Classes & Events
Somatic Wellness & Self-care Classes in Gladstone, OR
Weekly Classes
Tuesdays @ 6:30PM
An intuitive movement class designed to support emotional release, from subtle unwinding to cathartic expression
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Caveside Somatics is an ecstatic somatic movement and embodiment class. A guided descent into the inner cave, the quiet, powerful space within where truth, emotion, and instinct reside.
Through breath, intuitive movement, and sound, you’ll be invited out of the mind and back into the body. This practice supports the release of stored tension while awakening vitality, emotional freedom, presence, and flow.
Rather than analyzing through the mind, this journey offers a direct embodied experience. It is especially supportive for those who have explored healing intellectually yet still feel tension, contraction, or stuckness held within the body.
In the cave, you may:
• Reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom
• Cultivate grounding, presence, and self-trust
• Support nervous system regulation
• Remember your roots and primal natureThis practice is open to all bodies, ages, and experience levels. The depth and intensity of each session are always self-directed, including for those navigating injuries or physical limitations.
What to Wear:
Comfortable clothing that allows full range of motion. Layers are recommended for changing temperatures. Practice barefoot or in socks.What to Bring:
Yoga mats, blankets, and blocks are provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own. Please bring a water bottle and any personal items that help you feel comfortable on the floor. Chairs are also available for those with mobility limitations.Cost:
$28 drop-in
5-10 class passes & memberships available to significantly reduce class cost
Use code FREECLASS to try your first class for free!
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Thursdays @ 6:30pm
restorative yoga, gentle somatic movement & calming breathwork for deep rest & nervous system support
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90 minutes | Gladstone, OR
Rest in the Cave is a gentle 90-minute evening practice designed to help you slow down, soften, and settle back into your body. Blending restorative yoga, gentle somatic movement, and calming breathwork, this class offers a supportive space to step away from the demands of the day and make room for deep rest.
Led by Ida, class begins with slow, accessible somatic movement and breath to help you reconnect with sensation, release unnecessary effort, and arrive more fully in your body. From there, we transition into supported restorative yoga postures designed for comfort, stillness, and ease. Blankets, bolsters, blocks, and other props are used generously so your body can be supported rather than asked to work.
This is not a class about flexibility, performance, or pushing your edges. It is an invitation to do less, receive more, and explore what becomes possible when your body is given time and permission to rest.
Benefits of Rest in the Cave:
• Encourage deep rest and relaxation
• Gently release physical tension
• Support nervous system regulation
• Reconnect with breath and body awareness
• Explore gentle, accessible somatic movement
• Create intentional space to slow down and receivePricing:
Drop-In: $25 per class
5-Class Pass: $110 ($22 per class)
10-Class Pass: $200 ($20 per class – best value)90-minute class | All genders welcome | Ages 16+
Offered in a small, supportive group at Caveside Wellness in Gladstone, serving Clackamas County and surrounding communities including Oregon City, Milwaukie, West Linn, and Clackamas.
Come as you are. Every BODY is welcome.
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Pricing & Class Passes
We offer single class rates and multi-class passes for ongoing classes. Classes are 90 minutes long, accessible to all genders, all bodies & skill levels, ages 15+.
Drop-In: $25 per class
5-Class Pass: $110 ($22 per class)
10-Class Pass: $200 ($20 per class – best value!)
Gift certificates also available
Somatic Healing, Ritual & Community Events in Gladstone, OR
Seasonal Events
Saturday, September 24th @ 6pm
Honor the harvest, make your offering, & cross into the darker season through Nordic-inspired ritual & sauna.
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3 hours | Gladstone, OR
Haustblót: Fall Sacrifice & Sauna is an intimate Nordic-inspired seasonal gathering honoring the transition into the darker half of the year. Together, we’ll explore the Nordic tradition of Haustblót, or autumn sacrifice, and the role of offerings, gratitude, reciprocity, and preparation for the season ahead.
Led by Ida, we’ll begin by learning about the traditions surrounding the fall sacrifice and creating space to consider what we are grateful for, what we are ready to offer or release, and what we wish to carry with us into the coming season. From there, we’ll bring those intentions into an approximately 90-minute Nordic-inspired sauna ritual.
For our Nordic ancestors, sauna was more than bathing. It was a place of purification, healing, reverence, and connection. Our ritual will incorporate cycles of heat and cold, song, elemental practice, offerings to the Tomte/Tontu, intentional cleansing, and traditional sauna whisking.
Expect 3–4 rounds in the wood-fired sauna (approximately 180–220°F), alternating with cold plunging or dousing according to your individual tolerance. Afterward, we’ll have time to rest, integrate, and, weather permitting, gather together around the fire.
Our private backyard sauna space includes a wood-fired tent sauna, two claw-foot cold plunge tubs, an outdoor shower, covered lounging areas, and indoor space for changing and resting.
What to Expect:
• Learn about Haustblót and the Nordic tradition of autumn sacrifice
• Explore themes of gratitude, offering, reciprocity, and seasonal transition
• Experience 3–4 guided rounds of wood-fired sauna
• Work with heat, cold, song, cleansing, and elemental ritual
• Experience traditional sauna whisking
• Make offerings to the Tomte/Tontu
• Rest and integrate in a small, intimate communityWhat to Bring:
• An offering for our Haustblót altar and/or the Tomte/Tontu, such as flowers, seasonal foods, bread, porridge, fruit, honey, beer or spirits, or another simple offering that feels meaningful to you
• Water bottle
• Towel
• Slip-on shower shoes or flip-flops
• Swimsuit, tank and shorts, or sarong
• Bathrobe (optional)
• Sauna hat and whisk (if you own them)Cost:
$75 per person3-hour gathering | All genders welcome | Ages 18+ | Clothing optional | Limited to 7 participants
Held in the private backyard sauna space at Caveside Wellness in Gladstone, Oregon.
Come prepared to offer something, release something, and cross the seasonal threshold together.
Beyond the Cave: Somatic Healing & Ritual Events in Portland & the Pacific Northwest
Find Ida beyond Caveside Wellness at special events, workshops, retreats & community gatherings throughout Portland, Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest.
Saturday, October 17th @ 5:30pm
A cathartic group ritual experience honoring the Release & Reclamation of our anger
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Who: All genders • Adults (18+) • Limited to 10 participants
Duration: 3.5 hours
Cost: $65–$100 sliding scale • Standard Ticket $80
Accessibility Ticket $65 • Generosity Ticket $100Accessibility Ticket: For those who need a lower-cost option.
Generosity Ticket: For those who have the means to contribute more, helping make lower-cost spaces available to others.Are you tired of being quiet? Of being polite? Are you ready to unlock the places within you that have been shut down or frozen?
What if your rage is not something to suppress, but something sacred?
Your rage is not a flaw. It is not “too much.” It is not wrong.
Our anger is as divine as our joy. As holy as our pleasure. It is a sacred signal, an indicator that a boundary has been crossed, that something unjust has occurred.
When anger is suppressed or shamed, it does not disappear. It lodges in the body. It smolders beneath the surface. It leaks out sideways, or erupts.
But what if this powerful force were given a safe and intentional space to be felt, expressed, and witnessed?
When we consciously befriend and honor our rage, it becomes medicine. It sharpens clarity. It restores boundaries. It reconnects us to our power. From that place, joy expands. Freedom deepens. Wholeness becomes available.
What to Expect
In this 3.5-hour ritual container, you will be invited to come home to your body and to the truth of what lives there.
Your voice is welcome. Your tears are welcome. Your sweat is welcome. Your “no” is welcome. Every part of you is welcome.
Nothing is forced. Nothing is performative. This is not about reliving trauma. This is about reclaiming your power.
Inside this container, we will:
Ground and resource the nervous system
Build safety and consent agreements together
Cultivate community connection and inclusion
Move through guided somatic practices
Work with breath, sound, and vocal release
Engage in intentional movement and embodied expression
Create space for anger to surface, move, and transform
Your whole self is honored here. You move at your own pace. You choose how you show up. The parts of you that have been silenced, shamed, or frozen are invited back, on your terms and with the steady support of community.
Come ready to listen to your body, feel what has been unfelt, and leave with more of yourself than you arrived with. On the other side of this ritual awaits deeper clarity, embodied strength, and a fuller sense of who you are.
A Seasonal Ritual
Sacred Rage is offered seasonally in October, January, April, and July. Each gathering is shaped by the season we are moving through, working with the cyclical themes, energies, and dynamics that nature offers us.
What to bring:
Journal
Water bottle
A large mixing bowl (any material)
A shawl or scarf large enough to cover your head
A yoga mat, blanket, & pillow plus anything extra your body needs to be comfortable on the floor
Any items that feel important to be added to our altar (items will be returned unless they’re intended as an offering)
What to wear: Comfortable clothing that allows full body range of motion. Layers are helpful as your temperature will fluctuate. The studio is a shoe free zone so you will need to be barefoot or wearing socks.
Your Facilitators
Andrea Thompson and Ida Cavewoman have been close friends for over 20 years and have spent more than a decade regularly practicing magic together within a coven. Through their mutual respect and deep trust in one another, their medicine weaves together naturally, creating a strong and supportive container for this BIG work.
Andrea is an Oregon native, lover of magic, tinkering herbalist, and dancer at heart. She has cultivated her practice of holding space for others through 25 years of massage therapy, deeply listening to what each person’s body is asking for and what old stories may be ready to release rather than following a prescribed protocol.
Studying with Danielle Renee Battigione initiated Andrea into her magical practice many moons ago. Since then, she has shared and held ritual space through magical workshops, embodiment events, and Soul Revival Ecstatic Dance for BIPOC. She also shares more about her magical practice through the Magic From the Root Podcast. To learn more about Andrea and her bodywork offerings, visit her website.
Ida is an American-born Nordic Folk Healer, Somatic Guide, and retired massage therapist with over 20 years of hands-on experience. Rooted in ancestral healing, she weaves earth-based wisdom with somatic embodiment to help modern people remember their lineage, reconnect with their bodies, and restore their relationship with nature.
Blending folk traditions, movement, guided journeys, sound healing, breathwork, and ritual, Ida creates transformative spaces for remembrance, connection, and belonging. She is the founder and hearthkeeper of Caveside Wellness in Gladstone, Oregon, a space devoted to helping others return to their roots.
Location & Parking
Corbett Commons
36039 Historic Columbia River Hwy
Corbett, OR 97019Pull into the driveway and park anywhere behind the building.
From the parking area, walk along the east side of the building (to your left when facing the building from the rear parking area). You'll see a large playing field and fence on that side. Follow the driveway and stairs uphill toward the entrance. Continue up the stairs into the lobby, where you'll remove your shoes before entering our ritual space.
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