Retreat Medicine: Alchemy of the Season

Dear Alchemist,

It is time to co-create a new story, in this now, at this time.

Alchemy is the process of change, and Alchemy of the Season offers us the map. Alchemy of the Season was founded in 2020 to be a community based, seasonally inspired vehicle for change.

Inspired by the practice of Celtic Shamanism, and guided by the Celtic Wheel of the Year, we are re-awakening to our sacred ancestral knowledge. As we learn to follow the seasonal, lunar and astrological cycles, we ground down through our bodies, onto the wider tapestry that holds and informs all natural rhythms and cycles of life.

Through sound, rhythm, food, dance, laughter, botanicals & herbs, movement, breath, fire, art and creativity, we begin to remember. Together, we can unlearn and uncouple from our cultural programming of “separation”, practice finding balance and regulation in our nervous systems, weaving our way back to our authentic selves, our centers, our hearts. As we find balance in our centers, together we find balance in communities.

It is time to re-member, re-wise, and re-turn to ourselves and our true natures. It is time to uncover the collective sacred wisdom many of us have long forgotten. Let us build something beautiful together.

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Art by Annie Hamman

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Integrative Medicine, Doctor

Dr. Alexis Goth: MD CFCP, Hospitalist, Fellow Integrative Medicine, IFM Functional Medicine, Founder of Alchemy of the Season and Holos Integrative Health

Integrative Medicine, Doctor

This Margaree native is exploring from inside our cells all the way up to our relationships with what it means to be human in our experience of reality. Alexis supports our individual integration of mind/body/spirit by blending her holistic and Western medical training, with traditional wisdom teaching, movement, breath, presence, plants, and botanicals. She welcomes individuals to remember their own power, and ability for self-directed love, healing and adaptation when offered the right tools and support. She is trained in psilocybin and ketamine assisted therapy, and is committed to the decriminalization and safe accessible use of psychedelic assisted medicine to explore and integrate expanded states of consciousness for whole person and community healing.

Integrative Medicine, Doctor

Angela Cooper: Psychologist and Spiritualist, Specializing in Intensive Short Term Dynamic Therapy, Internal Family Systems and Transpersonal Therapies

Originally from Lancashire, UK but now I find myself in a very special place in the world called Nova Scotia, Canada. I have always been interested in people, their emotions and deep conversations, this led me into my psychology career which I have been studying and practicing for over 15 years. Over the last 4 years, I have become increasingly interested in the healing power of psychedelic and spiritual experiences which have dramatically enhanced the healing of my own inner wounds. Because of these profound transpersonal experiences, I now work to blend psychological and spiritual approaches to enhance the innate healing powers that exist in us all. In my work, I use a combination of Intensive Short Term Dynamic Therapy (which I have 13+ years training in), Internal Family Systems and Transpersonal Therapies influenced by Jung and Stanislav Grof among others.

Art Therapy, Therapy

Katie Hanczaryk: BA RCAT- Art Therapist and Co-Founder of the Naropa Community Art Studio International and Wild Art Therapy Collective

Art Therapy, Therapy

Katie has been in the field of Transpersonal Art Therapy for over 13 years Working in the field of Transpersonal Psychotherapy in Canada, USA, and Internationally. Katie specializes in supporting individuals to connect to their own unbounded creativity and connect to their higher selves using expressive art to cultivate Self-Expression. Katie is a Registered Counselling Therapist, trained in the Focusing Technique, IFS, Emotional Freedom Technique, and offers individual and group psychotherapy. www.wildarttherapy.com

Art Therapy, Therapy

Shelley Long, BA, DTATI: Art Therapist and Artist

Shelley’s creative practice is interwoven with nature, most often expressed through botanical painting and drawing, growing flowers and plants from seed, making floral arrangements and creating beauty with nature. As an Art therapist and member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, Shelley encourages free expression through the art making process and gives others permission to explore their own creative urges and find their flow in a safe and contained space. She is trained in psilocybin assisted psychotherapy and has a special interest in utilizing the healing power of art to support and deepen the integration process.

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Nicole Ferris: Holotropic Breathworker and Counsellor

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Nicole Ferris is a psychedelic facilitator and counsellor with a particular interest in non ordinary states of consciousness. Trained and certified in Holotropic Breathwork and transpersonal psychology by Dr. Stanislav Grof and has also trained under Ralph Metzner PhD. She has also studied and trained with the traditional Mazatec, Bri Bri and Rastafarian cultures.

Nicole focuses on treating complex post-traumatic stress disorders (CPTSD) and providing end-of-life support. Nicole's research and studies revolve around the unconventional applications of cannabis and plant-based medicines for mental health, CPTSD/PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, and addiction.

Nicole's background in health, adult education, and transpersonal psychology, particularly influenced by Stan Grof, drives her dedication to trauma resolution. She collaborates with various medical professionals and healing practitioners to advocate for holistic and integrative treatments. Through public speaking and education, she aims to transform current treatment modalities within local communities. Nicole has facilitated numerous private and group therapies supporting non-ordinary states across Canada, the United States, Costa Rica, and Jamaica. Her clients range from medical professionals, cancer patients, front-line workers, veterans, to Indigenous tribes in several countries.

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