Somatics & Plant Medicine
Somatics & Plant Medicine
Training & Retreat
March 10th – 17th, 2023 | Bacalar, Costa Maya, Mexico
with Athena Naia, Shamanic and Plant Medicine Practitioner & Jaya Hollohan MA, Energy Therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
This vision emerged as a prayer to really accelerate transformation for those on this healing path.
Marrying somatics with plant medicine and Shamanic wisdom, This training is perfect for, Space holders, teachers, therapists, medicine people, Really this is for anyone who wants to grow and evolve on their path
Regulating & Reconnecting
This is a training in Somatics, Ancestral and Earth-based Healing that will help participants to understand the nature of trauma, how it affects the nervous system, our behaviors, emotions, and overall health. It will help us to identify trauma symptoms, ways to heal them somatically, as well as through Neuroplasticity, while also finding ways to reconnect to our humanity through ancient earth-based Ceremonies, and Ancestral healing.
This training will help you to begin to unravel and integrate some of the traumas influencing your own nervous system, behaviors and life, as well as help you to trauma-inform your practice, and support loved ones that live with related symptoms.
It is for practitioners and lay people, and can help to trauma-inform your practice, yourself and support loved ones with related symptoms.
The Somatic part of the training guided by Jaya, will help us to understand how trauma affects our nervous system, stress physiology, emotions, behaviours and our lives. It will also help us to identify trauma symptoms, ways to integrate them somatically, using various practices and exercises, as well as using Neuroplasticity.
The Shamanic part of the training, guided by Athena, will engage us in experiential and personalized journeys, to help to regain our ability to draw wisdom, guidance and support from the Universal field of energy, and return us to sacred relationship with the wisdom of our ancestors, as well as the land through Ancestral healing and Earth-based ceremony.
Both health practitioners and lay people are invited to join Jaya Hollohan MA, Energy Therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and Athena Guzman-Poole, Shamanic and Plant Medicine Practitioner, to explore, experience and integrate the following:
- What is the Central Nervous System (CNS), the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), the Vagus Nerve, and fight, flight and freeze (FFF) responses
- How to work with memory, including intergenerational traumas, and track thwarted FFF responses through related body sensations to help heal stress physiology somatically
- Accessing emotions through the body, our guts (interoception) and getting comfortable with healthy aggression and related boundary-setting
- Somatic exercises, integrations, neuroplasticity info and meditations to ground and calm the CNS, enhance capacity for self-regulation and create new body memories
- Trauma healing and spirituality, and the pitfalls to be avoided
- Shamanic Wisdom teachings on reading energy and recognizing issues, the practice of crossing over trapped ancestors, bringing healing down the ancestral line
- Soul retrieval and ceremonial reclamation
- Working with the principles of Ayni, abundance and living in right relationship
- Learning how to make ceremonial offerings to the land, Despachos, fire offerings, land offerings, offerings to the guardians, and other practices
- Sovereignty and the relationship of power; the misuse of power and power dynamics and staying in integrity on our path
Integrating Knoweldge through Ceremony
We will also have an Azteca Elder and team guiding us in a Sweat Lodge, Pipe ceremony, and an optional Aya ceremony the final 2 days where you can integrate all within the context of ceremony!
- Shamanic Wisdom teachings on reading energy and recognizing issues
- The practice of crossing over trapped ancestors, bringing healing down the ancestral line.
- soul retrieval and ceremonial reclamation
- Working with the principles of Ayni, Abundance and Living in right relationship.
- Learning how to make ceremonial offerings to the land, Different cultural practices, Despachos, fire offerings, land offerings, offerings to the guardians, and other practices.
- Sovereignty and the relationship of power; the misuse of power and power dynamics and staying in integrity on our path.
Somatic Healing
Spontaneous somatic healing sessions/demos will be offered as appropriate to either an individual and/or the group to encourage the wellness of the whole. All learning will happen in an organic way, interspersed with teachings, sharings, ceremonies and exercises. Each participant is encouraged to honor their capacity and not override their systems while participating in/integrating the material.
There are 2 options for energy exchange:
- All inclusive at a beautiful vacation rental that we have secured with it’s own Jacuzzi and pool just a short walk from the Lagoon for $1,750 USD (incl meals)
- or you can find your own accommodation in Bacalar and join us each day for the retreat for $888 USD (also incl some meals, eg. Lunches).
We only have 12 spots in the house, and 6 spots for those just joining for the day. So please let us know which payment option you would like to take when you register.
For more details and/or to register, please go to: www.energythrive.com/about/events
We trust the perfect constellation of Souls will be joining us.