Facilitators

These master teachers, DJs, and facilitators point the way. You choose to accept the invitation.

Greg Vorst

CEO Embodied Recovery & SunDo Teacher

Greg Vorst is the CEO and co-founder of Embodied Recovery, a treatment center in Los Gatos supporting individuals to transform the suffering of addiction and mental health challenges into soul growth and embodied living. He and cofounder Michael Nolan are creators of the Empowered Living series—12 core teachings that facilitate psychological maturation and spiritual fulfillment. As a therapist, Greg supports clients to discover and undo the blocks to the awareness of love's presence so their inner light can be set free. His work with psyche is complimented by SunDo; a Korean Taoist form of embodied breathwork. In teaching SunDo, Greg assists clients in regulating their nervous system and developing greater capacity to be present to their feelings. With steady practice, people can recover from trauma and develop a profound sense of wellbeing.

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Michael Nolan

COO Embodied Recovery

Michael is the COO and co-founder of Embodied Recovery. Michael completed Bethany University’s Addiction Studies program in 2010, and became a certified addiction counselor level II in 2012. Michael’s work with clients is inspired by pioneers in the addiction treatment field including Dr. Barry Rosen, as well as by the works of John Bradshaw, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Pia Mellody, Brené Brown, Charles Whitfield, and Eckhart Tolle. In Michael's words, "In recovery I have been blessed with marriage, three beautiful children, a stable career, the ability to pay bills on time, and an experience of self-love that eluded me for years. I wholeheartedly believe that a life of recovery and service creates a greater sense of life-fulfillment, purpose, gratitude and inner peace."

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DJ Drez

DJ / Music Producer

Drez transforms the vibe of any scene his sound is set upon. Rooted in underground L.A. hiphop, Dr. EZ applies precise turn-table skills to a cutting edge vision for truly universal music, intelligently integrating elements of hiphop, world music, soul, funk, jazz, and reggae into his trademark sound and production. A master of his craft in the studio and on stage, Drez cuts and composes profoundly original tracks that facilitate body movement practice of all forms— be it dance, yoga asana or after-hours intimate/ecstatic.

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Seo Yujeong

Korean Artist & Dancer

Seo Yujeong is a Korean artist and dancer. When she works on her paintings, she uses the energy of love, peace, and happiness that she has received through prayer and meditation. Seo works with her hands unconsciously, without being tied to anything. She is noted for her abstract techniques with unique colors and textures. She said “You can look at my paintings comfortably from multiple angles. The energy is different in the east, west, north, and south. The energy painting works are divided into black holes in the galaxy in the sky, earth, and people. The reason why I specifically dot the energy picture is because I feel that nature, the universe, and human beings all start from a single point. It’s about expressing your gratitude with all your heart for that one thing.”

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Donna Carroll

ALIXIR EMBODIMENT

Donna Carroll is a movement facilitator, training at Tamalpa Institute to become a registered Somatic Movement Therapist with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). As a counselor and certified trauma-sensitive HeartMath practitioner, Donna works with adults facing addiction and mental health challenges. In the course of the last two decades, Donna has designed and produced thousands of conscious ecstatic dance events and training programs as founder of Alixir Dance. As a group leader, Donna utilizes movement, mindfulness, and music to bring about becoming, belonging and a relationship with the beyond for her clients. Her method, Alixir Dance, is informed by her work with her teachers Andrea Juhan of Open Floor International, Daria Halpbern of Tamalpa Institute, and Jenny Sauer Klein of AcroYoga.

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Wren LaFeet

Movement Facilitator

Wren is celebrating his 24th year dancing! Teaching partner dance internationally as a practice for mindful, authentic living by facilitating his signature modality, Cocréa, is his joyful service. Using movement, he guides people towards right-relationship through listening and responding to, as well as inviting, allowing and embracing change. He is a celebrated TEDx speaker, featured author in “ReInhabiting the Village” and proponent of pioneering a new renaissance through connection and consensual touch. He is a Danyasa trained facilitator, former Awake at Work program facilitator, certified Attunement Therapy practitioner, Do Good Things with Power program graduate, Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath graduate and holds a BA in Drama and Dance from the University of Washington. Wren is as an addiction recovery counselor at Embodied Recovery.

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AMBROSIA

Cultivate connection and presence through a joyful retreat in nature

Disconnect to Reconnect

Ready to nourish your soul?

October 12-15 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Facilitators

Greg Vorst

Michael Nolan

DJ Drez

Seo Yujeong

Donna Carroll

Wren LaFeet

The Retreat Experience

Schedule

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Sunday

Explore connection and presence amidst towering redwood trees.