Embodied Expressions

Introducing Embodied Expressions –

A Monthly Gathering for Women to Move, Create & Connect

✨Would you love a space each month to move, create, and connect in a way that feels deeply nourishing?

✨ Are you interested in exploring simple, ongoing creative practices to stay connected to yourself this year?

✨ Would you appreciate bringing your personal reflections into a supportive circle and witnessing how they evolve over time?

Embodied Expressions is a monthly gathering for women who seek self-expression and connection through movement and creativity. Each session offers a supportive and inspiring space where we explore dance, embodiment, art, and personal reflection—honoring our bodies, our stories, and our evolving journeys.

We hope to cultivate a committed group of women who can support one another in deepening their creative and embodied practices throughout 2025. However, we also warmly welcome those who wish to join us month by month, without the need to continue beyond each session.

What to Expect

First and foremost, we want this group to evolve according to the needs of those who wish to be part of it. Our initial idea is to introduce a simple, low-effort creative project each month—something you can continue between sessions. This could be writing a single word each day, adding a small doodle, capturing a moment through movement, or collecting small meaningful items. These projects evolve at your own pace and serve as a gentle thread connecting our time together. However, if, as a group, we decide we need a different approach, we are open to adjusting our vision.

Embodied expressions is an invitation to let creativity flow naturally into your daily life—without pressure, without rules—just as an act of quiet self-expression.

No prior experience is needed—just a willingness to show up as you are. Whether you seek inspiration, connection, or simply a space to breathe and be, you are warmly welcomed.

Come as you are. Move how you feel. Leave feeling renewed.

Location & Dates

📍 Flourish Yoga, Takapuna – 5 Huron Street, Takapuna🕑 Sundays, once a month, 2-4pm

Upcoming Dates:

• March 9

• April 13

• May 11

• June 2 (NB: This session is on a Monday, 4-6pm, due to King’s Birthday weekend)

• July 6

• August 10

• September 14

• October 12

• November 2

Investment

We want to keep these sessions accessible while also honoring the work and costs involved in creating them. We offer a sliding scale to support those in financial hardship while allowing others to contribute more if they’re able.

💛 First taster session (March 9th): $40-$60 sliding scale💛 All other sessions - Single drop-in: $65 OR Commit to 3+ sessions: $40-$60 per session (sliding scale applies)

TO BOOK OR FOR MORE INFO: Please RSVP - you will be taken to a form, once completed, we will be in touch.

Alternatively, email Jessica at info@brighterlife.nz or Zsuzsa at szabadizsuzsa@gmail.com

YOUR FACILITATORS:

Jessica Dziwulska

Jessica is a mother, wife, daughter, cat lover, lounge room dancer, and committed yogi. She’s also in her final year of the Masters of Dance Movement Therapy at the University of Auckland. Jess is excited to share her passion for dance and creativity in a trauma-informed space in which we can practice being ourselves and being together. She brings 30 years of experience within the health and wellness sectors to her work and looks forward to co-facilitating with Zsuzsa to share a soulful series of sessions with you.

Zsuzsa Szabadi

Zsuzsa is not a mother, not a wife, has no pets, is a lounge room dancer and firm believer in the value of diversity. She’s also a 2nd year Masters of Dance Movement Therapy student at the University of Auckland. She believes  in body-mind unity, that our bodies, minds and spirits are deeply interconnected and greatly influence one another. Zsuzsa is excited to share her passion for creative and open movement, co-create with Jess, and all the participants, a safe enough space for everyone to be themselves and explore new possibilities.