About this Retreat
Costanza Di Prisco is a Trauma-informed Psychedelic Practitioner, Breathwork Coach, Musician, and Somatic Therapist, who combines Shamanic practices learned in the Amazon with western Therapeutic practices to assist individuals in deep transformation.
She began working with psychedelics more than 12 years ago, initially as a participant, later as an assistant, then began training with shamans and healers, and eventually studied to become a Psychedelic Practitioner. Her last few years have been devoted to psilocybin, though she has worked with a variety of plant medicines. She is also a breathwork coach, working with the body’s knowledge to achieve understanding and promote healing. She has trained in Somatic therapy and Bioneuroemotion, a field that blends biology, neuroscience, epigenetics, NLP, and psychology. She received training in India to be able to instruct in meditation, yoga, and pranayama. She has finished a master plant dieta with Noya Rao and follows the tradition of the Shipibo from Peru in terms of shamanic techniques.
Developing the Anima Integrative Breathwork™ has crystallized her years of learning from many teachers and mentors, into a method that breaks old patterns and proves lasting positive effects.
Also focused on education, she's the Director of the Synthesis Institute's Psychedelic Immersion Retreats and Anima Integrative Breathwork & Voice Practitioner Training.
Her facilitation style combines ancient wisdom methods with cognitive therapeutic techniques from the West to produce powerful transformational experiences. When singing in ceremony, Costanza places emphasis on the healing potential of music. Her goal is to serve as a bridge for people seeking to start or continue their own journeys of self-discovery; creating safe spaces so others can engage in their psychedelic healing experiences feeling supported and empowered so their own inner wisdom can emerge.
Details of this retreat
Breathwork is one of the most powerful tools available to all of us, and requires nothing more than our breath. Learning to use our breath to heal and release can be a deep transformational experience that goes beyond the imaginable. Consciously changing the way we breathe appears to send a signal to the brain to adjust the parasympathetic branch of the nervous system, which can slow heart rate and digestion and promote feelings of calmness and safety. This is an excellent state to be in while working on traumas, blockages, old patterns and the shadow. Find a renewed sense of self and liberation.
THE EXPERIENCE:
Embark on a transformative journey with the power of your breath and learn how to navigate this practice for maximum benefits. This experience takes place in a safe and nurturing setting, allowing for personal growth and spiritual awakening. It includes preparation and integration, as well as the breathwork journey.
During the session, you will be supported by a Trauma-Informed Facilitator who provide physical contact, sound healing, singing, and various therapeutic techniques. The session typically lasts three hours. Expect to experience changes in perception, space-time, and thoughts during this immersive experience.
By engaging in this experience, you can cultivate self-awareness and support positive changes in your life and relationships. It is especially suited for individuals seeking to work on their shadow, understand patterns and behaviors, connect with their true selves, enhance their creativity, align themselves, heal past wounds, tap into their heart's wisdom, release blocked energy, reconnect with buried aspects of themselves, and make lasting positive changes.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
You will experience the Anima Integrative Breathwork™, which is a conscious-connected breathing technique. This means that you will breathe in a continuous cycle, leading to open the doors to the subconscious and allowing the deep inner work. Changing the breathing patter brings health in the emotional, physical and mental realms. The most beautiful part is that you are in full control of the experience. We will also practice other techniques that help process traumas and blockages, such as embodiment practices, and voice liberation practices.
Within the vocal practices, we will do exercises that will help release the unconscious material that we brought to the surface with the breathwork, and will restore health to our vagus nerve. This nerve is one of the longest of the body and provides a communication pathway between the brain and vital organs in the body, responsible of the flight-fight-freeze-fawn responses if and the rest & digest response, depending on the situation. Various factors can negatively impact the vagal tone – a term used to describe how well the vagus nerve works.
Poor vagal tone can result from:
- High stress
- Toxicity
- Poor diet
- Physical or emotional trauma
- Gut imbalance
- Other physical or emotional stressors
Maintaining vagal tone and restoring proper function when it’s under-performing are crucial for maintaining optimal health and well-being. With a healthy vagal tone you will experience:
- More energy while feeling calm
- Better sleep patterns
- More enjoyment
- Heightening of the senses
- Easier to stay present
- Calmer mind
- More connection
- Lighter and more free
Just to name a few.
Embodiment practices refers to diverse techniques that build the relationship between body and mind. One of them is attuned touch, which, at the right time in a person’s recovery from trauma, can help significantly to:
- Reorganize a nervous system that has been stuck in dysregulation
- Strengthen emotional stability
- Build resilience
DIET:
There are no dietary restrictions for participating in a Breathwork Session, but a vegan diet is recommended beforehand to energetically cleanse your body. It is advised to have an empty stomach (no food for 2 hours prior to the session) but not to be starving.
LOCATION:
You will be responsible for booking your own accommodation and the facilitator will come to your chosen location for the session. The sessions can be hosted in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Ibiza, Tenerife and Algarve. In case the session will be held at one of the partnered retreat centers, you are responsible for your transport to and back from the center.
Come join us and take a deep dive into yourself! Coming out on the other side feeling more liberated and empowered.