Ishtara Classes
Free Intro
Ishtara Body Alchemy is a somatic method for releasing stored body memories and shifting patterns in feeling, thinking, and relating.
Unlock the gifts of your emotional energy. Join a free intro to Ishtara’s trauma-informed Body Alchemy method. We’ll show you how movement can transform emotional and relational patterns, freeing you to live the life you desire. This intro explains Body Alchemy and outlines our six-week course. You’ll gain a new appreciation for your body and greater understanding of somatic work. Online (Zoom) intros are one hour; in-person workshops are two hours and include gentle embodiment exercises.
Level 1: Body Alchemy
Transform emotional energy, create the life you desire.
Body Alchemy is a trauma-sensitive method for transforming emotional and relational patterns through movement. In this 6-week course you’ll learn how patterns are created in your nervous system that may limit or enhance your capacity for joy, wellbeing, success, and fulfillment. You’ll gain a profound appreciation for your body, greater understanding of how to work with your unique nervous system patterns, how to listen deeply to your body for guidance, and how to alchemize emotional energies into their highest gifts.
This class includes:
A personalized 6-week journey into a powerful embodiment practice customized to you.
Principles and practices developed over a decade to transform your emotions and rewire patterns that no longer serve you.
Opportunities for deep and lasting healing in a safe,small group container. (Classes limited to 6 people.)
2 hours of live instruction per week.
100 page guidebook
Transformative practices you can do at home in just 15 minutes with curated music.
Exchange: $400
If cost is prohibitive, inquire about our limited sliding scale scholarships.
Level 2: Body Trinity
Discover Your Body’s Personality. Unleash Your Freedom.
Your body’s protective patterns shape how you relate to yourself, your life, and others. Learn to recognize these patterns as unique body “personalities,” allowing you to embrace and transform them. This process helps you reclaim your power and unlock greater freedom.
Body Trinity is a 6-week course that teaches advanced movement vocabulary, equips you to create potent body alchemies, and helps you turn on your power playfully, potently, and pleasurably. Classes are customized for each of the 6 women in the group.
Completion allows participation in retreats and special events.
Prerequisite: Body Alchemy
Classes: 6 sessions
Exchange: $800
If cost is prohibitive, inquire about our limited sliding scale scholarships.
Advanced Practice: Ongoing Series
Deepen Your Practice. Transform Old Patterns. Step into Your Fullness.
This is where your unique practice truly comes alive through weekly small group sessions. Move beyond old patterns and let your full self shine. This is a 6-week ongoing practice series.
Prerequisite: Body Alchemy
Exchange: $400
If cost is prohibitive, inquire about our limited sliding scale scholarships.
1:1 Ishtara Support (All Levels)
Personalized coaching sessions (30, 60, or 90 minutes, single or 3-session packages). Contact Melissa [link to my email] for details & scheduling.
Special Events
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