A 4-DAY IMMERSIVE MEDITATIVE EMBODIMENT STUDY AND SOMATIC EXPERIENCE
REALIZATION PROCESS in-person RETREAT
Realization Process in-person Retreat
4 Day immersive MEDITATIVE EMBODIMENT STUDY AND SOMATIC EXPERIENCE
Begins Thurs. Nov. 14 and runs through Sun. Nov. 17, 2024
Meeting in person at The Heal Center, 270 Carpenter Dr. NE. Suite 500, Atlanta, GA, 30328
Schedule: Thursday: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Friday + Saturday: 8:30 am to noon; 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am to noon
The Realization Process (RP) is a large opus of work created by Dr. Judith Blackstone that aims to help individuals uncover their primary nature and engage in a maturation process of the ego to promote psychological healing and spiritual awakening (if that applies to you). In a nutshell, it can feel like “Confidence Training” so we can live without hindrances and without diminishing our whole, unfragmented Selves. In this retreat, we will work with the foundational RP attunement exercises that include sitting, standing, and walking meditations to help you open to subtle perception, a refined breath, and your body’s energetic “circuitry” as a path to cultivate deeper embodiment. This training strengthens your innate capacity for love, pleasure, and mental clarity.
Many of us have forged strong structural defense patterns and established habitual maladaptive responses to ourselves and to our environments, including our intimate relationships. We have faced hardships in our lives that have constricted our bodies and blocked us from fully living as our robust selves. By entering our body and becoming embodied, we become more spacious, conscious, and more our Self.
Over time, we have lost our confidence and spontaneous pluck to some degree. And RP teaches us step-by-step how to uncover these innate qualities and reclaim them.
At the heart of this work is what Dr. Blackstone calls fundamental consciousness — a primary dimension of being that is the basis of both our individual self and the transcendence of our separateness. This is not something we can grasp conceptually; we need to touch it directly through somatic experience. In this way, RP is not a spectator sport. Nor a cognitive, analytical, or intellectualized process. It is simply a somatic process uniquely experienced through your own felt-sense.
Participants will learn how to overcome individual obstacles that withhold them from fully opening up to their lives. We will work with specific practices, including the core breath technique for accessing the body’s central energetic pathway. Cultivating the subtlety of openness “to” and “as” fundamental consciousness and allowing for healing and growth within ourselves and in intimate partnerships.
The Realization Process Retreat moves us beyond fragmentation and “parts-work” into personal freedom.
This retreat is an opportunity to deepen or accelerate results in meditation practice for both beginning and advanced practitioners.
This 4-day immersive retreat is an introduction to a signature program called the Realization Process, developed by Dr. Judith Blackstone. Drawing from centuries-old techniques of nonduality traditions, RP is a system of contemplative exercises designed to strengthen and sustain embodiment that improves empathic accuracy and enhances wellbeing. Somatic exercises are used to progressively foster embodiment and release emotional wounds and trauma-based constrictions through the fascial system. The fundamental premise is that embodiment is a trait that can be developed and expanded which helps cultivate resiliency, maturity, and confidence to help you feel more connected to self and others. This may be an ideal addition to frontline healthcare workers, educators, caregivers, and leaders to help buffer the deleterious effects of burnout, overwhelm and fatigue; however, all are welcome.
Realization Process practices are conducive to the embodied realization of our common humanity and our shared aspirations for wellbeing and the motivation to alleviate suffering. Dr. Judith Blackstone draws from the deep wisdom of nonduality designed to bring about transformation that is supported by contemporary science as well as by most spiritual traditions and is supportive of any faith or belief system.
THIS MIGHT INTEREST YOU IF:
• YOU TEND TO FEEL EVERYONE’S MOODS AROUND YOU (EMOTIONAL CONTAGION)
•you feel you are stuck in a rut and want to experience the richness of life again
•you have disconnected from your body and have been living in your thinking mind
•you feel excessively busy-bodied and equate standing still to boredom or guilt
•you have tried mindfulness meditation and it doesn’t work
•you are craving a somatic experience and want to let go of structural defensive patterns that keep you from opening fully to your life
• YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CATER YOURSELF (STRETCH AND SHRINK TO FIT) AROUND CERTAIN PEOPLE AND IN RELATIONSHIPS
• YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT SOMATIC EMBODIMENT AND MEDITATION AND WANT TO FEEL WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE EMBODIED, OR YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED MEDITATION PRACTICE AND WOULD LIKE TO ENHANCE IT WITH MORE SOMATIC UNDERSTANDINGS
• TRAUMA OR CHRONIC STRESS PATTERNS KEEP YOU FROM TRYING OR PRACTICING MEDITATION OR STAYING IN YOUR BODY AND FEELING YOUR SELF
• YOU WANT TO BRING BALANCE TO YOUR LIFE AND BODY-MIND-SOUL AND CURRENTLY FEEL OVERWHELMED, STRESS, AND LACK BALANCE
• YOU WANT TO RELEASE AND LET GO OF OLD RELATIONAL PATTERNING AND CONSTRICTIONS THAT ARE NOT WORKING (FROM TRAUMA, CHRONIC STRESS, INDECISION AND STUCK-NESS, perfectionism, over-thinking, EMPATHY FATIGUE, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, CHRONIC PAIN, BAD PAST OR CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS)
• YOU WANT TO BREAK FREE FROM ENMESHMENT OR FUSION PATTERNS FROM DEVELOPMENTAL RELATIONAL TRAUMA OR MALADAPTIVE RELATIONSHIP PATTERNING
• YOU CONSTANTLY FEEL YOU ARE ACCOMMODATING OTHERS AND TEND TO LEAVE YOURSELF OUT OF THE EQUATION
I Am Ready to Sign Up!
Limited Enrollment to 10 participants
🌟 WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE:
THROUGHOUT THE retreat, YOU WILL SHARE EXPERIENCES with others TO PROMOTE COLLECTIVE UNITY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL HEALING. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE FULL LECTURES AND PSYCHO-EDUCATION AND PRACTICE THE MAIN MEDITATIONS OF the realization process. This includes attuning to subtle levels of consciousness, breathwork, core energetic circuitry, and walking, sitting, standing and movement meditations.
🌟 EXPLORE CONTEMPLATIVE EXERCISES STEEPED IN CENTURIES-OLD NONDUALITY TRADITIONS TAILORED TO STRENGTHEN YOUR CONNECTION TO SELF AND OTHERS. DELVE INTO SOMATIC EXERCISES DESIGNED TO FOSTER RESILIENCE, MATURITY, AND CONFIDENCE.
🌱 WHY THIS COURSE: WHETHER YOU’RE A THERAPIST, COUNSELOR, BODYWORKER, LEADER, EDUCATOR, PARENT, OR SIMPLY INTERESTED IN PERSONAL GROWTH, THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS AND TOOLS.
HEALING GROUND OFFERS A SHIELD AGAINST BURNOUT, OVERWHELM, AND FATIGUE. IT IS IDEAL FOR FRONTLINE CAREGIVERS, BUT IT IS OPEN TO ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED. NO PREVIOUS MEDITATION EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED.
UNLOCK THE POWER OF EMBODIMENT AND PAVE THE WAY TO A MORE FULFILLING, CONNECTED EXISTENCE.
🌍 UNIVERSAL WISDOM, MODERN TRANSFORMATION:
GUIDED BY DR. JUDITH BLACKSTONE’S PROFOUND INSIGHTS, THIS COURSE MERGES ANCIENT WISDOM WITH CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE, UNITING DIVERSE BELIEF SYSTEMS AND FAITHS. DISCOVER A TRANSFORMATIVE PATH THAT RESONATES WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY.
📅 MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
SET YOUR INTENTIONS AS WE COMMENCE ON thursday, november 14, 2024. ENGAGE IN VIBRANT, LIVE, in-person somatic practices, IGNITING POSITIVE CHANGE WITHIN YOU.
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH YOUR TRUEST SELF AND IGNITE A JOURNEY OF HEALING AND GROWTH FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. JOIN THE realization process retreat TODAY AND LET TRANSFORMATION UNFOLD!
SIGN UP NOW TO SECURE YOUR SPOT. SPACE IS LIMITED.
What you’ll get
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Small class size that functions as a container of stability so we can explore embodiment safely.
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Connection. In an in-person retreat setting we can let go of our ordinary organization of life, and connect with others who are wanting something deeper, more profound and illuminating.
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An opportunity to experience what embodiment feels like. Many programs offer cognitive discourse on what embodiment is and/or how it “should” be felt. This is different. You will walk away feeling your deepest contact with your own self.
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Train in subtle levels of consciousness. As we refine our focused mind and breath, we can attune to who we really are.
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Gain confidence. RP is a method of personal maturing, personal healing, and spiritual awakening, at the same time. Because in embodying ourselves we experience a self-possession, which engenders self-confidence.
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A chance to train with Jennifer. A skilled practitioner with 20+ years of expertise in somatic body psychotherapy, trauma-informed modalities, and somatic meditation.
Let’s get together in Fundamental Consciousness !
I HOPE YOU’RE ABLE TO JOIN US!
thursday, november 14, 2024 starting at 5:30 PM EST
MEETING THROUGH Sunday, november 17, 2024 Ending at noon Est
CONTINUED EDUCATION CREDITS
This retreat is not currently offering CEs.
TESTIMONIALS:
“This retreat was, for me, a combination of delicate, finite, subtle shifts that created a positive, powerful surge in the way that I view myself in and through the world.”
“I really enjoyed this training. It was taught in a way that my experience here could answer the questions about life that I had coming into the training.”
“This is an amazing experience. It allows you to really experience coming into your own. Jen is a wonderful teacher and communicator. She makes you feel comfortable, allowing you to be more open to the experience.”
“Wonderful, fulfilling. Beyond expectations. I got so much out of this training.”
“My experience was profound and transformative. I gained insight and practice in inhabiting my body through core breath meditation practice as well as specific embodiment exercises, which has helped me tremendously in my emotional, mental, and physical healing process. The group was also very helpful in gaining practice and perspective on the collective experience and the differences between our experiences. The depth achieved through the practices of Fundamental Consciousness was surprising to me. Thank you to Jennifer for organizing and guiding this experience.”—notable gymnast and coach
“Jen was incredibly helpful, patient, kind, and knowledgeable. I have a fairly strong background in meditation/mindfulness and was not sure how much new information I would learn. I was greatly surprised by how much I received and how well I was taught to implement it in my daily life. My experience was personally and professionally beneficial and well-timed. Jen is obviously well versed in her subject.”—seasoned practitioner
“Words don’t do justice for what it truly feels like to know as if for the first time, what it is like to be in an unrestricted body. It felt that years of holding, gripping and straining melted away.”—successful businesswoman + artist
“After practicing as a psychotherapist for more than 30 years, I have attended many psychotherapy trainings and meditation workshops. Judith Blackston’es Realization Process got my immediate attention as a radical game-changing experience after my first training day…the concept that we can access the most subtle level of consciousness withing ourselves is not new. But the Realization Process method showed me that by going into my body, becoming embodied, I become more spacious, conscious, more myself. Rather than transcending the body, RP taught me to find space within myself, within my physical, mental and emotional holding patterns. RP teaches how to release these patterns to the space itself. That is radical.”—Marsha, RP Senior Instructor
Limited Enrollment
Limited Enrollment
Begin Your Embodiment Practice So You Can Live Confidently And Comfortably in the World.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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270 Carpenter Dr. NE. Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30328
Please arrive 15 minutes to retreat start time to get settled in.
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Unfortunately, not at this time. This is designed as a somatic experience. If you would like more experience with RP after your retreat there will be plenty of ways discussed at the retreat on how you can continue your practice.
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You will have 90 minutes on Friday and Saturday to enjoy one of the many restaurants in the downtown Sandy Springs area. There are many local dining options within walking distance. Light snacks and water will be available at the retreat.
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Unfortunately, there are no CEs for this retreat. Not yet, anyway.
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Life's full of surprises, and I'm here to make refunds a breeze, with a sprinkle of humor! 😄 If the rollercoaster of life suddenly whisks you away from our class, no worries, I'll be your co-pilot. 🎢 But, if you've practically graduated from our course and decide it's not your jam, brace yourself for some disappointment—no refunds for you, my almost-graduate! 🎓🚫
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Absolutely not! You don't need to be a meditation guru or have any prior experience to jump on board with this course. We'll be cruising along at a fairly brisk pace, but don't worry, our ultimate goal is to give you a down-to-earth, "feel it in your bones" kind of experience.
Just to put your mind at ease, this program is all about being trauma-informed and super gentle, so you shouldn't have any trouble, no matter what level you're starting from. We promise, it's going to be so easy, it'll make you wonder why you didn't sign up sooner! 😄🧘♂️
