Somatic Nourishment ~ Water & Winter Solstice
Calling all Water Babies!
This is a guided somatic movement & dance experience that honours water's intelligence and the stillness of winter solstice—the longest night before light begins its return. The extended darkness of this threshold offers us a unique container to work with water as both element and teacher, inviting us to explore the depths of what lives within our bodies.
At this particular moment in the wheel of the year, the planetary alignments create potent support for connecting with water's elemental wisdom. This astrological backdrop invites us into the meeting place where spiritual insight and embodied form become one—exactly what somatic experiences can offer when we allow water's intelligence to guide our experience.
This experience centres body wisdom and participant choice. You're invited to move at your own pace, rest when needed, and follow what feels right for your body in each moment.
The offering is experiential and invites your agency: Throughout you can modify any movement, participate as much or as little as feels right. There is no 'right way' —only what is right for you in each moment. Your body's wisdom guides you, and all choices you make are honoured.
Throughout, you'll have opportunities to:
Connect with water's elemental intelligence and the wisdom held in your body
Explore gentle movement and natural rhythms of your body
Experience stillness and flowing movement
Engage in creative expression through drawing and journaling
Share and witness in community (always optional)
Who This Practice Welcomes
Anyone who feels called to connect more deeply with their embodied experience is welcome here. You might be drawn to honour this seasonal threshold, to explore water's wisdom in your body, to work with the element of water, or to receive the elemental and planetary support available at this potent time. Perhaps you're curious about somatic practices but haven't found the right entry point, or maybe you have an established practice and are seeking community connection during the solstice.
No previous experience with movement, dance, or somatic practice is needed. All movements are adaptable and can be done seated, standing, or lying down. Resting is always an option. Your nourishment is the priority.
For questions about accessibility or to discuss how this practice can be adapted to support your needs, please contact Camille at [email protected]
What to Expect
Duration: 2 hours total, or 90 minutes of practice + optional 30 min.
How the practice unfolds:
15 minutes — Arrival, optional for connection and spacious landing. (1PM-1:15PM)
Opening and acknowledgement. We'll acknowledge the land, honour the elements, water spirits and winter solstice threshold. (Camera's will be on for this portion only and then will become optional for the duration of our time.)
Somatic experience— Embodied explorations, Guided: imagery; gentle movement and dance; exploration of Water's qualities and intelligence; explore elemental supports.
Integration— Stillness, drawing, journaling, and optional sharing.
Closing — Gratitude and goodbyes
15 minutes — Soft closing, optional spaciousness for connection, sharing and transitioning. (2:45PM-3PM)
What to prepare:
A private space where you can move freely for the duration
Room to lie down, sit, stand, and move
Yoga mat or blankets, pillows for body support
Comfortable clothing that invites movement
Something to drink
A clear glass of water and a white candle (or candle alternative)
Drawing paper and coloured pencils/ markers/ crayons
Journal or paper and pen
Altar to water and winter solstice to support your experience: To honour winter solstice and water, you might include blue cloth, a separate bowl of water, any elements that represent winter solstice, and elements of water: Natural elements, shells, fresh branches, wreaths, pinecones, fresh fruit, crystals etc.
Your Facilitator
Camille Djokoto (they/them) is a Somatic Therapist, Somatic Movement and Dance Practitioner, Somatic Coach and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner™. As an African Diasporic being, neuroexpansive, artist and facilitator, they bring 40+ years of dance and movement experience with 14 years of healing work in mental health through somatic and embodied practices. Their approach is relational, experiential, and embodied—guided by ancestral wisdom they celebrate collective liberation, embodied resilience, and diasporic healing.
Camille's work centres lived experience and autonomy, offering invitations and options. They create space for participants to discover authentic movements and organic experiences honouring that each person carries their own embodied history and wisdom.
Instagram: @camilledjokoto.therapy
Website: camille-djokoto.com
Important Note:
Admission closes and we begin at 1:15 PM exactly. Latecomers will be admitted after the Opening.
Group Size: This will run with any number - up to a limit of 25 participants.
Price: Small sliding scale $35-$45 CAD.
No Recordings: This experience will not be recorded.
Refunds: No refunds are provided for missed events. All refunds are subject to service fee charges.