Melissa Benintendi & Madison Morrigan present…
The Elemental Embodiment Retreat
BECOME MOVED BY LIFE
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Thursday Sept 26 - Sunday Sept 29
Location: Circle Yoga Shala
Informed by shamanic spirituality and somatic sciences, this retreat aims to be a bridge– reconnecting you to your inherent aliveness and embeddedness in the natural world.
Immersed in nature, expert facilitation & retreat for 4 days, you might find yourself:
- At home with your body’s natural rhythms
- Moving in new, more liberated ways
- Reconnected to your intuition
- Experiencing the “God feeling” within, without dogma or a new belief system
- Building rituals for everyday life that ground & anchor you
- Feeling your own inherent aliveness; or connected and open
- Understanding deep spiritual principles through experience
- Developing right-relationship to your body, to nature, to others & to life
- Bridging the scientific and the spiritual through your body
- Experiencing secure attachment to yourself & nature itself.
This retreat is perfect for you if…
- You are curious about somatic healing & embodiment
- Desire personal practices to develop embodiment and spirituality
- Want a deeper connection to nature
- Have tried “it all” and are ready to connect to something higher & deeper
- Want to experience Love itself in your own body
- Desire to feel competent to feel your feelings fully, without overwhelm
- Want a retreat that expands, inspired, educates and enlivens you
- Are insatiably curious and love to learn
- Are pulled towards spirituality without dogma or religion
- Want to experience life, your body & nature as sacred
- Know your body has ancient wisdom & wants to heal
- Want to experience your cell’s aliveness
Essentially, if you want to find yourself in the elements, embody your fullness & experience your aliveness, join us September 26-29 in the rolling Ozark hills for a weekend of ritual, somatic spirituality & sacred communion.
Let life
move you.
What is the retreat format?
This is designed for you to Embody the Elements - Each day we will cover a specific element, and the relationship it has to our emotions.
Corresponding lectures, facilitated circles, guided movement, and ceremonies will accompany each element.
- Day 1: Earth | Fear and Safety - creating conditions for aliveness
- Day 2: Water | Shame, Grief, Panic - releasing the hurts we hold
- Day 3: Fire | Rage, Lust & Desire - trusting our power
- Day 4: Air | Mind - Play, Seeking - being drawn into life
Investment: $1800 total
Make a $500 deposit below to secure your spot, which comes off the total amount. We offer a 4-month installment plan, or a one-off payment thereafter, which must be paid in full by September 6, 2024.
Retreat includes:
- All-inclusive 3 night 4 days stay at the Circle Yoga Shala
- Nourishing meals shared in community
- Expert facilitation, guided ceremony & somatic practices daily
- Elemental Embodiment teachings daily
- Elemental Embodiment essential handouts
- Time to rest and be nourished by the nature of NW Arkansas
- Add on: For an extra $400 & receive 2 individual follow up calls with Madison and Melissa
Megan C.
“I see myself as good and valid & no longer live from shame of my neurodivergence. I feel self-compassion, love, and I’ve gotten to know my Unique Essence– I no longer label myself as shameful, wrong or bad.”
Rebecca D.
“This is playful shadow work that gives PERMISSION. I am now living at a level of health and self leadership that I desire.”
Elora R.
“My intuition is heightened, my experiences are validated, my creativity has expanded and shown me the way to healing.”
Accommodation
The Shala rooms are beautiful, rustic, and also affordable to provide an opportunity to fully immerse in learning and community.
Our guests can reserve private or shared accommodations before arrival. Camping on the property is also an option (must provide your own camping gear). You will pay for shared retreat spaces if camping.
All our spaces have heat, A/C, and include access to shared loos and shower spaces. All bathrooms are shared by all genders. This is a private sustainable farm and the accommodations reflect this. There is one shared composting loo near the barn where participants will stay, as well as one central flushing toilet in the dining hall, 100 feet away. There are 2 showers in a co-ed bathroom in the converted-barn.
You can select your specific sleeping space upon arrival (first come, first serve).
Please bring your own linens (sheets, blankets, pillows) and towels.
You are welcome to stay elsewhere and commute for a $300 discount.
Shared Spaces
Private Spaces
sold out
You may choose to stay offsite & commute for a reduced rate of $300 off. Please pay your deposit below & email us to be sent a reduced rate link.
Retreat with us!
Investment: $1800 total
Make a $500 deposit below to secure your spot, which comes off the total amount. We offer a 4-month installment plan, or a one-off payment thereafter, which must be paid in full by September 6, 2024.
For extra support you can add on an optional call with both Madison and Melissa (2 calls total) for $400 when you make your purchase.
You may choose to stay offsite & commute for a reduced rate of $300 off. Please pay your deposit below using the "shared room deposit" & email us to be sent a reduced rate link.
Private rooms are now sold out! We can't wait to retreat with you!
Who we are:
Melissa and Madison are dear friends, professional healers & nerds for all things somatic and spiritual. Together with over 35 years experience, this retreat combines therapeutic, shamanic, somatic and coaching support with doctoral-level education, expert group facilitation and nature immersion.
Madison:
Madison Morrigan is somatic & spiritual teacher, facilitator of transformation, writer and host of the Everything Belongs podcast. Her work assists folks in post-traumatic growth: alchemizing shame so they can access their True Nature. She has her degree in interpersonal communication & psych, and has a certificate in conflict resolution & mediation from MSU. She is a graduate of Alchemical Alignment: Somatic Tools for Trauma Resolution & Embodiment of Spirit as well as BYCA, where she has won 5 International awards. Her work also draws upon her training in shamanism, NLP & hypnosis.
Melissa:
Melissa Benintendi is an owner and the Director of Clinical Embodiment at Beyond Healing Institute in Springfield, MO. She is an international EMDR consultant, podcaster, and trainer specifically focused on practicing therapy with the body in mind. She is a coauthor and trainer of Somatic Integration and Processing, which is a case conceptualization model that teaches therapists to understand their work through the lenses of somatic psychology, interpersonal neurobiology and adaptive information processing models.
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