Beyond This
Awakening to Source Energy Amidst Turbulence
I felt as though I had been dropped out of a helicopter into a desert when I received a breast cancer diagnosis. I was healthy, 45, nursed all three of my babies, ate healthy organic foods, no history of hereditary cancer on either side of my family and there I was- launched into the medical system which was as foreign to me as a barren land. I felt as though nothing was safe any more- could I trust my food? My deodorant? Was there something lurking in my house that caused this? I was seeking answers and reasons and everything felt like a mirage-- just when it looked like an oasis of clean clear water ahead it turned out to be something *else.*
But, here is what I found. It was not a desert I was dropped into. It was simply terrain that I did not know how to navigate. And, although it felt overwhelming, and seriously turned into a part-time job (that I was not looking for) I woke up to the human experience of simply being *alive.* As a life-long meditator and one who has embraced deathcare for decades I certainly knew how to appreciate living life! I thought that I had touched the fullness of my life's experience in comparison to the very feeble, very old and very deceased that I had cared for. How wrong I was. Today, I am more alive, more in love, more healthy than I ever could have fully understood prior to my medical journey. There was a lot to let go of, a lot to understand, a lot to heal and many new ways of calibrating to learn about.
This is what I know. There is so much more than the medical body-- but very likely your doctors won't tell you the fullness of it. And they don't need to! They were not trained to understand how very many ways there are to heal. We can allow doctors to do what they do best, and we, as self-advocates, as community, as the complex beings that we are, can open to what is beyond the medical charts. It's easy to feel like we are specimens and that there is a divide between healthy and sick. There is so much more than that.
Beyond this, beyond that, we have the ability to heal deeply. These trainings and workshops will center you into your own source energy to unwrap the gift of peace of mind and greater clarity to navigate your medical, emotional and spiritual journey in a way that brings you comfort and perhaps even joy.
BEYOND THIS
Training and Support for Those on a Medical Journey
Breast Doula Training & Community (Starting early 2024)
After results are in, and still sometimes years later you can feel as if you've been dropped into a dark forest without a lantern in a terrain that is completely foreign.... the breast cancer journey is not easy. And, yet, there are so many beautiful healing aspects of the voyage that are available~ if only you can gain navigational support, community and perspective.
This course is designed for those who have been or are currently on a breast cancer journey. It is a safe space free from medical percentages, timelines and words like "survivorship." This is a unabashedly positive-focused study group that also embraces mortality. We are not falsely "happy" instead, we are grateful for every glorious day and night that we have here on earth.
These trainings are not about trying to steer you in a direction or feeding you information. It is about embracing the journey for what it is and all that it could be. The journey IS the path. Although inevitably you and your community will share the many experiences you have had and what has worked for you, the course material will emphasize centering you into your own human experience and connecting you to the greater vortex of healing energy. From this point, you will feel better, be able to make decisions more clearly and gain greater compassion, joy and connect deeply to your classmates.
There are two five week courses available at this time. You may register for one or both but you may must complete course one before moving on to course two. Once you have completed one or both of the courses you are able to attend the in-person weekend retreats. The courses are held online. Retreats are held in person in various locations.
Course One (five weeks):
Self-care, mindfulness practices from home to office to free time, community, moving with grief, belly laughing
Course Two (five weeks):
Ancestry, perspective practice (including racism & bias in medical care), your life's story, holding space
This course is open only to those who are on or have been on a breast cancer journey. Exceptions can be made for those who are the primary caregiver to take the course in tandem as the main support person of one who is on a breast cancer journey.
At this time it is not open to those who are seeking a certificate to assist those with breast cancer.
Calibration Meditation Sessions (Coming soon)
Calibration sessions are for those on a breast cancer journey who need a focused practice to calm their nerves and orient themselves to connect to source energy. This is appropriate for any period during the journey- both for someone who is new to the terrain and one who is seasoned and "been there" for years.
The sessions consist of guided meditation, deepening connection to source energy, and access to the many ways of healing. The sessions are not necessarily designed as grief support-- they remain focused on creating an environment of feel-good energetic support. Not that tears can't flow-- tears are welcome! But we will practice the art of letting them flow and moving through.
Group Calibration (for those journeying with BC)
These online and in person group sessions (in St Johnsbury Vermont) are for those who are on or have previously been on a breast cancer journey. In person sessions are held in an healing environment with an air purifier, ambient lighting, meditation music and a negative ion generator to help you feel your best while you are in the session and to carry that wellness home with you.
There is limited space. Please apply below.
Solo Calibration Sessions (open to all)
One on one solo sessions are open to those who wish to ask questions and engage deeper. These sessions are mostly held online via zoom. It is recommended that one join the group calibrations in-person if at all possible in addition to the solo session. Solo calibration sessions are open to anyone who is on a health challenge journey not just those who are working with breast cancer.
Partner Calibration Sessions (open to all)
These sessions are intended for those who are in partnership in some manner. In order to do partner calibration, one of the partners needs to have either done a Solo Calibration or have been a part of the Group Calibration. These sessions are held via zoom at this time.
For Those Awaiting Biopsy Results (open to all)
Awaiting biopsy results has been proven to have the same psychological effects as those who have received a positive diagnosis. The anxiety can feel all consuming. Solo calibration sessions are open to anyone who is awaiting biopsy results not just those who are potentially working with breast cancer.
Once accepted, Register here for Calibration sessions
Group Calibration
Partner Calibration
Group Calibration
After you have been accepted register here. The sessions run three weeks at a time for 1.25 hours.
Solo Calibration
Partner Calibration
Group Calibration
After you have been accepted, register here. The sessions are 40 minutes and are held via zoom.
Partner Calibration
Partner Calibration
Partner Calibration
After you have been accepted, register here. Sessions are for two people, one of which must be a participant of the group calibration sessions. Partner calibrations are 50 minutes long and are held via zoom.
once accepted, register here for Breast Doula training & com
BEYOND THIS Breast Doula Session One
BEYOND THIS Breast Doula Session One
BEYOND THIS Breast Doula Session One
This course will open in early 2024
BEYOND THIS Breast Doula Session Two
BEYOND THIS Breast Doula Session One
BEYOND THIS Breast Doula Session One
This course will open in early 2024