Winter Waters is a 7-day online journey designed to support inner circulation during the deepest part of winter.
Rather than pushing the body or collapsing into rest, this experience helps you cultivate gentle activation and nourishing movement from within— so the body stays warm, alive, and supported through the season.
In nature, winter is not a dead time. Water continues to move beneath the surface. Sap flows slowly. Seeds prepare in the dark.
Winter Waters brings this same wisdom into the body.
Through breathwork, cacao, meditation and daily self-cupping inspired by Chinese medicine, you gently stimulate circulation and lymphatic flow, soften tissues, and release stagnation — this experience helps you stay quietly alive inside winter,
slowing down without becoming stagnant,
resting without losing momentum.
Winter is governed by stillness— but stillness does not mean stagnation.
While life slows on the surface, it continues to move quietly beneath. Water flows underground. Energy is conserved, not lost. This subtle movement is what keeps the land fertile.
When circulation is not supported during this season — physically, emotionally, or energetically — stillness can become heavy.
We may feel cold, tired, low, unmotivated, or disconnected. Often, what the system needs is not more effort, but gentle inner activation.
By supporting circulation, lymphatic flow, and nervous system balance, this experience helps you honor the season without losing vitality. Through slow, warming practices, you remain connected to your body and inner movement — allowing winter to become a time of nourishment rather than depletion.
It's really not about doing more.
This is how winter becomes a season of restoration.
Sessions begin with a cacao moment — a simple, grounding practice to warm the body and arrive into presence.
We work with cacao in gentle microdoses, using it as a supportive ally for focus, emotional warmth, and connection to the body during winter.
This is an accessible ritual designed to support the nervous system and create inner warmth at the beginning of the session.
Daily self-cupping practices form the foundation of this journey.
Guided by Daniel, you learn how to use cupping safely and gently to:
stimulate blood and lymphatic circulation
warm muscles and fascia
release stored tension and stagnation
In Chinese medicine, winter belongs to the Water element — and movement is essential to prevent heaviness, cold, and emotional stagnation. Cupping offers a slow, nourishing way to keep the inner waters moving during the coldest season.
Each session closes with breathwork and meditation, allowing the nervous system to settle and the body to integrate the effects of the practice.
Breath supports emotional processing, nervous system regulation, and the anchoring of inner movement — helping you leave each session feeling grounded, warm, and clear.
Every participant receives a curated Winter Waters Kit, delivered to your home.
This kit is designed to bring warmth, grounding, and somatic support into your winter — so you have everything you need to practice safely and comfortably.
Your kit includes:
Munay Medicine Ceremonial cacao (150g- 7 servings)
Intended for supportive use throughout the week
High-quality cupping set
Easy to use at home, with clear guidance provided
You will be taught exactly how to work with these tools in a way that is safe, nourishing, and appropriate for winter — even if you’ve never practiced cupping before.
Also included with your kit
Alongside the physical tools, you receive full access to the Winter Waters experience:
7 guided online sessions - 1 hour each (live and recorded)
Access to all recordings for the full season
The Winter Waters Workbook (PDF) for reflection and integration
A soft, supportive online community space for sharing and questions
NOT included on the kit -Oil
The cups need to be used with some kind of oil. Recommended are: coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil, any type of massage oil. that allows the cups to glide and feels good for your type of skin is welcomed. Make sure you have it ready for our start date. We usually use coconut oil, the type you buy at any grocery store.
No previous experience is required.
You feel the heaviness, tiredness, or emotional flatness that winter can bring
You want to support your body through winter without forcing yourself or collapsing into inactivity
You crave warmth, grounding, and gentle inner movement
You feel tension, stiffness, or stagnation in your body (especially neck, back, shoulders, or hips)
You want to learn self-cupping in a safe, guided, and accessible way
You’re curious about Chinese medicine and seasonal wisdom without needing prior knowledge
You want a winter practice that feels nourishing, practical, and sustainable
You’d like to enter spring feeling more grounded, clear, and restored
No previous experience with cupping, breathwork, or cacao is needed.
You’re looking for intense physical workouts or high-energy practices
You want fast results or dramatic emotional release
You’re seeking a formal traditional cacao ceremony
You prefer unstructured, self-led practices without guidance
You’re not open to slowing down and working gently with your body
This journey is slow, supportive, and subtle — designed to meet winter where it is.
The live Winter Waters journey has now been completed, and the full 7-day experience is available as a recorded program.
This means you can move through the practices at your own rhythm, revisiting the sessions whenever it feels supportive for your body and your breath.
Once you purchase the program, you will receive a welcome email with access to our Google Classroom, where all seven sessions are available. From there, you can begin the journey whenever you like and repeat the practices as often as you wish.
The recordings will be available for 2 months from the moment of purchase.
When joining Winter Waters, you can choose between two options:
Experience the program with the same tools used during the live journey.
The Winter Waters Kitincludes:
• 150g of ceremonial cacao to accompany the seven days
• A set of silicone cupping cups
• An extra cup designed for working with specific points explored in the program
This option allows you to follow the practices exactly as they were originally offered.
If you already have your own cups or prefer not to work with cacao, you are welcome to purchase the recordings on their own and follow the journey with the tools you already have.
We would love to guide you through this embodied seasonal journey.
A welcome email with pre-recorded instructions + Information for the journey
A "How to" video showing the preparation of the cacao
Access to the PDF companion workbook
Shipping details for your Winter Waters Kit
Fiorella Garibaldi
Breathwork • Cacao Ceremony • Feminine Embodiment
Soft, grounded, intuitive guidance for emotional clarity and body-centered breath.
Daniel Suurna
Flowteknik• Chinese Medicine • Energetics
Expert cupping instruction, fascia wisdom, grounding practices, and somatic presence.
Together, we offer a blend of breath + bodywork + ritual that gently restores and reconnects.
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