Harness Your Body

Name: Harness Your Body
Start: 2026-04-21T18:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-04-21T18:00:00+10:00
Location: Join-The- Dots

About

Using ACT & Somatic therapy practices we aim for embodiment! It's time to move our emotions through our bodies using grounding, movement, breath & presence.

Harness your Body is a space for radical self-care & expression. Through breath, grounding, presence & free movement we reconnect with our bodies & express! Embodiment is the goal, no more avoidance! It's time to move our emotions through our bodies! Shake, jump, lay, flop, wiggle & throw tantrums in a contained space. Then, take your body back into the world. Our bodies hold our emotions, our creativity & our desire. Our bodies hold POWER & it’s time to HARNESS it!

The cherry on top ~ DJ Min @not_hoji will be on the decks ~
DJ Min joins Harness Your Body to share immersive and soothing sounds to help motion those emotions~ Through immersive, body-led music, her intentions are to support you move, release, and explore emotions through sound.

Harness Your Body is not pushing for a "big Release" rather. Is a gentle guide back into body at your own pace while processing emotions and sensations that may arise.

Who is Harness Your Body for?
* Folks feeling dissociated, overwhelmed or lethargic
* Those feeling out of thier body and wanting to re-connect
* Folks feeling lost in their thoughts who what to get back into body
* Folks feeling full to the brim with tension & emotion(s) - eg. Anxiety, depression, grief or anger - that need to be shifted, released or moved through body
* Folks needing to shake it out and express themselves in good company
* Folks who are ready to try & expand for their sensations & their emotions so they can fully experience themselves in their body

Harness your Body was created with reference to 2 of the 6 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles "contact with the present moment" and "defusion". ACT tells us to Drop Anchor - connect with body and present in order to expand for sensation & emotion, defuse from thoughts so we can be with ourselves even when in pain.

Harness Your Body also incorporates principles and strategies from Somatic based therapies learnt through "Importance of Body Connection" (taught by Jean Gamble) and "Methods of Body Based Emotional Processing" (taught by Cathy Williams) & more...

With guidance from Dr Jennifer Mullan the pioneer of de-colonising therapy, I am unpicking, and unravelling what it means and what it looks like to practice de-colonised therapy. A goal that can never be fully realised but one that I will continue to strive for. Harness your body was written through a de-colonising lens. This space calls you to bring your body as it is in all its power, to let yourself feel your feelings without shame, to let your self embody your body and experience all its sensations and RESPOND with radical care!

Skills you will leave with
* Techniques to ground yourself into present
* Techniques to expand for emotions
* Techniques to defuse from your thoughts
* A felt sense of embodiment (hopefully)

To stay up to date with the sessions & themes follow @powerfullyhumanpsychotherapy on Instagram &/or subscribe to Powerfully Human via the website www.powerfully-human.com

Accessibility: Entrance through the front door of the gallery space. Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
COVID/ FLU safety: Attendees are encouraged to stay home if experiencing cold/ flu symptoms. The workshop is indoor with some ventilation. Distancing varies throughout the workshop as you move through the space. Masks are not required for entry.

Public transport & parking:
Buses
430, 426, 423 city bound buses stop just across the road from the warehouse at intervals of around 15 minutes
430, 426, 423 west bound buses stop up the road in front of Enmore Park, about a 4 minute walk from the warehouse.
The walk is on a slight decline from bus stop to warehouse.
Nearest train stations :
Sydenham - 18 min walk OR 430 west bound to train station from warehouse
Marrickville - 23 min walk OR 423 west bound to train station from warehouse
Parking: There is no parking available at the venue. The closest free parking is on Smith Street or Cook Road.

What to bring: Yourself, a water bottle & wear comfy clothes that you can move in!

Disclaimers;
• This is not group therapy. If you are interested in therapeutic support Powerfully Human offers one on one therapy services you can access via our website.
• Must be over 18 to engage in the group.
• Confidentiality is key to creating a safe space so do not share details or experiences of others outside of the space.
• There will be movement and possible noise making

We acknowledge the workshop will be run on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, lands that were stolen and never ceded. We acknowledge the sacred connection indigenous peoples have with the land we are exploring, feeling and creating upon.