The ones held in our posture. The ones whispered through tension, breath, and sensation. The ones that shape how we see ourselves, how we interpret life, and how we move forward.

As we enter a new season, many of us feel the pull to reflect, reset, and realign. Yet true change rarely comes from force or fixing. It arises from awareness — from learning how to listen beneath the surface and giving ourselves permission to soften long‑held patterns.

This February 25th at 4 pm Atlantic, we are offering a new 90‑minute experiential workshop designed to do exactly that.

Where Body Awareness Meets Conscious Reflection

The Stories We Tell Ourselves is a live, online experiential workshop that gently explores the relationship between posture, inner narrative, energy, and conscious journaling. It is an invitation to slow down, listen inwardly, and reconnect with the wisdom already present within the body.

The stories we tell ourselves are not only mental constructs. They are shaped by lived experiences, emotional responses, and the ways our nervous system has learned to protect us. Over time, these stories become embodied — expressed through posture, movement habits, breath patterns, and energetic holding.

By bringing awareness to the body and offering intentional journaling prompts, we create a bridge between sensation and insight, between what we feel and how we interpret it.

Why Journaling With the Right Focus Matters

Journaling can be a powerful tool for mental health, clarity, and integration — but only when it is approached with the right intention.

This workshop does not use journaling as analysis or problem‑solving. Instead, it offers guided, compassionate prompts that:

• Support emotional regulation and nervous system ease
• Encourage curiosity rather than judgment
• Create space for insight without forcing outcomes
• Help participants notice and gently re‑author inner narratives

When journaling is paired with body awareness and gentle movement, it becomes a form of listening rather than doing. This combination allows new perspectives to emerge naturally — often revealing what we are ready to release, rewrite, or carry forward with greater harmony.

An Experiential Journey of Awareness and Choice

During this 90‑minute experience, participants are guided through a carefully held flow that supports both grounding and expansion:

• Arriving and grounding practices to create energetic safety and presence
• An Inner Smile meditation to harmonize organ systems and open internal space
• Posture awareness and gentle movement to notice how stress and belief patterns live in the body
• Two guided journaling experiences that invite listening first, then conscious re‑authoring
• Group reflection and integration, offering connection without pressure or spotlighting

A Soul‑Aligned Word is also introduced as a subtle companion throughout the workshop — not something to analyze, but something to notice as awareness deepens.

This approach supports participants in reclaiming authorship over their inner experience — not by changing who they are, but by softening the lens through which they see themselves.

Supporting Mental Health Through Embodied Awareness

Mental health is not just about what we think — it is deeply connected to how safe, supported, and present we feel in our bodies.

By integrating breath, posture awareness, movement, and reflective writing, this workshop helps participants:

• Feel more grounded and regulated
• Increase self‑compassion and emotional awareness
• Recognize unconscious stories that influence perception
• Develop practical tools for ongoing self‑care

The result is not a dramatic overhaul, but a gentle recalibration — one that supports clarity, resilience, and a renewed sense of choice.

What You’ll Receive

All participants receive:

• A live 90‑minute experiential workshop
• A posture handout and movement video list
• Conscious Insight Journal – Volume 1 (ebook)
• A 1‑page Reflection & Integration PDF to support continued journaling

Optional early‑bird add‑ons include a mini or full tea package and a printed journal, allowing tea to become a ritual anchor for reflection and integration in the weeks that follow, and a journal to hold and inspire you for more writing opportunities and insights.

A Space to Listen, Not Fix

This workshop is not about forcing change or fixing what feels uncomfortable.

It is about:

• Listening beneath habitual stories
• Softening held tension
• Bringing harmony to body, mind, and energy
• Choosing what you are ready to carry forward

If you are feeling called to reconnect with your inner voice, support your mental health through embodied awareness, or explore journaling as a compassionate and empowering practice, this experience offers a gentle place to begin.

Awareness is the doorway.
The body holds the wisdom.
The story can change.

Workshop Leaders

Dr. Michelle Greenwell Dr. Michelle Greenwell is a movement-based wellness educator, researcher, and creator of the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula, a holistic framework that supports self-empowered healing through intention, goal, awareness, activation, community, and intuition. With over four decades of experience spanning dance, Tai Chi, bioenergetic wellness with biofeedback, and integrative health education, Michelle guides participants in exploring how posture, movement, and energy reflect and shape inner narratives. She integrates gentle movement, reflective inquiry, and tea ritual to support embodied awareness and conscious choice.

Theresa (TJ) Stone Theresa Stone is an empathic psychic medium, intuitive soul coach, and energy facilitator devoted to guiding others to reconnect with their inner compass. Creator of the Conscious Insight Journal Series, she blends intentional journaling, energetic guidance, and sacred prompts to support deep transformation and soulful reflection. Theresa’s work helps participants awaken self-love, remember their wholeness, and align with the wisdom of their inner voice.

The Stories We Tell Ourselves is co‑led by Dr. Michelle Greenwell and Theresa (TJ) Stone, weaving movement‑based insight, intuitive journaling, and energetic presence into a supportive and nourishing experience.

To order the perfect tea for this workshop, please email Michelle – info@greenwellcenter.com. Together you can choose the right tea blend for you, and the size that will support your journey. Orders placed by Feb 10 should receive their tea in the mail, in time for the online event.

Early Bird Add-On: +$12 mini tea package or +$20 full tea package (before Feb 10)

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Have you believed you could be the difference your body needs to heal and release the chronic conditions that grip you? Perhaps you weren’t sure where to turn?

Season 4 Episode 14 of the Be Well with Dr. Michelle Greenwell

We have a great conversation with Marian Egan to get you thinking differently about the tools you add to your toolbox for wellness and for healing.

“I love Marian for her ingenuity, dedication, and enthusiasm for all things in wellness and energy medicine. I am particularly fond of her card decks, painting, and ability to release pain instantly with her frequency codes and art.”

Together we explore Marian’s special healing card decks, from Heart Art Magic. You can find more about the decks here.

We also explore the power of intention in the SoulTEA Harbour Tea, and Kitchen Party from the Natalie MacMaster Set. You can find them in our shop.

To reach the podcast episode, click here.

To hear a few clips, check out these special excerpts…

Marian

SoulTEA Harbour

Kitchen Party

Energy Medicine with Michelle

More about the podcast…

Marian Egan is an incredible artist, intuitive, and card creator.  Today we explore what it means to be empowered with tools for your own healing.  The creator of Heart Art Magic, Marian has a simple and incredibly powerful tool that expands your awareness of frequency and colour to know more about how you can engage with healing.

Marian shares more about the creation of her healing decks, as well as her intuition and explorations with her discoveries.  With a daily habit of setting intentions and using her cards, she is a vibrant and energized person who inspires you as you listen to her speak.

Along with our discussion about the card decks, we also explore two tea blends for you to consider in your daily self-care routine. 

In this episode we talk about SoulTEA Harbour Tea, as well as Kitchen Party Tea from the Natalie MacMaster Set.  

We encourage you to make a cup of tea and join us to relax and learn with this conversation. 

You have the power to change your wellness course, let us help you to find the right tools to make that happen.

Ready for a class to Heal Yourself?

Be sure to check out the calendar on this website, as well as the events listed. Perhaps our next Qi YINtegration: The Energy of Nutrition will interest you.

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