GTT MODULE / THE VESSELS OF SOUL’S WISDOM: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE THREE CAULDRONS WITH CÁIT BRANIGAN

14 Sep 2023 / 100 Sunrise Ranch Rd, Loveland United States, / GTT Training Module /

Open to anyone interested. Previous experience with Holotropic Breathwork® is not necessary. Each participant will have two sessions of HB as an experiencer, or “breather,” and two sessions as a partner, or “sitter”. Besides the breathwork sessions and the topics covered (described below), there will be art, music, dancing, film, and integration during the module. In addition to Holotropic Breathwork® breathing and sitting, topics explored in these modules are especially relevant for anyone working with others in expanded states of any sort for transformation and personal healing.

The Three Cauldrons are the repositories of our vital essence, our life-force, our Spirit. They are vessels of sacredness containing our soul’s vitality, our creative energies and our soul’s experiences as it travels through life. The Three Cauldrons rest in the physical body, fueling our energy, vocation and capacity for wisdom.

During the course of our work together we will access our spiritual repository of vision, enlightenment and inspiration; thus allowing it to become a source for the weaving of our life pattern, through daily ritual, creativity (such as art, sound, dance) and the day to day unfolding of the self. During our work, participants will explore shamanism as a spiritual practice and the role of the shamanic journey within that context. Our aim is to ensure the clear and free-flowing nature of our essence and energy through the body; that body being open to the influence of physical, somatic and spiritual blocks. We will explore each Cauldron – each with its own role and function – through journey, chant ceremony to explore that which lies within. Through the unfolding of being in conscious awareness, we will hope to become ‘whole unto ourselves’, no longer restricted by patterns existing in unawareness.

It is hoped that at the conclusion of our work, participants will have the ability to use shamanic techniques to help access and express their own sources of inspiration for use in living creatively, freely and fully from the heart.

Cáit Branigan is a Druid and an Ordained Priestess Hierophant of the Western Mystery Tradition, a Healer working within the traditions of Ireland. She works with individuals for healing at her centre in Co. Wexford. She also works with and teaches groups in Ireland aid internationally. An essential part of her work is in the area of Women’s Mysteries in which she has conducted workshops and ceremonies around the country. She also facilitates sweat lodges within the Irish Tradition and performs Rites of Passage within the community. She is a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and a member of the Fellowship of Isis.

Facilitators

John Stockberger

John Stockberger is a professional musician, certified Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator, certified kundalini yoga and meditation teacher and has a healing practice. He has studied with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Qigong, Taiji, Vipassana, Buddha Dharma and traditional Shipibo Conibo healing in the Peruvian rainforest. He teaches and facilitates yoga and breathwork retreats and workshops in the U.S. and abroad.

Diana Medina

Diana Medina (training advisor; senior teacher) has been an integral part of the Grof Transpersonal Training staff since 1999. A senior GTT workshop leader and teacher, Diana has taught modules and led workshops independently in Colorado, New Mexico, New York and India, as well as working closely with Stan Grof and Tav Sparks at training modules in the U.S., Spain, Ireland,England, South America and Mexico. Diana began her personal breathwork journey in 1993 and was certified in 1998. She lives in a high altitude mountain farming community in southern Colorado and it was in this community she grew up surrounded by a large family deeply embedded in the importance of nature, community and spirituality. Diana has practiced medicine in the specialties of pediatrics and family practice for over 20 years. Recently she has began practicing craniosacral therapy as an adjunct to her interest in holistic healing practices. When she is not working Diana has a passion for African dancing, spending time in nature and enjoying her family and friends. Diana says, “It is a great pleasure being part of the GTT staff and an honor to be a witness and support to people from all over the world in their adventure of self-discovery. What a wonder to feel so deeply this being a member of the world community”