(Because this isn’t just catharsis — it’s science.)
The SCIENCE
behind rageher
Creating RAGEher was never about vibes alone (though the vibes are excellent). This experience is built on real research, real data, and real bodies of work — from psychology to neuroscience, from group process to emotional release.
We’ve pulled from dozens of disciplines to build something that’s visceral, transformative, and deeply needed — especially for women and femmes who’ve been conditioned to keep it all together.
Below is a breakdown of what’s under the hood of this experience — and why it matters.
Why Anger?
Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions — especially for women. It’s culturally taboo, biologically potent, and chronically repressed. But ignoring anger doesn’t make it go away. It just buries it deeper, where it wreaks havoc on our health, relationships, and sense of self.
What the research tells us:
This isn’t just psychological — it’s biological.
Holding in anger makes us sick. Expressing it — in safe, intentional ways — can literally save our lives.
A whole spectrum of health issues is now clearly linked to how people feel and express anger… including immunity, heart function, and hormonal balance.
Women experience chronic fatigue at 4x the rate of men.
Women are 3x more likely to suffer from painful autoimmune disorders.
In a study of 85,000 people, 45% of women reported chronic pain, compared to 31% of men.
Women with breast cancer who express anger have a 2x higher survival rate than those who suppress it.
Suppressed anger is linked to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, depression, anxiety, and sleep disruption.
EMOTIONS LIVE IN THE BODY
Dr. Candace Pert’s work on neuropeptides (aka the “molecules of emotion”) showed that emotions aren’t just in your head — they’re stored and expressed in your entire body. When we suppress emotion, it doesn’t disappear. It gets lodged in our tissues, our gut, our immune system. Which is why physical, embodied emotional release is so powerful.
Informed by:
Bioenergetics (Dr. Alexander Lowen)
Somatic Experiencing (Peter Levine)
The Body Keeps the Score (Dr. Bessel van der Kolk)
Interpersonal Neurobiology (Dr. Dan Siegel)
All of which point to this truth: healing is bottom-up. You can’t think your way out of anger. You have to move it.
What Happens in the Room:
Co-Regulation, Expression, and Movement
RAGEher isn’t just a space to scream into the void (though you’re very welcome to). It’s a carefully held container designed to help you access, express, and integrate your anger in ways that are communal, embodied, and healing.
Group Dynamics + Encounter
Real-time emotional attunement, honest expression, and nervous system co-regulation. Our facilitators are trained to read the room, feel the energy, and guide from there.
Toning + Sound
Low vocalizations at the start of the event stimulate the vagus nerve, regulating the nervous system and preparing the emotional brain for release. (Cai et al., 2019 found toning activates the limbic system — our emotional center.)
Movement + Dance
Dance has been shown to be more effective than SSRIs or CBT in reducing depression — with stronger results than running, yoga, or strength training.
Collective Effervescence
First defined by sociologist Emile Durkheim, it’s that electric sense of connection you feel when a group moves, breathes, or roars together. Later backed by Polyvagal Theory, we now know this shared regulation supports emotional release and builds social resilience.
The Bigger Picture
Ready to feel the RAGE in your body?
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