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IFS, Breathwork & Altered States of Consciousness
During this webinar you will learn:
- How conscious breathing enhances IFS therapy and affects the therapeutic process by fostering deeper connections with clients’ internal parts.
- How we can use IFS and Somatic IFS for preparation and integration of altered states of consciousness, including breathwork practices and working with psychedelics.
- How to break through the stuckness in our bodies by integrating IFS, breathwork and other somatic practices like TRE.
This event was live on July 23, 2024.
After you sign up, we will send you an e-mail confirmation and then, up to a few hours, an e-mail with the link to the recording with no time limit.
Meet the guests
LaDonna Silva
LaDonna Silva, LMFT is Process Therapist, an IFS Approved Clinical Consultant, a Level 3 Certified IFS Therapist and a member of the Somatic IFS Staff. She has been seeing clients for over 18 years and has proudly been on her own healing journey for the last 34 years.
In recent years, she has focused on bridging her background in Somatic and Transpersonal Psychology with Process Therapy and the IFS/Somatic IFS model. She specializes in trauma, sexual abuse/assault, grief, couples work, group work and working with the LGBTQI+ community.
LaDonna loves practicing the Art of Being and Doing in the therapeutic setting. She invites her clients to return to their own natural state of balance and well-being, all the while holding a compassionate and non-pathologizing place for those internal systems that need attention and loving care.
She incorporates diverse modalities, like movement, music, somatic process, play and curiosity, to discover and address what shows up in the room.
Pablo Castro
Pablo Castro is a Breathwork Practitioner and a lead Breathwork Trainer for Alchemy of Breath.
He practices and guides Alchemy Meditation, a somatic meditation, that facilitates a deep conversation with the body. He also guides a process called the BRIDGE, which combines breath, felt sense, and inner child work to create an embodied experience of wholeness, connection and aliveness.
He is trained in a water therapy called Wataflow & offers rebirthing breathwork ceremonies in warm water. He is a surfer, free diver and lover of the ocean, more and more, he is called to work with and within the element of water.
He spends his year travelling through Bali, Europe and the United States, co-creating immersive experiences for people that combine his passions for breath, somatic healing and water therapy.
Pablo aims to create loving & gentle spaces of transformation where all parts of ourselves can feel they are welcome and will be met with care.
Heather Smith
Pushing the boundaries of therapeutic modalities, Heather’s passion lies at the intersection of IFS (Internal Family Systems) and Expanded States of Consciousness, all for the intent of transformation.
From 2015 to 2023, Heather operated Insight Counseling of Alexandria, LLC, a private practice where she applied parts work, specializing in supporting clients integrating therapeutic medicine journeys.
Her journey with IFS began in 2015, progressing through levels 1-3. She further solidified her expertise, serving as a Program Assistant for numerous IFS trainings over the past several years.
In 2019, Heather initiated a MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) sponsored Expanded Access site in Rockville, MD for the study of MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD, a research protocol approved by the FDA. It was through this initiative that Heather received her MAPS Therapist training. Heather has also been trained by Compass Pathways, Fluence, and has attended several psychedelic conferences such as MAPS 2023, Horizons, and SOAP.
Meet the host
Michael Pasterski
Michael is the founder and CEO of Life Architect and a Certified IFS Practitioner from Poland.
His work is dedicated to fostering transformative experiences, whether through his practice, the projects he leads, or the communities he supports.
He is the author of “Insight. Road to Mental Maturity” – a book about the journeys into our inner worlds. Over the past 15 years, he published more than 400 articles on his Polish blog Michalpasterski.pl, which attracts the attention of more than one million readers a year. You can find an English version of this blog on Pasterski.com. For 10 years, he has led retreats in Bali and Thailand with a program based on his book.
Born with a creative spirit, his passion lies in integrating diverse ideas. He is now embarking on a new journey to establish a democratic school in Poland, where freedom of choice, therapeutic tools, and caring individuals will nurture children’s hearts and minds.
After work, he loves being a father to his two small daughters, enjoys travelling (mainly to Southeast Asia), dancing and practising Qi-Gong.
