Details
Facilitated by
Ashley Liston-Avnaim
Date/Time
Saturday | 10:00am - 3:00pm | Sep. 13
Cost
$49 to Members | $79 for Non-Members
Location
The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action | In Person
1628 Hoffner St Cincinnati, OH 45223
About the Class
Domains
Description
In 2023, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy warned of a loneliness epidemic, highlighting the profound impact of social connection on health, just as vital as movement and nutrition. His report followed the peak years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when necessary isolation left many of us more divided, less empathetic, and struggling to return to the relational postures that once sustained us.
In response to this growing concern, this workshop provides a space to explore core attachment styles and their impact on relational patterns.. Through somatic practices, we’ll work through social freeze states and the physical experience of social anxiety, gaining tools to reconnect with self and others. Participants will have the opportunity to sense into support, uncover barriers to connection, and explore new ways to foster meaningful relationships.
This class is for you if you’re looking to deepen or rebuild connection, engage in reflective and embodied practices, and cultivate relationships in a supportive and restorative space.
Participants will have a one-hour lunch break. You’re welcome to bring lunch, or take advantage of nearby restaurants within walking distance for a quick bite. There is a refrigerator and a microwave available.
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
More About the Facilitators
Ashley Liston-Avnaim
is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in OH, NC and TN, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, consultant and groups facilitator who believes that connection and belonging are the antidote to most of the world's problems. She owns a somatic trauma-resolution therapy practice where she utilizes nervous system and body-based modalities and ketamine assisted psychotherapy for fuller, longer-lasting healing. She offers training and continuing education to licensed mental health professionals across the country and community and teams-based facilitation on acknowledging the role the collective nervous system plays in our work, relationships, wellness and collective liberation.