The Alchemy Within — A One-Day Embodied Workshop for Creative Exploration

THE ALCHEMY WITHIN

One-Day Embodied Creative Workshop

An immersive workshop to explore, transform, and reconnect with yourself through body, breath, creativity, and reflection.

This space is open to anyone who:

•⁠  ⁠Feels stuck with something in their life and is ready for movement or change
•⁠  ⁠Is moving through a question, transition, or creative block
•⁠  ⁠Or simply longs to pause, reflect, and dedicate time to their inner growth and wellbeing.

Through guided bodywork, breathwork, meditation, creative practices, and honest conversations in pairs and group, you will be supported to explore what is alive in you and allow it to unfold.

Creativity will be used as a tool for expression, with an optional informal sharing at the end of the workshop. No previous experience is needed, and there is no pressure to perform. This is a space to feel creative, welcomed, and accepted as you are.

Bring something to work with over the weekend: a life pattern, a question or stuck point ready for movement and to be explored with curiosity and alchemised into creative expresssion.

Date & Time: Saturday 18 April, 10–5 pm 
Ticket for full weekend: £25
Venue: Lam Rim Bristol Buddhist Centre

Practices we will explore

• Mindful somatic practice
• Deep paired listening
• Sensation-based inquiry
• Dance & instinctual movement
• Collage, drawing and material exploration
• Ritual threshold moments
• Collective reflection

Practical Info

• We will begin at 10am. Please arrive a few minutes early to the venue.
• Teas and coffees will br provided
• Please bring your own lunch. We will have one hour as a lunch break
• Bring a water bottle
• Wear layered comfortable clothes that are easy to move in
• Bring anything you need to be comfortable sitting or lying down such as blankets or cushions.
• Please ensure to read through this document regarding practicing breathwork and get in touch with us if you have any questions at all.

Your Facilitators

Pilar Santelices
Conscious Coach | Creative Producer | Facilitator of human and creative processes
Pilar is a creative producer, facilitator, and conscious coach (IMI - Inner Knowledge Management Method) with over 15 years of experience producing performing arts and designing transformative experiences across Latin America and Europe. Her work centres on helping people connect to their inner wisdom, find their voice and creative life force through tools drawn from somatics, contemplative practices, and transformational learning. https://pilarsantelices-coach.com/

Lizzie Keates 
Breathwork Facilitator & Guide | Holosomatic Bodywork Therapist 
Lizzie is a breathwork facilitator, meditation teacher, and student of Biodynamic Body Psychotherapy whose work helps people navigate life's transitions, resolve conflict, and unlock creative potential through embodied practice. Drawing on somatic intelligence and nervous system regulation, she holds the belief that healing happens when we meet our inner and outer worlds with curiosity and care, so that we may discover what each moment is truly inviting us to understand and grow into. www.theartofadaptability.com