Goddesses of the Female Nervous System

This retreat is for you if:

• You would like a compassionate, embodied approach to resolving symptoms of perimenopause, PMS, PMDD, chronic shame and fatigue, endometriosis, etc.

• You are curious about ancient Goddess mythology that mirrors our nervous systems and provides a framework that sees our physiology and psychology as universally aligned— wise, meaningful, and trustworthy.

• you want to connect with your cyclical physiology through nervous system science, somatic experiential exercises, and archetypal mythology.

Feminine Initiations:‍ A mytho-somatic approach understands that our cycles are initiations, not disorders. With physiological knowledge, interpersonal support, and compassionate embodiment, we can experience challenges as meaningful, move through them, and emerge with wisdom. This perspective disempowers of the idea that experiencing life as a woman is “wrong” and empowers us to be ourselves and accessing the gifts of our lived experience.

Getting Un-Stuck: Somatic work can help us move from burnout, perfectionism, dissociation, lack of boundaries, relationship difficulties, feelings of unworthiness, and the resulting health issues (like chronic gut issues and pain) to a more energized, centered, peaceful, expressive, courageous, self-loving, and healthy state.

Sustainable Change: Through somatic practices, we physiologically ground our desires, ensuring that we can sustain the creative process from dream to manifestation.

Somatic work consists of practices that reunite us with our embodied experience.

By co-regulating with oneanother and re-introduce sensation in digestible doses, we slowly re-learning that embodiment is safe. This rewires our nervous system so that we are no longer stuck in chronic stress responses. We feel better consistently, express our truths with ease, and make choices that are aligned with our wellbeing.

Founded on neurobiology, somatic exercises are conducted by a trained somatic practitioner and may include guided and self-paced movement, speaking, or touch that feels grounding rather than overwhelming. Progress is made via trust, not pushing.

In a mytho-somatic approach, we include psychological techniques that allow us to access mythic material, like Active Imagination. Active Imagination is a technique developed by the psychologist Carl Jung which resembles shamanic journeying and other older practices. It is a dialogue with different parts of our psyche that hold important messages for us.