This guided, embodied listening and reading group explores how we and our texts breathe. Through guided breathwork and reading, we engage with maternal relationships, transgenerational memory, and breath. Participants are invited to bring something that resonates with these themes—a text, memory, story, or photo—something personal or something chosen.

These sessions take place in brave spaces—environments designed to encourage meaningful engagement, openness, and respectful dialogue. Brave spaces recognize that challenging conversations and moments of discomfort can be integral to deeper understanding and transformation. Participants are encouraged to step beyond their comfort zones in a supportive, reflective, and non-judgmental environment, where different perspectives can be explored with care. Each session will be clearly signposted to navigate the affective terrains, and an address form will be sent beforehand to ensure participants feel prepared.

Our anchor texts for these sessions will include:📖 Edna O’Brien’s writings📖 Chantal Akerman’s My Mother Laughs

What to Expect:

🔹 Guided breathwork to explore how we and our texts breathe.🔹 Shared reading and discussion—participants can listen or bring a text, memory, story, or photo to share.🔹 Freedom to come and go—stay for as long as feels right for you.

📍 Surrey (Farthing Downs) – Saturday, 5 April, 2 PM📍 Outdoor session, weather-dependent
Meeting at Coulsdon South Station; we will walk to a location together.

📍 Dublin – Saturday, 15 March, 6-7PM📍 Mind The Step, 24 Strand Street Great, North City, Dublin, D01 E3C7

🔹 Open to all. No prior experience necessary.🔹 Free to attend, but spaces are limited.🔹 Sign up here.

👉 For more details, visit:
www.mtcdigitalcreative.co.uk/reading-and-listening-groups

Facilitated by Marie Theresa, Artist | PhD Researcher | Facilitator