Autumn Healing Day: Yoga, Holistic Healing, Shamanic Fire & Tea Ceremony

ABOUT

A full day of holistic healing integrating the ancient art of Yoga, sacred bodywork, shamanic fire releasing, flower therapy and a traditional Chinese tea ceremony.

Facilitated by Samantha Le Roux of Serenity Natural Healing & Charlotte Davies of Charlie Chi

Join us for a powerful day of healing and honouring the sacred self through ancient shamanic & Chinese healing practice.

Autumn heralds the beginning of the cooler season, a time of turning inward and reflection. Just as the trees naturally let go of their leaves to conserve energy during the winter months, getting rid of what one doesn’t need, whether emotions, past hurts or even possessions, is just as crucial to one’s health and survival.

Life is a constant cycle of change, mirrored and reflected to us through the natural rhythm and cycles of Mother Nature, Gaia and her perfect cycle of death and renewal as the seasons change. Rich with symbolism, the cooler Winter season is a time that enables us to renew, gather, save and store energy for what we truly need to nurture ourselves so that by the blossoming of Springtime, our hearts open wide to experience complete re-birth.

We invite you to join us for this ‘mini-retreat’ experience, designed to leave you feeling lighter, whole again, blissful, serene and healed.

 This workshop is for anyone who:

• Wishes to invest in their own self-care and well-being
• Wishes to bring the masculine and feminine back into sacred harmony and union
• Wants to experience greater harmony and communion with nature, Mother Gaia, the plants, flowers, Nature Guardians and the elements of Earth, Fire, Water and Air
• Wants to work with the energy of Shekinah (the Goddess & Divine feminine aspect of the Holy Spirit)
• Wants to be empowered to heal and let go of all past emotional traumas: anger, grief, sadness, loss, unworthiness, unforgiveness, pain, fatigue etc
• Wants to release everything that no longer serves, fear and karma and bring greater peace to your life
• Wants to experience greater personal healing, love of the self, compassion, kindness, clarity, the embodiment of divine love and positive transformation
• Wants to awaken and renew yourself to enhanced energy, creativity and alchemy within the self
• Wants to shift, transform and embark on a glorious new adventure – setting powerful intentions to manifest, and moving towards achieving your greatest potential

What to expect:

In this FULL DAY workshop, you will receive powerful transformation through our carefully constructed program:

 MORNING SESSION – RELEASING & EMPOWERMENT:

• Creating sacred space (10-15 min) – Opening shamanic prayer ritual for personal healing and empowerment
• Yin Yoga Session (1 hour) :

“Yin Yoga is a style of Taoist Yoga that emphasizes opening the deeper energetic channels of our body by relaxing the outer musculature and applying therapeutic stress to the skeletal and connective tissues” – Kellie Adkins, The Wisdom Method.

Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga with postures or asanas that are held for long periods of time – from one to five minutes or longer.  It is a series of passive postures, primarily working the lower part of the body (but not exclusively).  A consistent practice over time can lengthen these connective tissues and increase mobility and flexibility.  The postures are designed to create the conditions for therapeutic change within the fascia (which are said to ‘en-sheath’ all of the major systems of the body) and connective tissues of the body as well as to engage the Meridians – energy channels within the body – to effect healthy change within these Organ Systems.

Additionally, the stillness and long-held yin pose allow the Yogi to bring mindfulness practices while in the posture and effect change in the causal (emotional and mental) body.

In our practice, we will be targeting the Lung and Large Intestine Organ Systems and the Meridian Pairs that run through and enervate them.

BREAK FOR TEA 

• A Shamanic fire releasing ceremony (40 min) – Continuing the healing work from the powerful Yin Yoga session, this fire ceremony provides an opportunity to further release what no longer serves us and anchor our highest dreams and wishes to manifest. Working with candles and symbols, the element of fire alchemically acts as a powerful transmuter and activator.
• Flower essences & vibrational medicine – will be used throughout the day to help you to shift on a very deep emotional level
• The Six Healing Sounds or Liu Zi Jue (30 min) – is one of the common forms of Chinese qigong, and involves the coordination of movement and breathing patterns with specific sounds.
• Group healing work (30 – 40 min) – includes practical healing exercises and activities to address issues such adrenal fatigue, stress, anxiety and sadness. Learn simple, powerful and effective techniques to heal yourself and your family.

LUNCH – Participants to bring a plate of vegetarian eats to share

 AFTERNOON SESSION – REFLECTION, HEALING & MEDITATION

• Personalised intuited Flower Essence (30 min) – A brief introduction to the benefits and use of flower essences. Each person will create their own dosage bottle from the Serenity Natural Healing range. This will be aligned to new goals and intentions for emotional and spiritual well-being. (Each unique essence will also be used in the sacred tea ceremony for personal healing and to take home for further integration)
• Chinese Tea Ceremony (1 hour) – Chinese tea ceremony was born as a result of the respect for nature and need for peace which the religious ceremonies involved. The philosophies of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism have blended together giving birth to the magical Chinese tea ceremony. The traditional tea ceremonies were described as “he” which translates as “peace”, “jing” which translates as “quiet, “yi” which means “enjoyment” and “Zhen” meaning “truth.” In our tea ceremony, we will be drinking a special autumn blend made especially for the autumn organs; the Lungs and the Large intestines.
• The Blossoming of the Lotus Flower (30 min) – This meditation focuses the awareness on the seat of one’s lotus heart. This meditation serves two purposes: First, to learn to focus the mind on any object as an internal seat, and second, to receive the healing benefits of being connected to the heart as a place of unconditional love. We will use the new Serenity Quintessence healing products to further open, balance and heal the heart chakra.
• Teachings and healing work with the Divine Feminine Shekinah energy (30 min)– Learn more about the sacred feminine and tips on getting in touch with your own sacred Goddess self. Working with the Goddesses: Gaia, Lady Nada, Quan Yin, Mary Magdalene etc.
• Embarking on a new journey – sacred healing despacho (30 min) – Last but not least, we will end the day with quiet reflection, crafting a new map for ourselves. We will embody our new goals and healing intentions into sacred prayers. Each person will receive a pack to create a mini “temple healing” despacho to take home for ongoing personal healing.
• Close (5 min)

The workshop fee is R750 per person which includes:

• Light refreshments (Teas, waters, fruit)
• All teaching and healing work, notes
• Participation in 1 hour Yin Yoga session
• 1 x candle for Shamanic fire releasing ceremony
• 1 x pack of items for temple healing despacho (sacred channelled bath salts, flower petals, transformational oils etc)
• 1 x Flower Essence valued at R135 (each participant will create their own dosage bottle and receive unique, personalised channelled healing into their bottle)
• Participation in Chinese tea ceremony

Booking confirmation based on payment. Limited seats available!

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