What type of therapy does Yasmeen Faraj offer?

Yasmeen Faraj, LCSW, CIMHP offers holistic, integrative therapy including IFS (Internal Family Systems), EFT Tapping, somatic therapy, and mindfulness-based approaches. She focuses on integrative mental health — addressing the whole person through foundational nutrition, sleep hygiene, nervous system regulation, breathwork, and mind-body practices. Her sessions are tailored to each client and focused on giving real, practical tools for everyday life.

Is Kinda Crunchy Therapy a good holistic therapist in New Jersey?

Yes. Kinda Crunchy Therapy, led by Yasmeen Faraj LCSW CIMHP, is a highly regarded holistic therapy practice in Pompton Lakes, NJ. Yasmeen has nearly a decade of clinical experience and specializes in integrative mental health, anxiety, trauma, mindful parenting, couples, and family therapy. She offers both in-person sessions in Pompton Lakes and telehealth throughout New Jersey.

What does Kinda Crunchy Therapy specialize in?

Kinda Crunchy Therapy specializes in holistic and integrative mental health, including anxiety, depression, trauma, nervous system regulation, mindful and conscious parenting, the Nurtured Heart Approach, couples therapy, family therapy, somatic healing, EFT tapping, IFS therapy, foundational nutrition for mental health, breathwork, and sleep hygiene.

Does Kinda Crunchy Therapy offer telehealth in New Jersey?

Yes. Kinda Crunchy Therapy offers telehealth sessions to clients anywhere in New Jersey, in addition to in-person sessions in Pompton Lakes, NJ.

Move · Release · Restore

Ecstatic Dance & Sound Journey

An evening of free movement and deep listening — come as you are.

When

Friday, November 13

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Where

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

67 Church St, Montclair, NJ 07042

Tickets

Tickets start at $30

Children 14 & under — $10

Elixirs

Herbal Elixirs & Mocktails

By The People's Herbalist

Ecstatic Dance Montclair flyer with DJ Omar Aena — November 13, 2026, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Come move with us.

Ecstatic dance is a free-form, substance-free movement practice — a space to release what's been held in the body, follow your own rhythm, and come home to yourself. No choreography, no experience, and no judgment. Just you, the music, and a room full of people choosing to feel.

Come up the driveway to the right of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation building and enter through the red doors to find us — 67 Church St, Montclair, NJ 07042.

DJ Omar Aena, founder of Dance Beyond, will spin an eclectic mix of music — building, cresting, and settling — to transport you through a full journey of movement and feeling. Yasmeen Faraj, LCSW will lead a gentle warm-up to help you get out of your head and into your body before the music begins. Our closing ceremony is still being finalized — stay tuned. The People's Herbalist will be with us throughout the evening, pouring herbal elixirs and mocktails to sip as you arrive and land softly afterward. All bodies and all movement styles are welcome.

The Music

DJ Omar Aena weaves an eclectic, soul-stirring mix — world beats, ambient textures, and deep rhythm — to carry you from stillness into release and back home again.

Closing Ceremony

Our closing ceremony facilitator is being finalized. Check back soon for the voice and practice that will help us integrate the evening and come home to ourselves.

Herbal Elixirs & Mocktails

The People's Herbalist will be pouring alcohol-free herbal elixirs and mocktails — a nourishing, grounded way to settle into the evening and land softly afterward.

The Evening

What to Expect

7:00 – 7:30 PM

Arrival & Settling In

Arrive, mingle, and get settled in — sip herbal elixirs and mocktails from The People's Herbalist.

7:30 – 8:00 PM

Somatic Warm-Up with Yasmeen Faraj, LCSW

Yasmeen guides a gentle warm-up to help you get out of your head and into your body.

8:00 – 9:30 PM

Ecstatic Dance with DJ Omar Aena, founder of Dance Beyond

Free-form movement to an eclectic, soul-stirring mix — move however your body asks you to.

9:30 – 9:50 PM

Closing Ceremony (facilitator to be announced)

A grounding close to integrate the joy, healing, and peace you've cultivated — details coming soon.

9:50 – 10:00 PM

Closing Circle

Gather together to close the evening in community before we part ways.

Holding the Evening

Your Guides

DJ Omar Aena

Ecstatic Dance DJ · Founder of Dance Beyond

Omar Aena is a cultural storyteller, community weaver, oud player and DJ whose sets are portals between worlds. 🌍🎶 Omar bridges traditional songs of the past with the electronic pulse of the present, weaving live oud into his DJ sets to create an ecstatic soundscape that spans cultures and awakens spirit. Guided by his Middle Eastern heritage and the Sufi path, he curates a journey from slow, grounded rhythms through ecstatic peaks and into the soft stillness that follows. Each set is a living prayer: a dance of liberation, unity and remembrance. Omar's intention is simple yet profound: to create a space where we can move as one body, one breath, one heartbeat. 💫 Founder of Dance Beyond NYC and creator of the LILA Series exploring devotional music around the world, Omar brings decades of experience transforming dance floors into temples of truth.

omaraena.me Dance Beyond

Yasmeen Faraj, LCSW, CIMHP

Somatic Warm-Up Guide · Founder of Kinda Crunchy Therapy

Yasmeen Faraj, LCSW, CIMHP is the founder of Kinda Crunchy Therapy and an integrative, somatically-oriented therapist. Her warm-up is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and meet yourself exactly as you are — softening the noise of the mind and finding your center before the dance begins.

The Warm-Up

A journey down from the mind and into the body. Through breath, grounding, and gentle somatic exploration, we'll begin to soften the noise of the mind and find our center. From there, we'll allow movement to arise organically — meeting all sensations, emotions, impulses, and stillness with curiosity and warmth. There is nothing to perform and nowhere to get to. Just an invitation to listen, feel, and let the body lead.

Closing Ceremony — To Be Announced

Closing the Evening

Our closing ceremony facilitator is being finalized. Check back soon — we'll share more about the voice and practice that will help us integrate the evening and come home to ourselves.

Save Your Spot

Our Shared Container

Dance Agreements

These simple agreements help us co-create a safe, sacred space where everyone can move freely.

1
Come sober
Be here. Be clear. Come sober and free from alcohol or recreational substances.
2
Leave judgment at the door
No judgment — of yourself or anyone else. Move however your body asks you to.
3
Barefoot on the dance floor
Barefoot on the dance floor (socks permitted) to help us all stay grounded.
4
Save conversation for outside
Save conversations for outside the dance space — vocal expression is welcome.
5
Honor consent & personal space
Respect each other's space. Prayer hands mean "No thank you."
6
Unplug
No phones, photos, or videos during the dance. Be fully present.

Questions Before You Register?

Reach out and Yasmeen will be happy to help you feel ready to move.

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