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      • Heidi Erhardt

         

        soul to soul, mine to yours

        Space Holder . Guide . Facilitator

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        About Heidi

         

        Heidi Erhardt has been a workshop leader, educator, dancer, martial artist and meditator for over twenty-five years. She brings a sensitive trauma-informed approach to all of her work and is devoted to creating a safe container that generates trust, depth of presence, and transpersonal growth for individuals and groups.

         

        Certified in SoulCollage® and with a background in writing, Heidi is passionate about working with archetypal intelligence within the psyche. She has thirty-five years of plant medicine and ceremonial experience in various countries and contexts. A Certified Reiki Master, Heidi has been trained in Dharma Leadership, Psychedelic Integration Therapy, Herbalism and Aroma Therapy. 

         

        Heid is committed to somatic practices and works with an authentic dance troupe to further her own self-understanding and expression. She spends time nearly every year fasting on the land for several days in silence and solitude, and holds space for others doing the same. She works with children and youth, and is devoted to rites of passage work for youth coming of age. Her current focus is working individually with clients and hosting groups in workshops and retreat settings.

         

        I am privileged to be based in the exquisite Coast Salish Territory, in what is now known as Victoria, BC, Canada. This unceded territory belongs to the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking people of the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations. I appreciate and acknowledge those that have stewarded this land before me and those that continue to work diligently to uphold those sacred traditions. 

         

         

      • Tools & Philosophy

        I care about people and I am in service to healing...

         

        Deep listening and truly receiving the other is my practice. To the best of my capacity, I offer support and guidance, reflecting and encouraging the inner healer within my client. I know that the deepest healing emerges from authentic relationship... and I trust the process. I also use a variety of tools that I describe below and in further detail on my Intro to Tools blog.

         

        SoulCollage® is a simple process I offer in client sessions, workshops and retreats whereby you'd make a card using images I've curated. Then through journaling prompts, you'd find insights into yourself, guided and held by your own internal healer. I am most passionate about SoulCollage and you'll see images of my own creation throughout my site as well as explanations of the power and potency of the cards in my SoulCollage blog and Suits of SoulCollage blog.

         

        Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)  brings harmony to your inner world; appreciation, consent and connection heal disparate parts for a more integrated and compassionate whole Self. I've seen true miracles with IFS work, especially for those of us struggling to accept ourselves and heal from trauma. In IFS terminology, SoulCollage cards are archetypal representations of aspects of the Self, or our "Inner Healer", emerging to guide and support us with struggles in our lives. More about this in Intro to Tools blog.

         

        Expressive Arts Therapy is woven through many of my workshops and retreats for its function and form, finding regulation and expression through various modalities. I've been doing my own version of Narrative Therapy via a guided "Hero's Journey" for youth (in the classroom) and adults (private sessions) for decades. I'd describe that body of work as a rite of passage via writing. It is a most inspiring journey to guide and accompany my students and clients on.

         

        Meditation and Mindfulness are a consistent practice of mine for the last 20 years (Vipassana and TM). I offer guided meditations as well as sound baths/healings with crystal singing bowls and other live instrumentation.

         

        My greatest hope is that my care, presence and attention to your needs create a safe container for all to be seen, felt, expressed and healed. May it be so...

      • The mysterious world of archetypes... 

        All relationship is based in archetypal intelligence…

        "You are far more than your personality, more than your habits, more than your achievements. You are an infinitely complex human being with stories, myths, dreams and ambitions of cosmic proportions. Don't waste time underestimating yourself. Dream big...

        "Use the energy of your archetype to express the true reason you were born. Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end."

        -Caroline Myss 

         

        "The primordial image, or archetype, is a figure–be it a daemon, a human being, or a process–that constantly recurs in the course of history and appears wherever creative fantasy is freely expressed. Essentially, therefore, it is a mythological figure....

         

        "In each of these images there is a little piece of human psychology and human fate, a remnant of the joys and sorrows that have been repeated countless times in our ancestral history...."

         

        -Carl Jung

         

      • Major Archetypes

         

        "Unconscious of your story, you are in its grasp; but with consciousness, an alchemical process begins: The solidity of the complex dissolves and you can open up to the arrival of a new archetype, the birth of a new cycle of life. In the shadow, then, lies our myth and our fate."

        - Connie Zweig

         

        "All of the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes."

        - Joseph Campell

         

        We can create distance and gain perspective from our negative parts or habits by seeing them in terms of archetypes, simply playing out a role or a pattern. We can also use the archetypes as a guidepost or a beacon to help guide us out of the darkness toward that which we are destined to become...

        The Mother

        The Mother

        The Shaman

        The Shaman

        The Dancer

        The Dancer

        The Yogi

        The Yogi

        The Bodhisattva

        The Bodhisattva

        The Priestess

        The Priestess

        The Magician

        The Magician

        The Artist

        The Artist

        The Angel

        The Angel

        The Child

        The Child

        The Trickster

        The Trickster

      • Fall to Winter Workshops & Retreats

        Come dance, SoulCollage, breathe and dive deep to explore your Self

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        Women's Samhain Retreat

        Thursday to Sunday, October 26-29

        Shawnigan Lake Area, BC

        with Cedar Mathias

        As the traditional marking of the end of harvest season, Samhain invokes both the celebration of summer's blessings as well as the invitation to turn inward. It is a time to gratefully reflect upon the abundance of the year. It also a time to begin to let go of what is no longer needed as we travel toward the dark time. The thin veil between the worlds is lifted and connection with the spirit world is at its strongest, allowing us to relate more easily with the spirits of lost loved ones, with our own spirit and spirit guides as well as the spirits of the plants.

        With the intention of deepening our roots we gather for self-reflection, ritual and ceremony. We come together in the safe container of sisterhood, deepening our connection to ourselves, each other, and the natural world that holds us.

         

        This retreat is open to a small group of women who are committed to inner exploration. We'd be honoured to hold space for your deepening... ✨


        $1111 FULL

        Intake required to attend. Please reach out to learn more.

         

        Please note: If you're interested in this type of retreat, we are taking names on a waitlist and will be offering another retreat like this for Beltane, April 25-28th.

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        Holotropic Breathwork & SoulCollage

        9-7pm
        Saturday, December 2nd
        Church of Truth, Victoria, BC
        with Carolyn Green

        Dive beneath the everyday surface of consciousness to access the power within through a combination of breathwork and SoulCollage.This one-day experiential workshop will be extended through online meetings: one to prepare for inner journey before (Wed Nov 29, 7pm) and another to integrate the experience following (Mon Dec 4, 7pm).

         

        The Grof approach to generating extraordinary states of consciousness through holotropic breathwork is comparable to the use of psychedelic medicines. We will be using sustained, deep breathing and a musical soundscape to direct attention away from the everyday mind and into the deep psyche. SoulCollage will be used as both a preparation and integration tool for the sessions. Via in-depth breathwork, we will be drawing forth what is unconscious, working with it, and then expressing it through the SoulCollage process. Snacks and light a meal is included throughout the day.

         

        More details are provided upon registration. You can find more information about holotropic breathwork here and register for the workshop here. Please contact Carolyn at CarolynGreen@shaw.ca with any specific questions.


        Cost: $267.75

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        Goddess Temple ~ Solstice

        6:30pm - 9pm

        Thursday, December 21st

        Church of Truth, Victoria, BC

        with Jazmin Love

        Goddess Temple is an intentional space for women-identifying folk where we ground in meditation, ritualize the seasonal cycles, are carried through a dance journey, and close with a sound bath to integrate the journey.

         

        In Pagan times the winter solstice was referred to as Yule and was a celebration of the Goddess (Moon) energy. We will gather to celebrate the deepest of the dark time, winter’s feminine yin balancing summer’s masculine yang. Let us nestle, as the roots do, in the depths of the earth’s womb, as we use this time to draw inward and reflect. Ritualizing the longest night of the year honours this dark time, where we have the capacity to do our deepest inner work with the greatest possibility of transformation. We surrender and we trust, as the light grows slowly and steadily from this time forth, guiding us through.

         

        I will open the evening with a guided meditation and intention-setting followed by a brief ritual and close the evening with a crystal bowl sound healing. Please bring layers, blankets &/or a mat for your comfort during the closing.

         

        An ecstatic dance journey follows the guided opening: a free-style movement experience featuring a diverse music set intended to invoke and ignite the wild feminine within. You are invited to move from the inside out and to be non-verbal during the dance, as a way of deepening into the journey. Full movement freedom, authentic embodiment and whole-hearted expression are encouraged.Music set curated by Jaz.

         

        Cost: $25-$35 sliding scale; low-income rate $20-$24

        Pre-registration requested. Reserve your place by sending an

        e-transfer to: dancetempleinfo@gmail.com

        Drop-ins also welcome.

        No dance experience necessary.
      • ~Blog Spot~

        ✨ thoughts, musings, and ruminations ✨

        An Introduction to my Tools
        What are Archetypes? Archetypes are Foundation blocks, embedded into the very fabric of...
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        SoulCollage Cards
        ✨   what better way to tend to the Soul...   The collective unconscious consists of the...
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        Suits of SoulCollage
        Like traditional tarot, SoulCollage has suits.The cards you create fall into these five main...
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        - Kalani Souza

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