Elia Serras

Hello journeyer, I'm Elia (Ee-Lee-Ah). Finding the right guide can change everything. I welcome your inquiry into finding the best support for your path.

I work at the intersection of somatic healing, deep ecology, and culture change. As a guide, I support people with simple loving presence, courageous questions and powerful tools. All my offerings are deeply informed by work done in the realms of grief tending, rites of passage, applied mindfulness and somatic therapies.

I am passionate about helping people cultivate a durable and expansive sense of belonging in their lives. I believe that belonging is a psychological, spiritual and somatic experience that can be fostered through practices of truth, healing and wholeness. Deep belonging is the holistic knowing of a kind of welcomeness for all parts and expressions of you, in your multifaceted authenticity. A culture of belonging recognizes the innate gift and value of each life, within the web of all life.

EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS

My background in this work begins with several years of training in humanistic psychotherapy and group facilitation. I weave in mindfulness, breath work, and ancestral practices from lineages including those of Jack Kornfield, Stan Grof, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macey and Carl Rogers. I’m a certified practitioner of PsychoNeuroEnergetics and Somatic Release Technique for resolving traumatic imprints. For a decade I’ve been deeply involved in Men’s retreats, gender reconciliation and Grief Rituals.

DARK RETREAT PHILOSOPHY

All ancient cultures were supported by practices involving darkness, quiet, and altered states of consciousness. Dark retreats are a technology of belonging and remembrance. Inside of incubation experiences one can begin to strengthen a relationship with states of consciousness outside of distraction, projection, and cultivate a more clear perception.
Intentional preparation and incorporation can radically deepen and amplify an experience in the darkness.