Sept-Nov 2024
Are you...
Ready to dance with the shadow aspect of your being in order to bring about new light and deepen your offering?
Calling in a place to weave wisdom with other womxn leaders?
A leader who facilitates spaces for others and desire a place to be held in your own depths?
Introducing...
‘Dance into the Dark‘
A collaboration with my mother, Alison Vida, Jungian Scholar, dream analyst and retired teacher of language and literature.
Through rich discussion, personal reflection and embodied exploration, we boldly invite you to shed light into the shadows of your relationship with the feminine including your relationship to 'Mother' and her light and dark qualities.
It's an honour to explore the shadow with you...
Embodied
Alchemy
Dance ritual, qigong, creation of your 'Mother doll'
Community
1:1 mentorship support, intimate women's circle, community witness and dreaming
Earth Connection
Retreats on the land, ceremonial fire, living with the cycle of decline
Spirit
Ritual, intention, prayer, rite of passage, art of surrendener
What’s Included...
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2 in-person daylong retreats on at a beautiful location on Salt Spring
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2 month container through the story of Vasilisa the Beautiful
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Special guest teacher Alison Vida, Jungian Scholar and Dream Analyst
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A small, consistent and intimate group of women
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6 x 2 hour online calls/journeys
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1 x 1:1 mentorship/qigong therapy calls with Naomi
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Weekly online Qigong-dance journeys
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Final ritual to claim your shadow
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private facebook group to share dreams/symbols
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Dear One,
Let's walk into the dark woods together....
THE JUICE
“There is no light without shadow and no psychic wholeness without imperfection.” Carl Jung,
Our Journey
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Week 1, Sept 28th - online call - 10-noon: intro and the reading of the story
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Week 2: Oct 5th - RETREAT, 10-5pm: The Mother Archetype and all her facets: Good, Devouring/overbearing, Absent etc... Doll Making: talisman for self-nurturing
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Week 3, Oct 12th - online call: bad mother and good mother cont... The step-mother
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Week 4: Oct 19th - online call: sisters: personal shadow and relationship to other women
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Week 5: Oct 26th - online call: into the forest: what is hidden?
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Week 6: Nov 2nd - online call: Baba Yaga: the initiator/initiation
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Week 7: Nov 9th - RETREAT: the tasks and the light - resourcefulness, dedication, purpose FINAL RITUAL
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Week 8: Nov 16th - online call: denoument: the other Grandmother archetype, the masculine
Saturdays Sept. 28 - Nov 16
Calls 10am-Noon + 2 very special in-person Retreats: Oct 5 and Nov 9
Sacred Reciprocity
FULL
FULL
Please reach out if money is a barrier for you - I have 1 scholarship spot and happy to discuss other options as well
"...My experience of Naomi is her ability to hold a group & individuals with such clarity, wisdom and support. Her desire to see each of us shine & reveal ourselves was felt throughout..."
