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Occupy Yourself: A Practice in Presence
January 12th - 14th, 2018, The Giving Tree, Boston, USA


 Occupy Yourself: A Practice in Presence is a 3 Way Marriage of Gestalt Communication Practice, SpiritDance SoulSong,
​and Holotropic Breathwork.



Hello Dear Friends!
This is a personal invitation to join me at The Giving Tree Yoga Studio for a unique and extraordinary weekend! We will gather in to create growth and community, through conscious movement, sound healing,  breathwork, and awareness practices.

Through this unique combination of Holotropic Breathwork™, Touching Essence, SpiritDanceSoulSong™, and Gestalt Communication Practice, you will deepen your felt-sense of Self and fine-tune your personal experience in powerful ways.
Ellen and Suzanne are excited to share these time-honored and highly effective practices, where you are breathed and moved into a new level of awareness, and empowered to initiate changes designed to support the desired outcomes of YourSelf, family, community and the planet. This workshop supports you in transforming your past, visualizing your future, and move deeply into the present moment—ready to live a life fully-occupied by Expansion, Liberation, and Fulfillment!

Four distinct practices in one transformative workshop... the fabric of community life, celebrating rites of passage, honoring birth and death.  We will breathe, sound, touch;  we will sing, and we will dance.
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SpiritDance SoulSong™ This moving meditation practice combines the innate wisdom of The 5 Rhythms™ (a highly effective dancing meditation developed by Gabrielle Roth; Ellen is a 35 year student and teacher of the 5Rhythms) with the Continuum Movement, The Map of the 8 Chakras, Sound Healing, Mantra, Mudra, and Singing Your Soul’s Song. Singing and Dancing are the two oldest spiritual practices on our planet: igniting breath, lifting hearts, & creating community.  Playing and praying bodies, minds and spirits. We become finely tuned instruments, playing our part in The Holy Band.
A Practice in presence, Occupy Your Self, is designed for everybody, regardless of prior experience in either dance or personal inquiry practice. We welcome you to join us. Wear loose comfortable clothing that’s easy to move in, bring a change for later in the day. Bring your journal and favorite pen, scarves, fans, dancing shoes, towel & water bottle.  We will be hosting a post workshop dinner on Sunday evening for our tribe of Occupiers....see you THERE !!
    

Exactly what do we mean by “Occupy Your Self”? Embodied awareness and presence are among the greatest gifts you can offer yourself and anyone with whom you relate. SpiritDance, Holotropic Breathwork, and Gestalt Communication Practice,all birthed  at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA. conspire to make the journey interesting, fun, exciting, and occasionally profound !! This two day non-stop workshop is a transformational journey into the self ... what does it mean to have this human life ? To be alive , joyous , and engaged is our work and our play ... Join Us !!!











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Ellen Watson, a veteran of 30 years on campus at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, offers retreats, intensives, and certification trainings in a variety of Somatic Arts or Moving Meditation Practices, at Esalen, in Bali, Croatia, and other inspiring locations, nationally and internationally.

During the 80's Esalen had the good fortune to study and train with Stanislav Grof, MD/PhD, Terence McKenna, Gabriel Roth, Emilie Conrad, Chris & Dick Price, Eli Jakson-Bear & Gangi Ji.  During the 90's she developed SpiritDance, and most recently in collaboration with Daphne Tse, SpiritDance/SoulSong.

She is a senior trainer of Esalen Massage & Bodywork, and creator of Touching Essence.  For more on Ellen see her full Bio.
Corey Costanzo, MA, is a practicing somatic psychologist at Still Point Wellness. Corey's mixes Esalen Massage, Craniosacral therapy and Didgeridoo sound healing.  Corey spent 5 years at the Esalen Institute where he was part of the massage staff and led a weekly Didgeridoo Meditation. His recordings from Esalen are available for download through Itunes.  Corey grounds his approach with a Master’s degree in Body Psychotherapy from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.  
As an active member of the local community Corey offers a donation based Restorative Yoga class every Friday at Asheville Community Yoga, teaches somatic psychology at the Center for Massage and co-owns Still Point Wellness, one of Asheville's most sought after and unique boutique spas.

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Brack Jefferys, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Center for Spiritual Emergence, has been working with individuals, groups and families for over 32 years. 

He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Clinical Supervisor, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, Registered Nurse, and has a Ph.D. in psychology. Brack consults with a variety of agencies, primarily in the areas of spiritual emergency, mental health, addiction treatment, PTSD, clinical supervision and organizational development.

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Contact us with any questions you may have & we will be sure to get back to you within 48-Hours.

Home & Office Address: PO Box 248, 225 Town Lot Drive, Bethania, NC, 27010, USA
PO Box 572, 55000 Hwy 1, Big Sur, CA, 93920, USA

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