Personal Development
The Wild Wisdom of Bodily Illness & Symptoms: Disease As a Trickster & an Ally
Disease can be both disruptive and become the wisest of teachers. In this workshop we approach bodily symptoms & illness as a potential doorway to gain deeper self-awareness and healing. Accordingly, bodily symptoms are seen as messengers – “do not ignore the messenger!”.Symptoms are the language of the body who just like the Fool in Shakespeare King’s Lear act as the truth-teller, offering a message that can be helpful in leading to a path of personal transformation and healing. In this practice, rather than turning deaf ears to the ""Fool"" or Symptoms we will listen and honor them. We engage with symptoms with a respectful, phenomenological and somatic emphasis, listening to embody, playing to transform them. We will search for the Trickster or Ally on our symptoms. In a Gestalt way we will speak as our symptoms or with the symptoms. Through movement, visualization and role play we will play them to receive their message and pick up their gifts.
Registration closes May 1, 2026.
Date: Saturday May 9 & Sunday May 10, 2026 Time: 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Fee: Early Bird Fee: $360 (until April 24, 2026 ) | Regular Fee: $395 (after April 24, 2026)