A Bioenergetic/somatic approach to connection
You’ll explore:
- Your own boundaries
- Your attachment style
- How to stand for yourself when old patterns of relating no longer work
- How to hold onto yourself when you feel like you must please someone, or avoid them, or take care of them despite your own needs
A somatic, experiential workshop for humans
When: Saturday, September 27, 2025, 9:30-4:30
Where: The beautiful rustic setting of Our Celtic Hearth, Grand Pre, NS
Fee: $325, including lunch
CEUs: 6.0 CEUs available
A limited number of overnight spots are available at the Center.
To Register: email leslieanncostello@gmail.com to register.
Contact Our Celtic Hearth for your overnight accommodations.
About the Workshop
The dance of humanity is connection to others, but we have different needs and desires for closeness. These needs often relate to how we were received by our parents when we were very young. We can “map” our own patterns of attachment to people by looking at how our parents connected to us.
When our connection needs don’t match those of other people in our lives, we experience discomfort. This discomfort arises at the places of transaction between people, called boundaries. Boundaries are physical, emotional, social and behavioural. More than just limit-setting, boundaries help us to know where we are and where others are, relative to us.
This workshop will help us to explore both our attachment patterns and our embodied boundaries with other people using somatic and experiential activities.
Your Facilitators
Leslie Ann Costello is a psychologist, bioenergetic therapist, trainer and consultant. She is the author of Helping Mothers, Helping Babies: Somatic Perinatal Psychotherapy. She enjoys working with new counselors to develop their unique style.
Adela Gorodzinsky has been a bioenergetic therapist since 2000. She is a local trainer and supervisor. She is passionate about the body, mind, and spirit connection, enjoys working with people and facilitating their healing, thus making peace one person at a time.
The Setting: Our Celtic Hearth
Our century old farmhouse and purpose-built Wellness Center is nestled in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, the heart of wine country. The area boasts a plethora of tourist attractions, outdoor activities and beautiful scenery. We have shared accommodations for a small retreat group and can host up to 10 or 12 people for overnight stays.