Spring is an auspicious time for healing, tending to our personal growth, and navigating life changes. The Exodus from Egypt, commemorated over Passover every spring, and Easter, which comes shortly after the Spring Equinox, both hint at this season's possibilities of liberation.
Our group name, Sacred Spring, is a nod to the spring holidays that honor the divine operating in this season, and it also points to the quiet miracle of our human bodies, where our life force has been residing all our lives, like an underground spring.
Over 6 online meetings, we will enter via different access points to connect to the flow of this creative energy, which feels present both in and around us at this time of year. We follow an overarching sequence that honors the journey of human transformation, from constriction and struggle to expansion and freedom, based on themes from Exodus.
At each meeting, we will explore readings that touch on the weekly theme, engage in somatic meditation, do individual expressive writing or art, and have some time for optional sharing in the group and or in small breakouts.
The somatic meditations are nuanced, guided meditations that invite us to deepen and ground our somatic and emotional awareness. Based on the principles of NeuroAffective Touch, they help us engage with the theme of each week somatically, deepening our journey.
NeuroAffective Touch was developed by Dr. Aline LaPierre, a pioneering somatic psychotherapist, as a bridge to help us cross the mind-body divide in personal healing and growth processes. This group is inspired by her work and its creative and spiritual applications.
Week 1
As spring unfolds, the tempo of life increases. If we have a lot on our plate or are going through a life transition, we may overcompensate or start to feel overwhelmed, when we would rather grow with ease and find moments for reflection.
In week 1, we start where we are by paying gentle attention to the breath, writing about or drawing the constrictions and frictions in our lives, and honoring our historical struggles.
Week 2
In week 2, we explore the question of what can be left behind us or let go of in this season of our personal journey to allow us to move or live more freely.
We resource ourselves by finding our midline and the ground underneath us, and we write to invite the release of whatever no longer serves us, which in some cases was never really ours to begin with.
Week 3
The winds of change can stir up fear, confusion, and grief. By acknowledging where we feel betwixt and between, we can drop together into the space of not knowing, where we can pause and just be.
From here, we can begin to feel and sense our way forward intuitively rather than overthink or avoid. Week 3 invites new alignments and insights to arise.
Week 4
When a baby is born, there is an important transition from receiving nutrients from the umbilical cord to using the lungs for oxygen and the digestive tract for nutrition.
In week 4, we bring gentle focus to our bellies and take stock of where we feel nourished in our lives, where we do not, and what new forms of support and guidance we may want to call upon.
Week 5
It is often that still, small voice within that speaks words of great power and wisdom. In week 5, we focus on the neck and thoracic inlet, attending to the delicate yet powerful physical container for our human voice.
Through opening the throat energetically, we can loosen the reins on deep feelings we have held back, and articulate deep truths.
Week 6
In our final meeting, we tend to our hard-working eyes and ears, seeing and listening to what is shifting in us, reflecting on where and who we now are, and reaffirming what has always been whole inside of us.
April 13, April 20, April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Central Time (10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM GMT)
Within 3 days of each meeting you will receive an email with recordings of that week's Somatic Contemplation along with PDFs of all readings and prompts for your personal use. All materials will also be linked in a private shared Google document for easy access. If you must miss a meeting, you can review the materials at your own pace, though joining live is encouraged when possible.
For our somatic practices, comfort is key. This might include:
For the expressive arts portion of the group, please bring tools that support freedom and flow in your expression. This might include:
If you have questions prior to enrolling, please contact me at jenncampolo@protonmail.com.
Jennifer E. Campolo was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Touched by loss early in life, she has explored many paths of healing and growth over the past two decades. She firmly believes that people navigate life's transitions more capably and humanely within supportive communities, and is passionate about designing spaces and practices that nurture awareness, self-compassion, and resilience along the journey.
Jennifer holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Yale University and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Pacific University of Oregon. She has taught creative and expressive writing to young people and adults, received a Kevah Teaching Fellowship for Jewish educators, and trained in NeuroAffective Touch in 2024, a somatic approach that bridges body and mind to support post-trauma growth. For over a decade, she has also worked as a copywriter and editor for clients in psychology, integrative health, and spirituality.
Her somatic writing groups weave together readings, gentle meditative practices, and guided reflective writing or art-making to create a supportive space where participants can slow down, connect with their inner wisdom, and receive support - right where they are.