Sunday 18th May 2025 | 12-4pm |
now studio
The Softening
An intimate HALF DAY RETREAT for 6 women seeking to reconnect to themselves + with a community of likeminded women.
Join Laura for an extended iteration of her signature Softening event to guide you back into deep connection with yourself.
The Softening is the ultimate permission slip for women to:
Reclaim the divine right to tend to themselves. To rest. To feel.
To be in community with other women without judgement. To listen to their hearts and deepest intuition. To lean into their vulnerability.
It is a profoundly healing space to experience, weaving the medicine of ceremonial cacao, sound healing, Seichem energy healing.
With the addition for this half day retreat of creative painting with cacao and time to connect and share your experience of our time together.
SOFTEN INTO YOUR HEART.
“"After the Softening, I slept the best I have in about 2 years; something definitely shifted somewhere for me during the session.”
SHELLEY
WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
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WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE //
Move out of your mind and into your body
OPENING CIRCLE + CEREMONIAL CACAO
Soften into the arrival.
We begin with an opening circle to set your intention for the day, to settle into your surroundings and begin to familiarise yourself with the other amazing likeminded souls who are experiencing this half day retreat with you.
Laura will guide you through receiving ceremonial cacao, welcoming in her spirit to soften your heart and seal your intention.
As you receive cacao Laura uses her drum to begin to clear stagnant energy and emotion from the back of your heart, before you are guided through gentle tapping and breath work to shift that which has been stirred within you.
HEART VISUALISATION + SOUND HEALING
Soften into your heart
The act of settling. You have stirred and shifted the energy of your heart and now it’s time to soften and settle into this powerful energetic heart space of yours.
Laura will guide you through a heart visualisation taking you into the depths of your heart, to meet your truth, your desires and to rest unapologetically in this space as you receive the powerful frequencies and vibrations of sound instruments.
Hands on energy healing
Soften into your body
As you rest into all that has been, Laura will offer individual energy healing, intuitively working where called on the body. The final act of clearing any stagnant energy and emotions which have been brought to the surface and softening you into your body, through the power of touch.
CREATIVITY, cards + CLOSING SHARING CIRCLE
Soften into your expression
As you emerge from your cocoons of rest, we will ground ourselves through creative expression, painting with your fingers using the remnants of the cacao you received at the beginning of the day. Leaving you with a gift from yourself to take home as a keepsake of your experience.
Alongside the pulling of oracle cards, nourishing nibbles and refreshments and finally closing the day with the option to share your experience and be witnessed in your vulnerability.
This is your space to be seen without judgement.
READY TO JOIN US?
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Your investment
A community space is available for BI&POC women - email hello@lauracharlottetaylor.com
“Laura’s Softening events are an space to enter the dreamscape of your heart and be enraptured by its love. These events have been profoundly healing for me”
AMY
Meet your facilitator
Hiii, I’m Laura; sound healing practitioner and energy worker and sharer of ceremonial cacao.
I spent over two decades feeling deeply disconnected from my body, frequently burning out, lacking in self-worth and experiencing depression, anxiety and disordered eating.
When I found sound healing it was as though a lightbulb turned on within my body. Gradually I began to feel more connected and anchored within my body than I ever thought possible.
Then Seichem energy healing and cacao entered my life and softened me to my core; connecting me more with the feminine energy within me.
Sound, Seichem and cacao has taught me how simple self-devotion gets to be, because it begins with the self.
Through learning to view my body not as the enemy but an incredible conduit for sound and energy, a whole new world of appreciation, compassion, confidence opened up.
It’s possible for you too and this is why I share this work.
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Now Studio - Mivart studios, Mivart Street, Bristol BS5 6JF.
There are 2 flights of stairs to climb the studio and no lift, so unfortunately is not accessible if stairs are not suitable for you.
There is plenty of free road parking around and nearby the studio.
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Of course! Many of the participants come alone, we are welcoming and promise that by the end of our time together you will completely forget you didnt know us beforehand :)
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Just yourself in comfortable clothes which you can sit and move around in, a notebook and pen and a bottle of water if you want.
Everything else is provided and set up for when you arrive.
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There will be decadent vegan snacks provided for you to ground after the session, as well as plenty of herbal tea.
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There are certain contraindication which we need to be aware of, these are noted on the booking form. If you have any concerns prior to booking, please contact me directly on instagram or via hello@lauracharlottetaylor.com
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There are no refunds offered once you sign up.
You can however transfer your space to someone else, you will just need to notify me if someone is coming in your place.
If you are unable to find someone to fill it please let me know as soon as possible so i can make the space available for another woman.
An intimate half day retreat for 6 women; offering the permission slip to drop out of your mind and into your body, with the support of ceremonial cacao, sound healing, energy healing and creative expression.
Held at Now Studio Bristol, from 12-4pm on Sunday 18th May 2025.