Impulse and Response. The Moment Before Action
18 April 2026 at A Quinta
This workshop is a somatic performative laboratory dedicated to bodily and emotional exploration. It is a space for presence, honesty, and the real-time reality of your body.
What is the SPW?
The core focus of this work is the body as a practical tool for awareness, regulation, and transformation. We combine simple, grounded practices from somatic therapy and bodynamics with elements of art-based exploration.The goal is to move beyond old, automatic emotional and behavioral patterns. You will explore:
How emotions and impulses physically manifest in your body.
How automatic responses are triggered.
How to create a new, intentional space between what happens (stimulus) and what you do next (action).
This is not therapy and not a performance. It is a living experience where you work directly with how your body responds in the moment—where it contracts, where the voice disappears, or where control or avoidance appears.
The Group as a Field
The group functions as both a field and a mirror. Through simple interactions and shared space, you can see your own reactions more clearly and quickly. This deepens your awareness and expands your capacity to stay connected to yourself and to others without judgment.
The Facilitator’s Role
The facilitator's role is to hold the structure of the process, the safe container, and the direction of the group work. The facilitator is responsible for:
Providing a logical framework and clear instructions.
Ensuring the physical and emotional safety of the space.
Guiding a gradual and safe immersion into the work’s intensity.
Supporting participants in staying connected to their bodies and respecting their boundaries.
The facilitator does not interpret personal experiences or provide diagnoses or evaluations. The work is not therapeutic analysis. The role is to create conditions in which a person can directly observe their automatic patterns, feel them in the body, and discover new ways of responding through lived experience. This work is about restoring access to the body as a source of clarity, choice, and informed action.
Meet Facilitator
Julia Kryvoruk is a trauma-informed space holder, embodied facilitator, and certified 200 RYT yoga teacher. Since 2019, she has been teaching yoga, integrating Yin Yoga, Vinyasa, adaptive movement, and somatic body-based practices.
Her work focuses on creating accessible and supportive spaces for people of all ages, physical conditions, and life experiences — including older adults and individuals with limited mobility. Grounded in biomechanics, somatic awareness, and nervous system regulation, she has, since 2024, been deepening her work with trauma-informed practices and PTSD integration, exploring how Yin Yoga and slow movement support emotional processing, nervous system regulation, and embodied integration.
Julia creates somatic and performative experiences that help people reconnect with their bodies, process emotions, and express themselves with honesty. Her work is rooted in nervous system awareness, presence, and respect for individual pace and boundaries. She has experience working with PTSD and CPTSD in Ukraine, holding spaces with care, sensitivity, and a deep understanding of trauma-informed principles.
With a background in business management and years of experience leading retreats and community spaces, Julia combines structure with intuition to facilitate safe and meaningful group experiences.
First Workshop Theme: Impulse and Response. The Moment Before Action
This first workshop focuses on the theme of initiation—the moment when bodily impulses become stronger and the old patterns of suppression or control are most visible. We will explore:
How an impulse arises in the body.
Where it gets blocked or automatically diverted.
What happens in the critical micro-moment before action where choice becomes possible.
Through movement, breath, voice, and simple interactions, we practice expanding this moment of choice and consciously shifting habitual response patterns.
Structure (Total Duration: Approx. 3 hours)
Arrival and Settling In (20–30 min): A soft entry into the space and transition into a somatic and group setting.
Main Practice (Approx. 2 hours): A focused group exploration process based on the theme, using bodily awareness and movement.
Integration and Closing (45–60 min): A time for grounding, down-regulation, embodied integration of the experience, and a short group sharing.