Ma’alot invites you to come explore embodiment practices through sound healing, vocal expression, somatic practices, and breath with trauma-informed embodiment coach & sound healing practitioner Chelsea Szegidewicz.
Overview: My name is Chelsea, and I'm thrilled to bring these healing practices into the Ma’alot community!
What to bring: Please bring a mat, blankets, pillows, and journal. The more cozy you can get, the better.
Where? This will be held at a community member’s home in Old Fourth Ward area. Address will be given once you’ve signed up.
Doors open at 7pm and we start at 7:30 and end at 9. I recommend you come early to make sure you get a spot and use the restroom before we get started.
What we'll be doing: I’ll be inviting Breathwork, Vocal Toning, Somatic Practices, and a Sound Bath with my crystal quartz singing bowls. I'll take you step by step of the whole process and make sure we're all on the same page before we start. Visit the FAQ’s below for more information.
Register
For payment, please Venmo me at CSZEGI5, or pay cash in person, or use Zelle with my phone number 470-556-0787.
We are doing this as a donation based class, and the recommended amount is between $15-$45. If you’re feeling generous, you’re welcome to donate more. Pick what number feels good for you. Everyone is welcome.
Please email me with any questions at CSZEGI5@gmail.com
I look forward to sharing this healing space with you all.
Warm regards,
Chelsea Szegidewicz [Sheg-ee-DEV-ich]
https://www.harborofdreamsart.com/sound-therapy
https://www.behotyogaatlanta.com/
Chelsea Szegidewicz [Sheg-ee-DEV-ich] is a Trauma Informed Embodiment Coach, Sound Healing Practitioner, and Professional Musician in Atlanta, Georgia. Chelsea offers 1:1, Couples, and Group Coaching online and in person as well as Live Performance with her Guitar and Voice and Music Production for Films & TV, and Recording Artists. Contact Chelsea at CSZEGI5@gmail.com for booking and/or questions.
www.chelseathemusician.com + https://www.harborofdreamsart.com/sound-therapy
FAQ’s:
What is Embodiment, Sound Baths, and Somatic Movement?
If you’ve never been to a sound bath, I invite you to imagine yourself in a spacious room with a facilitator (me) playing instruments while you sit or lay on a mat. In this case I’ll be playing my 7 quartz singing bowls and they have the potential for creating relaxation and a feeling of harmony. These instruments ring at a frequency that affects your brainwaves and this can be calming and nourishing or it can stir unfinished movement which is trauma that needs to be awakened and worked through in order to reach relaxation. That’s where the somatic practices come in. I’ll be inviting somatic movement practices from a mindful embodiment method called Chi For Two®. This method acknowledges that we pattern our nervous system functioning in our earliest dances as infants with our parents. Somatic is relating to your body. In the book ‘The Body Keeps the Score’, we learn that the body holds onto trauma. So, how do we move it out? Somatic Movement. A somatic practice might look like a sway, or vocalization with your voice. If you find yourself getting stirred up in class, I am there to catch any big feelings and help you invite movements to help move that energy out of your body. That’s when true relaxation and harmony is created. That is embodiment.
What is Vocal Toning? In vocal toning we intentionally use our voices to help move out trapped energy in the body. I will invite you to mouth consonants, or hold out long vowels. I will invite you to play around with your voice and see what wants to come up if anything at all.