A rash driver cuts you off. You’re furious but you shut it down. Nice girls are not supposed to be angry.
Your beloved cat died two weeks ago. A rush of tears hits you at work, but you swallow it. Crying is a sign of weakness. You have to meet your child’s bully’s mom. You’re really nervous, but instead of asking for support, you put on a tough face and walk in alone. I have to be strong and fearless.
We shut our emotions down every single day. Escaping what we feel has become an epidemic. Our bodies are carrying the heavy burden of this suppressed energy.

In this 90-minute workshop, you’ll learn:
 The Family Roots: How your childhood conditioning shaped how you handle
emotions today
 The Cost of Shutting Down: Why we need to feel our feelings—and what
happens to our body when we don’t
 Breaking the Patterns: How to stop repeating childhood coping patterns as
fully-grown adults
 Tools to Process: Healthy ways to safely process your anger, grief, fear
 Emotions As Messengers: What your emotions are trying to tell you
 Feel vs Flee: How to feel instead of fix or flee

Cost $35

About the Facilitator
Uma Girish is a Grief Companion, Spiritual Mentor, and the author of four books. For nearly two
decades, she has walked alongside individuals navigating life’s most profound transitions, working
extensively with the dying and the bereaved. Having discovered her own sense of purpose after
navigating the loss of her mother as a new immigrant to the United States, Uma brings a deeply
compassionate, lived understanding to the messy reality of human emotion. Her work focuses on
creating spaces of absolute safety where adults can drop their armor, meet their pain, and find the
somatic and spiritual tools needed to live fully. Learn more at https://umagirish.com