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SUMMARY:Fall 2026 – Double Holotropic Breathwork™ Retreat
DESCRIPTION:**Early Registration price of $550 available until September 25th\, 2026** \nJoin Midwest Breathwork and Art of Counseling for a Double Holotropic Breathwork™ Retreat right here in St. Paul\, MN\, from the afternoon on Friday\, October 23rd\, through the afternoon on Sunday\, October 25th. \nThis non-residential workshop contains 4 breathwork sessions\, allowing each participant the opportunity to experience ‘breathing’ and ‘sitting’ twice. \nThis transformative weekend offers a unique opportunity to explore the depths of your consciousness through supported breathwork sessions. Whether you’re new to Holotropic Breathwork™ or have previous experience\, this workshop will provide you with the opportunity and space for deep self-exploration and healing. Don’t miss this chance to connect with yourself and others on a profound level in the heart of St. Paul. \nRegister for the event by visiting Midwest Breathwork’s website here: https://www.midwestbreathwork.com/events \n  \nBelow is the tentative schedule for the weekend: \nFriday\, October 23rd \n\nOpening Community Circle and Intro Talk\nBreathwork Session # 1\nDinner Provided – Mandala Creation\n\nSaturday\, October 24th \n\nBreathwork Session # 2\nLunch Provided – Mandala Creation\nBreathwork Session # 3\nDinner Provided – Mandala Creation\nCommunity Circle & Sharing\n\nSunday\, October 25th \n\nBreathwork Session # 4\nLunch Provided – Mandala Creation\nIntegration Practice & Closing Community Share
URL:https://artofcounselingstpaul.com/event/fall-2026-double-holotropic-breathwork-retreat/
LOCATION:Art of Counseling\, 275 4th Street East\, St. Paul\, 55101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Holotropic Breathwork
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SUMMARY:Feeding the Roots: SoulCollage® and the Ancestral Hearth
DESCRIPTION:Every single one of us is backed by a vast lineage. We inherit their resilience\, their creativity\, and very often\, the distinct flavors of their kitchens. The food our ancestors prepared sustained them through history so that we could be here today. \nThe Ancestral Table is a sacred\, multi-sensory immersion designed to help you honor those roots through intuitive creativity and communal dining. \nWe will begin our day using SoulCollage®\, a powerful cut-and-paste process. Bypassing your analytical mind\, you will forage through a curated vault of evocative images to create personalized cards that give a visual voice to your lineage—honoring bloodline ancestors\, mentors of spirit\, or ancestors of place. \nThen\, we transition to the heart of our evening: The Legacy Potluck. This is not just a standard buffet; it is a living ritual of remembrance. We will dine alongside our ancestors\, setting a dedicated “Ancestor Plate” at the table\, pouring traditional libations\, and lighting candles to welcome their presence. As we eat\, each participant will share the story behind their dish\, turning the dinner into a beautifully woven tapestry of history\, memory\, and flavor. \n✨ What You Will Experience: \n\nThe Ancestral Hearth Meditation: A guided visualization to connect with the wisdom of your lineage.\nIntuitive SoulCollage® Making: Crafting your own 5×8 Ancestor cards using premium art materials.\nThe Legacy Potluck Ritual: A structured communal meal where we feed our spirits\, offer ancestral toasts\, and share family food history.\nGiving Voice to the Lineage: A guided journaling and partner-sharing process to decode the direct messages your cards have for your life today.\n\n🍲 The Legacy Potluck: What to Bring \nThe centerpiece of our dinner is the food we share. We invite every participant to bring a dish that represents their ancestral heritage. \n\nIt could be a cherished family recipe passed down through generations (like your grandmother’s bread or a traditional holiday stew).\nIt could be a dish that represents the geography or culture of your heritage (even if it’s a simple\, rustic food your ancestors relied on).\nPlease note: Along with your dish\, please bring a small card listing its ingredients and a 2-3 sentence story of its origin to display on the table!\n\n🗓️ Event Details \n\nDate & Time: Friday\, October 30th\, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM\nAges: 18+\nLocation: 275 4th St E\, #301\, St. Paul\, 55101\nInvestment: $150 – Includes all premium art supplies\, workshop materials\, workshop facilitation\, and non-alcoholic Legacy Potluck beverages\nWhat to Bring: A journal\, a pen\, your ancestral potluck dish\, and optionally\, a photo or small token of an ancestor for our collective altar.\n\n🎯 This Immersion is Perfect for You If: \n\nYou want to explore genealogy and family history through a creative\, embodied lens.\nYou love the magic that happens when people share deep stories over home-cooked food.\n\n••You crave a sacred space to slow down and consciously express gratitude for those who paved the way for you. \nPrimary Facilitator: Heather Matson\, MA\, LMFT\, ATR-BC®\, ATCS\, PATP
URL:https://artofcounselingstpaul.com/event/feeding-the-roots-soulcollage-and-the-ancestral-hearth/
LOCATION:Art of Counseling\, 275 4th Street East\, St. Paul\, 55101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Soul Collage®
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SUMMARY:Breathwork for Holistic Healing: A Clinical & Experiential Approach to Breathwork for Regulation\, Presence\, & Expanded Capacity
DESCRIPTION:14 CE Hours | Hybrid Training \nThis course has been approved for 14.0 continuing education clock hours by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (BBHT). CE Activity No. 2026.CE.335.  \nThis course has been approved for 14.0 continuing education clock hours by the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy (MN board of MFT). Approval no. 2026.339.  \nDate & Time: \nNovember 20th–22nd\, 2026 \n\nFriday\, November 20th: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT\nSaturday\, November 21st: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT\nSunday\, November 22nd: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT\n\n\nRegistration Options\nIn-Person Attendance (Art of Counseling\, Saint Paul\, MN)\nLimited in-person spots available! \nVirtual Attendance (Zoom)\nAttend from anywhere (Online participants can join the full experience)\n\n\n\nPricing\nStandard Tuition: $525 \nEarly bird discount: $50 off through 10/20/26 \n(In-person and online tuition are the same) \n\n\n\nAbout this workshop\nBreathwork For Holistic Healing is a hybrid experiential training designed to teach clinicians how to incorporate different types of breathwork into their work with clients. The workshop focuses on practical application through teaching\, direct experience\, and clinical reflection. Participants will explore how breathwork can support nervous system regulation\, greater presence\, and expanded capacity\, while gaining a broader understanding of how different approaches can be used skillfully in client work. \nIntended for clinicians and helping professionals. \n\nCore Outcomes\n\nApply practical breathwork approaches that support nervous system regulation\, presence\, and capacity in clinical settings.\nUnderstand how different types of breathwork and the Holotropic paradigm can be used to build presence\, resilience and expanded capacity.\nExperience breathwork (including 2 hour Neurodynamic journey) in a guided setting so the material is understood both conceptually and experientially.\n\n  \nPrimary Instructor: Jonathan Schecter\, SEP (Pathways to Integration) \nIn collaboration with: Heather Matson\, MA\, LMFT\, ATR-BC®\, ATCS\, PATP (Art of Counseling\, PLLC) \nHosted by: Art of Counseling\, PLLC \n \n 
URL:https://artofcounselingstpaul.com/event/breathwork-for-holistic-healing-a-clinical-approach-to-breathwork-for-presence-regulation-and-capacity/
LOCATION:Art of Counseling\, 275 4th Street East\, St. Paul\, 55101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education Workshops & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Self-of-the-Therapist Experiential Process Painting (6.5 CEs) – Winter 2026
DESCRIPTION:Discounted early bird rate of $30 off available now through 11/03/26! \nWhen applying concepts from El Duende Process Painting and the Anchored Relational Method—including Relational Autonomy and Relational Cohesion—to self-of-the-therapist clinical practice\, the therapist’s evolving relationship with a single canvas becomes the vehicle for learning. Sequential layering of art materials invites ongoing self-reflexivity through aesthetic attunement\, Relational Resonance\, and clinical intuition. This process encourages aesthetically focused curiosity and exploration of internal and external relationships\, often bringing forward deeper layers of professional and personal identity. \nThrough intuitive process painting\, participants will strengthen their capacity to recognize and respond to emotional\, somatic\, and relational cues within themselves and the therapeutic relationship. This experiential practice supports greater presence\, self-awareness\, and clinical responsiveness while exploring how internal responses can inform—rather than direct—the therapeutic process. \nThe structure of process painting has three main activities:  \n\nSpontaneous painting\nComplex reflective processing\nAesthetically focused attention to imagery appearing in the painting that parallels the clinical experience\n\nThis process offers numerous benefits including enhanced self-reflexivity\, improved clinical intuition\, and a deeper understanding of internal and external relationships. Engagement from Active Imagination\, practicing and applying “neurology\, development\, dignity\, resilience\, and vulnerability inherent in all human beings.. supporting life-giving actions in line with values.” (Miller and Solon 2024) \nSeminar Schedule: \n\n9:00 – Guided Relaxation\, Introductions\, and Experiential Check-In\n9:45 – Explanation and Instructions for Process Painting\n10:00 – Experiential Process Painting: Part I\n11:30 – Small-Group Processing and Integration\n12:30 – Lunch Break\n1:00 – Experiential Process Painting: Part II\n3:00 – Large-Group Reflection\, Clinical Integration\, and Closing\n\nArt of Counseling\, PLLC\, is an ATCB Authorized Continuing Education (CE) Provider. CE activities are accepted for recertification of Board Certified Registered Art Therapists (ATR-BC) and fall within ATCB-approved content areas: Art Therapy\, General Mental Health Education\, Supervision\, and Ethics. \nPending approval for 6.5 continuing education clock hours both by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (BBHT) and the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy (MN board of MFT).
URL:https://artofcounselingstpaul.com/event/process-painting-seminar-winter-2026/
LOCATION:Art of Counseling\, 275 4th Street East\, St. Paul\, 55101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education Workshops & Lectures,Process Painting Seminar
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SUMMARY:The Cosmic Connection During the Winter Solstice: An Inner Journey to the Roots of Light - Dec 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the circle!\n\nKetamine acts as a gentle solvent for the rigid\, everyday ego. By lifting the heavy veil of daily anxieties and repetitive thought loops\, this evidence-based medicine allows your consciousness to safely expand. \nFloating in the velvety\, vast architecture of a deeply supported medicine state\, the boundaries of your personal history soften. Here\, in the cosmic darkness\, participants frequently experience a profound sense of unity—a direct\, felt understanding that they are woven into the very fabric of existence. \nIt is within this stillness that you meet your Inner Healer: the primordial\, unshakeable spark of consciousness that knows exactly how to mend\, how to integrate\, and how to bloom when the season turns. \nWe invite you into a space of healing\, creativity\, and connection. This group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) retreat—hosted by Art of Counseling in collaboration with Dr. Becca Lenz\, APRN\, DNP\, PMHNP-BC\, AGNP-BC\, PAT-C of Merkaba Integrative Psychiatry—is designed to help you slow down\, tune inward\, and experience the restorative power of community. \nAt Art of Counseling\, we believe healing happens when we feel seen\, supported\, and connected. Alongside Becca’s clinical expertise and compassionate presence\, this retreat combines ketamine medicine with grounding practices\, creative exploration\, and shared reflection. Together\, we create space for insight\, release\, and renewal. \nWhether you are a caregiver\, therapist\, healer\, or simply someone longing for deeper self-understanding\, this retreat offers a chance to pause\, reconnect with yourself\, and carry that clarity forward into your everyday life. \n\n*this is a NON-RESIDENTIAL retreat \nWhat you can expect:\n\nArt therapy practices that support both preparation and integration of your experience.\nMind-body awareness through gentle movement\, meditation\, and somatic practices.\nA supportive medicine session held within the safety of the community and skilled facilitation.\nOpportunities for reflection through journaling\, creative expression\, and group dialogue.\nContinued integration during an online circle the week after the retreat.\n\nSchedule\nOn December 19th\, you are invited to step out of the frantic holiday rush and into a sacred sanctuary. The Cosmic Connection is an intimate\, clinically supervised\, day-long Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Retreat that mirrors the cosmic cycle of the solstice: a deliberate descent into the quiet subconscious to discover the unshakeable light waiting within you. \nFriday\, December 18th @ 6:30 pm | Virtual\n\nWelcome and orientation\nPreparation for medicine day\nCommunity sharing\n\nSaturday\, December 19th @ 8:45 AM–5:30 PM | In-person at Art of Counseling (Gathering Ground Collective room 360)\n\nMedical check-in\nMorning grounding practices & community circle\nMedicine session\nLunch break (provided)\nCreative integration & movement activities\nClosing circle\n\nTuesday\, December 22nd @ 6 PM | Virtual\n\nVirtual integration circle\n\nCost & Registration\nRetreat Cost\n$450 per person (Early bird discount of $375\, ends Nov 19th) \nAre you ready to journey to the roots of light? How to Register\nSpaces for this specialized solstice portal are highly limited. Because your safety is our highest priority\, a clinical screening is required for all participants. \nTo reserve your spot in the retreat\, please purchase your ticket first. Once your ticket is secured\, we’ll guide you through the remaining steps to prepare for the experience with care and intention. \nAPPLY FOR THE SOLSTICE RETREAT: After registering\, please complete both of the following forms (linked below):\n\nRetreat Registration Form\nMedical Screening Questionnaire\n\nMedical Disclaimer: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) involves a prescription medication administered under medical supervision. All applicants must complete a mandatory medical and psychological evaluation before final registration. This retreat is an elective therapeutic accelerator and is not intended as crisis intervention. \nOnce your forms are submitted: \n\nA member of our team and Dr. Lenz with Merkaba Integrative Psychiatry will review them\nIf anything needs clarification or follow-up\, we’ll reach out directly\nRegardless\, you’ll hear from us to connect about scheduling your medical intake (not included with the retreat ticket; insurance may be used in most cases) with Dr. Lenz at Merkaba Integrative Psychiatry\, which is the next step in the process\n\nYou’re welcome to complete the forms before or after purchasing your ticket\, but we recommend completing them as soon as possible to keep things moving smoothly. If you don’t complete the forms after registration\, we will follow up with a gentle reminder. \nWe’re here to support you each step of the way.
URL:https://artofcounselingstpaul.com/event/kap-retreat-dec-2026/
LOCATION:Art of Counseling\, 275 4th Street East\, St. Paul\, 55101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Retreat,Soul Collage®
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