Join us for a unique workshop led with wisdom, humor, curiosity, and empathy by Alanis Morissette and Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS).
This intimate seven-day retreat, located at Blue Spirit in Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, will invite you to explore the core tenets of IFS and multiple approaches to returning to your unique sense of wholeness. Some of our retreat’s focuses will include:
- Understanding the IFS model and its application to personal growth and healing
- Exploring the concept of Self Leadership and accessing your inner wisdom
- Embodying the 8 C’s of Self: Curiosity, Compassion, Confidence, Courage, Clarity, Creativity, Calmness, and Connectedness
- Identifying and working with your internal parts (managers, firefighters, and exiles)
- Becoming familiar with what safety looks and feels like
- Exploring processes that gently welcome you back into your body
- Feeling and expressing emotions effectively
- Clarifying thoughts, beliefs, values, needs, missions, and purpose
- Connecting and engaging with your many inner parts, and learning ways to facilitate internal harmony
- Experimenting with various forms of expression
- Attuning to your unique temperament and intelligences
- Exploring time management, organization rituals, personal practice cultivation, and accountability practices
- Discussing leadership styles and identifying each person’s unique contributions to their immediate environment and the world at large
Working through the lenses of Internal Family Systems, somatic embodiment, neurobiology, trauma, and addiction recovery, we will use Alanis’s triadic approach to cultivating connection with life, others, and ourselves. This approach complements and augments the IFS model, providing a comprehensive framework for investigating our sense of wholeness in multifaceted ways.
Dr. Schwartz will guide participants through the IFS process, helping you access your true Self and learn to lead your internal system with compassion and wisdom. Through experiential exercises and group discussions, you’ll discover how to unburden your parts and create greater internal harmony.
Program Fee: $7,000*
*accommodations not included.
Blue Spirit accommodations range between $975-$3200 per person, depending on accommodations.
Blue Spirit accommodations include meals on-site.
Approved applicants will be directed to a private Blue Spirit registration and booking link.
