Description
Hands to Heart with Stijn
Regenerative Touch Series workshops for Queer people
Synergy 5-Dimensional Flow blends traditional yoga with modern physiotherapy to restore natural posture, movement, and breathing. This multidirectional, core-driven practice strengthens without strain and enhances flexibility without force. Designed for modern bodies, it improves circulation, calms the nervous system, and awakens vitality. Accessible to all, it invites you to reconnect with your body’s intelligence—moving and breathing for health, happiness, and longevity. Cultivating communion within and with the world outside us.
Tense less. Stretch less. Breathe less. Think less. Feel more.
Dmitry is a holistic movement facilitator and fitness & wellness educator with over 10 years of experience guiding individuals and groups through yoga, somatic awareness, and therapeutic movement. His approach integrates traditional Eastern practices with Western physiotherapy principles, grounded in science, to support functional, pain-free movement and emotional balance. He has facilitated workshops and retreats internationally, emphasizing accessible and inclusive practices that promote regeneration, vitality, and inner connection. His training includes yoga therapy, breathwork, body–mind integration methods, and core activation techniques, blending dynamic and active movements with meditative and relaxing postures.
What is Regenerative Touch?
Regenerative Touch is a monthly workshop where together we create conditions that help us to slow down, to drop into our bodies and to explore the profound impact of mindful, restorative touch in a supportive and nurturing environment. Touch, often overlooked in daily life, is a basic human need.
In these workshops, we create a space solely for its regenerative, down-regulating and connecting capabilities, free from any romantic or sexual connotations.
Touch communicates directly, reaching places words cannot.
Did you ever experience the calming effect of a warm embrace or a comforting hand on your shoulder? Even a brief 15-minute hand-holding session can lead to a significant decrease in heart rate, reduction in blood pressure, signalling a strong relaxation response. A simple 20-second hug can lead to higher levels of oxytocin, the hormone associated with bonding and trust.
Every Month, one of our rotating and trauma-sensitive facilitators will frame the evening around themes like presence, nervous system regulation, emotional safety and focus on hands-on experiences rather than too many words or techniques. No bodywork experience necessary – just bring your curiosity.
Benefits
– Experience reduced anxiety, depression, and increased emotional resilience through calming, intentional touch.
– Cultivate mindful presence and deeper connections with yourself and others.
– Support trauma healing and emotional release in a safe, nurturing environment.
– Enhance mood and immune function by reducing stress and releasing endorphins.
– Foster a sense of community and belonging through shared, non-verbal experiences.
– Encourage deeper self-compassion and acceptance through gentle, supportive contact.
General Information
• This format is for all queer people (LGBTQIA+) interested in experiencing touch in a safe(r) setting. (See FAQ)
• This is a clothes-on format.
• Bring a sheet and towel to cover cushions, mats, or massage tables.
• This event will be in English
• This event is also available at a reduced member price – but not part of the two-free-monthly-events benefit.
• Concession tickets upon written request to events@wearevillage.org
