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CIRCLE OF BEING - SOMATIC SHADOW WORK

Welcome to Circle of Being – Somatic Shadow Work. This is a grounded, trauma-informed community (both online and in person) dedicated to exploring somatic shadow work, emotional healing, and inner freedom. We blend mindfulness and somatic/body-based inquiry with Western psychology and Eastern awareness-based wisdom to cultivate embodied transformation.

This Meetup group serves as the home base for our local and online events, immersions, 1- and 2-day intensives, and collaborations with fellow practitioners. It is also home to our signature biannual 10-week Somatic Shadow Work module, "BELOW THE SURFACE." We encourage early registration for events HERE.

This community is dedicated to freeing ourselves from the unconscious emotional patterns, internalized beliefs, and protective mechanisms that keep us stuck in cycles of pain, self-sabotage, and disconnection.

Our work is rooted in a trauma-informed, body-based approach that integrates mindfulness, somatic awareness, and depth psychology to support the release of what no longer serves and to foster the embodiment of a more whole, authentic self.
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, emotional triggers, persistent deficiency stories, or simply feeling disconnected from your body and deeper nature, this community offers a clear and compassionate path toward inner freedom and authenticity.

WHERE:

  • Online · worldwide*
  • In-person · Nevada City, CA
  • *Those who register and cannot attend will receive a recorded video link

WHAT WE EXPLORE & TRANSFORM:

  • Somatic shadow work: Meeting and releasing disowned emotions and parts of the self through body-based inquiry
  • Trauma and repression: Unwinding protective patterns rooted in early experience
  • Self-sabotage and deficiency stories: Becoming conscious of the narratives and behaviors that limit growth
  • Inner parts and sub-personalities: Integrating conflicting drives and unmet needs
  • Embodied presence: Expanding capacity to stay with discomfort, truth, and aliveness
  • Mindfulness-based psycho-somatic processing: Investigating and releasing stored emotional patterns, especially as they arise in relationships and everyday life

WHO IT'S FOR:

  • Curious newcomers seeking a safe, supportive entry into shadow work
  • Individuals navigating anxiety, depression, self-compromise, self-sabotage, addiction, emotional numbness, shame, or stuck relational patterns
  • Those drawn to a grounded, healing, and evolutionary approach to inner freedom, combining the wisdom teachings of the East with the scientific, trauma-informed modalities of the West
  • Practitioners, seekers, and self-aware individuals ready to deepen their inner work

To Explore This Approach Further, Check out the free 3-part video series:
“The Nature of Suffering, Healing & Awakening”

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
This community is led by Mihai Algiu, a somatic psychotherapist and group facilitator with over 20 years of experience integrating Western psychology with mindfulness, trauma healing, and presence-based practices.

Come as you are. Let go of what you’re not.
This work is not about fixing yourself — but about meeting yourself more honestly and becoming free.

Questions?
Contact Mihai directly

Mihai Algiu
MA LMFT #138872 (CA)
Awareness-Based Somatic Psychotherapy
Fourth Way | Non-Duality
Hakomi | Somatic Shadow Work
circleofbeingsomaticshadowwork.com
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