Breath of Life Course, Level I
“I keep thinking that if everyone took this class there would be peace on Earth.”
— Kimberly, Breath of Life Course Student
About the Course
In this introductory course, we will delve into the guiding principles of craniosacral biodynamics, embodied meditation, somatic movement, and attunement.
Orienting to presence, stillness, and wholeness, we will explore inner practices such as embodied felt-sense, tonal match, full body breathing, resting in invisible midline, and residing in neutral.
Following the insights of Dr. Sutherland and his successors, we will learn how to listen to primary respiration and the Breath of Life, sensing tides, fulcrums, stillpoints, subtle rhythms, states of consciousness, and more.
This course will invite you to develop and refine your essential skills for grounding and centering in yourself, creating and maintaining safety and trust with your client, increasing potency in your touch and sensitivity in your awareness.
With dynamic stillness as the guide, we cultivate our capacity to support the body’s innate wisdom of healing in ourselves and in each other.
Hard to put into words the complete fullness, wholeness and expansiveness I experienced from taking this course. So inspired by the way Koa transmits these teachings. I am so grateful for her devotion to her students, her care and her communication. She holds the space so beautifully. Highly recommend studying with Koa!
Amanda, Breath of Life Course Student
Our Schedule
Days 1-3
10am - 1:30pm — class
1:30pm - 3pm — lunch break
3pm - 6pm — class
Day 4
10am - 1:00pm — class
1:00pm - 2:30pm — lunch break
2:30 - 4pm — closing
Closing Circle / Departure — 4pm
About the Location
Our location is situated in the foothills of the Sangro de Cristo mountains, 9 miles north of Santa Fe in the village of Tesuque.
Northern New Mexico is a stunningly beautiful place that cultivates contemplation, deep inquiry, and expansion. The land acts as a clear mirror here. Santa Fe, known to the native Tewa people as Oga Po'geh, meaning White Shell Water Place, is renowned for healing.
This is an invitation to be held by the solidity of the earth, the vastness of the sky, and the returning to one’s center, a relearning of how to rest in one's being.
Accommodations are not included in this non-residential immersion. A directory of local BnB’s can be provided upon request, and carpools can be arranged amongst participants as needed.
Course Overview
In this introductory course, we will delve into the guiding principles of craniosacral biodynamics, embodiment meditation, somatic movement, and attunement. No prior experience necessary.
Key Concepts
Orienting to Presence, Stillness, and Wholeness.
Embodied Practices: Engaging in embodied felt-sense, resonant contact, full body breathing, midline, neutral.
Listening to Life Forces: Understanding Primary Respiration and the Breath of Life. Sensing tides, fulcrums, stillpoints and subtle rhythms of the craniosacral system.
Learning Outcomes
Develop essential skills for grounding and centering in your being.
Learn to create and maintain safety and trust with self and other.
Enhance the potency of your touch and the sensitivity of your awareness, with anaotomical insight.
Essential Skills Cultivation
Through the resources of Dynamic Stillness and the Breath of Life, we cultivate our ability to support the body’s Innate Wisdom of Healing in ourselves, in each other, and in the world.
Registration and Reciprocity
These lands ancestrally belong to the pueblo people. A percentage of our funds will be offered to Tewa Women United, as well as to Gaza Relief Funds.
Registration is first come, first served. There are multiple pricing tiers to reflect income diversity and increase accessibility. If you are in a place to give, we thank you for your generosity in supporting our scholarships.
Refunds:
If the course needs to be cancelled or postponed by the facilitator or host, a full refund will be given. For more details on refunds please see Course Policies.
Deep gratitude for the wisdom and beauty you embody and share. This time here has been deeply nourishing as I beginning to witness healing and harmony within vessel and heart. Thank you!
Kristianna, Breath of Life Course Student
