Seeking Equilibrium in Times of Change
June 6 – 9, 2024
Malinalco, Mexico
Las Suculentas Manzana 001, San Juan, 52440 Malinalco, State of Mexico, Mexico
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We live in a time of rapid change: personal, professional, digital, climatic, financial and political. This 4-day retreat will pose the question: “How do I navigate my journey through loss, joy, and the search for fulfillment, while maintaining kindness toward myself and others?” Taylor will utilize tools of somatic movement awareness—movement, embodied anatomy, meditation, and touch—to support you to find your own pathway toward equanimity. In the process you will work with:
The Satisfaction Cycle (the capacity to move easily in relationship to the earth and the heavens)
Ecosomatics: embodying your bones as earth, your fluids as ocean, and your breath as sky
Connective and collective tissues: the sensation of internal fascial connectivity as a model for the supportive experience of community
The retreat is being held at Las Suculentas , a private retreat center in Malinalco, Mexico, that offers a profound engagement with the natural world, excellent climate, and a perceptible energy that is an ideal support for transformative change. In addition to the scheduled activities, Las Suculentas offers high-quality unprocessed food menus and amenities such as a stunningly beautiful studio, pool, temazcal, and beautifully decorated living quarters. Malinalco was named one of the “Pueblos Magicos” of Mexico, boasting a 16th-century Augustinian monastery with original murals depicting local flora and fauna, access to a hilltop Aztec ceremonial center, and the highest biodiversity in Mexico.
Conducted in English with Spanish translation as needed
Private bodywork sessions available during breaks and evening hours:
Cecilia Molinar: Craniosacral Therapy, Massage Therapy, and Ayurvedic massage
Contact ayurvedasomatics@gmail.com
Maria Velez/Listening Hands: Functional Osteopathy, Thai Massage, and Zero Balancing
Contact mariaavelezg@gmail.com
Las Suculentas Retreat Center
Mark C. Taylor directs the Center for BodyMindMovement, which provides certification programs in Somatic Movement Education located in the U.S., Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. A registered Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist, he is also a Somatic Experiencing practitioner, a teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, and has trained in cranio-sacral therapy and yoga. Taylor has guided trainings, retreats, and workshops in somatic movement practice for 25 years, in the United States and internationally. He has been influenced by his work as a dancer and choreographer, inspired by being the parent of a son with developmental disabilities, and supported by forty-five years of meditation practice. He is the author of Embody the Skeleton: A Guide for Conscious Movement (Handspring Publishing) and served as board president of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.