All of us were once children filled with light, curiosity, and wonder. Small and vulnerable, we had to figure out how to stay safe and find belonging in the world we grew up in.
Being kids, we had limited resources or solutions when we felt scared or overwhelmed.
We didn’t decide where we lived or who our family was.
We couldn’t get in our car to leave or end a relationship when we were feeling scared.
We simply had to make the best of our circumstances and what our caregivers gave us.
Many times, the best option in overwhelming situations was to move our attention in an attempt to “turn down” the volume of whatever was “too much” or upsetting to us.
Embodiment Class Details
Date + Times
March 19th through April 23rd
Each Wednesday Night
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
The Vitalist Institute
1324 Lake Drive, Suite 4
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Sign Up
Sign up for the entire series at a discounted rate or simply the individual classes that work for you!
BONUS: When you purchase a 6-Class Pass we welcome you bring a friend for ONE free session. Please send an email to support@vitalistinst.com to preregister your guest as space is limited.
*To ensure that this class is right for you, please take a moment to scroll down to read more about the contraindications of breathwork.
Ultimately, five options arose to turn down that volume:
Leave our body
Merge with others in the hope they could meet our needs
Hunker down and endure the storm
Get aggressive in an attempt to get what we want
Become rigid and follow the rules
These are the 5 Personality Patterns we all relied on to make it to adulthood.
However...
➔ Strategies become habits
➔ Habits become hardwired
➔ Hardwired habits become our personality patterns
Even after realizing we have better options to stay safe and connected, these habitual ways of seeing the world taint our experience of the here and now. Instead of responding to the present moment, the habitual responses from our past take over.
The good news is that these personality patterns are not who you are.
It’s not your most authentic expression.
In fact, your personality patterns are what keep your truest self from shining through.
Underneath your personality patterns is where you can connect back to your most authentic self.
Join Vitalist lead teachers, Kaycee Joy and Ryan DeLuca, for this six-week Embodiment Series aimed at connecting you back to your soul's most authentic expression through an embodied understanding of the 5 Personality Patterns.
Sign up for the entire series at a discounted rate or simply the individual classes that work for you!
BONUS: When you purchase a 6-Class Pass we welcome you bring a friend for ONE free session. Please send an email to support@vitalistinst.com to preregister your guest as space is limited.
All classes are trauma-informed. Participant safety is of the utmost importance as we dive deep into our body and psyche to empower you with tools to create a life of liberation and ease.
About Breathwork & Bioenergetics
Breathwork has the ability to transform your deepest wounds, allowing you to reconnect with your most authentic self; to engage again, in a life worth living. Any human who can breathe deeply can do this transformational work.
Learn to be an explorer of yourself and inhabit your whole being so you can feel at home in your body. Your body is a tool to develop awareness, stay present, self-regulate, feel whole, find balance, feel connected, know yourself, love yourself and be empowered.
The practice of bioenergetics utilizes specific movements and stretches designed to break up areas of chronic pain and tension in the mind and body.
When practiced consistently over time, bioenergetics creates deep shifts and allows participants to return to their natural state of presence and ease.
Through breathing and feeling deeply, the psychological, physical, and the energetic bodies are harmonized and strengthened.
3/19: Ryan
3/26: Kaycee
4/2: Ryan
4/9: Kaycee
4/16: Kaycee
4/23: Ryan
Teaching Schedule:
What people are saying…
“I’m not alone in my journey”
“Before starting embodiment classes I was feeling emotionally overwhelmed with issues in my life. I look forward to each class because they enable me to pause, reconnect with my body, and focus on feeling my deep feelings. I can bring them up and let them go.
I’ve benefited so much from these classes. I have such an incredible increase in energy and sense of not being alone in my journey toward self-integration.”
-Annie R.
“I’m recovering my authentic self”
“I have found so much value in the somatic practice of bioenergetics to release tension in my body in order to find more ease. I feel like I’m recovering my authentic self and rediscovering my innate joy.
I’m surprised at how open and vulnerable the members of this community have been with one another. This is one of a kind.”
-Matt J.
“The practices are helping me release old ways”
“My relationship with myself has changed dramatically. I’m surprised at how beautiful and intense the experience and my life has been so far. The awareness I’m developing and the practice are so helping me release old ways and step into new.
"It’s so validating to be with a community of people who understand.”
Erica J.
Who Are These
Classes For?
Those who are new to somatic practices and wish to learn more
Anyone currently working 1:1 with a Vitalist Institute practitioner
Currently attending The Vitalist School or an alumni
Anyone wishing to increase their Vital Life Force + awareness in order to heal
If you have any questions or concerns please contact support@vitalistinst.com
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*Space is limited. If you need to cancel, please contact us as soon as possible, as there is often a waitlist. Cancellations will be refunded with a $50 processing fee, if you notify us in writing prior to 14 days before the event. Within 14 days of the event, refunds will not be given due to health reasons, weather, or winter road conditions, unless your space is able to be filled (minus $50 processing fee). Please plan accordingly.
*Should our event be full, please do not hesitate to join our waitlist by emailing support@viatlistinst.com Please include your phone number, as we will notify you as soon as any cancellation occurs.
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Pregnancy, severe asthma, severe heart disease, unmedicated high blood pressure, mental illness, epilepsy and/or history of seizures, acute physical injuries, severe or unregulated diabetes
*If you are unsure if breathwork is right for you, please reach out to us for a conversation. We offer many unique adaptations and modifications to meet your needs.
*Everything shared during the sessions and throughout the weekend is confidential.
*No photos will be taken without participants' consent.
*Please note the contraindications for breathwork are:
Pregnancy, severe asthma, severe heart disease, untreated high blood pressure, history of psychotic breaks, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, epilepsy/history of seizures, severe or unregulated diabetes.
If you are unsure if breathwork is right for you, please reach out to us for a conversation. We offer many unique adaptations and modifications to meet your needs.