Spiritual Growth and Community Center

### What to Expect

Each gathering combines a shared activity with guided conversation about life and emotions.
👉 This session’s activity: Playing Cards ♠️♦️
We’ll sit together for a few rounds of cards while allowing the conversation to flow toward what’s real in our lives—our emotions, our struggles, and our experiences. Playing cards offers a relaxed, less direct way of sharing feelings while still going deeper into what matters most.
Future sessions may include journaling, stretching, hiking, or other theme nights—but the purpose always remains the same:

• To connect with yourself and others
• To share openly without judgment
• To listen deeply and respectfully
• To leave feeling lighter and less alone

Who It’s For

• Men feeling lonely, disconnected, overwhelmed, or emotionally stuck
• Men seeking a community where honesty, kindness, and vulnerability are welcome
• All backgrounds, identities, and orientations are respected. No prior experience is needed

Men’s Emotional Health Group

A space for connection, honesty, and growth.
Many of us men grew up learning that emotions were weakness. Anger was often allowed—but tenderness, fear, and sadness were silenced. These lessons shaped our emotional lives and continue to affect our relationships, health, and sense of self.

The Men’s Emotional Health Group is a supportive space to unlearn those messages. Through simple activities and open conversation, we reconnect with our emotional selves and build community with one another.

Facilitator Bio
I’m a single father of three who has spent years navigating deep grief and emotional pain after personal loss. As a massage therapist, energy worker, and personal trainer, I’ve supported many people in releasing the emotional weight their bodies carry.
This group is the space I wish I had when I was struggling. I’m not here as a therapist—but as a guide, witness, and fellow traveler.

Space is Limited — Please RSVP
Group size is limited to 15 participants to help create a grounded and focused space.
If you reserve a space and can’t make it, please let us know so another person may attend.

✅ Details:
🗓 When: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7pm – 9pm
📍 Where: Unitarian Church of Hudson and Marlborough Union Hall
💰 Cost: Donation-based – no one turned away
📩 RSVP: DanielOrtegaMT@gmail.com

Come as you are. Speak what’s real. You don’t have to carry it alone anymore.

Got Grit? A SoulCollage® Workshop
Join us for an inspiring SoulCollage® experience exploring the theme of resilience, determination, and inner strength. In this hands-on workshop, you'll create intuitive collage cards that reflect your own relationship with grit—that unique blend of passion and perseverance that helps us navigate life's challenges.

Using magazines, images, and mixed media, you'll craft personal cards that speak to your ability to endure, adapt, and thrive. Whether you're facing current obstacles or celebrating past triumphs, this creative process will help you connect with the warrior spirit within. We'll share our creations in a supportive circle, allowing the wisdom of our cards to emerge through gentle dialogue and reflection.

No artistic experience necessary—just bring your willingness to explore what grit means to you. All materials provided. Come discover the tenacious, unshakeable parts of yourself that deserve recognition and honor.

Perfect for anyone seeking to reconnect with their inner resilience or working through the challenging political atmosphere.

A donation-based sanctuary for men to reconnect with their emotional selves in community.

Many of us men learned early that emotions were weakness. Anger was allowed—but tenderness, fear, and sadness were often silenced. These messages shaped our emotional lives during critical years and continue to affect our relationships, health, and sense of self.
The Men’s Emotional Health Group offers a safe space to explore and begin reshaping those patterns through body awareness, reflection, and connection.

What to Expect Each Session
1. Grounding & Stretching (20–25 mins)
We begin with mindful, full-body stretching to release tension and reconnect with where emotion lives in the body. No fitness experience needed—just breath, movement, and awareness.
2. Guided Body Scan Meditation (20–25 mins)
Next, we move inward through a gentle body scan, noticing areas of tension, numbness, or discomfort. This process helps you reconnect to your body’s signals—without trying to fix or change anything.
You may experience emotion, memory, or stillness. All are welcome.
3. Message – Discussion Circle (40–60 mins)
We close with an open, voluntary sharing circle. You can reflect on what surfaced during the session—or speak on anything you’re carrying in your life. There is no pressure to share, and no one is here to give advice. Listening is part of the healing.
What to Bring & Wear
Please wear loose or comfortable clothing that allows for stretching. Bring a mat or blanket for seated meditation and comfort.

Who It’s For
• Men feeling lonely, disconnected, overwhelmed, or emotionally stuck.
• Men seeking a community where honesty, kindness, and vulnerability are welcome.
• All backgrounds, identities, and orientations are respected. No prior experience is needed.

Facilitator Bio
I’m a single father of three who has spent years navigating deep grief and emotional pain after personal loss. As a massage therapist, energy worker, and personal trainer, I’ve helped many people release the emotional weight their bodies carry. This group is the space I wish I had when I was struggling. I’m not here as a therapist—but as a guide, witness, and fellow traveler.

Space is Limited — Please RSVP
Group size is limited to 15 participants to help create a grounded and focused space.

Please email to RSVP and hold your spot.
If you reserve a space and can’t make it, we kindly ask that you let us know so someone else may attend in your place. If interest exceeds capacity, we will consider starting a waitlist or offering an additional time slot.

Details
When: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7pm – 9pm
Where: Unitarian Church of Hudson and Marlborough Union Hall
Cost: Donation-based – no one turned away

Contact & RSVP: DanielOrtegaMT@gmail.com