#188: The Magic of Enclosure: Dark Retreats with Meghan Elfsten
Dear Rosies,
In a world that never turns the lights off, what happens when you willingly choose complete, uninterrupted dark?
Joining us for today’s Rose Woman conversation is Meghan Elfsten. She is the Director of OMYA Dark Retreats, a California Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), and holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology.
Drawing from her own life-changing time in extended darkness, Meghan became deeply devoted to the question: What becomes possible when we remove all external stimulation and finally listen to the body? Dark Retreats create highly supported, trauma-aware containers where participants can safely turn inward, meet long-buried parts of themselves, and access deeper layers of emotional and embodied healing, without plant medicine, performance, or spiritual bypass.
In this episode, we cover these topics and so much more:
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Enclosure Across Spiritual Traditions
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A First Dark Retreat
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Structure Of Dark Retreats
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The Gray Retreat Option
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Tomb-To-Womb Reframing by Andrew Holecek
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Neuroscience Tracking and After Effects
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Somatic Experiencing Practices
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Extrasensory Perception And Telepathy Training In Darkness
All the Best,
Christine Marie Mason
P.S. If you feel the pull toward the dark, Meghan is offering 20% off for our listeners at darkcaves.life with the code ROSEWOMAN at checkout.
“What becomes possible when we remove all external stimulation and finally listen to the body?”
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References
- Listen: #188 with Meghan Elfsten— The Rose Woman Podcast
- OMYA Dark Retreats— darkcaves.life
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