From Shadow to Light: Facing Fear, Awakening Courage

Sat May 16 2026 at 02:00 pm to 06:00 pm UTC-07:00

333 Estudillo Ave, Suite #206 | San Leandro

Michael Gelbart, lcsw
Publisher/HostMichael Gelbart, lcsw
From Shadow to Light: Facing Fear, Awakening Courage
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A guided experiential workshop exploring fear, grief, and courage through breath, movement, and embodied practices.
About this Event

We are living in times that feel intense, uncertain, and emotionally charged. This workshop is an invitation to turn toward what is real — to meet fear, grief, and disconnection directly, and to reconnect with presence, courage, and aliveness.

Rather than avoiding what feels difficult, we slow down and learn to stay with experience in a supported and embodied way. From that place, something softens and opens.

We will move through themes of fear and courage, grief and loss, numbness and reawakening, and the ways we disconnect from ourselves and each other in times of pressure and change.

The work is experiential and embodied, using breath, movement, meditation, expressive practices, and relational witnessing. These practices support a deeper return to presence, honesty, and inner connection.

This is not about fixing or forcing change. It is about meeting ourselves more fully, and allowing what is held inside to move and transform.

You are invited to come as you are.



FACILITATORS

Claudia Weitkemper is the founder of Natural Healing Ways, a clinic for naturopathy and acupuncture. She is a nurse, acupuncturist, naturopath, and death doula, and works with energy healing and Evolve and Spirit Coaching® to support balance, clarity, and well-being across all stages of life.

Michael Gelbart, LCSW is a psychotherapist, storyteller, and guide with over 40 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and groups through healing and transformation. Through Shift in Perspective, he creates experiential spaces integrating trauma resolution, grief work, and relational insight, supporting resilience and authentic connection.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

333 Estudillo Ave, Suite #206, 333 Estudillo Avenue, San Leandro, United States

Tickets

USD 120.00 to USD 140.00

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