I wrote you last week about the dynamic between Healing and Play. I’m grateful to be able to offer both through the gatherings below. It would be an honor to have you with us.

The New Years BraveSpace Playshop

will be a celebration of togetherness through dance and embodiment at SomaWorks Studio in Boise, Thursday Dec 30^th in the evening to the afternoon of Sunday Jan 2^nd. BraveSpace is an embodied practice of being authentically ourselves, together in movement.  In this BraveSpace Playshop we will explore the mycelium network of fungi as a metaphoric and imagistic way in to connection within ourselves and with each other.  You will always be at choice in how you participate; contact improvisation, somatic movement mediation, open ecstatic dance jams, hands-on bodywork trades, and sharing circles will all be offered.   Leah Nelson from Salt Lake City (not related, but great name right?) will be teaching CI with me.  

More information is at THIS LINK.  15 participants max.  Housing can be made available for out-of-town participants by in-town participants.  7 spots remain as of this writing.  

$300 not including housing donations ($100 suggested) or co-created communal food possibilities.

Text me at (208)985-0331 if you’d like to join us.  I’m happy to chat more about it too. 

The BraveSpace Healing and Bodywork Retreat

for 5 participants for 5 days (not yet set) in January is particularly well suited to people with a clear healing objective, and a desire to simultaneously address physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of their healing journey. Participants will have the opportunity to dive deep into the healing wisdom of their bodies through daily individual work with me and collective witnessing and interaction in a focused and intentional group.   Traumatic patterns live in the body, and we rarely generate or heal those patterns alone.  Myofascial and CranioSacral Bodywork teach the body directly how to release patterns that no longer serve us so that we can grow.  Somatic Movement Therapy offers empowerment as we practice new patterns and find flow in our bodies and minds.  Group BraveSpace somatic movement/dance sessions affirm our healing in relation to each other, amplifying the potency of each person’s individual journey.  This retreat will be particularly well suited to people with a clear healing objective, and a desire to simultaneously address physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of their healing journey.  Some housing will be available—air BnB and other options close to the studio are also plentiful in downtown Boise.

$1200-$1500

Apply at THIS LINK

Here’s feedback I’ve been honored to receive from my clients:

My somatic sessions with Matthew have been an amazing journey of reconnecting to my body. Some key things I worked on was how to identify and set boundaries, foundational body movement and connection to the earth, and how to process things going inward. I HIGHLY recommend SomaWorks with Matthew!  (Charyl Shoumann)

Simply put working with Matthew has helped me answer some of the biggest and most challenging questions of this time in my life. Along the way it has been fun, powerful, inspiring and so freeing compared to other styles of ‘self work’. I always feel that I have his full attention and care. Can not recommend highly enough, no matter what questions you are currently facing. (Colin Koach)

Matthew makes me feel seen, heard, valued, and accepted. From this foundation of trust, and using his intuitive Somatic Ideation process, I have grown into a deeper understanding of myself, and a deeper connection between body, mind, and spirit. Through his gentle and insightful guidance, I have grown personally by leaps and bounds, and have discovered skills and tools that are helpful to me in my everyday life. Matthew’s deep and broad knowledge of the body makes him uniquely equipped to lead clients down paths of personal inquiry, welcoming the participation of the client’s whole self each step of the way. (Hannah Ruth Brothers)