The Relational Healing Circle
Join us for an intimate, 8-session group series (over 4 months) where we dive deep into the magic of somatic shadow work and expand our capacity for embodied, honest expression through circle-based practices.
What you’ll experience:
Practices to connect deeply with your body’s wisdom
Speaking and listening from the heart
A space to gently unwind old patterns and conditioning
The healing power of being seen, heard, and felt in community
We’ll meet for 8 sessions of emergent circle work rooted in presence, somatic awareness, and relational re-patterning. We’ll tune into what’s alive in the moment, allowing each session to unfold from the wisdom of the group field.
As we breathe light into the unspoken shadow realms, old imprints and shared wounds soften, and new pathways of trust, depth, and joy in relationship will emerge.
If your heart is longing for authentic connection and the opportunity to embody & expand more fully into your true self, I hope you will join us!
A new circle starts in November.
To be considered for the circle, please fill out the application of interest to join the waitlist.
“ I was drawn to the small relational healing group as an opportunity to ‘go deeper.’ I wanted to challenge my fear of being open and vulnerable and also to reconnect with myself after some years of feeling submerged/lost in a lonely marriage. And I had developed trust in Kirsten as a facilitator and a person.
I loved how interactive all the exercises were and I loved that the other members of the group all seemed committed to being as open, honest and authentic as possible. Kirsten’s gentle thoughtful guidance was just right-I never felt pressured, just encouraged, invited to go as deep as I chose to, to approach my ‘edges.’
What I appreciated most: the opportunity to be more open, more myself- messy and vulnerable and human-in a safe place, with other messy, vulnerable humans.
Trusting others with my vulnerability, with my sadness and loneliness and need for connection-feeling their support-that was a breakthrough moment for me. I am very grateful.
I notice that my feelings are closer to the surface since being in the group. I think I am more myself when I interact with others in my community. I want to do more to continue this momentum.””
“The Relational Healing Circle was a really healing and powerful experience, both within myself and in my connection with others. I came in craving authentic connection and wanting to invest more deeply in myself and what I needed.
Over the course of the circle, a group of people who had once been total strangers came to know me on a deeper level than I had even known myself four months earlier. It was refreshing to trust other humans, and to trust myself in listening to how I was truly feeling.
The circle revitalized my courage to speak up for my own needs and share authentically how I’m feeling. Most of all, it gave me hope. Hope that I know myself, that I am loved and worthy, that connections can be deep, and that we aren’t alone. In a time when our world can feel like it’s falling apart, it was wonderful to be with others and build hope for our humanity.
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“I had the good fortune of participating in a Reclaim Your Joy circle with Kirsten and the name is perfect! I arrived feeling burdened and stuck in a story line about the problems in my life, especially relationship issues I’ve been struggling with. Something magical happened by being in the safe space of a circle of caring people, giving each other our full attention as we tuned into the felt experience of what was happening in our body and the field of energy being created. Fully listening to other’s sharing already helped things to start moving and lifting, and in my sharing a huge wave of energy broke loose and instead of delving into my complicated story line, what came to me is that I am not just a problem to be solved. Tears of sadness flowed, and I came out of it feeling relief, joy, love and connection. I am looking forward to more of these circles!”
“Thank you so much for this event, Kirsten, and for your sensitively attuned facilitation.
From the moment I stepped in, I felt the space was peaceful, quiet, and slowed down. The gentle pacing of the practices, the clarity of your guidance, and the pressure-free invitations allowed me to soften and settle.
At this time of great transformation, we need spaces like this—trauma-aware, heart-centered circles where we can discover new ways of relating with ourselves and one another. Here, I experienced healing and awakening happening spontaneously, and my natural joy began to emerge.
By the end of the evening, I noticed how our guardedness had melted, the tension in our bodies had eased, and we were held in a golden field of gentle togetherness that we co-created. It was a profound reminder of the treasures of our shared humanity. This is the way forward—into a new reality where there is room for all of our humanness and our divinity.”
“Kirsten’s circles make space for me. Her clearly defined container makes it easy for me to find my way in without any pressure to perform. I look forward to attending Kirsten’s events because I not only heal from old wounds and self judgement but I also don’t fear getting lost in the crowd - in Kirsten’s spaces I feel like I belong and I matter. ”
“Kirsten has an energy about her that invites simple trust, depth, care. Combined with her knowledge of group systems, SOMETHING good is bound to happen in any workshop she offers.
In this particular small gathering of strangers, I was surprised by how easy it was to drop my guard, to be moved by what people shared, and to meet the moment by opening up too. In my share, I suddenly felt the weight of things I have been carrying, and found myself crying. Such releases, such relief afterwards. ”
“I joined this circle because, in the past, I have had good experiences with groups led by Kirsten Elise. I appreciate the depth she calls forth from her participants. And I am compelled by the way this particular format draws out organic, evolving shares that feel like ever-deepening co-creations. The eight-week circle I participated in became a very reliably profound place to both share and receive a rarefied kind of truth and presence with others.”