Breathe First offers a mosaic of options to meet you where are. These options will allow you to deepen your relationship to your own personal philosophy, re-gain full access to the wisdom and support of your body, and re-claim your sense of intuition.

Pricing is as follows; sliding scale options available for all individual and group offerings. Email to inquire.

Somatic Re-orientation

Sometimes, talking about our experiences, needs, emotions, and memories can be incredibly important and powerful in creating the life we want. Sometimes, words fall short and we need other ways to move through what is holding us back or towards what we envision.

Speaking of the limitations and complexity of language, we offer a brief history of the naming, hopefully to illuminate the intentionality behind it., keeping in mind that the origin-story of any word is, at best, incomplete:

Somatics comes, in part, from the Greek soma meaning, essentially, body. Somatics, then, is the study of and engagement in anything that is of, relating to, or affecting the body.

Orient, from the Latin oriri, means to rise. Orientation then , can be understood as allowing our awareness to rise to the level of our consciousness so that we can be grounded and present.

Our journey together will be a process of understanding our bodies as ecosystems, interconnected with the overlapping/co-regulating ecosystems of all other bodies, all other living things, and the entire cosmos herself. This is the necessary re-orienting that will position us to build a healthier future. The lens of ecology will guide all of work in various ways.

Without an (embodied AND intellectual) understanding of ourselves as innately and inextricably of the natural world and the natural order, we will continue to suffer in our wrong-headed conception of ourselves as adjacent to them. Together, we’ll draw on (and integrate) so much wisdom—from people and plants and creatures and rocks—to return you to your childlike certainty of your own value and the value of all living things.

There is magic in this psychic + somatic re-wilding. We are all born knowing this magic and it’s only through a forced forgetting that we become anxious, depressed, isolated, and restless. We can heal but we must to do so in community and we must do so in right relationship with our shared planetary home.

Individual sessions $175 || Group sessions $75 (or based on series length)

Yoga & Meditation

There are 8 limbs of yoga, according to the Eightfold Path as set forth by Patanjali, an ancient Hindu sage and author of the Yoga Sutras. The first two limbs of the path address the ways that we treat ourselves and each other. The third limb is ‘asana,’ or posture, and offers us the movement practice that has come to be more generally termed ‘yoga’ in the West.

As you explore this path, you focus on the breath, deep concentration, and the practice of seated meditation to still the mind and offer a sense of peace. All of us will keep walking this path throughout our lives, finding that each limb supports and enhances the others. There is no beginning or end; there is only this moment now.

These practices are deeply rewarding and they can also be challenging. Understanding ourselves as the constantly changing organisms we are, we find a humility and reverence for ancient wisdom while incorporating the lived experiences we step into each day. Every lifeform is born with an innate awareness of its worthiness and purpose. As we are taught to abandon this knowing in exchange for the promise of wealth or status, our sense of self degrades. These practices, along with many others, provide the ground for remembering what we’ve always known, and then behaving accordingly.

60 min Private Lesson: $150 || Group Classes $50

Preparation + Integration Support for Plant Medicine & Other Non-Ordinary States

Emily has certification in MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy from MAPS and we are excited to continue expanding our healing options to recognize the contributions from various forms of medicine often overlooked or maligned by the mainstream.

Non-ordinary states of consciousness can be achieved in myriad ways with or without plants and our aim is to honor ancient wisdom as we guide you to the inner healing intelligence that knows best what it is you require.

20 min Consultation: complimentary

45 min Individual Session: $200