This retreat is designed for those who have had a significant loss in their life and wish to heal and discover the light in the darkness. Death does not mean that a person died, per se, it means there has been a significant change that feels like a traumatic loss. This may have been a physical death, a divorce, a loss of a relationship, a job, or identity. 

 

Death is change and transformation. It can be sudden and shocking, leaving a person feeling lost, anxious, depressed, and ungrounded. This retreat is a healing immersion into the pain, suffering, grief, and loss that must be felt and transmuted. You will learn ancient Buddhist teachings of death, dying, and nonattachment to help you navigate change without the suffering. Using an ancient wisdom perspective influenced by Buddhism, Shamanism, and metaphysics, Melanie guides you every step of the way so that you can discover the post traumatic growth that comes from a death. 

 

The death shadow retreat is custom designed and may involve meditation, vision questing, dream work, naturopathy, homeopathy, and metaphysical energy healing. The goal is to discover the gifts that are discovered through pain, how pain cultivates bodhicitta -an awakened heart and mind. Pain opens you up and shows you to who you really are and the love, gratitude and new perspectives that can come from death. It provides the opportunity for you to learn more about death, the afterlife, and the ordinary magic that exists all around you.