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Somatic Tune-In with MD Bloch-Hansen

November: Grounding, Letting Go, Descending into the Dark Season

November 11, 11 am – 12:30 pm ET | 8 – 9:30 am PT | Zoom


Overview

Connect and decompress through a guided somatic practice with MD Bloch-Hansen. Each session is shaped by the needs of the group, drawing on movement, stillness, reflection, breathwork, and visualization to support both body and mind.

Session Focus

As November begins its quiet descent toward stillness, many of us feel a natural pull inward. This session invites you to attune to the season’s rhythm and the approach of the winter solstice — the longest night of the year, a time for rest, reflection, and renewal. Through guided somatic movement and embodiment practices, we’ll explore what the body is holding or ready to release, and how to settle into the deep restoration that the dark season offers.

This is a space to nourish your mind and body by slowing down, tuning in, and connecting with your present-moment awareness and aliveness. Through practice, you’ll discover embodied tools for sensing, shifting, and settling — moving from activation toward rest with greater flexibility and ease.

Who Should Attend

Anyone seeking grounding or restoration through movement and body awareness and looking to add somatic resources to their self-care tool kit. No prior experience with somatic practice is required. We encourage participants to join with an open mind and wear comfortable, non-constricting clothing. 

Important Note

Our workshops are intended to provide general information and strategies; they are not a substitute for counselling. Participation in this workshop does not constitute a therapeutic relationship.

Accessibility

ASL interpretation, closed captions, and translated captions will be available. If you require accommodations to make this event accessible for you, please get in touch, and we will do our best to meet your needs.

Recording

This event will not be recorded to maintain privacy and presence during the session.


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Meet MD

MD (they/them) is a queer, gender-fluid, white settler of Italian and Danish descent, based in Tkaronto. They show up in the community as an integrative somatic therapist, performance artist, and doula. As a somatic careworker and registered social worker, they take a liberatory and justice-oriented approach that honours each person’s embodied wisdom and strengths.

In their private practice, MD offers holistic support for experiential and relational healing, weaving somatic practices, expressive arts, movement, and sound meditation, all grounded through a lens of cultural humility. MD also works as a gender affirming counsellor at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, supporting trans and gender diverse youth and their families navigating gender questioning and transition. MD enjoys supporting people in reconnecting with their bodies to find a sense of presence, steadiness, and creative expression as pathways toward resilience and a more livable future.

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