Releasing Grief from the Body with Expressive Movement
Thursday, November 6
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Led by Margie (Lewitt) Golden, LCSW (she/her)
Class Description
Are you experiencing feelings of grief, loss, anxiety, or overwhelm?
Sometimes, these emotions get stuck in the body, causing suffering and preventing us from moving forward.
Expressive Movement uses the power of movement, breath, and sound to inspire you to release pain and suffering to connect to love, harmony, and peace in a compassionate transformation.
Facilitator Margie (Lewitt) Golden, LCSW, is an experienced grief and loss therapist who was trained by Paul Denniston, the founder of Grief Yoga®, to provide Expressive Movement sessions in the community. All aspects of this session will be invitational so that each participant can choose what feels right for them throughout the practice. This practice is mild and gentle, with no previous movement experience necessary. Participants are invited to join in the movements seated in a chair, standing, or using a mat on the floor, depending on what would feel most comfortable to them.
In her session, Margie will guide you through a practice of techniques and poses demonstrated to release difficult emotions in order for you to reach what you desire: harmony, comfort, peace, compassion.
The practice will begin with grounding and breathing together.We then take our practice to Awareness. We warm up with seated exercises that share the goal of becoming more aware of our emotions and releasing places where we carry tension and stress.
We will then flow into Expression. Expression is an opportunity to find our strength and power. In this phase we are invited to participate in techniques to release the difficult emotions.
Next is Connection. It is natural when experiencing grief, anxiety, or fear to feel alone and disconnected from others. In this phase, we use flowing meditations to move toward grace.
Lastly is Surrender. In this final phase, we will learn the incredible power of the act of surrender…releasing control to circumstances. We will close out the session with a poem or drawing or stillness.
If you're ready to experience relief from feeling stuck, we hope you'll join us for this one-hour session.
Equity Pricing
At Empowered Spaces we value community care, we are committed to making our offerings accessible, and we believe in leveraging our privilege and resources when we can in order to support one another. This Equity Pricing Scale acknowledges that as a result of systemic injustice our ability to pay for services, and access those services, varies. Choosing a rate that is accessible and meaningful is a justice-oriented practice that honors our interconnectedness.
Community Rate - I need support from my community - $30
Sustainer Rate - I can pay my way - $25
Supporter Rate - I can support my community - $15
*Full & Partial scholarships: Empowered Spaces is committed to doing everything possible to make offerings accessible to everyone. To inquire about the Empowered Spaces Equity Scholarship please contact Kelly at kkcaul@yahoo.com.
Health and Safety Precautions
We value community care and showing up for one another. Currently: Masks are optional. Please stay home if you have symptoms, test positive, or were exposed to someone with COVID-19. We use a HEPA air purifier in the studio. If anyone would like to participate and would only feel comfortable if everyone is masked, please email Kelly kkcaul@yahoo.com.
Accessibility
The Empowered Spaces studio is located on the ground floor. There is a 12-car parking lot adjacent to the studio & additional free parking on neighborhood streets. Restroom is gender neutral, wheelchair-accessible and ramp-accessible in the main building. Please reach out to Kelly kkcaul@yahoo.com if there is anything more we can do to make our offerings more accessible. Empowered Spaces is committed to accessibility, and strives to be accessible and inclusive of all abilities and all individuals.
Questions?
Email Margie at margie.lewitt@gmail.com
Meet Margie Golden, MSW, LCSW (she/her)
Expressive Movement Guide (she/her)
I come to Empowered Spaces with an extensive background in both individual and group therapy, mindfulness training, and expressive movement workshops. My primary desire, which has been with me for as long as I can remember, is to invite, offer, guide, and advocate for individuals to reach their desires and aspirations through therapy and movement.
Sometimes grief and loss get stuck in the body, increasing suffering and stalling progress. In my private therapy practice, Healing Journeys LLC, I employ Expressive Movement sessions which use the power of movement, breath, and sound to inspire people to release the pain and suffering in order to connect to love, healing, harmony, and peace: a compassionate transformation.
As early as my enrollment in The Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, I was an assistant in their courses on Death and Dying. In addition to my MSW from Washington University, I have been trained as a Grief Educator Guide by Paul Dennison, founder of Grief Yoga, and David Kessler, founder of Grief.com. Because of my training, I provide guided grief/expressive movement sessions for groups and individuals and have been invited to visit area therapy practices as well as grief and support groups to provide Expressive Movement sessions.
I listen with a compassionate heart and a non-judgmental stance in order to offer a safe and confidential space for people to express, identify, grow, evolve, and become still inside as they work their way toward self-compassion, understanding, peace, resolve, confidence, and belonging.