THE BODY AS PORTAL
An Evening of Conversation, Embodiment & Remembering
Many of us have learned to navigate life through adaptation—shaped by family systems, cultural conditioning, and the experiences that formed us.
Yet beneath these layers exists a deeper intelligence.
One that has never been broken.
One that has never been lost.
Through sensation, emotion, image, impulse, and intuition, the body is constantly communicating—offering access to forms of knowing that often exist beyond the reach of the analytical mind.
The body is not simply a place where experiences are stored.
It is a portal to remembering.
Join psychologist and energy practitioner Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia for an intimate evening of conversation, embodied exploration, and energy healing as we explore the relationship between conditioning, consciousness, embodiment, and the process of remembering our true nature.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
5-7PM
Mandala Studio | Vancouver, BC
✨ About The Experience
We live within systems that shape how we think, feel, relate, and perceive ourselves.
Families. Cultures. Communities. Institutions. The countless spoken and unspoken messages we inherit about who we are, who we should become, and what it takes to belong.
Some of these systems support connection. Others require adaptation.
Over time, adaptation can become so familiar that we mistake it for who we are.
What begins as protection can slowly become identity.
In the process, we can lose touch with parts of ourselves—not only our pain, but our vitality, intuition, creativity, wisdom, and connection to our true nature.
Yet beneath the conditioning, something continues to communicate.
The body is more than a repository of past experiences. It is a living interface through which deeper intelligence continues to speak.
Through sensation, emotion, image, impulse, and intuition, the body is constantly revealing where connection has been interrupted, what is seeking our attention, and what is ready to emerge.
When we learn to listen differently, the body becomes more than something we inhabit.
It becomes a portal.
A portal to deeper self-awareness.
A portal to remembering.
A portal to the parts of ourselves that have been hidden, forgotten, or waiting to be reclaimed.
And perhaps most importantly, a portal to the recognition that beneath every adaptation, something essential has remained intact.
This evening is an invitation to explore the relationship between conditioning, consciousness, embodiment, and the process of remembering our true nature.
Through conversation, reflection, embodied practice, and energy healing, we will create space to listen more deeply, reconnect more fully, and explore what becomes possible when we relate to the body not as something to fix, but as a source of wisdom, guidance, and restoration.
What We'll Explore
Nestled high in the Hollywood Hills, The Nest is a private sanctuary designed for deep rest, clarity, and energetic renewal. Floor-to-ceiling windows, warm natural light, and the stillness of the surrounding mountains create a space where your body can soften and your inner knowing can rise.
This intimate setting holds you with warmth, beauty, and quiet spaciousness — an ideal environment for somatic and soul-level healing.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF:
You’ve been carrying so much for so long — and something in you knows it’s time to soften, release, and reconnect with your own light.
You’re craving a deeper sense of calm, connection, and inner renewal.
You do not need prior experience with energy work or meditation — only a willingness to be present and open.
Whether you’ve been on your healing path for years or are just beginning to explore, this circle is a place to pause, release, and remember who you are beneath the noise.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE:
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Light bites and settling in
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Energetic opening + invocation
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Guided somatic settling + meditation
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Channeled energy healing transmission (silent + spoken)
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Light integration + optional sharing
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Closing grounding
- A curated integration gift bag to support your experience after the circle
About the Facilitator
Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse whose healing journey moved her beyond talk therapy and into the wisdom of the body. As she began to confront preverbal and stored trauma, her body began to respond — with somatic movement, energy release, and intuitive expression. What emerged was not a learned technique, but a sacred remembering.
This transformation became the foundation of Sacred Light Energy — a trauma-informed, somatic + soul energy healing modality that bridges intuitive energetic transmission, ancestral guidance, and embodied reclamation.
Rooted in her lived experience and informed by her background as a trauma psychologist (offered outside her clinical role), Deniz now holds space for others to reconnect with their own sacred truth.
Her work is not about fixing or diagnosing —
it’s about returning.
Returning to the body.
To voice.
To light.
To the parts of yourself trauma tried to silence.
About This Energy Healing
Rooted in remembrance — not performance.
Light Energy Healing weaves together clinical wisdom, somatic intuition, ancestral guidance, and channelled energyto support your body in releasing what’s been held and reconnecting with the deeper intelligence within you.
This work is trauma-informed but not clinical therapy — a sacred, intuitive process that honors both the nervous system and the soul.
It meets you where you are. It follows your pace.
And it supports your system in returning to the truth you’ve always carried.
This work supports you to:
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Gently clear stagnant, inherited, or unprocessed energy
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Settle and regulate the nervous system
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Reconnect with intuition, inner voice, and embodied clarity
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Remember the light that has always lived within you
What to Bring
Attire:
Comfortable clothing that allows you to rest and fully relax.
Parking + Arrival Details:
Shared via email prior to event.
Come as you are.
Tired, hopeful, uncertain, curious — all parts are welcome here.
Your energy already knows the way home.
This circle simply opens the space for that remembering to unfold.
Reserve Your Spot
Space is limited to 18 participants to preserve intimacy. Early Bird pricing is available for a short time and is expected to fill quickly.
✨ A Special Gift for You
As part of this evening of remembrance and renewal, each participant will receive a curated gift bag intentionally designed to support grounding, integration, and continued connection after the circle.
A small offering to honor the courage it takes to show up — and to carry this light forward.