A Somatic Experience of Liberation, Expression & Remembrance
Join Emily Byrd, founder of ShaktiSOMA™ School of Spirituality & Somatics, for a powerful evening of somatic release, ecstatic movement, and transformational breathwork designed to awaken the intelligence of the body and reconnect you to your deepest life force.
This is not your typical dance experience. And it is not simply a “breathwork class”.
It is a guided journey through the body and into embodiment, where stored emotion, stagnant energy, and mental tension are invited to move and release. As energy begins to flow again, you are returned to your body’s natural intelligence and vitality, awakening a deep remembrance of your purpose, power and pleasure.
This is ShaktiSOMA™. And now more than ever, we need this medicine.
Through the ShaktiSOMA™ method, we work with the body as a portal for healing, expression, and spiritual awakening.
In this immersive experience, you will be guided through a progression of practices that gently open the nervous system, awaken the body’s natural expression, and activate your authentic life-force energy.
We begin by creating a safe and intentional container, grounding into the body and connecting with the personal intention you wish to bring into the experience.
From there, we transition into ecstatic movement + Shakti-empowered dance, allowing the body to move freely without choreography or expectation. This is an invitation to shake off stress, release emotional stagnation, and rediscover the innate wisdom of the body’s life-force energy through movement and embodiment of this divine source (Shakti).
As the body opens and energy begins to flow, we move into a powerful embodiment breathwork journey, supported by music and guided facilitation. Breath becomes the bridge between the conscious mind and the deeper intelligence of the body, allowing profound emotional release, energetic awakening, and states of expanded awareness.
Together, movement and breath create a powerful alchemy helping the body release what it no longer needs while awakening the vitality, intuition, and sacred life-force within.
You will feel:
Deep emotional clarity and release as stored tension and unprocessed energy move through the body
Nervous system regulation and profound calm, allowing the body to shift out of survival mode and into safety
Renewed vitality, creative energy & life-force activation
A deeper connection to their body and intuition, awakening an inner knowing that lives beyond the mind
A powerful sense of liberation and empowerment as the body remembers its innate wisdom
Direct communion with the Divine life-force energy that moves through all living things
A profound remembrance of who they truly are ~ whole, alive, and deeply connected
What to Expect:
Somatic grounding and intention setting
Ecstatic + intuitive movement to awaken the body and release stagnant energy
Guided ShaktiSOMA™ embodiment breathwork journey
Integration and grounding
Each experience is unique, as the body releases and reveals exactly what is ready to move.
This experience is not about performing or becoming someone new.
It is about remembering the truth that has always lived within your body.
Friday, April 24, 2026
6:15-6:30 ~ Arrive + Settle
6:30-7:30 ~ ShaktiSOMA™ Ecstatic Experience
7:30-7:45 ~ Integration + Closing (optional sharing / support)
7:45-8:00 ~ Complete + Depart
LOCATION:
RALEIGH UNRUSHED (click here to visit Raleigh Unrushed)
444 S. BLOUNT ST
RALEIGH, NC
27601
Parking (it’s so easy!):
Street Parking
Free two-hour street parking on Lenoir and Cabarrus Streets between Blount and Bloodworth
Paid street parking on Blount
Lot Parking
Free two-hour deck parking at 314 Blount Street
Pay lot across Cabarrus from our entry door (corner of Blount and Cabarrus)
Two parking lots at the south corners of Blount and Lenoir
