SURRENDER

4 day 1:1 in person immersion

in Taos NM

I know you feel it…

the pulse of life in your body asking for you to go deeper. the innocence within you, asking to be restored. the stories that are braided in your spine, asking to be rewoven. the truth about intimacy, eros, love, god, and what it means to actually feel a l i v e in every cell be unraveled.

so we enter the sensual sanctuary: a place to be held & seen while we reconnect to our senses. un-numb + resensitize the body.

held by someone learning the very same thing. who has walked through the spiritual fire again and again in the name of feeling every sensation life has to offer.

this is where full spectrum healing has always lived- not in the mind but through the body

this is not just an immersion

this is a descent into sensation when life asks you to numb. a trust in what you cannot see, yet feel in every bone in your body.

a living transmission crafted moment by moment for you

i believe it is imperative during these potent times, that we craft space for ourselves to steep in the magic of who we truly are. to create the space to be unapologetic in our pleasure, rage, grief, unfiltered expression and bliss. in fact, we are even more ourselves when we gift ourselves this space.

we begin when you are ready ~ you choose when

these intimate immersions allow us a space to go deep ~ lifetimes can be touched in just 4 days and HUGE inner and outer life shifts are available

this is an alchemical opportunity to unravel the layers of who you are not, let old versions of yourself come to rest, and embrace the full spectrum of who you are ~ this is a not a place where you need to be anything other than who you are ~ show up to the altar of life with your mess, AND your beauty as we dance within all the spaces in between

it’s time to surrender all that you have been holding onto, and gift yourself the space to be held as you surrender

surrender, in my opinion, is the highest form of worship ~ it would be an honor to hold you while you discover what that means for you

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ritual is an ancient (an indigenous) practice of embracing the season of life we are in ~ a moment to honor the natural life, death, life cycle and create a space of pause in time to honor all that has gone and all that is yet to come ~ together we will co create earth-based rituals that will support your next iteration of y o u ~ tend to any chapters that are ready to close, and set intentions for what is on the horizon for this next cycle of your life.

RETURN TO EARTH-BASED RITUAL & SACRED CEREMONY

rituals & ceremonies that may be woven into your personal immersion:

  • limpia de rosa - a purification cleansing ritual with water, copal incense, oil, & roses

  • cacao ceremony with intention of opening, & softening the heart

  • somatic & cathartic emotional alchemy ritual to move dense emotions through the body to activate more sensation

  • abundance pleasure ritual to anchor in wealth far beyond you, and embedded into your lineage

  • elemental, nature-based ceremony ~ weaving prayers with our body and the earthen body ~ offerings to indigenous land + honoring the stewards of this land

  • indigenous rape/ hape` ceremony- this sacred herbal tobacco snuff is breathed into your nostrils by Andrea ~ this amazonian medicine is used to cleanse the mind, purify the thoughts, bring clarity & supports meditation.

  • postpartum, miscarriage, or intentional pregnancy release ceremony ~ a space to honor the birthing persons experience and tend to pieces that may still be present. as a studying doula, holding birthing/consensually non birthing people is an honor that is close to my heart.

  • loss / grief ceremony ~ to honor those who have passed on and the weight of the inevitable cycle of death that is ever present. death of a version of ourselves or those we love.

please note

depending on your prayers and intentions for this space, there may be completely unique ceremonies/rituals that come through just for YOU ~ it is such an intuitive journey

feel | express |remember

this immersion is for you if:

  • you hold so much for others: clients, communities, causes, and are secretly craving someone to hold you with the same depth

  • you’ve spent years healing and leading others, and lately your body wants to be held instead of healed/fixed

  • you’ve lost touch with your sensuality, and fear that your sexuality is “too much” or should be hidden

  • you were taught that to be too sensual, too wild, too expressed was dangerous, are ready to rewrite this story

  • you know that your emotions… yes all of them, are holy and are longing to be held as you let it all the way out

  • you desire the medicine that comes from being witnessed fully, without needing to explain or earn your right to be supported

  • you are done being seduced by control, comfort, and the ache of “almost”- you know this immersion will strip all of that bare

  • you are standing at the edge of your next embodiment, and desire to be held as you leap into the next version of yourself

  • you know its time to let go of people, patterns and ways of being that no longer represent the truth of who you are

  • you’ve spent your whole life being the one who holds it all together ~ the strong one, the leader, the container that holds everyone else together… and you’re open to falling in love with who you are if YOU let yourself fucking fall apart

themes we may explore in our time together:

  • alchemizing numbness in the body. noticing where you feel it, and anchoring in more presence

  • bondage as a pathway to liberation

  • strip tease the stories that keep you stuck

  • exploring your shadows as unconscious kinks that get to be rewritten

  • stepping into the dharmic desire dojo and awakening your hearts deepest desires

  • invoking the presence process through deep somatic sensing of body + environment, allowing space to suspend in the awareness of the moment

  • erotic innocence restoration through calling in the inner child + accessing their wisdom/guidance

  • sensorial play that awakens the senses and expands your capacity for m o r e life to flow through you

  • power reclamation through archetypal wisdom

  • the art of the pause & sacred silence every evening until breakfast for optimum integration during your immersion

  • rage ritual to move density and give yourself full permission to be fucking MAD and feel transmutation of it (followed by a creative process to support the inner alchemy)

  • nervous system regulation techniques that drop you deeply into your parasympathetic system, so you may truly receive

  • yogic practices, philosophies & tantric transmissions

(this is completely unique to your personal intentions for the immersion ~ we may weave in one or more of these themes depending on your personal journey)

  • day 1: arrival, welcome charcuterie board.. made by yours truly ;), & opening ceremony

  • day 2: rising ritual, breakfast, ceremony, lunch, land offerings + elemental immersion, dinner, evening ceremony

  • day 3: rising ritual, breakfast, cacao ceremony, lunch, integration / creative play, dinner, evening ceremony

  • day 4: closing ceremony, breakfast, land offerings, taos pueblo field trip (if open to the public) ojo caliente celebratory evening soak , departures

tentative schedule:

introduce yourself to the land…

my name is andrea varela. i was born and raised on new mexico soil, and it is an honor and a privilege to welcome you here. this is the land where generations before me have walked, lived, and protected. my roots runs deep here. i have both native blood (to new and ancient mexico), and colonized blood. to weave these two bloodlines together has been such a profound journey for me and reflects deeply in my work. you can feel it in my transmission and in my prayer, this land is my home. together we will make offerings, sing songs, and recycle our resources to taos, the land of the red willow people. we will immerse where mountain meets river, sun meets earth, and the smell of sagebrush meet the air. profound medicine lies in the desert. mystics, sages, and seekers from around the world travel to bask in its beauty. to revere its majesty. we have 19 active native american pueblos in our state alone, and it’s deeply woven into the tapestry here. the ancient ways are felt, honored, and remembered. a gift to meet you in this enchanted desert.