Day long exploration into the fusion of Pre & Perinatal Psychology & the warm water healing journey.
Facilitators: Kathryn Terry & Ilana Meallem
WEDS JULY 31st 10:30am - 6:30pm
WILLOW CREEK RANCH - near pomo canyon campground
SLIDING SCALE 250-500$
10 spots only
"Birth is a lifelong event and we have the power to rewrite our story and create coherent narratives that nurture our sense of sacred belonging." Kathyrn Terry
We invite a small group of practitioners with backgrounds in birth work (midwives, doula's, lactation, consultants, paediatricians) Psychedelic therapy, Aquatic bodywork, cranial, sacral therapists, osteopaths, and whomever feels called, to a beautiful private enclave in the Sonoma Coast State park for a day of exploration.
Fusing a dive into the Pre & Perinatal world with Kathryn and the exploration of group and individual womb work in warm water with Ilana - this will be a one of a kind experience, with the intention for further deepening sessions.
Remembering, releasing and reawakening.
The workshop will be co-facilitated by Kathryn Terry and Ilana Meallem
Kathryn has has devoted her life to advocating for the rights of those who do not have a voice: the unborn, newborns, animals, flora and fauna.
Kathryn practised midwifery and trained in various forms of healing work, including Rolfing structural integration, craniosacral work and somatic experiencing. 20 years ago she co-created the Institute for in & Perinatal Education and travelled world-wide teaching workshops and training practitioners on topics around conception, prenatal life and the lasting consequences of birth.
Ilana has been deeply devoted to healing work in the water since her own life changing experience in 2005. She has guided hundreds of people through transformative water experiences in individual couples and Group Aguahara Sessions. With the help of her collaboration with Kathryn she is developing her own unique form of Aguahara that focuses on healing and re-storying Birth Trauma.
LOCATION: The workshop will be offered in an extraordinary setting a 45 min scenic drive from Occidental. Embedded in 250 acres of Redwood Forest and beautiful open Meadows at the private home of dear friends. The land has been stewarded in a way where Flora and Fauna thrive, allowing us to connect to the more than human world. The magnificence and beauty of the land creates a feeling of being held within the arms of our great mother.
COSTS: We are offering this day-long retreat by sliding scale 250-500$. Feel what you can afford to pay, and let us know if the lower end is still a challenge.
REGISTRATION: using the link below to register and our spot is secured with a 50$ deposit to venmo: @Ilana-meallem
MORE ABOUT THE FUSION: Much research has been carried out regarding the correlation between the ways in which we are conceived, cared for in utero, birthed and nurtured after birth and how these affect the subconscious behavioral and emotional patterns we tend to carry throughout our lives. Whatever we believe to be true during our birthing time governs how we change, adapt, learn and grow in life influencing whether we thrive or barely survive.
Our prenatal, birth experiences and first several months preceding birth are preverbal, therefore our energetic and physical bodies store our memories of these times as imprints. However, they lay dormant until triggered and we are often unconscious of the imprint’s significance in our interactions, reactions and ways of responding to life’s experiences.
Understanding our own imprints allows us to fully engage and embody life in the human form. We can learn from our birth stories and embrace opportunities that arise due to our imprints in all areas of our lives: physical, emotional, connections with others and self, attachment, abandonment, learning styles, anxiety, nervous system regulation or dysregulation, resilience and much more. We gain awareness that our ‘beginning’ was an awakening into our soul's journey in this life, and are given clues on how to support and nurture ourselves with reverence, patience and love.
Remembering the journey of your soul coming into form is a powerful therapeutic tool which enables you to live a more embodied life moment to moment. Birth is a lifelong event and we have the power to rewrite our story and create coherent narratives that nurture our sense of sacred belonging.In this one day of inquiry we will explore these topics, becoming curious about how our own imprints are still operating and causing limited access to full consciousness.
In a Aguahara warm water exeperience, we can connect deeply to our pre-natal self, to the expeince of being in the womb, and the birth moment.
We are excited to bridge Kathryn and llana's experience in a day of exploration on land and water , in conversation and somatic embodiment - surrounded by the beautiful redwood