Spiritual Emergencies ~ Psychosis or Transcendence?
&
Sacred Wounds ~ Reimagining Healing Trauma
May 4th - 8th, 2024
Our Beltane Cross Quarter Offering
Join us for a fascinating exploration of two of the most important topics of our times!
You may attend one module or both
Module One: May 4th - 5th
Spiritual Emergencies ~ Psychosis or Transcendence?
Over 100,000 young adults are diagnosed as psychotic each year, but are
they actually psychotic? The western medical model does not allow for
mystical experience and diagnoses those as psychotic experiences, pronouncing a stigmatizing label on the unwary individual and prescribing
soul deadening medication aborting the natural spiritual development of
the individual. Knowing the difference between true psychosis and spiritual transcendence is essential as more and more of us are awakening to a
greater reality demonized by both science and religion.
Join us as we explore this important subject.
Topics Include:
What is a Spiritual Emergency (spiritual crisis).
Types of Spiritual Emergencies
Diagnostic Criteria for both Psychosis & Spiritual Emergence
Assisting with Spiritual Emergency & Appropriate Referral for Psychosis
Who is the Crazy One! Diagnosing the Mental Health Profession
Professional Diagnosis Can Grievously Impact Your Life
How to Avoid Diagnosis
Crazy Wisdom & Holy Fools ~ Mystics & Shamans as Historical
Change Agents
Forty Thousand Years of Violent Repression of Mystics by both Science
and Religion.
Major Initiations on the Spiritual Path: Trials & Tribulations
Dark Night of the Ego
Dark Night of the Soul
Dark Night of the Spirit
Module Two: May 6th - 7th
Sacred Wounds ~ Reimagining Healing Trauma
Poet and activist Robert Bly tells us, where a person’s deepest wound
is, that is where their genius will be. Bly continuing says, “Wherever the wound appears in our psyches… that is precisely the place for which we will give our major gift to the community.” The concept of the sacred wound is as old as antiquity.
As with seemingly everything in our economic system Trauma Healing has been commodified leading to the tragic and growing syndrome of “re-traumatization.” This is being reported by many and is a syndrome that appears to be common in certain breathwork modalities. Healing our traumas is essential to both psychological and spiritual growth, knowing the right “medicine” and dosage is critical.
Join us as we explore this important subject.
Topics Include:
Sacred Wounds
When Our Traumas Become Sacred and Inform Soul Purpose
The Wounded Healer ~ Healer, Heal Thyself
Round and Round We Go, Where it Stops Nobody Knows
When Healing our Grief and Trauma Become Problematic
Avoiding Re-traumatization
The Akashic Records & The Cosmic Clock
Transmuting Karmic Records & Trauma
Remarkable Healings
Discover the Unsuspected Roots of Mental and Physical Illness
Module Schedule
Saturday May 4th: BreathWork
8am to 8:30pm – One-day HB event (normal one-day schedule)
Sunday May 5th: Spiritual Emergencies
8am to 12pm – Topic Presentations
12pm to 2pm – Lunch Break & Nature Time
2pm to 5pm – Topic Presentations
5pm to 7pm – Dinner & Nature Time
7pm to 9pm – Satsang / Consultations
Monday May 6th: BreathWork
8:00 to 11:30 – Second BreathWork Session
11:30 to 1:30pm – Lunch Break & Nature Time
1:30 to 4:30 – Second BreathWork Session
4:30 to 6:30 – Dinner & Nature Time
6:30 to 8:30 – Share Circle
Tuesday May 7th: Sacred Wounds
8am to 12pm – Topic Presentations
12pm to 2pm – Lunch Break & Nature Time
2pm to 5pm – Topic Presentations
5pm to 7pm – Dinner & Nature Time
7pm to 9pm – Fire Ceremony & Closing Circle
Wednesday May 8th (Optional)
9am to 2pm - Hike Eureka Peak (Mountain Maiden)
Would you like to contribute in a deeper way to our personal and planetary healing, wholeness and transformation, both your own and for others? It is with great joy that we offer our new facilitator training program.
You do not have to be in the training program to attend these modules, the materials we will be offering are soul medicine in themselves (See program requirements section below for all modules).
Aristotle believed it was essential for humans to experience expanded states of consciousness if we are to become all we are meant to be. The list of mystics, scholars and human potential researchers in agreement with Aristotle is endless. Expanded states can provide us a life changing experience of our multidimensional reality. In truth, expanded states of consciousness are a necessary step for creating a world that works for all life and for becoming our Higher Self, which is the very mission of University of Earth. In our training we will dive into why this is so.
So impassioned are we for bringing opportunities for people to experience these expanded states in a safe, substance free and easily integrated way, without the unrecognized problems associated with psychedelics as it relates to one’s spiritual development, that we have created an inexpensive training program to train facilitators to take this gift to their communities.
It is a primary goal of University of Earth to help people help the world and earn income while doing it, as you will see in our soon to launch program HELP: The Holistic EcoLiving Project. Certified Heliotropic BreathWork facilitators will be able to earn income by offering their own BreathWork retreats. What can you earn? The normal cost of attending a weekend retreat of similar breathwork methods in other locations is around $600, with one-day retreats normally between $250 - $300.
Program Costs
Our inaugural rate for the four-day double modules is $750.
We so believe in this process and what it can do to help the world that we want it to be affordable. The total program cost at the inaugural rate is $5,250 which is less than one-third of the cost of my training with Grof Transpersonal Training. Which includes the six required modules and certification practicum.
Additionally, we will be offering our graduates who have demonstrated a high level of competency in the Heliotropic method the opportunity to host one of their own Heliotropic BreathWork weekend retreats here at University of Earth where they have the potential to recoup nearly all of the program costs.
Lodging & Meals
Trainees will have multiple options for lodging with our lovely cabins, off grid yurts and beautiful riverside campsites. There is no discount for camping or yurts.
In an effort to keep costs low for participants we will be serving dinners only. Trainees are free to be creative for breakfasts and lunches, sharing meals, etc. as each cabin has a full kitchen for food preparation.
Acceptance into the Program
While all are invited to attend any of the modules, to assure a harmonious fit between trainees and University of Earth approval for continuation in the certification program will be made at the conclusion of your first training module.
Our Unique Program
Stan Grof said his Holotropic method was not the last word in breathwork and if someone wanted to improve on it they are free to do so. Heliotropic BreathWork is an advancement of his method. There are several aspects that set the Heliotropic method apart; one is our emphasis on Nature. In keeping with University of Earth’s foundational teaching that Nature is a primary teacher and healer trainees will be allocated time for nature immersion during each module. The ancient wise ones tell us, without a deep relationship to nature we will never create a more beautiful world, for it is only with time in nature attuned to the divine mind therein that we discover our true soul purpose and our role in society. As you will see, blending breathwork with time in nature enhances both experiences.
Like Grof’s method, facilitating healing and wholeness of the body, mind and soul through access to the “Inner Healer” is central to our program. Another aspect that sets Heliotropic BreathWork apart is our commitment to helping people access their “Inner Healer,” which we call the “Higher Self,” not only during breathwork sessions but on a daily basis so that healing and wholeness can continue each and every day. Additionally, you will be introduced to the power of invoking help from the higher realms and learn to create a life transforming relationship with the “Beings of Light.”
All of these aspects are part of University of Earth’s greater vision and mission of creating a world that works for us all where the human community, the natural world and the divine worlds go forward as one sacred community. The Beings of Light tell us a Golden Age will come when many more of us have done our necessary healing and “embody” our Higher Selves in all that we do. Gandhi’s “Be the change you want to see in the world” is a motto of University of Earth. As the maverick Franciscan priest, Richard Rohr claims, “Transformed people, transform people,” and at U of Earth, personal and planetary transformation is our goal.
If you have any questions about the program or would like to discuss the possibility of setting up a payment schedule please contact Rich Silver: Rich@UofEarth.org
Program Requirements
The program covers ten topics or modules and is offered in two forms: four day modules covering two topics and two day modules covering a single topic.
The Five Cross Quarter Two Topic Modules (Four days each)
1. 1) The Heliotropic Paradigm 2) The Inner Healer
2. 1) Ethics 2) Psychedelics: Possibilities & Problems
3. 1) Enneagram 2) Archetypes & The Higher Self
4. 1) Spiritual Emergence or Psychosis? 2) Sacred Wounds
5. 1) BreathWork Music 2) The Healing Power of Sound
6. Certification Practicum
Additional Requirements
1) Four Apprentice Co-Facilitation Events
2) Four Private Consultations
3) Four Additional Breathwork Sessions / Two Must Be Weekend Format
4) Maintaining Certification
a) Attendance in a Training Module Once Every 2-3 Years
b) Adherence to Heliotropic BreathWork’s Code of Ethics
Optional Advanced Modules
1) Shamanic Journeying & Shapeshifting
2) Subtle Activism: Practices for Personal & Planetary Transformation
3) Sacred Fire Breathwork & Divine Resonance
4) Ecopsychology: Healing the Soul Through the Heart of Nature
5) Anima Mundi: Nature & The Human Soul
6) Shadow & Wetiko: We Have Found the Enemy and It is Us
7) The Sacred Marriage: The Path to Personal Wholeness
8) The Three Worlds: Human, Nature & Divine
9) EcoSpirituality
Trainers
Rich Silver will serve as the lead trainer. Rich Silver's Bio
Guest facilitator trainers may be joining us periodically throughout the program.
Annual Schedule*
Cross Quarters Double Topic Modules:
+ + 2024 + +
Feb 3 - 6 1) Enneagram 2) Archetypes & The Higher Self
May 4 - 7 1) Spiritual Emergence or Psychosis? 2) Sacred Wounds
Aug 3 - 6 1) BreathWork Music 2)The Healing Power of Sound
Nov 2 - 5 1) The Heliotropic Paradigm 2) The Inner Healer
+ + 2025 + +
Feb 1 - 4 1) Ethics 2) Psychedelics: Possibilities & Problems
May 3 - 6 1) Enneagram 2) Archetypes & The Higher Self
Aug 2 - 5 1) Spiritual Emergence of Psychosis? 2) Sacred Wounds
Nov 1 - 4 1) BreathWork Music 2)The Healing Power of Sound
*Certification Practicum will be scheduled when trainees have completed the required modules.
“Most traditions believe that attunement to the inner voice, to our own knowing, to “the center” or “the soul” is a lifelong project. It requires a training program to facilitate deep attunement to the Divine Mind—a training program that is believed in the East to last through many lives."
~ Stephen Cope
The Dharma in Difficult Times
UNIVERSITY OF EARTH
64274 Highway 70
PO Box 52
Graeagle, CA 96103
janet@uofearth.org
rich@uofearth.org
