I work in a school for kids impacted by homelessness and the way that Irene breaks down trauma, the nervous system and healing is so palatable that I have been immediately able to use her teachings to educate my students.
Last summer I signed up for Irene’s 21-Day Nervous System Tune Up, and again had my mind completely blown. It was THE missing link in not only the healing work I do with my students, but more importantly exactly what I had been searching for in my own healing journey.
I wanted to attend her Up & Down workshop with Elia Mrak in August 2018, but fear of the unexpected, uncertainty, and the unknown held me back. But when I turned 50 in November the word that arrived to carry me through my 50th year was FREEDOM. I knew right away that I had to let go of this fear and resistance. I HAD to go to Vancouver in December and attend Up & Down. Fear be damned!
From the moment I walked into the workshop I experienced an overwhelming sense that I had arrived home. It was quite emotional for me. Have you ever known that you needed something different, weren’t sure what it was, continued searching and then when you finally found it felt like it was like finding a long lost friend who knew your deepest darkest secrets and loved you unconditionally anyway? Irene and Elia’s workshop was the beginning of my true journey home to myself. My path to FREEDOM.
Having literally lived the first 45 years of my life in my head, I have really struggled with grasping the concept of embodiment. It wasn’t until Irene and Elia’s Up & Down workshop that I truly understood and experienced embodiment that resonated deep in my bones. With the playful exercises Elia and Irene facilitated AND their common sense yet scientific explanations, an embodied knowing clicked for the first time. From this place I became aware of what living in true vitality FEELS like. All I want is more!!!
Irene and Elia create the safest container I have ever experienced to do some pretty profound work. Thanks to them I am now enrolled in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing Training Institute and am also learning from Kathy Kain and Steve Terrell (the work of Somatic Practice).
It’s like once you’ve found the golden ticket you want to share it with the world, and support others in unlocking their own path to freedom.
