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Squish Lab
SquishLab is a facilitated space to practice navigating connection through touch (or even proximity). There is no pressure to participate in any aspect of the workshop. In SquishLab, we are here first and foremost to engage with our internal experience as we share space with others. Supported with concepts from play school, partner yoga, and our own childlike wisdom, in a trauma-informed container where everyone is safe to explore self-consent, boundary expression, communication, and so much more.
Come alone or bring friends - we will partner/group up as it flows. Opening circle includes group agreements & procedural language practice like making requests and offers & practice saying & receiving "no". Then the facilitator guides us into (always optional) partner/group stretching/snuggling flows, including SquishLab favorites such as Friendship Flower, Squash Blossom, Lovezagna, and the always requested Friendship Waterbed. Eventually we naturally squosh into more of a free play vibe where we might glob into different stacks and piles as is natural.
This space is so rich! Come check it out! We are here to offer suggestions, demonstrate movements, & support your learning & healing process. Opt in and out as feels comfortable. This is all about your own internal experience in these contexts of shared space and deeper layers of connection.
We generally request a sliding scale donation via Venmo @YourYogaFriend or cash in person for these gatherings. Can't pay? COME ANYWAY. Nobody will ever be turned away for lack of funds because everyone deserves access to these healing community experiences.
Squish events take place all over the city (and beyond) in the form of 2-hour workshops, slumber parties, cuddle concerts, camping trips, and weeklong retreats. We squish somewhere almost every week, check the calendar to see where we are SQUISHING next.
Want a private Squish Lab for your group of friends, coworkers or family? Contact me to book your own custom experience.
Music Medicine
Singing with each other brings together the somatic tools of breath, voice, rhythm, coregulation, self-expression, and witnessing! In service to this deep medicine, it is my joy and honor to curate potent, tender spaces for song to be shared.
A cult favorite is our monthly Snug n Sing cuddle concert/open mics where we can explore the benefits and gifts of touch, practice self-consent and boundary expression, share music & and a meal, and are witnessed and held in community.
I would love to sing my songs at your wedding, birthday or other private event! Contact me to inquire.
Check the calendar for a list of upcoming Snug n Sings & other Music Medicine events.
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Squish/Coregulation
I offer coregulation, touch exploration/navigation practice, space-holding, nurturing, & nervous system education on a session by session basis, or by ongoing mentorship. Individual sessions range from $90-290. Contact rayn@youryogafriend.com directly to learn more about the powerful healing modality of trauma-informed, loving presence. (This medicine is also available online: sliding scale $44-$88 per hour)
Emotional Liberation & Release 1:1
Do you crave being listened to with a compassionate heart - to be nurtured, counseled & cheered on?
Do you feel chronic holding & pain in your body that needs to be seen & released, but you can't seem to access it, no matter what you do?
Do you suspect there is a deep well of grief, anger, abandonment, creativity, or JOY waiting to be released and you don't know how to access it?
Do you need a huge cry, but you're feeling numb or blocked?
Do you need to be held & cuddled like a baby while you sob & release layers of shame, fear & exhaustion?
Introducing Emotional Liberation & Release Sessions, 1:1 with me
Using tools of the body & our shared intention, we will:- Cocreate safety for your nervous system through coregulation, partner breathing, shared body weight, supported stretching, sharing, space-holding, energetic exchange & cuddles. Often this is plenty to invite the deep opening & emotional release that wants to emerge.
- If needed or desired, we can access deeper layers of the psyche/emotional body using tools such as holotropic breathwork, kundalini kriyas, reflexology, yin postures, & trauma release exercises. These tools help activate, invite, draw out the stuck emotions, stories & entanglements.
- From here, we let the emotions speak. We let the body express & release. Possibly we investigate, & ask questions. I support this release with intuitively offered physical support/holding, nurturing touch, suggested movement, breath, sound etc.
- We finish the session by inviting the nervous system back into its parasympathetic, rest & digest space, through restful integration, continued connection, reflections, verbal or nonverbal communication, and supportive touch.
- In the following days, we will connect via phone or text for after-care, checking-in, & continued support.
Client Testimonials
“Perhaps the most profound aspect of my experience was how Rayn's trust and energy work allowed me to unlock buried doors within myself—doors that had been guarding my inner child for so long. With her guidance, I was able to access parts of myself that I had previously kept very protected, leading to an immense sense of release and healing.”“Rayn helped me through some tumultuous times with her compassionate listening, breathing co-regulation, and genuine connection. She nudged me towards recognizing and requesting the things that I needed from various relationships. At times when I was too stressed and triggered to function she could help me slowly release everything just by breathing with me.”
“What truly sets Rayn apart is her remarkable intuition. She has an innate ability to understand exactly where you need the most care and attention. She listens attentively to your needs and tailors the experience to meet them, ensuring that you leave feeling not only relaxed but also deeply rejuvenated on a spiritual and emotional level.”
Investigating & liberating your emotions could be the key to unlocking your body, your life,& your reality. Contact Rayn at rayn@youryogafriend.com to inquire about your 2-hour individual session(s), 3-day Healing Cave Intensive, or the 4-month Emotional Liberation Mentorship.
Investment info
2-hour individual session in my home or yours: $175Package of three 2-hour sessions, recommended for deeper trust-building & nervous system coregulation: $444
Two-Day Healing Cave, an Intimate & Intensive 1:1 Healing Experience: $1,111 - 1,888 sliding scale
A 30-hour immersive container of trauma-informed, loving presence and processing using all the tools in my toolkit for deep, life-changing transformation & discovery. To learn more about this intimate, life changing container contact Rayn at rayn@youryogafriend.com.Investment info
50% Deposit of $900Pay in full at $1,777
Four Month Emotional Liberation Mentorships: $3,333 - $3400
Building a secure attachment takes time. Discover what is possible through consistent, loving presence & support. Includes 8 sessions, regular phone/text support & connection, free access to all my public events, plus a spot at one of my upcoming healing quests abroad. Contact Rayn at rayn@youryogafriend.com for more information and to book.Investment info
25% Deposit of $850Pay in full at $3,333
Need this medicine but not able to make the investment at this time? I will be offering limited low-income/community support sessions as I am supported to do so. Contact me to discuss your options.
Emotional Liberation & Release Group Classes
A community opportunity for dedicated connection & exploration of the emotional body through movement, breathwork, voicing, silence, visualization, and other tools.
This practice is an intimate & intentional dialogue between "you" and your emotional body/energy body/God self. We initiate the conversation with breath & movement, intentional in our communication, our rhythm, our tone. Then we STOP DOING, and simply listen as the subtle body responds: in sensations, in insights, in messages, in EMOTION. Energy - In - Motion.
Although we will be together in a group, this is an individual practice where you are invited to tune into your own experience. Because the answers, the peace, the love we seek is ALL inside. There is nothing outside that will ever fulfill that hunger that gnaws at us, that deep desire, that NEED, to know our (God) self.
Emotional Liberation & Release (working title) employs techniques from Hatha Yoga, Qigong & Kundalini breathwork to open & activate your emotional/energetic body. These openings are grounded by nervous-system-soothing shapes which invites the potent inner-alchemy to integrate more deeply, creating sustainable change in your life experience. Your Yoga Friend Rayn will be by your side. It is my gift & my life’s purpose to be skillfully & lovingly Here With You.
Who is this for? All humans who desire to invite a deeper, more vibrant reality from a place of inner safety & resilience. No special body type, identity, experience, or ability to pay are needed. Authentic expression, beyond the norms of conventional programming, is highly valued, supported & held in this community. We co-create safety & understanding through open communication, shared vulnerability & personal accountability.
Contact rayn@youryogafriend.com now to book a private session or custom day retreat.
Custom Healing Quests Abroad
After over a decade of living and learning throughout Central America, it is my honor and privilege to share my favorite places with those who wish to transform. Employing my personal connections and intimate knowledge of these places and cultures, I have been bringing seekers together for socially responsible, heart-centered, transformative retreats for more than 6 years. Now I am feeling called to cocreate even more intimate, curated, custom experiences, which I know will yield even more powerful, world-changing results.
You choose the country, the dates, the people, and the budget. We work together to create the most potent and deep experience for your group. Specializing in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico & the Pacific NW.
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