Dear friends, 🌷✨
What an honor it was to welcome you to Casa Maya 🏡 for the Advanced Retreat with Barbara Collier 🌸.
These days were filled with depth 🌊, discovery 🔎, and heartfelt connection 💞. Your willingness to slow down 🐢, listen deeply 👂, and be fully present 🌟 created a sanctuary of healing where true transformation could unfold.
Together, we explored the language of the body 🧘, the intelligence of the nervous system 🌐, and the gentle rythm of the heart 💓. Through practices of touch 🤲, resonance 🎶, and self-partnership 🌱, we remembered what it means to return home to ourselves and to one another.
A special thank you to Barbara Collier 🕊 for her wisdom, clarity, and warmth 🌺. Your teachings on trauma, healing, and embodied presence touched us all and will continue to inspire our paths forward.
We leave this retreat with renewed strength 💪, softer hearts 🌸, and deeper trust 🌿 — and we look forward to the next time we gather again in community.
With love and gratitude,
The Casa Maya Team 🌞
Navigating Complexity; centering healing and connection
Join Barbara Collier at the beautiful Casa Maya where hearts are healed and transformation can happen.
In these uncertain times, community and connection are more vital than ever. We are invited to heal ourselves and extend that healing to others. To truly heal, we must embrace our entire being: body, mind, heart, and spirit.
Our journey of healing often involves deepening our relationship with ourselves. We learn to attune to our needs and care for ourselves with kindness and understanding. We learn to attune to our needs with greater care, recognizing our inherent worth. This self-partnership is essential for our well-being and opens the door to deeper healing for ourselves and our clients.
The Power of Touch
Somatic touch practices work by directly addressing the autonomic nervous system. By re-patterning our responses, we can shift from states of stress and anxiety to ease and social engagement. This process, known as nervous system regulation, is a cornerstone of somatic therapies.
Limbic Resonance: The Heart of Healing
Limbic resonance, a powerful tool in a somatic practitioner's toolkit, is often misunderstood. It involves a deep, nonverbal connection between practitioner and client, fostering a sense of safety, trust, and connection. When clients feel seen, heard, and understood, the release of oxytocin and other beneficial hormones facilitates cellular healing and transformation.
Trauma, shame, grief, and unexpressed emotions can create habitual patterns that hinder our ability to be present and embodied. These patterns, known as trauma coupling dynamics, can be addressed through somatic practices.
Join us at Casa Maya to explore these profound concepts and experience the transformative power of touch. This retreat is designed for those familiar with Barbara's work.
By attending this 5-day retreat, you'll have the opportunity to:
• Deepen your understanding of trauma coupling dynamics
• Learn practical tools enabling you to find yourself and stay with yourself
• Experience and learn to offer the transformative power of touch and embodied presence
Trained as a nurse and worked in the Intensive Care Unit in the early and mid-nineties, she has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and several post-graduate three-year training certificates, such as:
For years she has been working with children, adults, and families to build resilience and capacity within their systems, partnering with the wisdom that animals have taught her over five decades to join with and support clients in deepening and broadening their connection with Nature in honor of our mammalian heritage.
Participants
Non-Refundable Deposit
Full Price
Days Retreat
Eligible only those who have done Shame dismantling and Touch work with Barbara already!
Minimum number of participants to organize the event is 12 people and maximum would be some 16 participants
CASA MAYA, Triban 7, Buje, Istria, Croatia. Nestled between Buje and Grožnjan, the most enchanting part of Istria in a quiet village of Triban
4 nights - Casa Maya (1 double queen size bed room, 1 triple room available in the house), Hostel Triban across the street (3 dorms with 8 beds each - shared bathrooms)
for private rooms there is Casa Parenzana & Grožnjan Amarilis rooms or similar - limited rooms available
Casa Maya Centre is situated at the outskirts of the village Triban, nestled between two famous medieval towns of Northern Istria, Buje and Grožnjan.
If you are coming by car from Buje, just as you pass the church and the belfry, you turn left before a stone wall. The sign is on the street. If you are coming from Grožnjan, it is after you pass the village and before you pass the church on your right.
Coming by plane, the nearest airports are Trieste, Venice, Ljubljana, Rijeka, and Zagreb. You will need some support from us and a transfer organized to reach our place.
Coming by train, the nearest train stations are Trieste in Italy, Koper in Slovenia, and Rijeka in Croatia. From the train station, you will need a private transfer.
Coming by bus, the nearest station is Buje, some 2 km from us. Additionally, Umag, Koper, Novigrad, and Trieste are all within a 30-minute drive.
Coming on foot… also an option, as we are situated on the famous Parenzana Trail.
20.-24. August 2025.
Price for the program is 550 € for a 5 days retreat
Registration and non-refundable deposit is 50 €
FULL BOARD meals, fruits & snacks, drinks
Assisting in small practise group
SE Credit - from our senior accredited SE assistants
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MBS: 080939447
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