(( Subtle Body ))
Workshop
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Los Angeles, CA, USA
About Event
(( Subtle Body )) is an intimate, multi-sensory workshop exploring the relationship between breath, body, and plant wisdom through the lens of attunement and inner listening. Held in the energetic threshold of the summer solstice, the experience invites participants to slow down their pace and reconnect with the subtle language within themselves and the natural world around them, creating space to process and arrive at their own illuminated truths.
Through guided breathwork, herbal tea ritual, somatic awareness practices, and reflective community dialogue, participants will be invited into a deeper relationship with sensation, intuition, and the body's innate intelligence.
As we strengthen our capacity to listen inwardly, we often gain access to a steadier sense of clarity, discernment, and trust in our own knowing. What possibilities exist when we are more resourced, have more agency, and more space to feel into what's here?
Together, we'll explore that question through the practices of breath, presence, and shared reflection. In a world filled with noise and distraction, the ability to perceive life's subtleties may be one of our greatest assets.
Objective
(WHAT TO EXPECT > OBJECTIVE)
An intentional grounded space for quieting external noise and reconnecting with the subtleties of the body. This experience invites participants to attune to themselves, plant allies, and community while exploring what becomes possible when we practice the art of noticing more closely.
Together, we’ll explore what it means to truly listen inwardly while remembering the network of support, reciprocity, and resources that exists both within us and around us.
What's Included
(removing this section, keep only for RETREATS)
What to bring
Yoga mat, pillow + light blanket
Journal + writing instrument
Dress comfy, ideally nothing restricting the abdominal area
Your favorite small mug for tea (encouraged but not mandatory)
Eye mask or something to gently cover your eyes
Janice is a 1.5 gen Korean-American, herbalist, experiential event producer and creative from Los Angeles. Rooted in the teachings of spiritual herbalism, Ayurveda, and Eastern medicine, her work explores ancestral foods, medicinal plants, and practices for self healing and collective care.
With a creative practice that blends movement, ritual, experiential design, land tending, and communal gatherings, she crafts spaces for connection and remembrance. Through Soma River, she offers intentionally crafted herbal remedies that bridge the physical and spiritual, guiding others back to their true nature & in deep relationship to their body’s wisdom.
Soma River (@soma.river) is her channel for earth-centered medicine and self-discovery. ‘Soma’, meaning body, and ‘River’ echoing her family name, 강 (Kang), embody the flow of life and intuition. By attuning to nature’s rhythms - both our inner and outer landscapes - we reclaim our power and express our true essence.
JANICE SUH HEE KANG
Janice is a 1.5 gen Korean-American, herbalist, experiential event producer and creative from Los Angeles. Rooted in the teachings of spiritual herbalism, Ayurveda, and Eastern medicine, her work explores ancestral foods, medicinal plants, and practices for self healing and collective care.
With a creative practice that blends movement, ritual, experiential design, land tending, and communal gatherings, she crafts spaces for connection and remembrance. Through Soma River, she offers intentionally crafted herbal remedies that bridge the physical and spiritual, guiding others back to their true nature & in deep relationship to their body’s wisdom.
Soma River (@soma.river) is her channel for earth-centered medicine and self-discovery. ‘Soma’, meaning body, and ‘River’ echoing her family name, 강 (Kang), embody the flow of life and intuition. By attuning to nature’s rhythms - both our inner and outer landscapes - we reclaim our power and express our true essence.
JANICE SUH HEE KANG
About the Hosts
