Embodiment Club: Shadow Work Reflection & Connection Circle

So much of shadow work begins in private reflection: noticing our patterns, naming our triggers, and becoming aware of the parts of ourselves we usually hide, judge, or protect.

But most of those patterns were formed in relationship… and they often soften, shift, or reveal themselves more fully in relationship, too.

In this circle, we’ll use guided partner and small-group exercises to explore how we show up with others in real time: where we open, where we armor, where we reach, where we retreat, and where the Shadow might peek out to protect us from perceived danger.

This is not a networking circle or a casual sharing group. It is a guided space for relational Shadow work: a place to meet the subtle material that lives between thought and feeling, Self and Other, projection and truth.

Some of the exercises are designed to help participants notice and share what’s happening in the present moment: what they feel, assume, sense, withhold, desire, protect, and project in connection with others. Through simple reflection prompts, gentle somatic attunement practices, and guided experientials, you’ll have the chance to notice what happens in your body when you are seen, heard, mirrored, misunderstood, appreciated, or invited to take up more space.

Together, we’ll practice using relationship as a mirror: not to analyze ourselves into perfection, but to become more awake to the hidden patterns shaping how we love, protect, perform, hide, and long to be met.

This is a playful, grounded space to explore connection and authentic expression: not by forcing vulnerability, but by building enough safety, slowness, and awareness to let yourself be seen a little more clearly.

You may leave with insight. You may leave with more questions. You may leave with a clearer sense of the parts of you that have been waiting to be witnessed.

What to Expect

This workshop will be highly experiential and connection-based. We’ll use a mix of:

- Somatic awareness prompts

- Partner exercises & small-group sharing

- T-group inspired relating prompts

- Attunement and mirroring exercises

- Gentle prompts for exploring projection and authentic expression

You will always be invited, never forced. Participation can be adjusted to your comfort level, and you’re welcome to opt out of any exercise.

This workshop is for you if you want to:

- Deepen your capacity for connection and depth with Self and Others

- Practice being more honest, present, and authentic in connection

- Playfully explore projections without shame or over-analysis

- Build more capacity for intimacy, visibility, and self-trust

- Move beyond insight and into lived, relational practice

What to Bring

Please bring a pen and journal, and wear comfortable clothing that you can move around in.

Tickets: $30 via Venmo @RachaelBesser

About Rachael

Rachael Besser is a 3x certified somatic coach and shadow work facilitator who helps people meet their inner world with precision, compassion, and real-world practicality. Her work blends nervous-system-informed tools, depth psychology, attachment, shadow integration, and relational practice so change can land in the body, not just the mind.

Learn more at rachaelbesser.com.

Important Note

This workshop is educational and self-development oriented. It is not psychotherapy, mental health treatment, trauma therapy, or a substitute for support from a licensed mental health professional. Because this workshop includes relational exercises and emotionally reflective practices, it may not be suitable for those currently experiencing acute crisis, severe mental health instability, in active addiction, or active trauma activation, or anyone needing individualized clinical care.