The Somatic Playground
Moving at the Rhythm of Connection and Trust!
Classes are typically $30 presale / $40 at the door.
Buy a pack of classes at a discount and come anytime you want! Passes have no expiry date are valid until used up!
"Oh my goodness, I have so much fun attending these events!! Now Monday nights are one of my fave nights of the week. 🤣
The Somatic Playground is a friendly and supportive place to explore many fun, body- and awareness-based connection activities. So often I noticed myself contemplating things I learned or connections that moved me during the event. It’s such a nourishing and community connected way to grow and develop in really playful and empowering ways! I’m grateful and will keep coming back." ~ Carley
"Facilitated exercises have created a comfortable space to explore ourselves and engage in deeper interactions with others. The building of the Somatic Playground community, and its varied range of teachers, has given us a path into exploring other communities in the Bay Area. As a couple, it’s been a wonderful place to learn about ourselves and our relationship" ~ Kai & Eric
"I had high expectations because of my experience with the work of the producers of Somatic Playground and I was NOT disappointed. I wanted to go deeper into what's possible within the realms of sensation, creativite expression, and attunement to myself and others. Relatable facilitation, great models for conscious relating and body presence. I comenoutbof the classes totally alive with an amazing experience of soft and juicy self intimacy and awakend connection to myself and others." ~Katharine
"I love Somatic Playground because it enables me to try out different skillsets in a group of likeminded individuals and hosts week after week building a community and learning while we do it. Every week is different but hinge upon similar goals to connect more deeply with people through targeted exercises, games, and frameworks created by the diverse array of highly skilled facilitators. // There is something for everyone through Somatic Playground, whether you’ve been immersed in somatic workshop spaces before, are comfortable with sensual, or you’re brand new, nervous, or are wanting a beginner space, different classes offer different levels and interests making it accessible to a diverse array of folks. There really is space for everyone no matter how you identify or what other types of events you attend. // My favorite part is often being able to discuss and debrief, which happens in each class in between exercises and time for open play. It’s a really incredible space and I’ve made some deep friendships through it, learned skills, and healed parts of myself and am excited to continue on in this wonderful community." ~ Elle
"I've really got a lot out of this series, appreciating the variety of approaches from the facilitators. They've brought me movement, stillness, breath, depth. I've found better connection with my own inner experience, and I'm enjoying the company of a community of somatic fellow travelers!" ~ Joseph
"I attended a class at The Somatic Playground to get out of my comfort zone and meet positive people. I was scared because it was the first time exploring a more emotional side of me and I was doing it in front of strangers. I couldn’t have chose a better place. Every one was so open minded and accepting of me, I felt safe and comfortable the whole time. It was an unforgettable experience!" ~ Brian
"The Somatic Playground hosts workshops that create a safe and welcoming environment where participants can dive deep into introspection while having embodied connections. From the beautiful rope workshop to the "Play Your Way to Authenticity" workshop, each experience is a testament to the care and creativity of the facilitators. The combination of trust-building activities, guided meditations, and interactive games create a sensory based journey and camaraderie among attendees, leading to the feeling of genuine community." ~ Heather
"Thank you so much for organizing the Somatic Playground a second time. When I started attending last fall my partner and I were just beginning to explore more movement and somatic awareness activities. I came to the workshops initially intending to connect with others in ways that I was not yet conversant. As each workshop is different, with a full-fledged teacher sharing their passions and skills, I have left each one filled with a broadened sense of community and support in finding out together just how deep and full and mysterious living can be. The work here is important as it brings together many teachers and students to explore the beauty of being fully alive." ~Kent
What is the Somatic Playground?
✨ Weekly Monday classes with some of your favorite FireLight & SoulPlay teachers, and more!
✨ A place for you to learn, embody, and grow somatic, primal, emotional, and energetic intelligence!
✨ A space to co-create community with a common language around relating & intimacy!
✨ An opportunity to slow down, connect, and move at the pace of connection and trust!
✨ A time to play, move, and dance together!
Join us for a series of collaborative exploration at The Somatic Playground!
These in-person events take place on Mondays 7-10pm
Get ready to immerse yourself in a unique experience of connecting with yourself and others in a playful, expressive, & intimate way. Through various somatic exercises and activities, you'll discover new ways to move, connect, let go, and build trust with those around you.
Whether you're a seasoned dancer or have never stepped foot on a dance floor before, this event welcomes everyone. We're cultivating a thoughtful space to explore your body's language, express yourself freely, and connect with like-minded individuals.
In the Somatic Playground, we will cultivate a community of somatic attunement and relational intelligence. Each week, a different facilitator will guide you on a journey of research, play, and practice, honing your abilities to dive into your somatic, emotional, primal, energetic, and relational bodies - learning to listen through touch and taste the pathway of motion. An open jam will follow as a way to continue exploring together sparks and curiosities from class.
So, mark your calendars and come join us at The Somatic Playground for an evening filled with exploration, movement, touch, and connection. Don't miss out on this opportunity to let loose, meet new people, and discover the joy of moving at the rhythm of connection and trust.
Our Community Agreements
As teachers, facilitators, and participants, while we support everyone engaging with sovereignty (making good choices for themselves and others), we also understand that trauma has a huge influence on people's behavior and experience, so we are trauma informed in the ways we teach, engage, and/or participate in these classes. We also recognize and continue to learn to be aware of the power dynamics that exist or might arise as we engage, and seek to level the playing field of power whenever possible, and engage with utmost attunement, care, and consideration for each other.
Erotic energy may emerge but is not the goal. Sensual touch is welcome - we are exploring all that is possible in terms of how we relate to each other through sensing. Sexual touch and intoxication are not a part of this container.
Diversity and Inclusion
For each class series, we seek to include a diverse group of facilitators to express the full range of humanness, bodies, and experience around race, age, gender, identity, sex, sexual orientation, and more. Some series may appear at first glance to favor some subgroups, and while may be accurate that this is what was available at the time, we continue to include facilitators who fit all of these subgroups.
Similarly, and in collaboration with the Plura App/Community, we seek to include a diverse group of humans and celebrate all experiences, bodies, and identities, especially of those who have historically been less favored or appreciated.
Please reach out with any questions.
Refunds or Transfer
If it ever turns out that a class isn't for you or that you missed a class for any reason, we'll be happy to either refund you or allow you to come to a future class instead. No problem 🫶
No one turned away for lack of funds, text/whatsapp (+14155050786) or email us (thesomaticplayground@exquisite.love) to chat!
Tickets
Classes are typically $30 presale & $40 at the door!
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Classes
Mar 3 🌟 Angela Heyun: Contact Beyond Contact [Euclid Manor]
Contact Beyond Contact (CBC) is a dance and healing practice for deep connection - with ourselves, in relationships, and as an interwoven community with one another and nature itself. CBC emphasizes energetic attunement, inviting and being invited, clear intentions, boundaries, co-creation, community care, and dance as a metaphor and practice of how we move through life.
This is a facilitated 2-hour session of relational conscious dance, welcoming to people without movement experience and engaging to people immersed in dance. We’ll explore dance as a language of embodied communication, to express, invite, co-create, say yes and no. By the end, we’ll be dancing with the whole room, moving together as individuals and as a collective, in contact via our energy, senses, presence, touch, heart, and spirit. “Contact Beyond Contact” is a reference to this, how we are always in contact.
CBC integrates dance modalities including Authentic Movement (Solo), Contact Improvisation (Duet), and Passing Through (Group) with healing modalities including Qigong, Thai Massage, somatics, mindfulness and leadership skills, breathwork, philosophies of Taoism and Buddhism, and more. CBC is created by Vangelis Legakis - learn more at education.unityspace.org!
Angela Heyun is curious about everything embodiment and improvisation - all the ways we inhabit ourselves, meet life, cultivate presence and imagination, and make choices as humans together.
For her, dance is a kind of existential understanding; presence and touch are an immediate and fundamental ‘knowing.’ Angela is a teacher of Contact Beyond Contact, a dance & healing practice for personal development, relational growth, and open-hearted connection with community and nature. It is a practice of embodied communication, energetic attunement, clear intentions, invitations, boundaries, co-creation - a practice of our dance through life. CBC integrates modalities including Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation, Passing Through, Qi Gong, Family Constellations, psychology, and Taoist philosophy. Learn more about CBC at education.unityspace.org
Angela has been teaching in embodiment for a decade. Beyond CBC and its integrated modalities, she is influenced by Integrative Somatic Arts, Tango, Fusion, Yoga, Tai Chi, Butoh, movement research, embodied theater, bodywork, grappling, and music improvisation. In her facilitation, Angela creates spaces to be with what is emerging, to go into the unknown together. She is committed to always being in the practice and learning of what she holds dear.
Mar 10 🌟 Francesca Gentille: One Night With a Hundred Lovers [Euclid Manor]
What if you could have a hundred amazing lovers in one night and still feel integrated, refreshed, and sacred?
What if you knew how to experience a variety of lovemaking styles, flavors of energy, types of positions, and qualities of personality and still be depthfully committed?
Have you ever wondered who you bring to bed in your own head?
In One Night With a Hundred Loves we will explore your Inner Harem, or the many Inner Aspects we each have within. When these are recovered, uncovered and/or discovered, we can bring to the bedroom expanded possibilities and new combinations. Also fabulous for working with desire discrepancy and sexual style differences.
Francesca Gentille, Certified Clinical Sexologist and initiated shaman, inspires transformation through combining the science and soul of sexuality. For over 20 years, she´s compassionately empowered 1000s of clients, and students around the world to reclaim the spark, bridge sexual differences, heal from trauma, and deepen self love!
An expert in the field of integrating sexuality, consciousness, healing, Tantra, Conscious Non-Monogamy, and the use of BDSM as therapeutic modality. She is professor at the International Institute of Clinical Sexology, where she is studying to receive her PHD. She has conducted workshops, and presented at conferences in the United States, Netherlands, Italy, Malta, Israel, England, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and England.
Mar 17 🌟 Anna Spisak: Partner Touch for Somatic Connection [Euclid Manor]
Partner Touch for Somatic Connection —
The goal of the workshop is to explore connection with a partner using Somatic seeing, listening, and touch.
We'll start with an attunement practice to connect with ourselves. Then we'll explore how to watch and listen for the ways energy moves through and lives in our partner's body, and we'll try some basic Somatic bodywork techniques to invite connection and healing release of trapped energies in the body. We'll close with a brief reflection period to share what came up during the workshop.Anna Spisak is a somatic practitioner and artist. She started "Embodied Future," a somatic art studio, in 2023 as a commitment to support individuals & groups on their paths toward healing and sustained transformation through somatics-oriented art, events, experiences, coaching and bodywork.
Anna specializes in working with people who are navigating transition, especially individuals and couples who are navigating complex or challenging relationships. She is also an artist, a dedicated community member, and a nerd about "relational technology."
Mar 24 🌟 Diana Soline: Tantra, Voice Your Chakras [Euclid Manor]
Tantra, Voice Your Chakras, with Diana Soline
We are multidimensional beings living in a world of mystery. Navigating our lives in a complex modern world is often a challenge. The ancient Tantric Yogis named seven major centers in our bodies that point to different, yet equally important aspects of our lives. Tuning our chakras, aligns and ignites our Kundalini channel, so that we can be guided and moved from our higher selves in every day living situations.
Through breath, movement and sound you will be invited to connect and strengthen your Kundalini channel by activating your chakrasDiana Soline has been practicing and teaching Tantra for 25 years. She founded Women's Temple in 2000 where she taught sexual empowerment workshops to women in the US and Russia. She also taught workshops at Body Electric School. She received transmission from Tibetan Tantric lineage through Robert Frey. She is an ordained Zen Buddhist, musician, dancer, and a painter of Divine Feminine. www.dianasoline.com
She is known for her gentle, compassionate and grounded approach to sexual healing.
Mar 31 🌟 Thea Sheets: Giggles, Wiggles, & Jiggles [Euclid Manor]
What happens when you mix laughter, free movement, and a sprinkle of silliness? Come find out!
Giggles, Wiggles & Jiggles is an opportunity to embark on an explorative journey to connect with self, others, & environment through play, dance, sounding & rhythm. Through guided exercises, improvisational movement, and interactive games, we’ll tap into the wisdom of the body, releasing tension, awakening creativity, and cultivating a sense of ease and freedom. Whether you're wiggling, giggling, or jiggling, this workshop invites you to move beyond self-consciousness and into pure, unfiltered joy & laughter. Get curious with the senses & somatic existence, let loose, + tap into your silliest, wiggliest, & embodied self!
Thea Sheets envisions a world of health & happiness for all through embodied presence, mindful recreation, & social connection. She has trained with SYZYGY Dance Project and is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) who enjoys helping others “find the song that makes them dance.” Finding her calling to share the passion & soul power that she draws from dance, mindfulness, nature, & community, she curates vibrant sessions using an inclusive approach for folx of all ages & abilities, through a lens of playful curiosity, energetic attunement, & somatic exploration.
IG @mellamothea
Apr 7 🌟 Coco: Connection-Based Kink: Play with Power & Pleasure [Euclid Manor]
Dare to explore your dominance? Craving connection through kink?
We will be exploring the energy of dominance and submission to deepen our connection within kinky play through games. This workshop is designed to support juicy creative play for a variety of kink-experience levels, including the new and kink-curious. All games encourage participants to take both roles (dom/sub) at times. Come see if switches have more fun :)
Bring a partner, date, or friend. Will not be sexual play but this will be a high touch experiential workshop, so bring someone you’re excited to touch and explore playing with dominant and submissive energy with. No implements/toys required for these games.
Why do I love kink?
Through kink play you can find your power, you can find your voice, discover new parts of yourself, kick shames ass, build deep trust, and experience new levels of sensation, connection, and surrender.
Coco is a kinky nerdy queer passionate connecter. She is a movement and somatic coach, believes life should be a desire-fueled fun game, and loves nothing more than supporting people blast beyond the limits they place on themselves. When not supporting you reaching new heights (and depths), she will be twirling around dancing Brazilian Zouk or fashioning strong and elegant body puzzles practicing Acroyoga.
IG: @AcroCoco
Apr 14 🌟 Shezza Sheryl: Bliss Sensual Energetic Touch [Euclid Manor]
Join us for an immersive workshop where you’ll experience Shezza’s BLISS Touch practice. In this unique session, you’ll rotate working with different partners, exploring energy healing and sensuous touch exercises in a safe yet deeply nurturing environment. Through this guided, trauma-informed practice, you’ll feel the flow of energy and connection between yourself and others, awakening a sense of deep pleasure and intimacy in your own body. It’s a beautiful opportunity to connect with yourself and others in a way that feels both healing and enlivening.
Shezza is an intuitive sex relationship coach, Tantra teacher, and intimacy psychic with over 20 years of experience guiding clients through transformation. She leads the six-month Divine and Alive Tantra Training and offers intuitive guidance readings and sex and relationship coaching as The Intimacy Oracle. Her work blends Tantra, energy healing, and somatic practices to help individuals break free from patterns and create deeper connections and fulfillment.
Apr 21 🌟 Ember Luna: Authentic Erotic Expression [Euclid Manor]
Your body already knows how to move seductively - this class helps you unlock that innate knowledge and journey into the depths of your erotic movement potential. Leave performance pressure at the door and dive deep into your senses, exploring your body as the luscious, sensual creature you are. Through guided visualization and sensual prompts, you’ll discover your personal vocabulary of movements that make you feel powerful, sexy, and fully embodied.
Ember (she/them) is a professional dominatrix and movement artist with almost two decades worth of dance experience. Their movement has roots in Chinese classical and folk dance, contemporary, ballet, street dance, and more. As a facilitator, Ember is passionate about reconnecting people to their bodies and healing their relationship with dance as a form of personal and social liberation. As a performing artist, Ember is devoted in their movement as an offering and channel to the Divine.
@ember.entity (instagram)
Apr 28 🌟 Michael McDonald: Sacred Touch: The Art of Subtle Sensual Touch [Euclid Manor]
A quick indraw of breath, a shiver, a purr, a writhing somatic uncoiling of delight. Wherever you make contact with the world, you can bring your whole being into that point of contact! Sacred Touch is a journey into deepening the deliciousness of sensual touch, moment to moment to moment… Rather than trying to get somewhere or get it right, making touch sacred means layering awareness and intention into everything you’re doing.
Sacred Touch is a different kind of sensual touch training, with a focus on energy and intention rather than technique. We’re inviting the energetic, intentional, and intuitive to come out and play. Within this light-hearted, safe container we’ll learn to move subtle energy, deepen presence, and follow intuition rather than agenda (treasure hunting), to play with listening and feedback, and to explore the 4 dimensions of touch: Grounding, Bonding, Energetic, and Erotic. Healing and intimacy is just as much a part of the ride as pleasure and arousal.
This is a clear consent, high touch, slow build workshop great for both individuals and couples – most of the workshop is done in pairs with frequently switching partners.Michael McDonald is a lover of subtle sexuality, embodiment, energy, consent, consciousness, and healing. He is a transformational coach and creator of Relational Alchemy, relational practices and metaskills for creating an unusual amount of intimacy between people. With a style described as part Mr Rogerts, part Inception he brings 14+yrs of experience in facilitation, Luminous energy healing, neo-tantra, process work, and spiritual clarity into his subtle sexuality work.
authenticintegrity.com
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Locations
Classes are all in the East Bay until later in 2025
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