The Somatic Release Workshop

I invite you to explore movement, body awareness, and creative expression in a supportive group setting. These workshops are designed to help you release tension, restore connection with yourself, and support emotional integration, nervous system regulation, and personal growth through experiential group processes.

Next workshop: 27 June 2026 · 10:00–14:00 · Athens, Greece

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Intro

A group immersive gathering created to support you through a deep process of release, emotional clarity, and reconnection with yourself.

Through conscious movement, breath, and somatic awareness, we will explore how the body stores tensions, emotions, and patterns that shape the way we feel, relate, and live.

This space is designed both for those who wish to reduce the impact of stress and integrate challenging life experiences, and for those seeking greater self-awareness, vitality, and a deeper connection with themselves through the body, relationships, and their capacity for authentic expression.

Clinical Integrity & Trust

This is a professional space where you are invited to settle exactly as you are. We honor your unique pace to make sure every shift is grounded and resilient, fostering a therapeutic partnership that respects your history and your future.

Curiosity-Led Exploration

We replace the pressure to 'fix' with restorative curiosity. Together, we explore the subtle shifts of your internal landscape, uncovering exactly what your organism needs to return to a state of fluid ease.

Integration & Tangible Change

These sessions transform therapeutic insights into a tangible, embodied reality. By resolving long-held patterns at their roots, we foster the internal room you need to show up more fully in your life.

The Somatic Release Workshop is for you if:

↠ You experience stress, tension, or a sense of disconnection from yourself.

↠ You would like to reconnect with your body and listen more deeply to its signals.

↠ You wish to release accumulated tension and support emotional integration.

↠ You are going through a period of change and are looking for greater clarity and balance.

↠ You wish to deepen your self-awareness and personal growth.

↠ You long for a more conscious and authentic relationship with your body, your vitality, and your capacity for connection.

↠ You are interested in movement as a pathway to self-discovery and transformation.

No previous experience is required.

Methodology

The Anatomy of a Session

In this workshop, we move between guided movement, shared practice, and moments of reflection, creating a spacious and dynamic group field where each body can unfold at its own pace while being held in clear therapeutic structure.

Here are some of the core elements you can expect us to navigate together:

Somatic Tracking & Interoception

We practice listening to the language of your body. By paying close attention to physical signals, we can turn vague feelings of stress and unease into a living conversation with your own potential for relief.

Movement-Based Release

Through respectful and curious movement interventions, we invite your body to express what has been suppressed at a cellular level. These interventions help you shift from feeling "stuck" into new ways of expression.

Systemic & Transpersonal Inquiry

We look at the bigger picture of your life, acknowledging the family roots, cultural influences, and wider systemic fields that shape your individual experience. By honoring these dynamics, we move beyond individual struggle to find a grounded sense of place and belonging within the world at large.

Reflective Integration

We use verbal psychotherapeutic exploration to anchor your somatic shifts into a conscious narrative. By connecting physical release to your history and patterns, we ensure your transformation is fully understood and integrated, turning raw sensation into a lasting state of coherence.

Your Facilitator

Maria Sideri, lead psychotherapist and educator in the field of Somatic Release.

For over 20 years, I have supported individuals in private practice as well as trained and certified hundreds of therapists in Transpersonal Psychosomatic Therapy through Movement, Dance, and Creativity.

My own path has braided together psychology, meditation, movement, and holistic traditions from around the world. These experiences have taught me that true well-being is found in the integration of body, mind, and soul.

How This Workshop Can Support You

↠ Greater emotional and mental clarity.

↠ A sense of physical relief and expanded inner space.

↠ Release of physical, emotional, and energetic blocks.

↠ Regulation of stress and overwhelming past experiences.

↠ Deepening of self‑knowledge and inner coherence.

↠ A more conscious relationship with your body, sexuality, and vital energy.

↠ Recovery of presence, authenticity, and vitality.

Testimonials

Kind words from former participants

Over the years, I have had the honour of accompanying hundreds of groups in Somatic Release spaces and witnessing how, when the body is met in a held container, profound reorganisation, clarity, and relief become possible. The words below are reflections from some of those journeys.

Experiencing my personal process through movement and dance, with Maria’s guidance, has been a true gift from the very beginning to the lasting imprint it’s left on me. It’s a gift I allowed myself, as someone who deserves to enjoy life from a place of Being.

Thanks to this work, I have learned to “stay” even when my old patterns urge me to run away. To stay in a job, in a relationship, in life, but with fullness. I’ve learned to listen to my soul through my body, to let it express itself, to dance. To give my anger a place and a home within me, recognizing and accepting it.

I have truly felt supported and deeply cared for. It’s been a heartfelt and enriching experience.

— Marta Ortega

Maria Sideri’s training has been a wonderful experience. One of community, togetherness, nature, self-expression, and an explosion of energy. Words can hardly express how grateful I am for all the awareness I gained during this process.

Reflecting on the path I’ve walked, I am thankful for the gentle, steady encouragement and support that helped me begin my journey of self-discovery and seek a deeper connection with my essence to recognize and accept it. This process has brought me a profound sense of liberation and transformation.

It has also changed the way I understand others. It gave me a greater sense of compassion for their nature. I highly recommend somatic psychotherapy to anyone who feels the need to embark on a healing journey. This is a harmonious and highly effective therapy that uses the body and movement as its main tools.

The body tells what words cannot. Dancing is when I feel my greatest power to express myself honestly!

— Eva Fibla

Bookings

Attend a Workshop

Workshops are held in person in small, carefully held groups.

↠ Format: Half‑day immersive workshop (4 hours).

↠ Upcoming workshops:
- Athens, Greece: 27 June 2026 · 10:00–14:00 · Ananda Unity, Sfittion 10 [Google Maps]

↠ Contribution: 80 EUR

Please use the form below to send me your booking request, and I will respond as soon as possible. You can also reach me directly via email at info@mariasideri.com.