MODULE ONE - SUNLIGHT
In this first module we will begin by grounding ourselves within the container, within our body, and within our essential nature. I will give an overview of our time together and how to get the most out of this self-healing program. Our teachings begin with the power of attunement as we cultivate an embodied relationship with our inner compassionate witness, or as I like to call it the sunlight of our awareness. I will share an ecological lens on the various nervous systems states, the biology of trauma, and the alchemical nature of the regenerative embodiment practices that are the foundation of this program.
topics covered:
- grounding into our bodies and into the Earth
- seasonal energetics, cycles, and how the Earth heals through regenerative wisdom
- what is our Essential Nature?
- working with attunement as medicine
- cultivating our inner sunlight
- the biology of trauma and the nervous system
MODULE TWO - MEDICINE
We cannot heal from a state of depletion nor can we grow from a belief that we need to fix or change something about ourselves. In this module we widen our frame and welcome in the medicine of allyship. Just as in nature, our bodies depend on the diversity of the ecosystem around us for wellbeing. The sunlight, the rain, the plants, the mushrooms, the soil are all mutually supported by the interwoven regenerative nature. Over these weeks together we will learn how to nourish ourselves deeply with herbal medicine, somatic embodiment practices that cultivate safety, build nervous system capacity to be with all parts of ourselves, and begin to co-create a healthy foundation from which to grow all with the support of our wider ecology.
* Week 3 we will have a guest teacher Sarah Dolan, co-founder of Moon Canyon, herbalist and medicine maker. She will guide us on herbal allies and practices to support our nervous system, lymphatic system, and healing journey. Not to be missed! We will cover nourishing herbal infusions and how to use and make herbal body oils.
topics covered:
- herbal allies and practices for trauma and nervous system repair
- embodied herbalism: how to formulate for the needs of your body
- building self trust through our ventral nervous system state
- joy, beauty and pleasure as a compass home to essential nature
- opening up your receptive channel and intuition
- resourcing vs outsourcing
MODULE THREE - SOIL
Now that we have built a firm foundation for ourselves rooted in nourishment, safety and resource we can begin to descend deeper into the soil of our bodies. Soil, just like our body, is an entangled ecosystem alchemical in its nature. It is the liminal space that nurtures and decays. Nothing is ever wasted, instead it is composted, made into the fertile ground for new life to grow. And so it is in our own lives. In this module we take a closer look at our soil, what it holds, how it alchemizes the stories within our internal landscape. We begin to identify the felt sensations of our postures of protection, limiting beliefs, trauma and unconscious patterning held inside our bodies.
topics covered:
- the language of your body is sensation and we are learning to listen
- how to identify defense mechanisms, limiting beliefs, and conditioning vs essential nature
- creating a frame for working with our inner child and various parts of our internal ecosystem.
- somatically composting unfelt feelings and sensations making space for more of you
- hijack - working with our triggers
- building the capacity to be with the not so pleasurable sensations without fear or judgment
MODULE FOUR - COMPOST
As we descend into the fertile darkness of our internal landscape we begin to see what is truly operating from under the surface. This module is dedicated to the work of composting. In this ecological somatic practice we begin to work with the textured sensations and charge held in the body, feeling what has gone unfelt, seeing what has gone unseen, and bringing the attunement of our sunlight to the dark corners of our subconscious. You will be guided to explore the way your body holds grief, sadness, anger, fear, joy, pleasure, and knowing. This is why we do all the safety building, the resourcing, the grounding practices. So when we are here, in the shadows and subconscious terrain, we have a root in the felt sense of self and can find our way home again. Weaving between conscious and subconscious we begin to integrate the lessons held within our bodies wisdom.
topics covered:
- somatic compost practice- getting to know your grief, anger, sadness, joy and pleasure
- continued attunement with our inner parts
- emotions as energy in motion
- feelings as messengers
-
somatic tracking in the body
MODULE FIVE - HARVEST
In our final module of our regenerative healing journey it's time to begin to harvest the seeds, lessons, wisdom, magic and medicine that is your essential nature. We now have all the conditions needed for growth and know how to tend to our inner garden: sunlight, allyship, cultivated soil, compost, and seeds. We explore how medicine moves through you, what gifts and purpose is your inner garden holding? These weeks are filled with the precious support of our group, live coaching from Kristen, and tending to the seeds of our own becoming.
topics covered:
- building self trust for our intuition
- co-creating with spirit
- walking in the aliveness of your medicine and gifts
- reciprocity
- how to harvest the lessons of your embodied knowing
- ways to cultivate aligned action in self growth
