AVAIYA University Presents
Embracing Shame-Free Sex & Healthy Intimacy
Free Online: December 12th - 18th, 2024

Featuring Ergos Faculty Joshua Sylvae, PhD: December 16th, presenting The Nervous System & Sexuality

Are you or your clients struggling with sexual shame or other intimacy problems?

If so, perhaps you’re having difficulties with low libido, orgasm and arousal challenges, body image issues, past trauma, lack of embodiment & more.

Or, maybe you're having none of those issues, but your sex life has become dull, and you're looking for techniques to spice it up! 

If any of this rings true, I want you to know you are not alone.

I want to share a fantastic opportunity for you to join me for a FREE AVAIYA University online series that our Faculty member, Joshua Sylvae, PhD, is participating in. It is specifically designed to help you embrace your sexuality and experience the pleasure, power, and connection you deserve!

It's called Embracing Shame Free Sex & Healthy Intimacy and begins December 12th.

This empowering online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Founders of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as, Overcoming Codependency, Breaking Free From Trauma, Overcoming Insecurity & Low Self-Esteem, and many more).

Here’s just some of what you’ll learn from 30+ sex & relationship experts:

• Take Your Power Back From Sexual Shame: Overcome your deep-rooted shame around sexuality, and open yourself up to the sex life of your dreams! 

• Conscious Communication About Sex: Learn how to express your boundaries, turn-ons, desires & relationship goals.

• Re-Igniting Passion, Sex & Intimacy in a Sexless Marriage: Learn how to keep intimacy alive and thrive in a long-term relationship.

• Rewriting Your Libido Love Story: Learn how to navigate desire mismatch and close the orgasm gap!

• Harness the Power of Your Pelvic Floor: Explore how the pelvic floor is related to sexual confidence, creativity & strength.  

• How to Heal Past Trauma: Through experiencing pleasure & safely connecting to your body. 

• Keys to Sexual Confidence & Epic Orgasms: Discover what being authentically sexy feels like by moving past blocks & conditioning. 

• Erotic Creativity, Fantasies & Playing with Power: Discover new ways to explore and acknowledge your deepest desires sexually. 

• The Link Between Sexual Fulfillment & Health: Learn the physical, mental, spiritual, and creative health benefits of shame-free sex & intimacy.

• Change Your Sexual Script, Change Your Life: Explore your personal history and beliefs about sex & learn how to open up to erotic wholeness. 

• How Purity Culture Hurts Us All (Even If We're Not Religious): Move beyond religious sexual shame & embrace all parts of who you are!

• Explore the world of Tantra, Fetishes, BDSM, Kink, and so much more!

Mark your calendar and save your spot right here.

After you register, keep an eye out for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing the expert classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).

Experience the shame-free sex and confidence you deserve no matter what challenges you're faced with, and take back your sexual power today.

P.S. 43% of women and 31% of men report some degree of sexual dysfunction. You and/or your clients are not alone!

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SE™ Master Class: Eye of the Needle II

w/ Ergos Institute SE™ Faculty Joshua Sylvae, PhD

Ian Macnaughton, PhD is no longer able to attend

November 21st - 24th, 10 am - 6 pm

St. Philip Neri - Carvlin Hall
Portland, Oregon

Prerequisite
Eye of the Needle I
This is a two-part course. This is part two.
Those who have completed Eye of the Needle II can join at a 50% discount.
(see below for more information)

Credits
*SEI Case Consultation Faculty Supervision Credits included
*Students are welcome to submit clients for demonstration (see below)
*23 Hours of Continuing Education Credits Available with Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)

Daily Schedule
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
*Please attend the entire program and all practice sessions for a certificate
*This class does not include Dr Levine in person

About this Two-Part Series

All trauma involves an encounter with threat and, hence, a touch with death. However, some individuals actually experience states of death from which they are revived. In fact, some of the deepest and seemingly most intractable trauma symptoms occur with clients who become “stuck” in these profoundly altered states of consciousness that emerged out of a near-death experience (NDE).

Every year, in the USA alone, over 50 million people undergo surgery and other invasive medical procedures, often with powerful dissociative and amnesic agents. Many individuals experience partial (or full) awakening during these procedures. These terrifying ordeals can create ruptures deep in consciousness; these often go far beyond our conscious/verbal capacity, making these traumas difficult to access and heal.

According to the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, 774 varied NDEs occur every day. Often debilitating, these same near-death experiences hold the extraordinary potential for deep, positive, and enduring personal and spiritual transformation if they receive proper guidance and support.

Dr Levine’s EOTN two-part series addresses how to apply SE principles to a variety of near-death experiences, including but not limited to drowning, vehicular accidents, physical attacks, illness, and surgery. SE techniques applicable to a wide variety of traumatic experiences are not always sufficient to treat trauma related to NDEs, and Eye of the Needle work is vital to complex cases demanding the most dedicated and skilled practitioners of SE.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the indicators of shifts in the autonomic nervous system

• Prepare clients for accessing states of shock

• Assess fixations or triggers related to altered states of consciousness

• Prepare clients for reexperiencing altered states of consciousness

• Describe Somatic Experiencing techniques for working with dissociation

• List the symptoms of trauma related to surgery

• Predict strategies for preventing future trauma occurring after surgery

• Design Somatic Experiencing sessions for accessing dissociated procedural memories

• Describe approaches for working with altered states of consciousness under anesthesia

• Discuss pain management strategies from Somatic Experiencing

• Assess the impacts of any partial awakening under anesthesia

• Analyze the effects of post-intensive care syndrome

• Design Somatic Experiencing sessions for accessing near-death experiences

• Describe how syndromes and other physical symptoms can be related to near-death experiences

• Discuss the mythopoetic plane, and how the psyche symbolizes unprocessed events

• Assess unconscious influences on conscious experience after near-death experiences

• Utilize spiritual experiences in renegotiating near-death experiences

• Explain how patterns in the body are involved in the maintenance of trauma symptoms

This SE Master Class Includes

• Didactic Lecture with Q&A

• Supervised triad practice and touch work, including table use

• In-depth demonstration client sessions with extensive debriefing (see below)

• SEI Case Consultation Faculty Supervision Credits

• A bonus demo recording of Dr Levine working with an EOTN II client

• Master Level SE™ Assistants will be offering private sessions for SEI credit (not included in cost)

• Continuing Education Credits will be announced when secured

Client Demonstrations w/ Ergos SE Faculty

STUDENTS - Do you have a client you are struggling to support? 
To have your client considered for a live, on-site, filmed demonstration (no cost), please discuss this opportunity with your client, and if they agree, email info@somaticexperiencing.com. Submissions are for in-person live demos with both the client and student/practitioner present.

*Please center the case around the course content.
*Please have a minimum of two sessions with your client prior and be available for follow-up.

Live Demonstration Format  
The student will introduce the client’s case history and discuss the work they've been doing and where they might be struggling. A faculty member will work with the client directly and advise approaches moving forward. After the demonstration, other participants are encouraged to ask questions and make suggestions.

DAY ONE: Thursday, November 21st, 2024, 10:00am-6:00pm

10:00-10:30: Introductions

10:30-11:30: Lecture & Q&A - EOTN Review & Clarification

11:30-11:45: Break

11:45-1:15: Demonstration

1:15-2:45: Lunch

2:45-3:00: Triad Set-Up

3:00-3:10: Getting Started

3:10-4:00: Round #1

4:00-4:20: Break

4:20-5:10: Round #2

5:10-6:00: Round #3

DAY TWO: Friday, November 22nd, 2024, 10:00am-6:00am

10:00-10:15: Somatic Exercise

10:15-10:45: Triad Debrief

10:45-11:30: Lecture & Q&A - Diaphragms & the Eye

11:30-11:45: Break

11:45-12:45: Peter Demonstration Video Review

12:45-1:00: Triad Set-Up

1:00-2:30: Lunch

2:30-2:40: Getting Started

2:40-3:40: Round #1

3:40-4:00: Break

4:00-5:00: Round #2

5:00-6:00: Round #3

DAY THREE: Saturday, November 23rd, 2024, 10:00am-6:00am

10:00-10:15: Somatic Exercise

10:15-10:45: Triad Debrief

10:45-11:15: Pods

11:15-11:30: Pod Debrief

11:30-11:45: Break

11:45-1:00: Demonstration

1:00-2:30: Lunch

2:30-2:40: Getting Started

2:40-3:40: Round #1

3:40-4:00: Break

4:00-5:00: Round #2

5:00-6:00: Round #3

DAY FOUR: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 10:00am-6:00pm

10:00-10:15: Somatic Exercise

10:15-10:45: Triad Debrief

10:45-11:15: Q&A -Final Considerations for Stitching the Eye

11:15-11:30: Break

11:30-12:45: Demonstration

12:45-2:15: Lunch

2:15-2:25: Getting Started

2:25-3:25: Round #1

3:25-3:40: Break

3:40-4:40: Round #2

4:40-5:40: Round #3

5:40-6:00: Closing

Ergos SE™ Faculty

Joshua Sylvae  PhD, SEP

Joshua’s workshops and classes are popular with psychotherapists, healers, and individuals interested in personal and societal transformation. He lectures widely on somatic psychotherapy, weaving the practice of body-oriented healing together with neuroscience, spirituality, and human ecology. He has a particular interest in fostering the growth and health of movements for social change, groups, and individuals actively engaged in the campaign for ecological and social justice, and is passionate about fostering a new model of human relationships with the Earth and each other.

STUDENT Communications

Communications to registered students will be sent from programs@somaticexperiencing.com. The evening before the class, you will receive an email with a LINK and PASSCODE to the PRIVATE PORTAL for this program. Please save this information to access the PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, SLIDES, HANDOUTS, DETAILED SCHEDULE, DR LEVINE’S DENO VIDEO, CERTIFICATE, ASSISTANT INFORMATION, and MORE.

Please read the Agreements in Registration.

Registration & Payment

$995 USD

The registration deadline for this course is November 20th
(afternoon pacific time)

Prerequisite: Eye of the Needle I
This is a two-part course. This is part two.
You must have completed Eye of the Needle I (with Peter Levine or an Ergos SE Faculty member).
Those who have completed Eye of the Needle II can join at a 50% discount. To receive the discount code, please send proof of attendance to info@somaticexperiencing.com, and you will receive the code.

PAYMENT PLAN or PAY BY CHECK CODE: SEPAYMENTPLAN90
Use that code to pay 10% down and email your payment schedule of convenience to info@somaticexperiencing.com

Partial-Scholarships:
There are limited financial need partial scholarships available to BIPOC students and/or those working primarily with underserved populations (clinics, reservations, volunteer, etc.). For submission, please email info@somaticexperiencing.com.

Refunds:
The last day to request a program refund, minus a processing fee, is October 1st
*There are no refunds for changes in Faculty

IF YOU ARE COMING AS A PAIR, PLEASE REGISTER & PAY SEPARATELY
Note - Lodging is not available at this venue

Please read the Agreements in Registration.

The Ergos Institute of Somatic Education is managing this course.

Please reach out to info@somaticexperiencing.com with inquiries.

Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals

• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by sponsors of CE who are approved by the American Psychological Association.

• LCSW, LPCC, LEP and LMFTs, and other professionals from outside of California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept credits from programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.

• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.

•For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact [COSPONSOR] at [EMAIL}.

For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly.

For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

AVAIYA University Presents
Overcoming Emotional & Psychological Abuse

Featuring Ergos Faculty Dave Berger
REPLAY November 19th - 21st, 2024
Free & Online

This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Overcoming Childhood Trauma, Breaking Free From Abandonment, Healing PTSD & Emotional Distress, and many more).

Beginning November 11th, 30+ trauma-informed therapists, relationship experts, psychologists and more will support you in healing your emotional wounds, breaking free from toxic people, and experiencing the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve!

Ergos Faculty Dave Berger is featured in this f r e e event. His class airs on Nov. 15th  and is titled: Overcoming The Emotional Abuse of Silence.

Here is the lineup of other teachers speaking during the online event:

Marci Shimoff, Dr. Sharon Martin, Dr. Margaret Paul, Dr. Richard Schwartz, Rikka Zimmerman, Mark Waldman, Michelle Chalfant, Jay Reid, Michelle Farris, Misa Hopkins, Dave Berger, Dr. Joe Rubino, Monique Rhodes, Ronia Fraser, Laura Connell, Pi Venus Winslow, Renee Swanson, Dr. Ameet Aggarwal, Elaine Miller-Karas, Dr. Jenny Hughes, Jazmine Russell, Dr. Janie Lacy, Lorilee Binstock, Dr. Heidi Brocke, Petia Kolibova Burns, Calee Tse, Edit B. Kiss, Sarah Morales, Cassandra Michael, Mor Yelvington, Janine McJannet & Laura Bonetzky-Joseph.

After you register, keep an eye out for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing these free classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).

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Alternatives UK Presents: A Somatic Approach To Chronic Pain

Hosted by Peter Levine
Online Wednesday, November 6th and Wednesday, November 13th 7-9pm

Are you or someone you know suffering from chronic pain, fatigue, or other ailments that create undue suffering?

When living with chronic pain, the experience might feel like red-hot lava radiating through your body or unexplained gut pain and more. When you seek help from a medical professional, they don’t often believe you or point you in directions where you find no relief.

Modern medicine does not fully understand chronic conditions like fibromyalgia, IBS, or migraines and the conditions that often accompany them. But we want you to know that these symptoms, as challenging as they are, do not have to ruin your life; they do not have to be a life sentence.

In this rare online workshop over 2 sessions, Peter Levine PhD, the father of body-based healing and developer of Somatic Experiencing®, offers a supportive path to relief as he explores how pain and illness can have roots in unresolved trauma—and how it’s possible to create presence, rhythm, and connection in your body and your life.

• Learn how trauma associated with an original traumatic event can lead to Chronic Pain and Syndromes

• Discuss how to be more aware of unresolved trauma in the body

• Learn tools for inner resilience and self-regulation

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In-Person Workshop

Working with Suppressed Life Energy 

Embodied Practices for Healing Attachment Trauma Combining
Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) and Integrated Attachment Family Therapy

Peter A Levine, PhD & Dafna Lender, LCSW

IN-PERSON OCTOBER 27th - 30th
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Stockbridge, MA

16.5 CEs Available with Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) 

Do you work with kids?

Interested in working with kids in the future?

Work with distressed clients who once were kids?

Do you care for a child or plan to care for a child?

Or were you ever a kid yourself, and you are now in need of more aliveness?

If yes to any, this workshop may be for you!

About this one-of-a-kind Workshop

Attachment trauma interferes with many aspects of a person’s functioning, one of which is the capacity for joy and connection through play or energetic and “free” interactions. Many clients who experienced harsh, unsupportive, neglectful, or abusive childhoods have trauma embedded in their play history.

Imagine, for example, that a child plays too loudly or exuberantly and is then yelled at, shamed, hit, or harshly punished. If play is chronically overshadowed by this type of interpersonal trauma, a small impulse of boldness or playfulness may feel dangerous. However, play behavior for both adults and children, is crucial for the positive aspects of living a fulfilling life: being able to joke, laugh, dance, be spontaneous with others, and feel exuberance, amusement, and a sense of lightness and energy is essential to living a full life.

Learning how to tap into play energy must be a focal point in healing work because play energy is a vehicle for resolving interpersonal trauma. Harnessing the life energy of play in psychotherapy, whether with children, adults, or couples, can help clients overcome aspects of their traumatic past and re-capture their sense of “aliveness” and connection.  

This workshop, with Dr. Levine and Dafna Lender, will provide tools and strategies for purposefully and mindfully using play techniques focused on the basic play principles: the social engagement system (voice, movement, touch, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact) to produce surprise, laughter, synchrony, joy, energy, and creativity. The workshop will also emphasize the importance of co-regulation, attunement, and repair between therapist and client.    

During this Workshop, together we will…

• Demonstrate the role of play in attachment and development of self-regulation

• Discuss the psychic effects of being traumatized during play

• Assess our (and our clients) play history to determine which types of play interventions are indicated

• Apply embodied play techniques for enhancing connection, aliveness, and energy

• Utilize play techniques for practicing self-regulation

• Use natural moments of rupture and repair in play to develop resilience

• Compare intensity, quality, and types of play for different client presentations

• Apply working with our inner child (and that of our client) through enactment, role play, and guided meditation to release the trauma around playful energy, erotic energy, exuberance, and joy

• Explain the evolutionary underpinnings of trauma, the Polyvagal theory, and flight, flight, freeze, and collapse

• Demonstrate interventions to help children increase tolerance for negative bodily sensations and suppressed emotions

• Discuss how these new play practices can be transferred to current relationships with children

Added bonus: A special breakout group for caregivers/parents who wish to focus on restoring or enhancing playful energy with children of all ages.

The Intersection of SE and IAFT

During this one-of-a-kind workshop, Dr. Levine will be demonstrating Somatic Experiencing® techniques for working with children, helping them to gain positive experiences in their bodies that contradict their feelings of helplessness when they arise. The workshop will also focus on the practitioner’s own childhood experiences that are stuck or holding back the practitioner from being connected to their playful, exuberant, energetic young self. 

Co-teacher Dafna Lender, LCSW, the creator and trainer of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy, and her team will use attachment-focused play and embodiment techniques to heal severely dysregulated childhood experiences through physical exercises co-regulated by a loving adult. 

Participants in the training will lend their nervous systems to one another in exercises that support each other’s child parts, allowing them to feel safe, show themselves, and be proud of their energy and uniqueness. They can use these tools to help heal the hurt child within themselves. Participants will also become stronger, more energetic agents of change for their clients.

Dafna’s Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT) focuses on the parent-child relationship as a vehicle to heal problems of trust, hyperarousal or hypoarousal, and connection in both children and parents. IAFT is effective in treating trauma because it focuses on building attachment relationships using joyful and energetic play-based actions as well as creating and fostering safe dialogues between children and their caregivers. Using these techniques, we can help children (or an adult’s inner child) regain their capacity for joy and restore loving connections to their peers and families.

This workshop will also address successful parent attachment work. You will learn how to identify when you, as a parent, need more focused individual work and when your own attachment issues may be impacting relationships.

This Workshop Includes

• Didactic lecture with Q&A

• Supervised practice sessions with extensive debriefing

• Private online portal with course materials

• Walking paths & trails

• Yoga and other healing programming - offered by the facility

• Bookstore & Spa Services - offered by the facility

• Wifi in designated areas

• An Introduction to SE video w/ Dr Levine

• A post-workshop Zoom Integration and Q&A session w/ Dafna Lender

• 16.5 CEs Available with Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)(info below registration button)

Schedule (subject to evolution)

Sunday, Oct 27th
(Kripalu lodging check-in begins at 2:00 pm - all rooms ready by 4:00 pm)
(Kripalu Yoga 4:45 pm)
(Kripalu Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Opening Gathering Session One

Monday, Oct 28th
(Kripalu Yoga 6:30 am - 7:45 am)
(Kripalu Meditation 8:00 am - 8:30 am)
(Kripalu Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am)
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Session Two
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session Three
(Kripalu Yoga Dance 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
(Kripalu Lunch 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
2:30 pm - 4:15 pm Session Four
4:15 pm - 4:30 Break
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Session Five
(Kripalu Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
(Kripalu Dance, Yoga, or Talk 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)

Tuesday, Oct 29th
(Kripalu Yoga 6:30a m - 7:45 am)
(Kripalu Meditation 8:00 am - 8:30 am)
(Kripalu Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am)
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Session Six
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session Seven
(Kripalu Yoga Dance 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
(Kripalu Lunch 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
2:30 pm - 4:15 pm Session Eight
4:15 pm - 4:30 Break
44:30 pm - 6:30 pm Session Nine
(Kripalu Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)
(Kripalu Dance, Yoga, or Talk 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Session Ten Healing Attachment Trauma in our Children (optional bonus session for parents/child caregivers)

Wednesday, Oct 30th
(Kripalu Yoga 6:30 am - 7:45 am)
(Kripalu Meditation 8:00 am - 8:30 am)
(Kripalu Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am)
(Kripalu lodging check-out 10:00 am)
9:30 am - 10:30 pm Session Eleven
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session Twelve
(Kripalu Yoga Dance 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)
(Kripalu Lunch 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
(Depart campus by 2:00 pm)

Click to book Kripalu Healing Arts Appointments

Guest Instructor Bio

Dafna Lender, LCSW is a family therapy expert and attachment specialist. Dafna is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners who work with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), as well as an EMDR therapist.  Dafna’s expertise is drawn from 29 years of working with families in many settings: at-risk after-school programs, therapeutic foster care, in-home crisis stabilization, residential care, and private practice. Dafna’s style, whether as a therapist or teacher, combines the light-hearted with the profound by bringing a playful, intense, and passionate presence to every encounter.
Dafna is the author of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (2023) and the co-author of Theraplay: The Practitioner’s Guide (2020). She teaches and supervises clinicians in 15 countries in four languages: English, Hebrew, French, and Spanish.  

Prerequisite

• This program is designed for psychotherapists, social workers, teachers, medical and foster care providers, clergy, and more.

• Mandatory read prior to attending: Read this handout

Communications

Communications will be sent from info@somaticexperiencing.com. The evening before the class, you will receive an email with a LINK and PASSCODE to the PRIVATE PORTAL for this program. Please save this information to access the PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS, SLIDES, HANDOUTS, DETAILED SCHEDULE, CERTIFICATE, and MORE.

Please read the Agreements in Registration.

Location & Lodging

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Stockbridge, MA

Lodging & Commuter Options

Guest & Student Arrival Information

• INFORMATION & REQUIREMENTS FOR ARRIVAL

• WHAT TO PACK

• BOOK SPA APPOINTMENTS & SERVICES

• WHAT TO EXPECT DURING YOUR STAY

*Ergos tuition does not include lodging and meals. Please book directly with the venue.

Registration & Payment

Ergos Tuition:
$1,095 USD

This workshop is nearly full. We are working with the venue to open more spots. If inventory runs out, please join the waitlist.

Payment Plans are no longer available within 2 weeks of the program.

Partial-Scholarships:
There are limited financial need partial scholarships available to BIPOC students and/or those working primarily with underserved populations (clinics, reservations, volunteer, etc.). For submission, please email info@somaticexperiencing.com.

Refunds:
The last day to request a program refund, minus a processing fee, is September 27th, 2024.

For registration issues or other inquiries, please contact info@somaticexperiencing.com.

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support.
The Ergos Institute of Somatic Education is managing this workshop.

Total CE Credits: 16.5

Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals

• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA)

which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the

American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and

LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American

Psychological Association.

• LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other

than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they

accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological

Association.

• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887)

for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years

after the course concludes.

• For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact the Ergos Institute at

info@somaticexperiencing.com.

• For questions about CE, contact Spiritual Competency Academy at

info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

AVAIYA University Presents: Helping Families Cope With Substance Use Disorder
Featuring Efu Nyaki

October 21st - October 27th, 2024
Online

Join Efu Nyaki for a FREE, AVAIYA University online series. beginning October 21st.

This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Overcoming Anxiety & Depression, Healing From Childhood Trauma, Overcoming Betrayal & Deception, and many more).

Here’s just some of what you’ll learn from these substance use therapists, psychologists, and experts who are dedicated to guiding you and your loved ones toward the healing support you need:

• Demolish the Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorders: Foster open communication and expand your knowledge about the state of the Mental Health Crisis our world is facing.  

• Key Points About Addiction That Parents & Families Need to Know: Reach a better understanding about why you and your loved ones are suffering. 

• The Importance of Harm Reduction: Learn how to minimize the negative consequences linked to drug use through various public health strategies.

• How to Stop Enabling the Addict You Love & Start Helping: Discover the difference between enabling and helping.

• Let Go of the Guilt & Shame You’re Carrying: Understand the root causes of addiction and release your pain and self-blame.

• Boundaries for Change: How to Support Others Without Losing Yourself

• Overcoming Adjustment Challenges for the Family During Recovery: Discover how to reevaluate your relational family dynamics & enter into a new chapter. 

• Taking A Deeper Look at Codependency Dynamics: Learn how to recover and break free from your unhealthy patterns. 

• EFT For Addiction: Learn about this powerful practice that can help you access your suppressed trauma and hidden causes for addiction.

• The Power of Surrender: Accepting painful family situations and things we can't control.

• Cultivating Safety & Compassion in the Face of Substance Use Disorders: Learn how to regulate your nervous system and show kindness to yourself & others. 
  
  
  Efu Nyaki’s class is October 23rd and entitled Love & Acceptance During Hard Times.
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Ergos Institute & The Embody Lab Presents
The Wisdom of Trauma Healing Immersion

featuring Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. Peter A Levine, and Dr. Scott Lyons

Special guest Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

October 20th - 25th, 2024
Kripalu, Stockbridge, MA & Online

Ergos Institute of Somatic Education and The Embody Lab present this six-day, in-person, and live-streamed embodied exploration of trauma healing.

Join us for a transformative journey at The Wisdom of Trauma Healing Immersion, led by Dr. Peter A. Levine,  Dr. Gabor Maté, and Dr. Scott Lyons.

At this incredible six-day event, you will learn how to access the wisdom of the body, the science and practice of mind-body unity, and the blueprint for restoring vitality, flow, and resilience. You will also utilize somatic embodiment practices to attune to your internal compass, guiding you towards healing.

Throughout this immersion, we will explore themes such as how the body keeps the score, the developmental trajectory of trauma, how reclaiming stress restores our adaptability, the cultural causation of disease and addiction, the link between individual and collective trauma, and how to embrace and incorporate insight after a traumatic impact.

The immersion will offer many rare opportunities to observe or participate in live demos of Compassionate Inquiry and Somatic Experiencing®, where you will witness the body's innate wisdom of healing.    

Whether exploring your own healing, deepening your skills as a therapist or coach, or simply curious about somatic therapeutic approaches to trauma, this 6-day immersion will offer valuable insights and tools to enhance your well-being.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to connect with a supportive community of like-minded people. Whether in-person or online, we hope to see you in October.

This program is a collaboration presented by Ergos Institute & The Embody Lab. Online spots still available.

Thomas Hübl Presents: Collective Healing Conference 2024 Encore Weekend
October 4th - October 6th
Online

In September Thomas Hübl hosted 45+ experts on collective trauma and healing, including leading psychologists, neuroscientists, Indigenous elders, poets, artists, activists, NYT Bestselling authors, and more.

Over the course of this 8-day global event, they explored different aspects of trauma healing including individual, ancestral, and collective trauma, and how they are interconnected.

Here’s the lineup of Speaker Talks that will be included in the Encore:

Dr. Mariel Buque: Breaking the Generational Trauma Cycle 

Stephen Porges: Safety, Connection, and Our Nervous System

Dr. Shefali: Embracing Conscious Parenting 

Alanis Morissette: Empathy on the World Stage

Anu Gupta: The Traumatic Roots of Bias

Serene Thin Elk: Spirit and Ceremony

Michael Meade: Rites of Passage

Iya Affo: Ancestral Rites for Healing

Thomas Hübl: Cultivating Generational Wisdom

The Encore will also include all of the Daily Insight Videos.

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Sounds True Presents
Body As Healer: Freedom From Chronic Pain

featuring Dr. Peter A Levine
Online

Join Peter A. Levine, PhD, for an in-depth program using his renowned Somatic Experiencing® approach for chronic pain relief.

Throughout the course, Dr. Peter Levine serves as an experienced guide, helping us to safely navigate the vast wilds of our bodies so we may uncover the beauty, wisdom, and healing potentials that lie beyond our ordinary awareness. 

Made available for all mobility levels, the practices he offers are refreshing and unique. Techniques such as: noticing your breathing, feeling your feet touch the ground, gently opening and closing your jaw; each exercise allowing you to experience profound solace on a felt level. 

Imagine a life free from pain, where you can do the things you love without limitations. With Body as Healer: Freedom from Chronic Pain, you can find lasting relief, without invasive procedures or strong medications.

Dr. Levine will guide you through a transformative journey that will help you to:

👉Release the fear, frustration, and depression intensified by prior traumas and build inner resilience and self-regulation

👉Relieve pain caused by the aftermath of injuries, surgical procedures, joint and muscle conditions, migraines, and other challenges

👉Calm the body’s response to anticipated and experienced pain, regulate the nervous system, and restore balance

Enroll today and gain access to a treasure trove of carefully curated somatic practices, meticulously designed to target the root cause of chronic pain. We eagerly welcome you to the course, where you’ll find support and guidance on your journey toward finding lasting relief. 

Whether you’re new to Somatic Experiencing®, or many years in, this course will bring you the best of these remarkable practices for pain relief at any experience level.

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AVAIYA University Presents: Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse

Featuring Ian McNaughton, PhD

Beginning September 23rd, 2024
Online

Join Ergos Faculty Ian McNaughton, PhD for a FREE, AVAIYA University online series that he is participating in - specifically designed to help you overcome your relationship trauma, break free from toxicity, and experience the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve!

It's called Overcoming Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse [and begins September 23rd.]

This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Healing Childhood Trauma & Building Self-Worth, Healing PTSD & Emotional Distress, Overcoming Anxiety & Depression, and many more).

Here’s just some of what you’ll learn from 30+ relationship experts, psychologists, best-selling authors & more:

• Create Your Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse Healing Toolkit: Learn methods and practices to release your trauma and free yourself once and for all.

• Toxic Relationship Red Flags: Learn the warning signs whether with a romantic partner, parent, child, neighbor, boss, colleague & more

• Common Mistakes To Avoid: When separating from abusive partners & discover the roadmap out of toxic relationships.

• Resolve The Trauma Stored In Your Brain & Body: Learn how to decrease Complex PTSD symptoms like fear, shame, guilt & more.

• Letting Go of the Dream: How grieving a toxic relationship can set you free.

• Let Go of the Fantasy That Things Will Get Better: How to move forward into a healthy future. 

• Learn To Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse: Discover healing techniques, break trauma bonds & open yourself up to finding real love.

• Understanding Your Wounded Self: How childhood trauma shapes you & your adult relationships.

• Why High Achieving Women Are Magnets for Emotional Predators: How to recognize your vulnerability, stop trying to prove your worth & come back to yourself.

• Breaking Free To Rediscover Yourself: Reconnect with who YOU are outside of narcissistic relationships & rebuild your self-esteem. 

• How to Practice Self-compassion, Self-respect, Brain and Body Trauma-healing Techniques & so much more!

After you register, keep an eye out for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing the expert classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).

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SE™ Master Class Eye of the Needle I

Presented by Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, SEP, MA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Module 1: August 8th-12th, 2024

All trauma involves an encounter with threat and, hence, a touch with death. However, some individuals actually experience states of death from which they are revived. In fact, some of the deepest and seemingly most intractable trauma symptoms occur with clients who become “stuck” in these profoundly altered states of consciousness that emerged out of a near-death experience (NDE). 

According to the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation, 774 varied NDEs occur every day. Often debilitating, these same near-death experiences hold the extraordinary potential for deep, positive, and enduring personal and spiritual transformation if they receive proper guidance and support.

Dr. Levine’s EOTN two-part series addresses how to apply Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) principles to a variety of near-death experiences, anesthesia trauma and altered states of consciousness, including but not limited to: drowning, vehicular accidents, physical attacks, illness, and surgery. SE techniques applicable to a wide variety of traumatic experiences are not always sufficient to treat trauma related to NDEs, and Eye of the Needlework is vital to complex cases demanding the most dedicated and skilled practitioners of SE.

EOTN I & II Learning Objectives :

• Cultivate and refine perceptual skills and practical tools.

• Track autonomic nervous system shifts. 

• Develop theoretical and practical framework to access dissociated and dislocated altered states of consciousness and liberate problematic fixations.

• Practice the skills needed to weave dislocated conscious (and unconscious) states together, then move through the shock core.

• Identify surgical trauma symptoms and partial awakening states from anesthesia.

• Alternate approaches to working with different types of anesthesia.

• Using SE, recommend proper pain management and anesthesia protocol for reducing the chances of trauma related to surgery.

• Explore working with post-ICU debilitation.

• Resolve difficult somatic symptoms by working with NDEs.

• Interact with the mythopoetic plane. 

• Enable authentic spiritual experiences, including NDEs.

EOTN 1 will focus on the basic concepts of EOTN work, Near Death States, and Out of Body Experiences

EONT 2 will review the basic concepts of EOTN work and focus on anesthesia and altered states of consciousness.

Prerequisite: SE Advanced 1

Presented by: Academie Claire-Khudai
If you have questions, please contact: Claire-Khudai Dagenais & Hye Kam
eyeoftheneedlemontreal@gmail.com

AVAIYA University Presents
Healing PTSD & Emotional Distress

featuring Dr. Ian Macnaughton

August 5th - 11th
Online

This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University.

Beginning August 5th, over 30 therapists, psychologists, doctors and more will help you heal from trauma and the emotional distress that often follows. You will learn to restore harmony to your mind, body and spirit.

Dr Ian Mcnaughton is a featured speaker during this 7-day immersion series.

You’ll be taken on a journey not only to heal, but also to grow into a person with more resilience, strength and wisdom than ever before.

After you register, keep an eye out for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing these free classes. (Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).

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Conscious Life Presents: Best of Trauma Super Conference
July 8th - 14th

Join Dr Levine during this “Super Conference”. In his class, “An Autobiography of Trauma”, Dr Levine shares his experiences with Albert Einstein, the power of guides and mentors on our healing path, and what supports growing our courage and living our truth.

This “Super Conference” (beginning July 8th) brings together SO MANY of the world’s most trusted and sought-after doctors, researchers, professors, bestselling authors, healers, and speakers to create a truly interdisciplinary approach to healing at the intersection of functional medicine, neuroscience, psychology, art, and more.

PLUS, it includes a ton of extra free resources including tools, techniques, and practices you can start using immediately to help you identify your own trauma, understand its impacts on your daily life, and begin the healing process.

When you sign up now you’ll be given INSTANT access to 6 BONUS GIFTS, including the following exclusive video sessions:

Healing Toxic Shame-Dr Peter Levine
People Pleasing as a Trauma Response-Matthias Barker
Creating Safety We Can Share-Dr Darryl Tonemah
How Attachment Drives What We Think We Deserve-Heather Monroe
How to Establish Healthy Boundaries-Dr Pedram Shojai
Experiential Expressive Arts Therapy-DrCathy Malchiodi PhD

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Avaiya University Presents: Healing Abandonment & Betrayal Trauma
July 8th - 14th

Healing Abandonment & Betrayal Trauma

Ergos Faculty Joshua Sylvae, PhD, will speak during this event. His class, Betrayal & The Body, airs on July 12th.

This online series is brought to you by iKE ALLEN & Ande Anderson, Co-Owners of AVAIYA University (creators & teachers of transformational courses, books, films and online events such as Overcoming Childhood Trauma, Breaking Free From Toxic Relationships, Overcoming Emotional Abuse, and many more).

Beginning July 8th, over 30 therapists, relationship experts, and more will help you heal your abandonment & betrayal trauma, reclaim your power, and experience the respect, love & healthy relationships you deserve.

After registering, watch for AVAIYA’s email for specific details on accessing these free classes.
(Replays will be available for 24 hours after each class airs).

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Conscious Connections Presents: Trauma Through a Child's Eyes
June 21st - 23rd

This 12-hour Introductory Zoom PlayShop cleverly interweaves the basics of Somatic Experiencing® trauma healing with art, movement, attachment play & breathwork in a 2-path model that is easy to implement.

What You Will Learn:
The Resilience Roadmap Model for alleviating symptoms & behaviors, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, nightmares & aggression from ordinary and extraordinary events
“The 8 Essentials of Healthy Attachment” to develop a resilient nervous system with activities for ventral vagal & social-emotional development
Teaching kids & teens sensory (interoceptive) awareness & tracking skills with art, games & breathing to increase emotional regulation through charge/discharge cycles, settling & integration
Case material fusing SE™Principles, Art & Movement for Individuals, Groups & Classrooms

June 21- 23, 2024 10:00am -2:00pm PST

This PlayShop is useful for professionals who wish to integrate the core concepts of SE™ when working with kids, as well as those wishing to deepen their understanding of inner child work with adults.

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Heart Mind Institute Presents: Post-Traumatic Growth Global Summit
June 11th

[Free]  6-Day, Online
Learn from over 40 world-class experts in healing trauma, realizing post-traumatic growth, building healing relationships, creating sustained well-being, resilience, and more

Heart Mind Institute have created an extraordinary, Free, online Summit to explore healing in light of the many complex challenges facing humanity today. During this groundbreaking exploration of trauma healing, you will gain access to cutting-edge research, practical tools, and transformational technologies to harness the power of post-traumatic growth, overcome obstacles, gain resilience, and more…  

Over six powerful days, you will have the opportunity to learn strategies for post-traumatic growth and resilience building with over 40 esteemed trauma experts, authors, neuroscientists, clinicians, thought leaders, visionaries, system thinkers, and Indigenous wisdom holders, including….

Dr Levine, Richard Schwartz PhD, Sunny Strasburg LMFT, Rick Hanson PhD, Diane Poole Heller PhD, Ronald Siegel PsyD, Gita Vaid MD, Stephen Porges PhD, Pedram Shojai OMD,  Arielle Schwartz PhD, Ocean Robbins, Michaela Haas PhD, Kien Vuu MD, Elaine Miller-Karas LCSW, Paul R. Scheele PhD, Alex Howard, Christopher Germer PhD, and many more…  

• Find out about the latest post-traumatic growth research, practices, and tools

• Explore the relationship between healing trauma and repairing our relationship with ourselves, the earth, our fellow species, and each other

• Discover the potential of healing trauma for psychological growth, physical well-being, spiritual evolution, and awakening

• Join a community of like-minded individuals on a journey of personal and collective healing and transformation

Free streaming of the summit starts Tuesday, June 11th at 7:00 am EDT US
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6-Nights In-Person
Bodywork for Developmental Trauma Retreat

Sliding-scale RETREAT
includes lodging, meals, individual sessions, and lessons

Join us for an Immersive Healing Experience at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, California
June 6th - 7th w/ Dr Levine
June 6th - 12th w/ his team of Facilitators & Practitioners

All-inclusive Pricing Includes Retreat Offerings + Individual Sessions w/ SEPs + Meditation + Music and Movement + Buffet Meals + 6 nights of Lodging + Pre and Post Retreat Online Gatherings & Programming

LIMITED CAPACITY
*This retreat is designed to develop deeper somatic tools for personal enrichment
*This is not a training
*All attendees must stay on-site
*All attendees must attend the entire retreat

What is Developmental Trauma?

Adverse childhood experiences generate displacement, disembodiment, and shame. These experiences challenge our self-worth, thwart our creativity, discourage us from embodying ourselves fully, and inhibit us from living into our capacity to be in our true, full, authentic self-expression.

At the heart of developmental trauma are the wounds of repeatedly not being seen, not feeling a sense of worth, and not realizing a sense of belonging. This can happen through neglect, abuse, displacement due to disaster, medical trauma, long separations from family/community systems, intergenerational trauma, and systemic oppression. These adverse experiences often leave us feeling relationally disconnected or dissatisfied, feeling too close, too far away, or both.

We can grow into adults, have relationships (if desired), raise children (if desired), and have gainful employment and still feel strongly that we do not exist, matter, or have an inner sense of worth or self. This feeling stems from these experiences being housed deep within our tissues—once a protective mechanism, now a hindrance.

In our time together, we will

• Define and explore the roots of developmental trauma and how it affects the body.

• Review developmental milestones that might have been missed due to trauma or stress.

• Understand undesired behavior patterns in our relationships - whether from our partner or us.

• Identify the unique, complex grief held within us that is often overlooked when working with developmental trauma.

• Explore the connection to complex physical health conditions in adulthood and where our bodies hold developmental trauma memories.

• Experience somatic practices that can help reset the nervous system back to a more authentic place of being.

• Utilize therapeutic bodywork sessions to gain insight and expansion at the cellular level.

• Use breath, movement, and music to facilitate exploration and connection.

• Create a real-time partnership with Self and community.

What is Bodywork?

When clinically helpful, and only if the client is fully comfortable, we will integrate Therapeutic Touch into our retreat sessions.

Bodywork Practitioners utilize the attention and intention of mindful, attuned contact to support a safe and relational container for integrating bracing patterns from stress, overwhelm, or fright toward regulation and resiliency.

Human touch is a primal and biologically essential requirement for forming a physically and emotionally healthy human being. Neglected babies who are not touched fail to thrive. Touch is a vital, critical component for the formation of identity and ego. The caregiver’s prosody and facial expressions are equally important to touch and holding. Attuned touch, holding, prosody, and facial expressions are the seeds of the touch-and-talk connection.

Dr Levine has been a courageous pioneer in fostering healthy exchange between Psychotherapists and Bodyworkers. The gift of Stephen Porges’ polyvagal theory emphasizes the connection between talk, touch, and the social engagement system. Somatic Experiencing brings both professions together to integrate the two fields.

Therapeutic Touch

• Works with symptoms of early childhood, developmental trauma, and relational trauma.

• Connects to pre-verbal adverse experiences.

• Implements a body-up approach to psychological & physiological healing - a heart, brain, and body collaboration.

• Creates long-lasting results by addressing the root of where the trauma is stored.

• Builds the capacity to track sensations as a guide to stabilizing physiology in their body.

• Provides the missing physical support that speaks directly to the nervous system for clients whose developmental experience of touch was misattuned, neglectful, or abusive.

• Supports the restoration, stabilization, and integration of sustainable states of well-being so that the full range of the human condition can be experienced.

• Offers a safe and relational field to understand sensations, symptoms, pain, and injury that might have occurred during the early developmental stages of neurological wiring.

• Mobilizes bodily patterns of discomfort and emotional overwhelm, facilitating a settling and resolution.

• Explores the dynamic, subtle, and profoundly healing dance between touch, emotions, cognitions, and talk.

• Helpful for nervous systems that may be activated by talk therapy alone.

*Bodywork will be done in individual sessions - fully clothed, either sitting in a chair or lying on a massage table - this form of Bodywork differs from a massage

*Guided self-touch will be implemented in group work (not on sexual organs)

Examples of Bodywork Modalities Somatic Experiencing® Touch / NeuroAffective Touch (NATouch™) / Craniosacral / Ortho-Bionomy® / Kathy Kain Somatic Practice

During the Retreat

Dr Levine, the developer of Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), and his team of SE Practitioners and expert Facilitators will support self-exploration through group work, individual sessions, and guided therapeutic practices to stimulate healing and transformation. Many opportunities for guided meditations, content integration, movement, and nature exploration.

MEET THE TEAM

As we begin to move forward, let’s discover the obstacles together.

Retreat Offerings Include

• Daily pathways to trauma integration w/ Master level SE Practitioners & Facilitators.

• SE practices & discussion w/ Q&A.

• Individual Bodywork sessions with SE Practitioners (touch not required for success).

• Movement, healing meditation, resource integration, and more w/ Calvin Livingston.

• Lodging at the Mercy Retreat Center June 6th - 12th.

• Buffet meals on-site from Dinner on June 6th through Lunch on June 12th.

• Use of the facilities and grounds w/ parking included.

• A closed/private campus just for our group.
  
  

Online Pre-Retreat

• Orientation

• 3-hour Somatic Experiencing program

• Group meet-up with the practitioner team & participants.

• Pre-retreat suggested reading

Online Post-Retreat

• Ongoing group lessons, gatherings & check-ins spanning 6 months.

• A referral list of SE Practitioners who work both in-person & online.

*Due to his personal capacity, Dr Levine will not be the primary facilitator and will not offer private sessions.
*Dr Levine will ONLY teach and support group work on June 6th and 7th.
*If Dr Levine cannot attend his teaching days due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not cancel the retreat (highly unlikely he would cancel).

MARCH 2022 SEDONA RETREAT REVIEW: ”The retreat was life-changing. The skill and professionalism of the team working with Peter A. Levine were an inspiration and far exceeded my expectations. I entered with the goal of taking my personal development further and beginning a new path. I left with the clarity I was seeking, a clear plan, renewed enthusiasm, more tools to help me succeed, and precious new friends.”

Schedule (subject to evolution)

Thursday, June 6th

Afternoon

• Check in to the Mercy Retreat Center

Evening

• Welcome gathering w/ Dr Levine (5pm)(mandatory)

• Dinner

• Opening ceremony w/ Dr Levine

Friday, June 7th

Morning

• Breakfast

• Lessons/group work w/ Dr Levine

Afternoon

• Lunch

• Nature & Rest Break

• Lessons/group work w/ Dr Levine

Evenings

• Dinner

• Group activities

Saturday, June 8th - Tuesday, June 11th

Mornings

• Breakfast

• Lessons/group work w/ the Practitioner Team

Afternoons

• Lunch

• Nature & rest break

Rotations

• Private sessions

• Resourcing

• Integration

Evenings

• Dinner

• Group activities

Wednesday, June 12th

Morning

• Breakfast

• Closing ceremony

Afternoon

• Lunch

• Departure

Additional Activities throughout the week:

• Opening & Closing Ceremonies

• Restorative Yoga

• Meditation

• Music & Movement

Who Should Attend

• Those who are suffering from known developmental trauma or loved ones of those with developmental trauma.

• Those who may be struggling and unsure of the origin.

• The General Public and Practitioners are welcome.

• Partners, colleagues, relatives, and friends are encouraged to attend together.
  (rooms are all singles w/ a twin bed)

*This retreat is not intended to treat active addiction, medical illness, psychosis, or severe mental or physical illness.
*Please consult your doctor/therapist/practitioner or contact us for guidance on whether this may be right for you.
*Dry campus (no substance use).
*Age requirement is 18 and up; no infants, children, or teens on campus.
*No non-participating guests are allowed on campus.

The Mercy Retreat Center

The retreat gatherings, lodging, and meals are at The Mercy Center.

The Mercy Retreat Center is a special gathering place for nonprofit organizations and groups seeking a tranquil setting for their conference or retreat. The center's peaceful grounds, surrounded by oaks and flower gardens, are in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area. Internationally known, this conference and retreat center offers a holistic environment for people of diverse faiths and backgrounds to nourish their lives. Its serene environment is conducive to learning and reflection.

• On campus, enjoy the Mercy Labyrinth, hiking trails, and more.

• We will be the only group studying here at this time.

• This retreat will not be online.

Lodging

• Single-occupancy bedroom with a twin bed, sink, desk, chair, closet, robe, bedding, soap, and towels.

• Shared dormitory-style bathroom facilities (close to the rooms w/ private showers & dressing rooms).

• Each floor features a kitchenette w/ a refrigerator for personal use.

• The dining hall is open 24 hours w/ access to tea & snacks.
  
  
  

Meals

• Well-balanced buffet meals will be provided.

• During registration, there is an opportunity to indicate food allergies.
  

  
  

Transport

• Parking is provided on-site.

• The Mercy Center is 12 minutes from the San Francisco Airport - Google Map.

• There is no need to leave campus during the retreat.

• If something comes up and you require transport to a store, we can arrange that for you.

• Travel is not included in the cost of the retreat.
  

  
  

Payment and Sliding-Scale Options

BEFORE applying or REGISTERING, please read everything on the registration page, including the agreements.

If you have questions about whether this retreat is right for you, please contact info@somaticexperienicng.com before applying or registering.

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TO JOIN WAITLIST, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO INFO@SOMATICEXPERIENCING.COM

Inquiries

Questions & Payments: Cortney at info@somaticexperiencing.com

Managing Director: Melissa Stager (text/WhatsApp 760-815-7588)

Presented by: Ergos Institute of Somatic Education

Content developed by Barbara Collier, Laura Melton, and Melissa Stager.