WE Coast Studio

09/17/2025

In a world shaped as much by quiet transitions as by seismic change—losing loved ones, chapters closing, identities evolving, paths diverging—letting go is a constant part of the human experience. Yet we’re rarely given the space to honor it, feel it, or release it. Ritual & Release is part performance, part ceremony, part communal unburdening—a multisensory experience where story becomes sound, release becomes rhythm, and memory becomes medicine.

This immersive offering blends live music, dance, spoken word, and projection art with wellness practices, intentional ritual design, and a powerful collaboration with Ecstatic Dance Charleston, inviting participants into embodied movement as a practice of somatic release and collective unburdening. It’s not a show—it’s a portal. A place where we come together to feel what we’ve avoided, speak what we’ve swallowed, move what we’ve carried, and remember what the spirit never forgot.

Drawing inspiration from traditions across cultures—from the Día de los Mu***os ofrendas that celebrate and honor the dead to the Gullah Geechee ways of remembering ancestors—Ritual & Release reclaims art as an ancient and sacred tool for healing, guiding us through mourning, remembrance, and renewal. This is a space for deep reflection, honest feeling, embodied release, and authentic connection.

Featuring performances from some of the Lowcountry’s most gifted artists, Ritual & Release invites us to embrace the cycles of life, shed what no longer serves, and find beauty and grace in the face of change. Whether you’re grieving a loss, moving through transition, or simply longing for connection in uncertain times, we offer a collective experience of release and resilience—a reminder that healing has always been a shared human practice.

Honor the past, embody the present, release the rest.

All proceeds from the evening will benefit Luke 4 Ministries and Yoga Is Us.

Get your discount early bird tickets here: https://posh.vip/e/ritual-release-charleston-day-of-the-dead-concert-dance-benefit

Learn more about our artists: https://www.wecoaststudio.com/ritualrelease

09/12/2025

“Don’t throw away your suffering. Touch your suffering. Face it directly, and your joy will become deeper.”
-Thích Nhất Hạnh

In the flow of everyday life, it’s natural to shy away from what feels uncomfortable: fear, grief, pain, uncertainty, shame. Yet what if these very moments—the ones we want most to avoid—are the gateways to our greatest freedom?

Mindfulness meditation invites us to do something radical: to turn toward what we’d rather escape. Bit by bit, we learn to stay present with what’s here, meeting it with curiosity and kindness. This gentle turning transforms the way we relate to our experience, loosening the habits that keep us trapped.

Rather than pushing discomfort away, we’ll explore what happens when we stay. Presence has a way of softening the edges. In stillness, we can glimpse the spaciousness and peace that have always been within reach.

This free gathering is open to everyone—whether you’ve never meditated before or you’ve practiced for years. You’re welcome to come exactly as you are, with nothing to fix or perform—only a willingness to be here, now.

Together, we’ll create a space of trust and shared exploration, asking: What if the very place we fear most is where our path begins?

09/11/2025

Join us at Robert Lange Studios in 2 weeks for an evening of poetry and live music celebrating the release of Upon the Jet Stream: Poetry, Prose, and Stories of War, Hope, and How Beauty Heals by activist and poet Will Davis.

Through an intimate author talk, live poetry readings, and an open book discussion, we’ll journey together across landscapes shaped by conflict and resilience—this isn’t just a collection, but a crossing.

Enjoy light refreshments and live musical performances from guitarist Erin Kerr and cellist Richard Desjardins.

Come ready to listen, reflect, and celebrate a book that invites us not only to read, but to carry its questions and its hope into the world.

Grab your free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upon-the-jet-stream-an-evening-of-poetry-story-celebration-tickets-1603736682589?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/02/2025

One week away: From Resistance to Presence, a donation-based mindfulness meditation class at Evolve Academy of Conscious Learning 🙏

In our daily lives, we often find ourselves turning away from the things that feel hard: fear, grief, physical pain, uncertainty, shame. But what if these very edges—the moments we want to escape—hold the keys to our deepest freedom?

Through the practice of mindfulness meditation, we’ll learn to gently and steadily turn toward what we usually avoid. In doing so, we cultivate the courage, clarity, and compassion needed to meet our experience just as it is—and to see through the habitual patterns that keep us stuck.

Instead of resisting or bypassing discomfort, we’ll explore how presence itself transforms it. When we stop running and simply stay, even for a moment, we can begin to taste the spaciousness, peace, and wisdom that lies on the other side.

The evening will include:

• A guided mindfulness meditation practice to help anchor attention, open awareness, and build resilience in the face of discomfort
• A Dharma talk exploring the transformational power of meeting difficulty with mindfulness, drawing on Buddhist teachings and modern psychological insights
• Q&A and open discussion, offering space for real-time questions, clarifications, and collective learning
• Small group breakout circles for shared reflection, support, and connection in community

This session is open to all levels of meditation experience. Whether you’re brand new to the practice or a long-time practitioner, you’re invited to come exactly as you are. No fixing, no striving—just a willingness to meet life more honestly.

Together, we’ll create a supportive container to explore the inner terrain we often flee from. We’ll ask:What if the edge isn’t a place to stop, but the very path itself?

Come join us in this sacred and courageous inquiry. Monday September 8th, 6:30-8PM.
Reserve your spot: https://www.evolveacademy.love/events

08/26/2025

08/26/2025

Grateful to Margi Connor for creating such a beautiful experience at Sunday’s Red Tent ❤️✨

There was something so powerful about sitting in circle with women across generations—sharing stories, listening deeply, and remembering that we’re not alone in the shame many of us carried about our changing bodies as girls.

In the safety of that space, we began to speak openly, to unburden, and to imagine together how we can shift the narrative for the young women of today and tomorrow. 🌹

Here’s to cultivating more spaces like this—where healing conversations spark change, and where our daughters and their daughters may inherit stories of reverence instead of silence. 🌙

08/15/2025

What if the edge isn’t the place to stop… but the path itself?

Join us for an evening of mindfulness-based meditation to explore how discomfort can open the way to clarity, compassion, and freedom. All levels welcome—come exactly as you are.

Reserve your spot:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindfulness-meditation-from-resistance-to-presence-tickets-1573663091669?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

08/04/2025

We are so excited to announce our August speaker - Kim Lange!

Kim Lange (she/her) is a Producer, Curator, and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher from Hawai’i and California based in Charleston, South Carolina. Her work at WE Coast Studio moves at the intersection of sacred inquiry and creative expression—gathering people into spaces where art becomes ritual, wellness becomes communion, and connection becomes a form of collective healing.

Her parents, both Vipassana teachers, opened their Honolulu home each week to sangha for dharma talks and insight meditation—a practice of presence that planted deep roots in her. Today, she shares this lineage with humility and heart as a graduate of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, supported by the Awareness Training Institute, the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.

Kim’s creative journey as a filmmaker and photographer has taken shape in collaboration with pioneering organizations such as Brave New Films, Google, and the San Francisco Symphony—where she has produced projects exploring everything from war profiteering and social justice to augmented reality and sonic futures in orchestral music.

In service of mental health and artistic empowerment, Kim has served on the board of Mental Health Heroes, which supports the Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center, and Art With Impact, a nonprofit that opens space for young people to explore mental wellness through the healing lens of art and media.

For more information on Kim’s upcoming events & offerings follow or visit www.wecoaststudio.com

06/04/2025

05/31/2025

Honored to have not one but both of Charleston’s Poet Laureates gracing the stage for Ritual & Release tonight! Marcus Amaker (he/him) is an Academy of American Poets Fellow, served as Charleston’s first Poet Laureate from2016-22, and is the recipient of a SC Governor’s Award for the Arts. The South CarolinaAcademy of Authors inducted him into the South Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2024.Marcus’ artistic output is abundant: He’s released more than 40 albums of music, published ten volumes of poetry, wrote an original opera for the Chicago Opera Theater, started a poetry festival, and is the lead graphic designer for No Depression, a national bluegrass music journal. His poetry is featured on two Grammy-nominated albums, and his work has been recognized by The Washington Post, NPR, PBS Newshour, and many more.His re-written version of “My Country Tis of Thee” was used by the Washington National Opera for President Biden’s inauguration concert. Marcus is also a teaching artist who leads writing workshops in schools across the country.

Here is an excerpt from his performance at the last Ritual & Release in November. Tickets are going fast so reserve your spot now: https://www.wecoaststudio.com/ritualrelease

05/28/2025

Ritual & Release artist spotlight ✨ A$iah Mae (they/she) is a Black, non-binary Southern poet, and cultural worker with roots in Georgia, South and North Carolina. A trans-disciplinary artist, their background spans across film, curation, production, performance and language arts. Their work is grounded in a commitment to documenting and preserving the Black South and a devotion to love and land, which she believes comes from the same heart space. A$iahmae is a Watering Hole Fellow and has been featured in The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston Wine & Food Festival, The Festival of Words: LA, The Charleston Literary Festival, and most recently in This is The Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets, curated by Kwame Alexander. They are currently serving as the Second Poet Laureate of Charleston, SC.

Reserve your spot to see A$iah this Saturday 7-9pm at Fox Music House. All proceeds benefit MUSC Arts in Healing.
https://www.wecoaststudio.com/ritualrelease

05/26/2025

Gervase Kolmos - Intuitive Soul Coach is an Inner Transformation Coach with 11+ years of experience and the host of The Modern Phoenix Podcast. Blending her modalities of coaching, hypnotherapy and focalizing (a trauma-informed somatic healing method), she helps women untangle who they are from who the world told them to be. She guides women home to their body and soul wisdom (their “inner knowing”) amidst a messy, modern world, so they can bring the fullest version of themselves to their relationships, their work and their woman-ing. Originally from Queens, NY, she has called Charleston, SC home for the second half of her life and is raising her three young children here with her best friend and husband of 14 years.

She’ll be sharing her poetry this Saturday night at Ritual & Release where all proceeds will benefit MUSC Arts in Healing. Learn more:

https://www.wecoaststudio.com/ritualrelease