Willow Counseling and Therapeutic Arts Center, 1137 N Sherman Avenue, Madison, WI (2025)

11/10/2025

November is National Family Caregiver Month. We honor those who help friends and family with physical and mental health challenges. Please, caregivers, remember to care for yourselves.

10/25/2025

There’s a strange intimacy between grief and aliveness — a sacred exchange between what feels unbearable and what is most exquisitely alive.
~ Francis Weller

Grief carries its own intelligence. With courage, we can begin to understand how we grieve and reclaim it as a natural part of being human.
We can flow with Grief — we’ve just forgotten how.

🍂 Join us for a Fall Workshop to tend to your grief.

Sunday, November 23rd, 1-3pm
Willow Counseling & Therapeutic Arts Center
Register Here: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/event/31c6dc51-d904-4e39-aa72-d67ea204012b

Through Light Leader Kundalini™ and the Meridian Mapping Method™, we’ll explore the 5 elements and how they move through the body’s natural cycles of loss and renewal.

This offering is for you if you’re ready to tend to places within that feel tender, chronic, or quietly aching.
Grief comes in many forms — the death of a loved one, loss of relationship, miscarriage, separation, illness, aging, transitions, ancestral pain, or the heartbreak of our world.

Together, we’ll look at how unmet grief shows up in our emotions and energy — as fear, anger, worry, anxiety, sadness, or uncertainty.
By working through the body, we can help that energy move again — restoring harmony, resilience, and a sense of peace.

🌿 Embodied Grief is an invitation to move from grief to purpose — what I call sovereign grief.

Facilitated by Lauren Kimberly Moore
Certified Spiritual Director, Grief Companion, Yoga & Mindfulness Instructor, and Light Leader Coach®.

10/21/2025

Therapeutic Writing Group: Reclaim Your Story ✍️

Are you craving a creative outlet, plus looking to dive into some deeper Self-growth work? This group invites you into a gentle process of storytelling, poetry, and lyrical writing — a space to explore, express, and connect.

We’ll begin with a bookbinding workshop, then move into themes like:
🌿 The stories we live by
🌿 Writing to the inner child
🌿 Honoring grief and letting go
🌿 Identity, authenticity, and finding your voice

Through guided writing, sharing, and community connection, you’ll have the chance to deepen self-understanding and rediscover your personal power. No writing experience needed — just curiosity and a willingness to show up as you are.

📚 Open to adults 18+
💸 Self-pay participants can reserve their spot online.
💚 This group may be covered by insurance or CCS.
To get pre-approved or save your spot, call (608) 445-2510 or email info@willowcounselingandarts.com

Come write, reflect, and connect — your story is worth telling. 🫶

Your Facilitator:

Lauren Figge, Master of Arts in Counseling – In Progress, Clinical Intern (she, her)
Psychotherapist in Training

Lauren Figge is a clinical intern pursuing her Masters in Counseling, grounded in a holistic, person-centered approach to mental health. She emphasizes authenticity, energy alignment, and self-exploration in her work, supporting clients in recognizing personal limits while expanding their sense of self.

Lauren is especially interested in working with individuals navigating grief and trauma, and is committed to serving neurodivergent clients, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and those with disabilities. Her inclusive and compassionate approach fosters a safe, affirming space for healing and growth.

With a background in fine arts, ceramics, and movement, Lauren appreciates integrating creativity into counseling practices. She values the therapeutic power of art and believes “working with different mediums, for example clay, allows you to recognize the power of serenity.” Outside of counseling, she enjoys bicycling and exploring the intersections of creativity and mental wellness.

10/13/2025

Our Ecstatic Dance sessions will be on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:45-7:45pm.

Ecstatic Dance is a freeform, movement practice where there are no steps to follow and no right or wrong way to move. Guided by music, the experience becomes a moving meditation—helping you release stress, awaken creativity, and deepen the mind-body connection, fostering a deeper connection to one's inner self.

It is a safe, sacred space where participants are free to express themselves authentically without fear of being watched or judged. In this safe, sober, and non-judgmental space, you’re invited to explore authentic self-expression and connect with community through the shared joy of dance. Conversations are discouraged while dancing to maintain focus on the internal journey and the music. All are welcome; no dance experience needed.

This is a donation based class, with a suggested donation of $5 or more. You will receive an email right after class where you can click the link to donate or we take donations in cash or check in-person.

Please register ahead of time here: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/schedule

10/10/2025

🌬 Early bird pricing ends this Sunday the 12th!

$66 for this impactful workshop with Breath of Life
$80 thereafter

Sign-up here: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/event/10baa1a7-7a73-43b2-b86d-3740cd7587c5

Conscious Breath for Emotional Well-Being
Saturday, October 18 | 4–6 PM | Willow Counseling & Therapeutic Arts

When life feels heavy, your breath can be the bridge back to calm.

This therapeutic breath workshop is designed to help you release stress, ease anxiety, and restore a sense of grounded presence. Through the simple yet profound practice of conscious connected breathing, you’ll learn how to regulate your nervous system, release stagnant emotions, and create space for mental clarity.

Breathwork is one of the most effective tools for emotional and mental health — a powerful life navigation practice that’s always available to you. In this workshop, you’ll be guided in a safe, supportive environment to:
✨ Reduce stress and overwhelm
✨ Release stored tension and past emotional imprints
✨ Reconnect with your body and inner calm
✨ Improve emotional resilience
✨ Cultivate a sense of clarity and peace

No prior experience is needed — just an open mind, a willingness to explore, and a readiness to care for yourself on a deeper level.
Your breath is medicine. Your breath is your anchor. Your breath is your way home.

10/05/2025

Wow! What an incredible turn out for our Open House yesterday! Thank you to everyone who attended. Our space was buzzing with such a high quality, positive energy! So many of you were curious & engaged with our offerings. You tried new things, whether that was sitting in for a Community Therapy Talk, making a Chakra Suncatcher in the Art Studio, or participating in a Movement class. We received many positive comments about our classes! Kundalini Yoga & Ecstatic Dance being in the highest attendance & delivering on the real benefits of simply feeling better than when you walked in the door. That is WHY we come back time & time again to these tools & practices.

A massive THANK YOU to Wellspring Sound Arts for blessing our space with their transformative sound vibrations. The cello, the handpan, the queen conch! When Beth blew through the conch, that was the moment, the true signal of Willow's opening & a knowing that healing & growth will take place in this community for years to come! 🥹 What a beautiful ceremony 🙏💗✨

We are so grateful to each of you for your presence, openness & support of what we're trying to build at Willow.

We hope to see you back at Willow again soon! You are the community we are trying to build. Your presence & participation matters.

Choose Your Healing Path at Willow 🌿✨
https://willowcounselingandarts.com/

Lastly, our appreciation sale is going on through today only. You can take advantage of that through this link: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/member/order/create/choose-product

10/03/2025

We hope you'll be joining us for free movement classes, therapy talks, meditation & art projects tomorrow: Saturday, Oct. 4th. We'll be open from 9-5.

We'll be running a special appreciation SALE for our existing & new/curious participants for this weekend only. Please click through for details.

Sale details: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/member/order/create/choose-product

We look forward to hosting you all tomorrow at our Open House!
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Schedule here: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/schedule?date=2025-09-29

Please register in advance.

10/01/2025

✨ THIS Saturday, October 4th, ALL DAY, FREE Classes: Yoga Nidra, Kundalini, Embodied Authenticity & more...‼️

🌿 Willow Sprouts, Caregiver & Child, Ages 2-5

Meditation for Anxiety & Depression in our Community Tea Room 🍵

Therapy Talks: Facing Existential Anxiety & Grief, The Psychological/Neuropsychological Assessment Process, Setting Boundaries, How to Hear & Soothe your Nervous System

🎨 Get creative with art projects for the whole family and see our Art Studio.

Enjoy some snacks & tour our space 😍

The Sound Bath is now on a waitlist.

Please register in advance: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/schedule

10/01/2025

Thursday Oct. 2nd at 7pm
Please register in advance: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/event/afa15833-b7fa-473c-aa5f-774cdecb0376

Sacred Thresholds: A Free Circle for Divorce & Separation

A gentle, confidential gathering for those moving through the heartbreak and holy work of endings.

Rooted in the 5 Sacred Rites of Divorce & Separation—this circle offers a place to be witnessed, to release what no longer serves, and to begin reweaving your life in wholeness.

Through guided reflection, gentle somatic practices, and sacred conversation, we will honor your grief, affirm your worth, and open space for the renewal already stirring within you.

Come as you are. Bring your story, your questions, your tears.

Leave with a lighter heart, a deeper breath, and a felt sense that you are not walking this path alone.

Meetings are on the 1st Thursday of teach month at 7pm.

FREE

60-75 minutes

Your facilitator is Lauren Kimberly Moore. She is a certified spiritual director, grief doula, and sacred embodiment guide. Lauren is 7-years separated/divorce, with children and comes from a family of divorce. Lauren is the curator of Embodied Grief™ a wholistic approach to grief tending.

09/26/2025

Much gratitude to the Northside Planning Council (The Northside News) for this write-up on our growing wellness center. We've transformed & grown over the last year & we are ready to invite the community into our new space.

Link to view the article: https://northsidenews.org/willow-counseling-and-therapeutic-arts-center-offers-different-healing-modalities-under-one-roof/

We'd like to invite the community to our Open House on Saturday, Oct. 4th.

We will have FREE classes all day. Everything from 'Willow Sprouts', a class designed for the caregiver & child, to a Sound Bath by the glorious Wellspring Sound Arts, to Art projects in the Art Studio with our Art Therapist, and even Community Therapy talks on subjects like: Facing Existential Anxiety and Grief, Getting Comfortable Setting Boundaries, and How to Hear & Soothe your Nervous System.

Our mission is to provide a safe container where adults and children can choose their healing path all under one roof, whether that is through counseling, movement, art, meditation, or simply being in community. We are blessed to have large spaces where kiddos have the opportunity to move, explore & play (adults too!).

Please stay tuned as we continue to roll out further programs for both adults and children in our Movement and Art Studio, and add classes to our weekly Yoga program. We've just added Ecstatic Dance which will take place the second Tuesday of each month beginning Oct. 14th.

Willow is now accepting new clients for Counseling, ages 7+. You can discover more about our approach here: https://willowcounselingandarts.com/

View the schedule for our Open House & Register: https://www.momoyoga.com/admin/lesson?date=2025-09-29

We cannot wait to host you all in our new space! 😃🙏✨🌿🎨🎼
We are located right next to (shout out to our neighbors, Boomerangs Resale Store) in the Northgate Shopping Center.

Please don't hesitate to reach out and inquire about what the best fit for you or your family might be: https://willowcounselingandarts.com/contact/

09/24/2025

If you are looking for something novel in the mindful-movement realm, check this out.

Litza will be offering a FREE sample of this course at our Open House on Saturday, Oct. 4th from 11:30-12. Sign up here: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/schedule

Want to move your body joyfully and authentically? Join Embodied Authenticity, a one hour class that builds balance, strength and movement assimilation skills over 6 weeks. With Litza as your guide, she will encourage you to open up and find ease and flow in your body, by exploring all of the ways we move from infancy to adulthood: from falling to discovering your firm foundation, from rolling and sitting, to walking and dancing. Brighten your mood, lift your spirits and discover the joy that authentic movement brings.

Embodied Authenticity combines somatic movement techniques with Yoga and dance. Practiced in silence and with music, utilizing breath-work and visualizations, the course encourages participants to move in ways that feel authentic, joyful and rejuvenating.

Sign-up here: https://www.momoyoga.com/willowmadison/event/cff62ac8-ed14-477a-8d61-eab329b8f800

A little about the fabulous & creative Litza Bixler (be sure to check out her website to see her work):

Litza Bixler is a coach, somatic teacher, dancer and choreographer with experience across a wide range of somatic techniques: including Feldenkrais Method, Alexander Technique, Pilates, and Yoga. She is a certified Kaizen-Muse Coach, with additional certificates in Counseling and Hypnotherapy. She also has a Masters Degree in Dance and an undergraduate degree in Theatre.

Litza has been spinning, falling, jumping, rolling and laying on mats, wooden floors, stages and film sets most of her adult life. Her journey has been full of twists and turns, ups and downs, playfulness and laughter, interesting characters, and of course a few dark nights of the soul. Her coaching and somatic courses are designed to help others weather life’s inevitable storms, to move their bodies joyfully and authentically, and to navigate their journeys with compassion, curiosity and courage.

Learn more about Litza: https://litzabixler.com/about/

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