 Metabolizing Change
Practices for sensing and softening into change with Maria Tan
June 6th
10am - 1pm EST online
Slow down, soften, and witness
Change can stir many things—emotion, resistance, hope, uncertainty. In a world that often asks us to be resilient, to bounce back, or to push forward, this workshop offers something quieter and deeper: a chance to slow down, soften, and witness how change lives in the body.
Metabolizing Change is a workshop of somatic practices designed to support you in coming into gentle relationship with change. Together, we’ll practice listening inward, tending to what’s alive in the body, and gently witnessing our relationship to change—and perhaps shifting it to allow more spaciousness and softening.
This is not a space to fix. It’s a space to feel.
To be with.
To co-create with what’s already unfolding.
In this 3-hour immersive experience, we’ll touch on:
- Guided somatic practices to support emotional processing, clarity, and presence
- A gentle framework for “metabolizing change”—how we can meet change with more spaciousness, softness, and trust
- Time for reflection and journaling to ground your experience
- Opportunities to share (optional) and be witnessed in community
- Cultivating a deeper sense of connection—to yourself, your inner wisdom, and to the emerging future
This Space Is For You If…
- You’re holding stress, tension, or uncertainty
- You’re navigating a transition or change (big or small)
- You’re longing for a pause, a soft place to land
- You want to feel more at home in your body, more connected to your own timing
- You’re curious about somatics and want practical tools for navigating change
Meet Your Instructor
Maria Tan
Maria Tan is a first generation Filipino-American, educator, facilitator and consultant committed to serving communities through healing-centered education.
She is a former Bronx high school science teacher where her direct experience of healing from teacher burnout inspired her to launch the Thriving Teacher Project in 2020, creating restorative spaces for educators during the height of the pandemic. She is now the founder of House of Thriving where she works closely with healing-centered thought leaders to help nurture their vision and bring their ideas to life.
Her expertise includes designing and delivering courses and summits, producing and hosting podcasts, creative and strategic visioning, and curriculum/program research, analysis and evaluation. Some of her training includes restorative circle facilitation, trauma-informed mindfulness and somatic healing practices. As a passion project, she collaborates with her two older brothers to create offerings centered on intergenerational healing.
