in 2025. Sign up to be notified when registration opens. $500, sliding scale available.
Small Wonders Wow Club
Cultivating joy, wonder and resilience is a practice and an act of resistance these days. In the Small Wonders Wow Club, participants are invited into a creative mindfulness practice which involves noticing the small wonders we encounter in our days — whatever makes you go “wow!” or sparks curiosity, joy, awe, or laughter — to notice how it feels in your body to be in that feeling, and then to share a photo or two or three of your small wonder with the “club” in a shared WhatsApp group. Cost: FREE
Decompression Happy Hour Art/Craft Party - Art, Somatics & Community
Shake off the week’s stress with some good tunes, creative fun and community. We will start with a brief somatic practice and check in, followed by an art free-for-all, dive into an art (or craft) practice of your choosing, sprinkled with spontaneous mini-dance parties and punctuated by potentially bad puns. This is not an art class. Repeat, this is not an art class. This is a virtual co-created “let’s have fun messing around with art and/or craft” decompression space. Fee: pay whatever you like, starting at $0+/session via Venmo @Regan-Brashear; no one turned away for lack of funds! Bring your own materials. No pressure to share your art with the group. Runs Fridays from 4-5:30pm PT/7-8:30pm ET, March 14th through May 30th on Zoom. Sign up for the zoom link.
Survival Skills for Trying Times - 8-week Somatic Coaching for Affinity Groups
Learn the core methodology, principles and practices of somatics with your affinity group, group of friends, family, or coworkers (6 people). Offered upon request. Contact me for more info. $400 per person, sliding scale available.
Body Liberation Book Club
Join us for a book club with an intersectional focus on fatness, ableism, white supremacy and body liberation. Books may include Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings; Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation by Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD and Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC; Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare; The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor; and Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison. Cost: donation-based. Sign up for more information.
Somatics for Every Body - Drop-In Practice Space
We’re in for some turbulent times ahead. Please join us for an on-going weekly somatic practice drop-in space with Regan and occasional guest practitioners. Drop into your body in community. *Please schedule a free intro call* before joining this drop-in space, so we can go over some of the core principles as there won’t be time for Q&A in this practice space. Cost: Free.
Embodied Conflict Resolution Study & Practice Group
This co-learning group will focus on studying and practicing embodied conflict resolution, drawing from restorative and transformative justice and nonviolent communication frameworks, theories and practices. Offered in 2025. Sign up to be notified when registration is opened.
Welcome Home Body Stories
Through somatics, writing and art, we will explore and share our body stories. 8-session program. Offered in 2025. Sign up to be notified when registration is opened.
Unlearning White Supremacy / Study & Action - SURJ Santa Cruz County
SURJ Santa Cruz County is launching our first series this spring for white folks living in Santa Cruz County looking to deepen in their understanding of white supremacy and their own stakes in ending it. I’m looking forward to co-facilitating this series this spring with my fellow volunteers from SURJ. Cost: FREE; On Zoom. Dates: 6-8pm PT on April 17th, May 1st, May 15th and May 29th.
We are very grateful to SURJ Bay Area for their support with our new program and sharing their resources. Be sure to check out their offerings as well!