Resources for Deeper Connection
🌿 Embodied Connection Resource GuideYour Companion for Relational Practice, Somatic Awareness, and Heart-Centered Community
Welcome to your go-to calendar and map of transformative experiences for deepening your connection to self, others, and life. Whether you're seeking sacred movement, emotional attunement, polarity practice, or community healing spaces—this page offers curated access to Bay Area embodiment events, online relationship practice spaces, and inspirational teachers and facilitators. All recommendations are aligned with the values and therapeutic vision of Embodied Relationship Therapy.
🧭 Featured Online Events 🔹 John Wineland – Body of Love & Body of DepthTwo signature monthly online circles—feminine and masculine embodiment practices. These include breathwork, relational inquiry, and somatic presence work.
🔹 Embodied Intimacy – Online Circles & Programs Led by Pierrakos-trained facilitators, offering live virtual workshops in trauma-informed intimacy, polarity, and erotic presence.
🔹 Authentic Relating International Online global circles using authentic relating games, dyads, and group reflections. Great intro for relational presence skills.
🏙️ In-Person Bay Area Events & Studios🧘 Holistika – Lafayette holistikafamily.com
A beautiful studio offering:
🧘♀️ The Green Yogi – Berkeley thegreenyogiberkeley.com
Hosting:
💃 The Center SF – San Francisco thecentersf.com
A tantra and conscious healing arts sanctuary:
🌱 East Bay Community Space – Oaklandeastbaycommunityspace.org
💫 Movement & Embodiment Events💃 5Rhythms – Bay Area ClassesWeekly dances:
💃 Ecstatic Dance Oakland Held at Sweet’s Ballroom—includes silent warmup, ecstatic freeform movement, and closing circles. DJs, sacred dance energy.
💃 Dance Medicine – The City Waves SF5Rhythms and somatic dance offerings at various SF locations, including outdoor sessions at Ocean Beach and the Botanical Garden.
🧘 Yoga & Somatic Studios (East Bay + SF)
🗣️ Authentic Relating, Circling, & T‑Group Events🌀 Circling at The Center SF
🌀 Authentic Relating Games Nights – SF & East Bay
🌀 Bay Area T‑GroupWeekly relational practice spaces with rotating facilitators
Welcome to your go-to calendar and map of transformative experiences for deepening your connection to self, others, and life. Whether you're seeking sacred movement, emotional attunement, polarity practice, or community healing spaces—this page offers curated access to Bay Area embodiment events, online relationship practice spaces, and inspirational teachers and facilitators. All recommendations are aligned with the values and therapeutic vision of Embodied Relationship Therapy.
🧭 Featured Online Events 🔹 John Wineland – Body of Love & Body of DepthTwo signature monthly online circles—feminine and masculine embodiment practices. These include breathwork, relational inquiry, and somatic presence work.
🔹 Embodied Intimacy – Online Circles & Programs Led by Pierrakos-trained facilitators, offering live virtual workshops in trauma-informed intimacy, polarity, and erotic presence.
🔹 Authentic Relating International Online global circles using authentic relating games, dyads, and group reflections. Great intro for relational presence skills.
🏙️ In-Person Bay Area Events & Studios🧘 Holistika – Lafayette holistikafamily.com
A beautiful studio offering:
- Essence by Holistika (sound + movement + embodiment)
- Cacao ceremonies, trauma-informed yin yoga, channeling workshops
- Breathwork and monthly ritual events
💠 Location: 3416 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
🧘♀️ The Green Yogi – Berkeley thegreenyogiberkeley.com
Hosting:
- Moon Circles, Sound Baths, T-Group Relational Practice, Breath & Beats Journeys
- Dance + yoga + soul-ritual integration for all bodies
💠 Telegraph & MLK studio locations
💃 The Center SF – San Francisco thecentersf.com
A tantra and conscious healing arts sanctuary:
- Tantra intensives, partner practices, touch and boundaries
- Contact improv, dance, and relational embodiment
💠 Location: 548 Fillmore Street, SF
🌱 East Bay Community Space – Oaklandeastbaycommunityspace.org
- Home to 5Rhythms, InterPlay, and BIPOC Embodiment Dances
- Circling, movement-based somatics, workshops on relational healing
💠 Location: 507 55th St, Oakland
💫 Movement & Embodiment Events💃 5Rhythms – Bay Area ClassesWeekly dances:
- Sweat Your Prayers (SF)
- Wild Release Fridays
- BIPOC Dances in Oakland
- Boundless Waves Berkeley (Fridays)
💃 Ecstatic Dance Oakland Held at Sweet’s Ballroom—includes silent warmup, ecstatic freeform movement, and closing circles. DJs, sacred dance energy.
💃 Dance Medicine – The City Waves SF5Rhythms and somatic dance offerings at various SF locations, including outdoor sessions at Ocean Beach and the Botanical Garden.
🧘 Yoga & Somatic Studios (East Bay + SF)
- Hearts Alive Yoga – Pinole
Women's circles, vinyasa, and breath-based trauma support - East Bay Yoga – Oakland
Gentle flows, meditation, community events - The Pad Studios – SF
Vinyasa, yin, and candlelight classes with breath emphasis - Purusha Yoga – SF
Yoga therapy, soul care, and mindfulness - Iyengar Yoga SF
Precise and alignment-based body wisdom practice
🗣️ Authentic Relating, Circling, & T‑Group Events🌀 Circling at The Center SF
- Monthly facilitated circles with Morgan Klein & team
- Deep presence, focus circles, and emotional honesty
🌀 Authentic Relating Games Nights – SF & East Bay
- Drop-in events and intensives
- Partnered and group communication games for deep connection
🌀 Bay Area T‑GroupWeekly relational practice spaces with rotating facilitators
- Real-time feedback, emotional attunement, and group presence
- Includes mindful embodiment cues