Sensory Awareness for the Childfree & Childless Community with Ayana Amoa
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 10-11:15 a.m. PST
$25.00 | General Public and Free Subscribers to Jackie’s Substack, Making Meaning Without Kids
$10.00 | Paid Subscribers to Jackie’s Substack, Making Meaning Without Kids
I am excited to share the latest event in my series of salons and workshops exclusively for childfree and childless folks!
It is wonderful to welcome back Ayana Amoa for another Sensory Awareness workshop.
This is a great opportunity to take a break from the craziness of these current times and touch down into a place of restful centering within a collective of others.
What is Sensory Awareness?
Sensory awareness is a somatic practice that gives space for one to discover, be with, and hold oneself for all that you innately come with.
This practice embodies and supports the flow of what is already here and offers an opportunity to connect deeper into what is already within. To be aware of who you are. All of you.
This practice is an invitation from you to you in order to explore the moments of each moment anew, fresh, and alive. It is an exploration of the body, breath, and environment.
~Ayana Amoa
Here is how Ayana explains this upcoming event:
“In this workshop, we will explore our familiarity with the self— reintroducing ourselves to ourselves. This is an invitation to slow down, arrive as you are, and spend intentional time in your own presence. Together we will create space to feel, allowing yourself the opportunity to simply be with you as you are. Come with all the love that you carry.”
Open to the general public; special discount for paid members of Making Meaning Without Kids
We’ve Done This Before…
…And Loved it so Much that We Are Doing it Again!
Our first Sensory Awareness event in January hosted by Ayana was a surprisingly powerful and unifying event for all who attended.
Here is a comment from one of the attendees:
“From beginning to end, the experience was calming and heart opening, giving me a new sense of listening from within.... Ayana is a gentle and gifted guide into the realm of the senses.”
Ayana’s steady guidance to make contact with our bellies turned out to be a potent experience that attendees were able to reflect upon during the sharing period. For me, this session inspired my latest Substack post titled My Big, Fat, Childfree Belly, which includes not only a more detailed description of this event but also a consideration of how childless and childfree individuals can reclaim our childfree bellies from the grips of patriarchal, pronatalist culture. Check it out, and then come experience Ayana’s workshop for yourself!
About Our Special Guest, Ayana Amoa
My name is Ayana Amoa and I have been a practitioner of sensory awareness for a year and a half. I am currently in my final semester of the Selver Awareness Leaders Training Institute (SALTI) program. Sensory awareness has given me a richer experience of who I am, deepening my intimacy and appreciation for everything around me—from the gentle touch of the wind on my cheek to the subtle sound of a change falling to the ground. This practice has helped me see myself in all that exists and connect with the aliveness of breath that we each carry within us.
As a leader-in-training with SALTI, this journey is not only about sharing sensory awareness with others but also about continuing to learn and grow through the ever-evolving experience of living and responding fully to what the moment is asking of me.
About the Host, Jackie Toth, founder of Making Meaning Without Kids
Jackie is a licensed psychotherapist in California who offers deep, transformative therapy through a radical grief lens. She offers a special focus on childless-not-by-choice and childfree individuals through individual and group therapy. Her substack, Making Meaning Without Kids, is a community designed to support, unite, and inspire childless and childfree folks through thought-provoking writings and events.
Sensory Awareness for the Childfree & Childless Community with Ayana Amoa
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 10-11:15 a.m. PST
$25.00 | General Public and Free Subscribers to Jackie’s Substack, Making Meaning Without Kids
$10.00 | Paid Subscribers to Jackie’s Substack, Making Meaning Without Kids