THIS FALL 2022 IN BERLIN: Belly2Belly Facilitator Training IntensiveLEARN:
໑ The fundamentals (and secrets) of leading a Belly2Belly practice
໑ The tools and techniques that help our animal bodies to relax and human hearts to open
໑ How to guide others to meet and connect in the present moment
໑ How to fully embody the love that you are at the deepest level, and transmit that to others
໑ How to simplify, deepen, and amplify the work you’re already doing in the world
໑ How to read a “group field” and listen to the subtle dimensions coming through one or more nervous systems
໑ Basic trauma awareness, nervous system regulation and how this practice can be used as a profound tribal healing technology
Application: https://forms.gle/Kx9UmwJJ3cXdARsZ6
❂ ABOUT BELLY2BELLY ❂
Belly2Belly is a deceptively simple practice with multiple dimensions:
✦ Neurobiology
✦ Trauma recovery
✦ Pranayama
✦ Focused sensory awareness
✦ Tantric ritual
✦ Intimate communion
✦ Witness consciousness
✦ Sound entrainment
✦ Sequenced relaxation
✦ Psychological regression
✦ Shadow work
✦ Neurolinguistic programming
✦ Wizardry
✦ Primate zoology
The exercises are designed to dissolve the Western experience of separate self into rhythmic waves of sensation and feeling that are shared with a partner in real time.
What results is a profoundly felt sense of peace and connection, a natural biochemical high that neuro-mirrors intimate love, meditative samadhi and mystical oneness.
The Belly2Belly Partnered Meditation Practices are relatively simple to learn. A moderately skilled group facilitator or teacher will be able to deliver the instructions and prompts without much fuss. To use a musical analogy, if you can play simple guitar chords, you can learn this song; it’s not that complex.
In this way the practice is easily copy and pasted-- on a superficial level. However, to deliver this practice and transmit it in its full potential and power there are several fundamental and integral aspects around nervous system regulation, trauma healing, neurobiology and group field coherence that are vital to understand before picking up this instrument-- if you want to cut below the surface and penetrate all the way in.
Belly2Belly is not built on a rigid script. It’s more jazz improvisation than following sheet music. There are a dozen main “asanas” or “inquiries” to guide your exploration. Teachers put them together into sequences based on the group, the day, your own curiosity and inspiration. Every combination has its own rewards.
This training is for those who want to move beyond the basic level of “reading sheet music” and take your facilitation career or your personal practice one giant step further. Great facilitators will be able to riff on the basic chords and create their own unique Belly2Belly experiences.
The secret sauce here is the ability to model and speak from a dropped-in, relaxed nervous system. That is, you have to BE the result you wish to create in your group. You need to be open, and receptive enough to allow the group nervous system to penetrate you and inform you -from the body up to the mind- about what wants to happen next.
In this way, the ability to facilitate this practice in it’s integrity is that it is not one-directional or coming from a set script. What makes a Belly2Belly facilitator so unique is the accumulation of patience, presence and awareness to be able to surrender to the dance that is vulnerable leadership. It’s both yin and yang, feminine and masculine, penetrative and receptive.
When you understand what works in this practice, and why, you’ll be able to let go yourself and play in the co-created group heart field as it emerges.
Facilitating this practice in it’s full glory is also a profound self-guided awareness and personal growth process in itself. Taking a step towards facilitating Belly2Belly is something you do when you want to take a powerful step into the next level of your own personal journey-- magnified by the mirror you will receive from the group field.
This Level One Training Intensive is designed to help you understand the key elements that will create successful communion for your group. Every dimension that you “get” will deepen everyone’s experience. You don’t need to master all of them. With just a few chords you can make beautiful music, and share this amazing gift with your community, your clients and your beloveds.
Belly2Belly has proven to work in these situations:
• As a one-time or repeating community-building experience
• To quickly deepen the connections between participants at a retreat, workshop, training or even ecstatic dance
• As a grounding practice for magic rituals
• To create coherence in dysregulated group fields such as tantra, self-development or alternative/explorative workshops and events
• For couples seeking more intimacy with their partners
• For threesomes, foursomes, and more-somes to navigate the complexity of open relating dynamics required in loving more than one
• For organizations or pre-existing groups wanting to work together more effectively
• For parents wanting to teach their children the skills they’ll need for bonding and relationship
• For teachers who want to sneak in a few minutes of relaxation and cohesion for their students
• For therapists who want to maximize their healing time with clients
• For massage therapists or body-workers who want to expand the potency healing through touch
• As specific events offered to the adventurous general public
• As an online guided practice to create intimacy and connection virtually and globally
THE PROCESS:
• A 5-day intensive group retreat centrally located in Berlin, Germany.
• This is a non-residential training. Please find your own accommodations near Wedding, Berlin.
• Nourishing vegetarian/vegan LUNCH provided (breakfast and dinner not included in price).
• A mix of teaching, experience, explanations, explorations, practice and play.
• Let the magic of Belly2Belly gently soak into your heart and bones and enjoy the benefits of a reset and/or revitalized nervous system.
• Mentored practice being a guide for others.
WHEN:
Monday - Friday: October 3-7, 2022
Monday, October 3: 9:30-18:30
Tuesday, October 4: 9:30-18:30
Wednesday, October 5: 9:30-18:30
Thursday, October 6: 9:30-18:30
Friday, October 7: 9:30-18:30
WHERE:
Wedding, Berlin. Germany.
Private location. Address sent upon registration.
COST (for individuals):
Early Bird: €999 (Before September 19)
General Admission: €1149 (After September 19)
*Price Includes course training and daily lunch but NOT Accommodations or breakfast and dinner.
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❂ HOW TO APPLY FOR YOUR PLACE ❂
This training is by invitation only. Our intention is to work with professionals and community leaders who are already actively practicing in their field.
However, we also accept some participants who simply want to dive deeper into the practice with no intention of leading groups after the training.
Fill out this brief (5-minute) form and tell us who you are, if you have studied with Rachel, Buster or David Cates before, and why you want to integrate Belly2Belly into your work.
Application: https://forms.gle/Kx9UmwJJ3cXdARsZ6
❂ PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ❂
This Belly2Belly Training Intensive completes the training portion of a 2-Part Certification Process.
After completing this 5-day intensive, you’ll be confidently able to bring this partnered breathing meditation into your life and work, guiding individuals, couples and groups into greater trust and intimacy.
Completing this Training Program allows you to say that you’ve studied with Embodied Intimacy, but does NOT authorize you to use the Belly2Belly name or brand in advertising your work or events.
If you’re seeking full certification as a Belly2Belly Guide, after graduating from this Training you must complete a 6-month online mentorship. During this mentorship, through monthly calls, you’ll be coached as you practice leading your own sessions and/or groups and encounter real-life practical questions and issues.
Only graduates of this Mentorship Program are certified to guide official Belly2Belly events, to be part of the Belly2Belly referral network, and to advertise as Certified Belly2Belly Practitioners, with Rachel's blessing and support.
**If you would like to "add-on" mentorship sessions, you can do that for a €200 discounted price. €1000 for 12 (1hr) mentorship calls. See registration page or PM us for more details.
Lead Facilitator: Rachel Rickards
Co-Facilitator: Buster Rådvik
www.EmbodiedIntimacy.com
*More info about Belly2Belly and the certified facilitator team* https://www.belly2belly.org/partners/
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REFUND POLICY:
• If you cancel within 8 weeks of the event start date, 80% of the ticket cost will be refunded.
• If you cancel within 4 weeks of the event start date, 50% of the ticket cost will be refunded.
• If you cancel within 2 weeks of the event start date, or if you withdraw from the event after the start of the first day, no part of the ticket cost will be refunded.
CoronaVirus: Cancellation Policy
• If WE cancel the event (due to COVID/restrictions within the country/it’s not possible) we will give you a full refund or you can transfer your payment to a future Embodied Intimacy event.
• If YOU cannot attend because you contract COVID-19 (doctor’s note or test result required), we will give you a full refund or you can transfer your payment to a future Embodied Intimacy event.
• If YOU cannot attend because of the restrictions in your home country/your flight is cancelled/you are unable to travel we will give you a refund minus 25% (processing fee) - and this 25% credit can be transferred to a future Embodied Intimacy event.
• If it is possible to attend but YOU decide not to attend for your own reasons, then the usual refund policy applies.
More info: www.Belly2Belly.org & www.EmbodiedIntimacy.com
Event Venue
Embodied Intimacy, Berlin, Germany
Tickets
EUR 540 to EUR 1149