Friday Evenings at SOMA
Friday evenings are for rest and integration.
Our biology demands it.
Come and integrate the week in a safely held space, accessing movement that feels good to you.
Classes support stress release and nervous system regulation.
No prior movement experience is needed and there are always a range of seating for mobility support.
Steady in the Storm acknowledges our rapidly changing world and the disruption being felt in our communities, locally and globally.
In this class you are offered slow gentle movement to release stress and tension, a deep resting practice and a somatic enquiry to build the capacity to adapt and evolve. We are also invited to feel nourished to hold and process in community rather than going it alone.
Come as you are.
Pay what you can.
No prior group movement experience is necessary.
A range of seating for mobility support.
Pay what you can:
Please offer a koha that suits your financial capacity.
This supports SOMA's commitment to accessible options for our community.
If you haven't the capacity right now, you are warmly welcome to come and receive.
PLEASE NOTE: As a social enterprise the fee we charge covers the cost of delivering the class to you and do not make a profit. Therefore we need a minimum amount of participants for the class to go ahead.
Creative Origins
17 October 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
Free
Spaces are limited.
Get in touch with Ellen, ellenaster3@gmail.com if you have any queries about the event or health concerns you want to check in with.
Creative Origins
A free pelvic workshop for women who long to inhabit their pelvic bowl with more presence, ease and less pain.
Join Ellen to explore an integrative approach to restoring and activating pelvic health.
You will leave with a more holistic (whole person & complete) understanding of what can contribute to pain or discomfort within your pelvic bowl and tissues and learn how to create sustainable shifts to help restore ease, presence and full, creative range.
Ellen will be integrating aspects of Holistic Pelvic Care™ and Therapeutic Yoga into this offering. The first part of the workshop will be settling and arriving into space together, followed by several, experiential pelvic centred practices (movement, breath and awareness based), to help ease congestion and restore presence and compassionate awareness within the physical and energetic layers of our pelvic bowl. There will be time at the end for optional sharing, reflections and questions. All ways of participating are invitational and welcome!
Who is this for?
This is a space for all women and womb holders. No prior experience of Yoga or Body Based work is needed, as all guided practices will be gentle, gradual and inclusive.
Who is guiding?
Ellen Barry is a certified yoga and movement therapist, holistic pelvic care™ provider, musician and ACC trauma yoga facilitator at SOMA centre for somatics. She offers 1:1 sessions and group work in Ōtautahi, with a particular interest in truly integrative pelvic care and more spaces for women to remember and reclaim their full, embodied range. find her here: ellenbarry.com
Natasha Godetz runs monthly Somatic Trauma Release sessions from SOMA. These sessions use a range of somatic exercises as a way to move and process stuck energy, emotions and trauma through the body.
They focus on an instinctive mechanism called therapeutic tremoring - a natural tool for self-regulation, healing and maintaining homeostasis and this is done through shaking and specific movements to target the psoas and hips - the two main areas where we hold a lot of tension.
These classes are slow and gentle and place a huge emphasis on building trust and connection with your body.
If you would like to read more about this modality or Natasha please head to www.natashagodetz.com or email natashagodetz@gmail.com
Important Note:
The intention of these sessions is to guide you through somatic ways to release held patterns of tension in the body that can linger after trauma & stress. They are not designed to revisit the traumatic event. That being said as with any body based practice, emotions can arise. If you are currently working through a particular trauma and need extra support we recommend booking a 1:1 session first so that we can work with your unique body in a tailored session rather than a general class. This modality is a great complementary therapy alongside talk therapy. Please reach out if you would like to chat more about these classes.