Somatic Release Breathwork™ is a transformative embodiment practice that connects you to your body’s electrical network—the nervous system—helping release and alchemize stagnation and stuck emotions from repetitive thoughts, feelings, and old narratives. Using circular connected breathing and rhythmic music, it facilitates cathartic release—such as shaking, crying, or laughing—to clear blockages and restore balance to the nervous system.
Samara offers a unique approach tailored for women and Divine Feminine Embodiment. Her gentler method emphasizes allowing, receiving, and authentic expression, focusing on clearing and alchemizing stagnation in the chakra system and central channel, with special attention to the sacral, heart, and throat chakras. This nurturing practice invites you to deeply connect with your bodymind, unwind stored energy and emotions (like anger, wrath, grief, joy, and pleasure), and liberate the authentic Self. She will end the ceremony with hands-on energy work and Reiki, ensuring that each participant leaves feeling grounded and clear.
Many describe this experience as deeply transformative—akin to a plant medicine journey—for reclaiming true power and deepening into authenticity.
Samara is a guide, healer, and mentor for women on their healing and awakening journeys. She helps clients embody their mind-bodies and direct experience, heal and regulate the nervous system, and cultivate spiritual and intuitive gifts. Samara Healing + Awakening exists to catalyze spiritual awakenings, liberation from trauma + the confines of the small self, and the process of Divine Embodiment.
Her journey began with a sudden loss of vision in 2020, which sparked the beginning of a profound and ongoing spiritual awakening and led her to leave a misaligned life behind, confront deep trauma, and commit to a path of healing and devotion. Over the next five years, she studied and practiced over ten transformative modalities, transitioning from personal training to spiritual and trauma healing.
Samara works with modalities including somatic release breathwork, embodiment work, relational healing containers, expanded state practices, meditation, Reiki, energy work, hands-on healing, and somatics.
Her work creates a grounded, open, and clear field of support for deep transformation. Clients often find that months of working with Samara bring more healing than years of traditional therapy. Her practice is particularly supportive for spiritually oriented women healing from sexual trauma.
Deeply influenced by Tibetan Buddhism and the Goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, especially Durga and Kali Ma, Samara now lives a devotional life in Connecticut surrounded by soul family, working with clients across the East Coast and beyond.
Join Hilary for an event that blends the exploratory nature of Somatic Experiencing with the soothing and anchoring qualities of sound healing. Participants will be guided through an experience similar to a guided meditation with the intention of bringing you closer to yourself. While resting comfortably on the floor or in a chair, participants will be prompted to notice the body in new and different ways. Throughout the process, the sounds and vibrations of singing bowls, chimes, and gongs will promote relaxation and serve as a unique resource to return to.
Reiki practitioners of all levels and lineages are invited to a Resonance Reiki Share! We'll gather together in healing community to connect and share the gifts of Reiki. The evening will start with a check-in, followed by group discussion and meditation. After that we will separate into groups where everyone will have a chance to give and receive Reiki. We'll finish our time together with a closing healing circle.
Join Hilary for a restorative yoga practice designed to help you align with the energies of the solstice. During this dark time of the year, nature urges us to slow down, rest, and reflect. Through a gentle yoga practice followed by a solstice-themed meditation, participants will have the opportunity to do just that. Reiki, sound, candlelight, and essential oils will be used to enhance the experience.
Midwinter calls us inward. After the rush of the holidays, this gathering offers a much-needed pause — a time to listen to your own inner voice, to sit in stillness, and to reconnect with what matters most.
Together in a community circle, we’ll share in a gentle cacao ceremony, guided meditation, and intention-setting ritual. Cacao has long been used as a heart-opening plant ally, helping us soften into presence and deepen our capacity to listen.
This is not about resolutions or self-improvement. It is about resting, receiving, and honoring the quiet wisdom of winter — together.
What to Expect
- A welcoming community space at Resonance
- Sacred cacao shared with intention
- Guided reflection and journaling
- Sharing circle and quiet time for integration
Your Guide: Beth Reel is a life coach, yoga and meditation teacher, mindful outdoor guide, and women’s circle leader. Through her business, Beth Reel Coaching, LLC, she weaves together coaching, nature connection, forest therapy, and shamanic practices to create spaces of honesty, presence, and renewal. Beth is known for her calm energy and the real, grounded way she shares herself — not as a guru, but as a companion walking alongside others on their journey. She has guided circles, retreats, and community gatherings across Connecticut and beyond, always with the intention of helping people pause, listen deeply, and reconnect with what truly matters.