# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a zine launch and Interactive Playshop with Vanessa VerLee 

based on her zine, Somatic Playbook: Tricks for a Less Nervous System. This experience will blend simple nervous system education with short, guided practices you can use in real life — whether you're spiraling at 2am, overwhelmed in a conversation, or just trying to feel a little more like yourself.

This is not a lecture or a traditional workshop. It's a space to gently experiment, notice what shifts, and walk away with tools that are actually usable in your everyday life. No prior experience needed.

Free and open to all. The zine launch will be from 5 to 7:30, with the playshop portion, with every day tricks for more easeful ways to be in your body, going from 6 to 7.
 
Location: Creative Women of the World | 125 West Wayne Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Date: Wednesday, April 22nd 5-7:30pm

5:00–6:00 PM — Arrival, browsing, zine signing, conversation, connection time
6:00–7:00 PM — Guided Playshop (interactive, experiential, no prior experience needed)
7:00–7:30 PM — Browsing the store, zine signing, conversation, connection time

Fee: Event is Free! Please RSVP ahead of time on our website Gocwow.com

Zine, Somatic PlayBook: Tricks for a Less Nervous System for sale $22

ABOUT THE ZINE:
Somatic Playbook: Tricks for a Less Nervous System is a small, accessible zine written by Vanessa VerLee and illustrated by Catherine Madden. It offers simple, real-life practices to help people shift their nervous system state in everyday moments of stress, overwhelm, or shutdown. It's not therapy or dense theory — it's warm, practical, slightly irreverent, and immediately usable. Think: short relatable scenarios, gentle body-based reframes, and 1–3 step practices that actually fit into real life.
 

About Vanessa VerLee: Vanessa VerLee is a somatic coach, facilitator, and writer — and the daughter of CWOW founder Lorelei VerLee — from Fort Wayne, and based in San Francisco. Through her practice, Soul Oriented Somatic Coaching, she offers individual coaching, group Playshops, and somatic education rooted in nervous system regulation and embodiment. Her work is warm, practical, and deeply human — focused on small, repeatable shifts rather than big transformations. She is the author of Somatic Playbook: Tricks for a Less Nervous System.

About Creative Women of the World: Founded in 2011, CWOW is a fair trade store located downtown and non-profit focused on empowering women through business and financial literacy training locally and internationally. 

Questions email: Jamie@gocwow.org or call 260-267-9048
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fort-wayne/somatic-play-book-launch-and-playshop/200029929287602
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 34

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Fort Wayne
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 125 W. Wayne St, Fort Wayne, IN, United States, Indiana 46802
- **lat**: 41.07797
- **long**: -85.14044
- **full address**: 125 W. Wayne St, Fort Wayne, IN, United States, Indiana 46802

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop being held?
  - **A:** Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop takes place on Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 125 W. Wayne St, Fort Wayne, IN, United States, Indiana 46802.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop?
  - **A:** Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop is organized by Creative Women of the World.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fort Wayne, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Somatic Play: Book Launch & Playshop sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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