HOME IS ON THE INSIDE.
Learning how to relieve physical and emotional suffering so you can live in peace with yourself and others.
JOSHUA TREE
February 28 - March 3, 2024
Join us for four days that will bring you HOME to yourself. You and eleven others in your private group on property will find:
a new way to use your nervous system to address any current pain/symptoms and avoid re-injury.
a simple way to recognize unconscious beliefs that run your nervous system and thus your life.
the foundation to move forward in fitness with a well-organized body and peaceful mind.
Since 1998, we have been working with how to move through suffering (physical or emotional) and become our True Selves — not an Adaptive Self constructed by a young child to survive a misunderstood world. This coming back to our True Selves —- this Homecoming — is a place where we create our best relationships, our most creative endeavors and our most full experience on Earth.
You will leave Gaia Villa with:
a clear understanding of how you re-organize your nervous system including 5 recorded Self-Adjustment Tools (SATs) on an app.
a simple way to identify and change the way unquestioned beliefs run your emotional well-being.
5 foundational Pilates exercises that you can execute at your challenging but not over-whelmeing persona best level.
Reorganize your Nervous System.
Cortical Field Re-Education (CFR) is a based on the work of Moshe Feldenkrais. It is a system of pain and symptom relief. Nascent neural pathways forged as a child for functional movement are distorted through insult and injury. Rediscovering these early movement patterns redirects forces and loads away from overused tissues that “age” or “don’t heal”. CFR also helps you recognize choices and beliefs that keep you trapped in emotional suffering. Reorganizing these out-dated frameworks begins the restoration of function on all levels of consciousness.
Rewrite your beliefs.
“The Work”, developed by Byron Katie, is an elegant way to recognize unconscious beliefs that run our lives. Our thoughts release neurotransmitters which affect our physical and mental health. (Sense how you different you feel about the slinky think at your feet if believe it is a snake vs. a garden hose.) Four questions and a “turn around” (called “Inquiry”) skillfully processed allows us to discover what we are believing and how there may be valid alternatives allowing less suffering and more joy.
Remodel your fitness.
Moshe Feldenkrais and Joseph Pilates were contemporaries and shared many perspectives on functional movement. Classical Pilates is a system of musculoskeletal training that emphasizes core recruitment. You will learn how to lengthen while you strengthen. This added space enhances outcomes and keeps tissues safe. The five foundation you learn will be pivotal for starting a new fitness program or upgrading a current one.
Learn more by listening to these three short videos.
Leah Dwin & Melissa Krikorian
Our paths first crossed with Pilates Training. Together we completed a four-year training in Cortical Field Re-Education (CFR). In 2015. Leah introduced Melissa to “The Work” by Byron Katie. We have organized these three modalities into a system of learning that allows the most elegant way to “re - view” how we use our bodies, how we utilize our brain and how we fortify both with fitness.
Melissa is a Physical Therapist who has been practicing for over 25 years. Leah has her degree in Kinesiology and is a Certified Pilates Trainer with a strong emphasis in Classical Pilates. Both are CFR practitioners.
Includes room, meals (Private Chef), and workshop tuition. Please contact Melissa at mmkrikorian@gmail.com to choose your accommodations. We will work with you for your best option. King Room for a single will add an additional $75.00 per night. Queen Room for a single will add an additional $50.00 per night.
CANCELLATION POLICY: 75% Refund as of 1/1/2024. 50% Refund as of 1/15/24. No Refund after 1/15/24. However, if you or we can fill your slot, %100 refund.