Groups & Classes

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If you're feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply at your wit's end trying to be who everyone else expects you to be, you don't have to navigate it alone. Since 1991, The Estuary has provided a grounded, experienced space in Nashville to help you break free from old patterns, regulate your nervous system, and support your soul’s growth.

Whether you want to explore ancient wisdom like Kabbalah and energy work, build clear boundaries, or connect with a real community of people doing the work alongside you, our groups and classes offer practical life support for every step of your becoming. Explore our upcoming offerings below and find your voice in a community that gets it.

  • Unstuck class

    UNSTUCK: Move What Talking Can't


    Move beyond talk therapy in this experiential, two-hour class. Using neuroscience and KCT® practices, learn to regulate your nervous system, adapt movement, and break stuck patterns in real time.

  • Men's Group

    Surviving Traumatic Partner Relationships: A Men's Group


    This FREE Men’s Processing Group offers adult men safe, compassionate support to heal from abusive or narcissistic relationships, overcome isolation, and build connection within a mature, respectful community.

  • Energy Work 2.0


    Advance your energy practice in Energy Work 2.0. Explore chakra defense patterns, refine your clair senses, master two new healing modalities through hands-on practice, and learn professional session structure.

  • Sound Bath


    Begin with gentle breathing, then sink into a immersive sound journey featuring crystal bowls, chimes, and gongs. Afterwards, enjoy a warm beverage and journal before floating home.

  • The Alchemy of Sound and Flowers


    Experience deep renewal through Bach Flower Essences, a custom take-home blend, guided intention-setting, and a restorative 60-minute Reiki-infused sound bath designed to soothe your nervous system and restore inner harmony.

  • Akashic Moon Manifesting: Get Witchy With It


    Align your intentions with lunar cycles and the Akashic Records. Clear energetic blocks, engage in guided meditation, and build a collective crystal grid to anchor your soul’s manifestations.

  • Religious Wounding Support Group

    Religious Wounding Support Group


    A warm, welcoming community for anyone healing from religious or spiritual wounding. Share stories, find support, and embrace new freedom as you build healthier beliefs, boundaries, and relationships together.

  • Experiential Movement Therapy


    Join Andrew Krichels for two autumn somatic workshops at The Estuary. Explore breath, qi gong, and movement to find your center, deepen relationships, and build community together.

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    Community Night


    Join our monthly community night! Samantha Cutler facilitates this fun, 90-minute topic-based conversation where you can socialize, connect with others, and share meaningful discussion in a welcoming space.

  • Akashic Practice Group


    Join facilitator Dorothy Daniel for a monthly hybrid Akashic Practice Group at The Estuary. Deepen your intuition, practice reading for others, and connect with a supportive spiritual community today.

  • Intuition 101

    Intuition 101

    Develop your intuition and deepen your connection with the unseen world. Everyone possesses this innate sixth sense—learn how to finally tune into yours and trust your inner guidance.

  • Regulate Before You Celebrate

    Regulate Before You Celebrate


    Navigate holiday stress with Regulate Before You Celebrate. Join Mara Giovanni for a two-hour experiential training using neuroscience and Kali Connection Therapy® to help your nervous system update and find lasting empowerment.

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    Tarot Night


    Join Tarot Night for hands-on practice, open discussion, and a welcoming community to deepen your intuition and explore the magical art of tarot. Curious minds of all levels are welcome!

  • Embrace the Calm

    Embrace the Calm


    Join Dorothy Daniel for an in-person workshop at The Estuary to overcome fear, ease anxiety, and quiet obsessive thinking. Learn practical mindfulness techniques to cultivate lasting peace and emotional clarity.

  • Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves

    Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves


    Join Sandy Mueller for a compassionate weekend workshop dedicated to emotional release and forgiveness. Through meditation, shadow work, and energetic practices, learn to heal old wounds and free your heart.

  • Intro to Soul Collage

    Intro to Soul Collage


    Craft your own personal card deck to access intuitive wisdom and guidance. In this fun, all-ages workshop, explore your soul's unique story through collage to support balance and personal transformation.

  • Text that reads "Become a Holistic Life Coach" at the top, a circular logo in the center with "Certified" at the top of the circle, and "School of Healing Arts at The Estuary" inside, and "Life Coach" at the bottom of the circle. Below the logo, text reads "A unique integrative 4-month program".

    Holistic Life Coach Certification Program


    Our rare, in-person Life Coach Certification combines energy healing with proven coaching practices. Transform your own life while learning to guide clients toward purpose, alignment, and deep personal freedom.

  • Clarity Catalyst

    Clarity Catalyst


    The Clarity Catalyst is a transformative 8-week personal growth course based on a renowned Stanford University program. It blends mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and creative tools to help you overcome self-limiting beliefs, unlock your intuition, and design a purposeful life.

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    Akashic I


    Access your soul's wisdom in this four-part series led by Dorothy Daniel, available in person or virtually. Learn to read your Akashic Records, heal past patterns, and unlock lifelong guidance.

  • A person meditating in a lotus position with a colorful abstract background featuring birds and splashes of color, overlaid with the text 'Akashic II: Deepening Your Skills & Reading for Others'.

    Akashic II


    Prerequisite: Akashic I. Expand your Akashic skills in this advanced course led by Dorothy Daniel. Learn to ethically read Records for others, cultivate non-attachment, and hold transformational, sacred space in person or virtually.

  • Silhouette of a child wearing a cape, standing triumphantly on a rock with arms raised, against a large sun and orange sky. Text reads: "Every great story begins with a call to adventure... It’s time to awaken the HERO within!"

    Awakening the Hero Within


    Awaken your inner strength using the Hero’s Journey, the Enneagram, and shadow work in this series led by Lynn Bartrum. Reclaim hidden potential, break old patterns, and cultivate self-trust.

  • Chakras: They're a Vibe

    Chakras: They're a Vibe


    Discover and balance your seven primary energy centers in this interactive class with Cara Dorris and Susan Beyler. Through guided meditation and practical exercises, learn to restore alignment and vitality.

  • Discovering Your Enneatype

    Discovering Your Enneatype


    Discover your true Enneagram type in this three-part series led by Lynn Bartrum. Explore foundational triads, instincts, and core motivations in person or virtually to cultivate compassionate self-awareness.

  • A mystical tree with swirling galaxy and stars in the background, overlaid with the text 'Infinite Kabbalah'.

    Infinite Kabbalah


    Explore the mystical Tree of Life in this three-part series with Susan Austin-Crumpton. Examine divine energies and levels of consciousness in person or via Zoom to expand your mind and transform.

  • Inherited Patterns

    Inherited Patterns


    Uncover how generational family dynamics shape present choices in this three-part series, available in person or via Zoom. Identify inherited patterns, explore energetic perspectives, and build healthy, authentic relationships.

  • Momentum

    Momentum


    Transform overthinking into action with Momentum: a hands-on, 6-session in-person program. Overcome business resistance, gain clear structure, build real marketing assets, and move your coaching practice forward with accountability.

  • Peaceful Warriors

    Peaceful Warrior: Mindful Self-Defense for Women


    Build everyday safety, confidence, and awareness in this experiential women’s workshop. Using the FIERCE framework, practice trust, boundary-setting, nervous system regulation, and one practical self-defense technique—no experience needed.

  • Colorful, intricate geometric and abstract patterns with a glowing center, overlaid with black text that reads 'Sefer Yetzirah Advanced Kabbalah Study'.

    Sefer Yetzirah


    Explore the core mysteries of mystical Kabbalah through the ancient Sefer Yetzirah text. Discover how numerology, etymology, and astrology correlate with the Tree of Life to deepen your spiritual understanding.

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    Tarot 101


    Explore tarot for self-discovery in this two-part beginner series led by Marshall Fletcher. Learn deck structure, history, astrology links, and spread creation to gain clear, practical insight for personal growth.

  • Healing Hands

    The Fundamentals of Energy Work


    Explore foundational energy healing, chakra balancing, and intuitive sensing in this supportive workshop. Learn practical techniques to harmonize your energy field, strengthen intuition, and develop clear sensing abilities.

  • The Healing Circle

    The Healing Circle


    Harness the collective energy of community in this group healing circle led by Lynn Bartrum. Using chakra balancing, Kabbalistic, and shamanic modalities, release blockages and restore inner balance together.

  • You Are the Revolution

    You are the Revolution


    Ground your inner compass in this four-hour transformational workshop led by Lynn Bartrum and Maureen Doyle. Reconnect with core values, clear limiting patterns, and step forward with clarity, courage, and purpose.

More About The Estuary

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    Our mission is to advocate a conscious and balanced life through self-discovery, relationships, education, and Integrated Healing, and to provide a venue for the process of healing to occur in Nashville and beyond.

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    Every Estuary Therapist and Healing Advocate is trained to facilitate the healing process for our clients through providing mind/body/spirit therapies, tools for authentic empowerment, and a space to deepen relationship with self and others.

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    The Estuary offers a holistic range of therapy, coaching, and wellness services. From talk, couples, and play therapy to integrative approaches like yoga therapy, breathwork, and massage, our practitioners address mind, body, and spirit.

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