Join Us For

Imbolc Somatic Practice

Sunday February 2nd 2025, 3p-4:15p

Join us as we ground in the themes of Imbolc, the halfway point between winter solstice and spring equinox. In this practice, we gather in acknowledgment for the deep layers of the earth beginning to thaw.

During this practice, we are offered the curiosity of the spring seeds starting to germinate and explore what wants to emerge and what wants to lay below the earth a bit longer.

The Details

When: Sunday February 2nd, 2025 3p - 4:15p MT

Location:

Flow Acupuncture
1204 E South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102

Investment: $35

Who: Adults with a desire to tap into their somatic experience while joining in community with others. This practice is open to anyone in the community.

Current, former, and non-client folks are all welcome to sign up.

Feel free to bring your friends or family to participate with you.

In-person class will be limited to 8 people.

Meet the Facilitator

I’m Caroline Pegram, LCSW, Founder of Topaz Healing. We are a somatic and trauma therapy collective humbly practicing on Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute lands known as Salt Lake City, Utah.

I am a white, able-bodied, person, leaning on collective and internal liberation approaches to find healing. I have learned from intersectional feminists, environmentalist + abolitionist activists, and queer theorists and embrace the perspectives offered by these mentors.

I am passionate about group work and the healing power it holds. With a deep understanding of somatic practices, I skillfully facilitate sessions, providing an intentional and nurturing environment for connection to ourselves and others.

Somatic Lineages:

Neuro-affective Touch – Aline LaPierre

Focusing - The International Focusing Institute Building on the Work of Eugene T. Gendlin

Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (300 hours) – Center for Trauma and Embodiment in Brookline, MA, with David Emerson

Trauma and Release Exercise (TRE) – Yoga Calm Portland, OR

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy – Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute

Somatic Experiencing - PESI, 50 hours with Peter Levine

Foundations in Embodied Ancestral Inquiry - Marika Heinrichs, Stevie Joy Leigh, Wildbody Somatics, Weaver and Rose Somatics

Community Based Yoga Teacher Training (250 hours) – Asheville Community Yoga

Ground Works - Ecological Field Study 32 hours

Guide to the Practice

  1. We will assume positive intent from those in the community with us.

  2. We will refrain from offering unsolicited touch, tissues, or feedback.

  3. We will practice knowing that we can both care and be activated by each other, as we often serve as mirrors for one another.

  4. We will be intentional about the time and space we take up, knowing that this is a community space to share the air.

  5. Every part of the practice is an invitation, not a requirement. Saying no to what we do not want or need in the moment is a potent form of medicine for many of us.

  6. We will honor our biological cues and needs and take breaks as needed.

  7. This practice is more experience-centered than content-focused, your context and story are important to me and we only have so much time for verbal processing.

  8. Privacy is not guaranteed in this space, but it is deeply valued. We are conscious of how privacy keeps this practice feeling accessible and do not share parts of group that are not ours to share.

  9. We honor that this is a practice of repetition, a deepening - we are not reaching for a particular landing place or arriving at a hierarchical destination.

    As stated by my mentor Marika Heinrichs of Wildbody Somatics: “Capitalism teaches us to value novelty over consistency; practice grows and becomes embodied with repetition. Each cycle reveals something new, another layer. We trust in embodied practice, in cycles and rhythms and honouring the time required for change and transformation.”

Experiences from Clients