SEPTEMBER 2024 UPDATE
- Sep 2, 2024
- 3 min read
Applications for the Spring 2025 Somatic IFS Step 1 and Step 2 Programs are now open!
I hope you all have had a healthy, fun summer. I’ve enjoyed swimming and walking along the shores of Lake Michigan with friends and family. I was about to send this newsletter over a month ago when my wife suddenly needed a serious surgery. She is well on the way to recovery, with many thanks to an outpouring of love and support from so many of you. There have been many opportunities to witness and experience the remarkable resilience and healing wisdom of the body, our parts, and our Selves.
Today the wind is off the Lake from the north, and the waves, tree tops, and butterflies are heralding a change that we sense in our souls. September brings renewed energy to shift and transform, and in Michelle Obama’s words, to “Do Something!” I have a few ideas for you.
Two upcoming Somatic IFS programs are open for registration for spring 2025—an in-person Step 1 and an online Step 2. Please visit Souliology.com/sifs to register and for more information about both of these programs.
Step 1 In-person Retreat in Portugal April 27, 2025 – May 4, 2025
This 7-day residential retreat will take place just south of Lisbon in a charming seaside resort where you will be invited to explore your internal system with the practices of Somatic IFS—sensation, breath, resonance, movement, and touch.
Completion of an IFS Level 1 Training makes you eligible to apply for this retreat.
Step 2 Online Somatic IFS Training May 15, 2025—June 26, 2025
This 54-hour Training will build on your immersion into the practices of Somatic IFS and the restoration of Embodied Self that you experienced in the Somatic IFS 30-Hour Step 1 program. Seven weekly sessions of clinical training will focus on the integration and application of somatic practices with the IFS Model of psychotherapy.
Completion of a Somatic IFS Step 1 Retreat makes you eligible to apply for this training.
Fall & Winter Retreats
This autumn and winter there will be a Step 1 retreat at Pendle Hill near Philadelphia in October, an online Step 2 starting in November, and two Step 1 retreats in Costa Rica in February, 2025. All of these programs are full with a wait list. I am grateful for your interest in Somatic IFS and I am eager to meet all of you and enjoy deepening our embodiment and bringing this work to our clients.
Staff-led Somatic IFS Programs
Consultation
Dario Martinez
(415) 548-1224
dario@dariomartineztherapy.com
In-person Hollywood, CA, Somatic IFS Sex and Intimacy Support Group for Gay Men. An 8-week group starting in early September
In-Person, Somatic IFS Support and Consultation Group for Therapists and Other Mental Health Professionals
LaDonna Silva
ladonnasilva@gmail.com
Experiential Online Consult group starting in September
A retreat in Bali integrating Somatic IFS and breathwork. November 2024.
Marcella Cox
Fall & Winter Consultation groups on Wednesdays from 9:00 – 10:30 PST
(Nov 6 - Dec 18)
(Jan 15 - Feb 26)
Marcella will also bring Somatic IFS to the Coaches Rising program to be held next summer.
Programs
Nancy Berkowitz is hosting two retreats in Costa Rica in 2025.
1. Shabbat-Friendly IFS Women’s Retreat - January 2-9, 2025
2. IFS Deep Dive - March 8-15, 2025
Nancy will bring her extensive experience staffing Somatic IFS retreats and trainings to these retreats for personal growth and deepening your IFS practice through a Somatic IFS lens. Both retreats will be held at Pura Vida Spa and Wellness Center, the location of the Somatic IFS retreats since 2008.
For more details and to reserve your spot, contact Nancy Berkowitz at nfberkowitz@gmail.com or WhatsApp +1 781-223-8345.
Andreia Pacheco has several offerings in 2025 for the SIFS community. Visit the website and subscribe to the newsletter.
Marcella Cox will be integrating Somatic IFS in her presentation to therapists on eating and body issues in New York in September.
She will also co-lead a 6-day retreat in March on disordered eating and body issues in Connecticut.
Although this newsletter, like Kamala Harris, is about moving forward, we also celebrate and savor the past. Since my last newsletter, a Step 1 retreat in Malta in April 2024 drew IFS folks from all over the world.
Breathe in the Embodied Self energy sent to you!
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