About this event
Sometimes what haunts us isn't the past itself, but the ways it still lives in the body.
What if the ghosts that haunt us are not enemies to defeat, but messengers carrying unfinished stories, unmet needs, and hidden wisdom?
In this experiential Halloween-themed workshop, we'll explore how old emotional wounds, triggers, and recurring patterns can continue to "haunt" the body long after the original events have passed. Using somatic practices, nervous system education, and the principles of emotional sobriety, participants will learn how to listen to their inner ghosts with curiosity rather than fear.
Together, we'll discover how the body can become a doorway to healing, transforming emotional hauntings into trusted guides for greater self-awareness, resilience, and freedom.
Workshop Outline:
Meeting The Ghosts
- Emotional ghosts vs. actual problems
- How past experience lives in the body
- The nervous system's role in triggers, reactions, and emotional/cognitive loops
- Emotional sobriety: responding rather than reacting
The Haunted House Within
- Recognizing somatic signals and emotional residue
- Common nervous system survival patterns
- The difference between present reality and past echoes
- Learning to track sensations without getting overwhelmed
Turning Ghosts Into Guides
- What every ghost may be trying to communicate
- Somatic tools for regulation and self-connection
- Practicing emotional sobriety in real time
- Transforming triggers into opportunities for insight
Participants Will Leave With:
- A deeper understanding of how emotional patterns show up in the body
- Practical somatic tools for self-regulation
- A trauma-informed framework for emotional sobriety
- Greater compassion for their triggers and inner experience
- A new way of relating to the "ghosts" they carry
The goal isn't to get rid of our ghosts. The goal is to listen deeply enough that they no longer need to haunt us.
This workshop is suitable for: Anyone interested in personal growth, recovery, emotional wellness, nervous system literacy, trauma-informed healing, and embodied self-awareness.
This workshop is an experiential, somatic workshop, not a substitute for mental health care. By registering for this workshop you agree you are resourced enough to tend to your own system during our time together; to reserve comments or judgements about anything said in the class by another participant; and to speak for yourself and your own experience only.
The Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration.
Led by Monique Minahan, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, E-RYT, YACEP
