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A 2-day Breathwork and Brotherhood to celebrate the opening of Tribe.Friday 6pm-10pm
Saturday 1pm-5pm
The medicine in this space is simple, and that’s why it’s so powerful. We’re going to slow down. Come into our bodies. Let our hearts speak. Set down some of those heavy burdens we hold as men. And breathe through what’s trapped in our systems.
In doing so, we’ll uncover a pervading peace that lives beneath all of the noise, returning to our lives with more presence and capacity. We’ll bridge new neural pathways, finding insight on places of challenge in our lives. And we’ll synchronize our body, emotions, and spirit, feeling more of our authentic selves as we leave the weekend to walk in the world.
Breathwork
is an enlivened breath practice that takes us into a deeper state of consciousness, offering clarity and insights not available in our day-to-day mode of operating (think: psychedelic journey with the breath as the medicine). The breath cleanses the body, re-wires emotional pathways, and resets our nervous system. This powerful, self-healing practice is known to get us “unstuck” and offer self-generated guidance that leads us towards more clarity, peace, and connection in our lives.
Brotherhood
may be the oldest technology we have as men that is absent from our realities these days. We use the circle and shared agreements to create a genuinely supportive, vulnerable, and connective space where we can just be who we actually are. When we’re allowed to relate to ourselves and each other from a place of heart, so much becomes possible.
Each offering can be experienced as a stand-alone event, and they fit together quite nicely. Each day will include 2 hours of facilitated practices, a 75-minute guided breathwork journey, and 45 minutes of integration and closing activities.
Friday Evening: The Warrior’s Heart
We’ll be utilizing the technologies of non-verbal connection, dyadic council, circle, and breathwork to invite forth what doesn’t always have space to be shared in our day-to-day lives. The focus for this evening is a connection to our own hearts and to the hearts of other men. This is an evening where you’re not only welcomed to feel what lives beneath the surface—you’re seen and uplifted for the
se deeper currents that make you, you. Potent possibilities open when a group of men are in their hearts together.
Saturday Day: The Warrior’s Body
The body is home to an innate wisdom that has the capacity to heal and empower. In this guided embodiment practice, known as the Warrior Dance, we will begin to reconnect with the animal that lives inside each of us. The animal that knows how to crawl, hunt, and ultimately play. We’ll get to drop beneath the mind and center the experience of letting the body lead. In accessing this primal aliveness as a group, we’re opening ourselves to an intelligence far greater than the mind alone.
Testimonials
“Being together with other men like this was something I believed was not possible outside of high school and college contexts. Leaving this event, I am feeling reinvigorated as a partner and father.” -Durham, NC Participant
“Coming together with other men like this feels like an act of rebellion.” - NYC Participant
“Being together with other men like this was a completely new experience for me, and I found it to be deeply meaningful and transformative. This experience has reshaped some truths I thought I knew and expanded the ways in which I want to connect with others.” -Atlanta Participant
Facilitators
Thomas Doochin is the founder and lead facilitator for the Heart of Men. He travels the country using a combination of Somatic Practices, the Way of Council, and Ceremonial Meditation to serve men on their journey of growth. He has been holding space for collective transformation for over ten years. He lives with his family on a mountain farm outside of Asheville, NC.
Lature Van Duren is the founder of Release Breathwork, a movement coach, and a youth advocate. He facilitates healing spaces across New York City, including a men’s program inside of Rikers Island. Lature has been studying breath and movement arts since his early 20s. He lives with his partner in Brooklyn, NY.
Gary Grisham III
is a martial & movement artist and part time humble ninja who has been practicing since he was six years old. He has studied martial technique/philosophy, acrobatics, yogic practices and flow arts, which he skillfully weaves together as his life’s offering. “Return to the mat” has been a mantra that has shaped his life and eventually lead Gary to meet his wife with whom he’s just had his first daughter!
Financial Assistance Ticket
In all Heart of Men events, we allocate a quarter of tickets for men who would not be able to attend without financial assistance. You bring a very important piece to the space, and the circle would not be complete without the wisdoms from your life experiences. If you meet the following criteria, please fill out this brief form, and we’ll be in touch with a 50%-off code. These tickets are for men who are: earning <$15,000 per year, formerly incarcerated, first-generation refugee, full-time regenerative farmers, or of First Nations descent. Video footage: At Heart of Men, our work is two-fold: the inner & the outer. The spaces we hold are focused on the inner transformation. And, concurrently, we believe culture has to be ready to receive the changing narrative of masculinity to meet men in their inner evolutions. We believe in storytelling as a vehicle to invite new, cultural narratives of being men. To support this aim, there will be a videographer present during Breathwork & Brotherhood. In opening circle, any man will have the opportunity to opt out of being filmed, and before (if ever) any intimate footage is used, you will be asked a second time for your consent.
We have a limited capacity for Friday and Saturday to ensure an intimate environment, and we do anticipate this event selling out.
Pricing
Full weekend: $200
Friday Only: $120
Saturday Only: $120
Members Discount: 10%
Financial Assistance Ticket: 50% off code to be applied at checkout
Early registration until April 26th: 10% off + Breathwork & Brotherhood T-Shirt
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
107 E Preston Street , Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21202
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