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LIVING IN THE DEEP BODY 
 A 5-DAY DEPTH IMMERSION + 

A Journey. A Rediscovery. A Training

Sonoma, California

For Women and Non-Binary Female Bodied People

 

Thursday June 11 – Monday June 15, 2020

with Stefana Serafina, M.A.

 

To open your body like a living book into your deeper life. To travel your own uncharted and sensuous territory. To let your personal legend weave into the greater legend of the living Earth... 

 

  Living in the Deep Body

Join us for five unforgettable days of  traveling the enchanted territory of your deep body and your personal legend ...

 

THE JOURNEY IN A NUTSHELL  Re-inhabitation of the deep body. Deep Body and deep psyche. Sense-ability, eros, and body knowing as greater intelligence. Personal myth, heroine's journey, and embodied breakthrough. Flow vs. trauma. Wholeness and belonging. Living your love story of your life, full body.  

 

THE LAND We will gather at a peaceful and fertile private land in the beautiful Sonoma County with spacious gathering and sleeping spaces, a yurt, a hot tub, and delicious organic meals. 

OUR PRIMARY LANGUAGES  Deep-Body® embodiment, intuitive and investigative movement,  embodied archetypal research, body-based soul work, ritual embodiment, dance. 

AFTER THE IMMERSIVE RETREAT:  Access to an  exclusive Forever Resources Page with  recorded practices w/ music and guidance from Stefana, a reading list and resources, and membership community page. Online Integrative Summit July 2. 

 

 

In a depthful and nourishing environment, held by a strong land, a powerful group of humans, and our unique Deep Body Studies curriculum, you will be guided and supported in re-inhabiting your ‘deep body'–– the convergence of mind, senses, eros, psyche, and soul in your physical form. Informed by the deep body's all-encompassing intelligence, in this journey you are be called  to make soulful strides into the breadth and depth of your personal myth and your unmistakable contribution to the new  Story of the People. 


Our Deep Body Model will offer you pathways to investigate your life’s most charged questions and longings, your deepest vulnerabilities, and the archetypal forces at play in your story––all in the language of your body’s expressive and intuitive freedom, your deeper erotic intelligence, your creative movement and living imagination. As you are guided to move into the different “skins” of your deep body– physical, emotional, sensual, expressive, perceptive, and collective–– you will also be invited into greater clarity of your heroine’s journey and the ways it contributes to the greater earthly myth we are part of.

ABOUT THE DEEP BODY STUDIES PROGRAM AT LARGE

While Living in the Deep Body is a stand-alone journey that can be taken powerfully by itself,  it also makes one half of our Deep Body Studies Program–– an in-depth curriculum offering a deeply experiential, in-the-body approach to interpersonal transformation, embodied learning, skill development, and leadership. For those who might be interested in doing more depth work and training with us, the entire Deep Body Studies program is foundational, and is also track to our Embodied Ambassador Facilitator Training. It is offered in two independent modules, of which this–Living in the Deep Body– is the first one, and the Feminine Genius Module is the second half. The two modules of the program are offered either as an in-depth intensive retreats like this one––in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Europe, or as a 3-month journey online. Completing this Living in the Deep Body intensive allows you to participate in our  facilitator training–– you can complete the second module later, and only if desired. (See more details here)

Questions? Just ask: connect@intuitivedance.org

WHAT IS INCLUDED

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LIVING IN THE DEEP BODY IMMERSION INCLUDES: 

 

––Five days and four nights at a beautiful private Sonoma retreat center with great facilities. 

 

––Online Integrative Closing Summit: Thursday July 2.

(Do your very best best to attend. If you cannot- the call will be recorded);

––A reading list and a list of journey–related resources; 

––Access to an  exclusive Forever Resources Page with  recorded practices w/ music and guidance from Stefana;

 

––A membership community page; 

––One-on-one check in with Stefana as needed.

ABOUT YOUR GUIDE         Stefana Serafina, M.A.

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Stefana Serafina, M.A., is an embodiment educator, writer, and facilitator based in the San Francisco Bay. ​She is recognized for her unique and multi-faceted approach to body–based self–discovery and transformation, weaving together embodied journeying and expressive arts approaches, earth and nature-centric practices, sensuality and mystery traditions, embodied archetypal psyche, dance, circle, and ritual. 

 

For over a decade, Stefana has been teaching and facilitating transformative, movement-based embodiment in California, Europe, Central America, and online, and developing the Deep–Body Model® that is the foundation of the work. Her teaching has been called  "life-changing and life-giving", a "masterful invitation to the timeless remembrance of who we are".  

 

Stefana is the founder of Intuitive Body and Dance ©, which has grown into an international platform, and the Embodied Way Podcast. Her credentials include a Master's Degree in Communications with an award winning thesis on body image in modern culture, a certificate from the Interchange Counseling  Institute, and a wide spectrum of  training in the embodied arts.

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REGISTRATION & APPLICATION + CONTACT

REGISTRATION 

All-inclusive Registration:  Full in-person immersion, all meals, online closing summit,  Resource Page, and additional resources) Not included: Transportation to our meeting place. We will assist you with carpool arrangements.

Early Rate Before April 20

$933 or two installments of $475

Regular Rate after April 20

$1183 or two installments of $600

Please let us know if you need a 3 or 6 month repayment plan and we will set it up for you. 

If you have questions,  emails us at connect@intuitivedance.org . We can schedule a brief chat with Stefana for you when needed.

ARRIVAL AND GENERAL SCHEDULE

We will do our best to help with arranging carpool from the SF Bay Area to the retreat center  in Sonoma (1hr drive from the Bay Area). If you are flying from out of State or outside the U.S., the airports  closest to the retreat center are  SFO (San Francisco) and OAK (Oakland). 

Arrival  Thursday June 11, 3:30–4 pm

4:30 –7 p Welcome, Opening Circle, and Workshop

7–8:30 p  Dinner

8:30–9:30 p Community time

 

Friday June 12 

Breakfast 8:30-9:30 am

Group Activities  10 am -1 pm

Lunch 1-–3 pm

Group Activities 3– 6 pm

Dinner 6:30 pm

 

Saturday June 13

Breakfast 8:30-9:30 am

Group Activities  10 am -1 pm

Lunch 1-–3 pm

Group Activities 3– 6 pm

Dinner 6:30 pm

 

Sunday June 14

Breakfast 8:30-9:30 am

Group Activities  10 am -1 pm

Lunch 1-–3 pm

Group Activities 3– 5 pm

Dinner 6 pm

Monday June 15

Breakfast 8-9

Closing Circle 9––10:30  am

Departure 11 am

REGISTER or ASK A QUESTION! 

Please fill out the form and let us know if you are ready to register or if you'd like to chat with us about anything related to the journey prior to registration!  

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What to Expect of Our Time Together: In Practice and Nourishment

Practice

  • Engage in transformative Deep Body® practices for the active bridging of your body and psyche with the psyche of the living land;

  • Participate in intuitive movement, creative dance, embodied journeys, full-body storytelling, and peer embodiment work as unique mediums for contemplating your life’s deeper questions and longings;

  • Work with  layers of deep body and  psyche to reconcile abandoned aspects of self and actualize your  fuller story;

  • Explore your personal myth or legend in a full-body way; Rediscover your archetypal identity and its significance in your daily life;

  • Explore your greater soul vision through the genius of your deep body and its attunement to the Earth's dreams for your path;

  • Strengthen  the erotic erotic bond between yourself, other humans, and the living earth and its creatures as a way of living a deep-bodied life;

  • ​Break-through to a new personal ground and contribute with more impact to the people and communities you work and live with becoming an ambassador for embodied wholeness and liberation; 

  • Rest into a newfound sense of belonging and purpose.

Nourishment 

  • 3 homemade delicious organic meals each day

  • Natural wood hot tub 

  • Lots of contemplation spots in the gardens of the land

  • Spacious, comfortable accommodations

  • Drum, song, and fire circles 

  • Nights of community, storytelling, and deepening together

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