Re:SOURCE – An Embodied Immersion In Care And Remembering

We are living in a time of great transition, of intersecting social and ecological crises. 

As a result, many of us are grappling with personal and collective grief, relational ruptures, feelings of powerlessness  and instability of all kinds. This level of threat, real and/or perceived, pays a toll on our bodies, hearts and minds.

Despite our best efforts to manage stress we may notice ourselves pendulating between high activation and deep exhaustion. Under these conditions, it can be difficult to slow down and notice what needs our holding and attention, our care and remembering.

Re:SOURCE is an immersive, in-person program to help you develop supportive tools and practices to anchor and sustain you through these changing times. With an emphasis on slowing down, and cultivating embodied awareness, this three-month journey is an invitation to catch up with yourself. 

Together, we will grow our understanding of what it means to be human at this moment in time. As a group, we will explore the autonomic nervous system, yoga and somatic movements, breathwork, monthly workshops, inquiry, creative practices (writing and art), ritual, conversation and deep rest. In addition to the group practices, participants will meet monthly for a 1:1 integration session.

Designed as a seasonal container, Re:SOURCE will hold you sweetly through the dark Winter months and midwife you into the expansiveness of Spring. 

This program is an embodied exploration of your capacity for resilience, your deep knowing, and innate power. By growing our capacity to hold that which is difficult, we also expand our capacity to hold that which brings us joy and delight.  Re:SOURCE  invites you into the important work of the heart, practices to sustain and support, so that we can continue to show up for the liberatory work of  these times.

/Re:SOURCE / this is a language reframe for you and I. 

Resource is a term I initially found vague and dry. I associated the word with extraction or bibliographies. But what is truly meant by Source? 

We might say Source energy is that which animates us, lights us up, comforts and connects us to ourselves and life itself. Source energy speaks to that which is illuminating, so by ReSourcing we are practicing coming back to our own personal experience with our essence, our sense of aliveness. 

When we can acknowledge and return to what personally resources us, we have greater access to connection and safety in our nervous systems. This ability to locate and feel safe in our bodies is an important practice not only for ourselves but for others as well.

/Embodied/ to be embodied means that we can remain present, that we can sense and feel our way through life experiences, and particularly through the difficulties. 

To be embodied means that we can listen to and integrate information from all three centers of intelligence: the body center (sensing), the heart center (feeling) and the head center (cognition). There are of course many other ways we can view embodiment through cultural, societal, environmental and systemic lenses and these will be touched on in conversation and inquiry. 

/Immersion/   Immersion speaks to a certain level of commitment, an all in feeling, a devotion to learning, like becoming proficient in a new language by placing yourself in a foreign land.  To be immersed means to be deeply engaged and involved. Immersion like the entire body slipping into a bathtub, surrounded by water, held, buoyant, here. In the end, I chose the word immersion because I can feel this word in my body, maybe you can too?

/Care/  what does it mean to truly care? I used to think of this word as somewhat benign, but with time have come to work with this term in a contemplative way. How do we care not out of obligation or guilt, but out of a deep desire to accompany?  Care like attending to, care in the context of relationship, to self, other and the natural world. Care in learning to befriend all parts of ourselves, to become increasingly inclusive. To me, there is both an invitation and a softness embedded in the word care.

/Remembering/   In a world saturated with information and a frantic forward momentum for more more more, the word remembering feels like a sort of antidote. In my experience so much of the medicine we need is already here, it’s simply that we have forgotten. To be human is to be in a perpetual dance of forgetting and remembering. When we slow down and listen, we can move a little closer to the wisdom and trust waiting to be accessed.

• Those who are longing to carve out slow, sacred, intentional space to connect with themselves and others

• Folks interested in learning and refining tools and practices to increase their capacity to meet life’s demands and challenges

• Humans who may be feeling overwhelmed, burnout, stuck, powerless, hopeless, angry, apathetic, dull, anxious and/or isolated, and desire guidance and support

• Folks tired of being in the ping-pong game of hustle and exhaustion

• Those longing to be in touch with their natural vitality, creativity and inspiration

• Humans experiencing big life transitions, relational rupture, instability and loss

• Folks wanting to cultivate resilience so they can show up for life engaged, empowered and better resourced

• Those wanting to challenge their relationship with dominant narratives and indoctrinated beliefs

• Humans desiring community, to sit in circle, be in conversation

• Intimate group learning environment
• Cozy, private studio with woodstove
• Immersive 3-month experience
• 3 x  Monthly in-person workshops
• 3 x  Monthly one-on-one sessions
• 6 x  Bi-weekly Embodied Practices classes
• Opening and Closing Circle
• Handouts, booklets and resources
• Ongoing support and growth work
• Snacks and tea

Re:SOURCE is an entirely in-person program.

Held at The Doghouse Studio located at 1690 Carron Rd in Courtenay, BC. 

All workshops and classes take place at this location.

1:1 integration sessions will take place on Thursdays in the studio, Tuesdays & Fridays at The Hub clinic space located in downtown Courtenay. 

Scheduling for individual sessions will open at the beginning of January.

Gathering and facilitating group learning is a lifelong passion of mine, and this immersion reflects my commitment to working in this intimate way. I believe that being in a group container can offer us so much information about connection and relationship, belonging and safety.  

There’s lots of good reasons to gather together: healing doesn’t happen in isolation, we are social animals, wired for connection. In short, we need each other. I know this to be true for myself and have witnessed first hand the alchemy of group connection. The opportunity to gather once again in the The Doghouse after a long hiatus feels like a welcomed homecoming. May you feel welcomed here too.

Date	Offering	Time
Jan 12th	Opening Circle	3-5:30pm
Jan 15th	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
Jan 26th Workshop	Re:SOURCE Traversing the Landscape of the Nervous System & Finding Home in the Body	10am-2:30pm
Jan 29th	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
Feb 9th Workshop	Re:IMAGINE A Celebration our Multiplicity	10am-2:30pm
Feb 12th	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
Feb 26th	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
Mar 2nd Workshop	Re:MEMBER Three Centres of Intelligence Through the Lens of the Enneagram	10am-2:30pm
Mar 12th	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
Mar 26th	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
April 2nd	Embodied Practices Class	5:30-7:30pm
April 6th	Closing Circle	3-5:30pm

Embodied Practices Classes (2 hours): This spacious bi-weekly class is designed to help you arrive in the present moment with curiosity and compassion.  Through a led practice, you will be guided to track and integrate the three centers of the body: belly-heart-head. Working with yoga and somatic movements, participants are guided into an embodied experience rather than performing or achieving particular shapes. In this way, there is lots of room to modify for personal needs and abilities. Each class may also include simple breathwork, restorative/yin postures, poetry readings, meditation, inquiry work and plenty of time for deep rest. Classes will be woven with a theme, and themes will build cumulatively through the weeks. Please come as you are. Wear whatever makes you feel comfortable. All of you is welcome here.  

Re:SOURCE Traversing the landscape of the Nervous System, finding home in the body

In this first of three workshops, we will learn the basics of Polyvagal theory to understand different states of the autonomic nervous system. We will learn to slow down, to pause, and notice. We will explore in an experiential way, so that participants develop their own personalized understanding of the material: creating a glossary of language, imagery and feeling. We will also explore the concept of triggers and glimmers, building self-awareness to map our way home to embodied safety and connection. 

Re:IMAGINE A Celebration of our Multiplicity

In this second of three workshops, participants will explore the human experience, through the lens of multiplicity (parts work). An introductory talk will outline Internal Family Systems introducing the concept of parts: protectors, exiles,  and Self.  

Rather than self-pathologizing, the emphasis of this learning is to cultivate more trust in our systems, to build inclusive relationship with our parts, to cultivate greater compassion, curiosity, clarity and creativity. Together we will explore this modality through conversation, writing inquiry and collage. 

Re:MEMBER The three centers of intelligence through the lens of the Enneagram

In this final workshop participants will be introduced to the map of the Enneagram, a nuanced and extensive tool for recognizing our strategies and patterns. This pyscho-spiritual map introduces personality as a set of adaptive coping mechanisms and behaviours that are in service of returning us to our Essence, our essential nature. That being said, our behaviours can also keep us stuck; by offering presence to our tendencies, we can work to liberate ourselves from the limiting nature of our personality structure. 

Special attention will be given to the three centers of intelligence, to integrate this material into the body. The intention in this workshop is to learn the map in it’s entirety as a tool for compassion and as a way to navigate towards greater integrity and authentic expression.

Regular: $800

Early Bird: $750 (before December 1^st)

Payment plans are available upon request

Payment accepted by email transfer, or paypal

To ensure this program is the right fit, I require an introductory call (20 minutes) where we can get to know one another and address any questions or concerns.

This is a small group offering  (maximum 12 people).