Hosted by Mariya Javed-Payne
Total cost for the retreat is $2000 for non-BIPOC identifying individuals. Register and pay your initial deposit of $1000. The second half of payment is due by April 1st, 2026. Payment for accommodations will be due by May 1st, 2026.
Total cost for the retreat is $1750 for those who identify and move through the world as BIPOC individuals/experienced systemic marginalization. Register and pay your initial deposit of $750. The second half of payment is due by April 1st, 2026. Payment for accommodations will be due by May 1st, 2026.
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*Please read all the details below before signing up!
About the Retreat
We hold the truth that all of us carry both healed and unhealed ancestors, burdens and blessings, and that our original ancestor is the Earth herself. We also hold the truth that social context also matters. This retreat is open to people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Through Brainspotting, somatic abolitionism, breathwork, somatic and shamanic healing, and energy work, we will explore ancestral burdens and blessings, addressing the impacts of colonization and white supremacy on our bodies. By working through intergenerational trauma, we can release inherited patterns, reclaim ancestral gifts, and deepen our connection to our lineage.
With a focus on collective healing, we will create a strong energetic container, working both individually and communally to process ancestral trauma and honor our place within our lineage. The land, intentionally chosen for this work, will guide and shape our experience. Expect profound spiritual and supernatural elements. Limited to 10 participants.
Program Highlights
Pre-work to prepare for the retreat addressing themes in your own lineages
Didactic teachings on collective, intergenerational, and historical trauma
Individual Brainspotting /shamanic/breathwork session (2-3 hours) with Mariya focused on ancestral healing for each participant, held in the center of the group
Learning to hold space for collective healing: Attunement and container building practices for collective trauma healing
Spiritual and intuitive work: Setting energetic boundaries, working with guides, the elements, and ancestral communication
Somatic and energetic healing: Moving collective trauma through the body and reclaiming ancestral gifts
Daily integration sessions with dialogue, debrief, and integration of Brainspotting theory/techniques
Somatic abolitionism practices for ancestral and lineage healing
Land connection practices: Working with energetic land healing and clearing
Sacred rituals: Creating altars, honoring the elements, and ancestral reverence practices
Sweat lodge, fire, and water ceremonies (in collaboration with local indigenous elders)
Breathwork workshop for release, rewiring, and expansion
Optional Kambo/Sapo Ceremony, a powerful Amazonian purgative medicine
Optional Reiki, craniosacral therapy, massage, equine therapy, sauna, cold plunge to rest, restore, and recalibrate your nervous system
While the retreat includes structured teachings and didactic information, it will be a highly experiential healing journey. The program is subject to change based on group needs and guidance from the land.
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Prerequisite: Completion of live in-person or online Phase 1 Brainspotting training or interest/curiosity in Brainspotting, shamanic healing, energy work.
Audience: Therapists, healing professionals, Brainspotting clinicians or Brainspotting curious professionals
Schedule
We will start with an opening ceremony on late Sunday afternoon. We will be working each day from 9 am - 6 pm Monday through Friday, with a sweat lodge led by local Mayan facilitators (optional with additional fee) on Wednesday evening and fire ceremony on Friday evening. There may be some optional experiences held in the evenings or early morning (breathwork, Reiki, CST, or kambo for an additional fee as well).
Transportation/Arrivals/Departure Information:
*All attendees must arrive by 2 pm on Saturday, May 16th to the Guatemala City airport (GUA). We will travel as a group with a pre-arranged van from the airport into Lake Atitlan as it is a 3-4 hour drive.
The group will also need to leave together on May 23rd in the morning and travel 3-4 hours back to Guatemala City airport.
Please schedule all flights accordingly.
Transportation cost is $175/per person round trip.
Cost of Intensive: $2000.00 USD per person
BIPOC Accessibility Rate: $1750 per person (for those that identify and move through the world with the lived experience of a BIPOC person)
To hold your spot for the retreat, a $1000 deposit ($750 for BIPOC folx) is required, with total payment due by April 4th, 2026, and lodging/meal payment due by May 1st, 2026. *Please contact us if you are in need of a payment plan. We would be delighted to have you.
Lodging Information/Costs: The cost of lodging and food will be approximately $1500 USD per person for 7 nights. We will be staying at the Saasil Eco Retreat in Lake Atitlan, which is 3-4 hours from Guatemala City. Each attendee will have their own room. Most rooms have a private bathroom, however some will have a shared restroom.
Meals/Costs: The cost of meals is included in the above price. We will have a personal chef making fresh, delicious breakfast, lunch, and dinner options each of the days of the retreat to nourish ourselves. Refreshments and snacks will be provided throughout the day.
Travel Insurance: You will be required to purchase travel insurance in case of cancellation or emergencies.
Total Approximate Cost in USD= $1750-2000 for the retreat, $1500 for lodging/meals, $175 for round trip transportation plus costs of flights/additional services.
Airport Information: The closest/most convenient airport to fly into will be Guatemala City (GUA).
Additional Details: We will be offering optional group and individual kambo sessions, breathwork, and individual Reiki sessions on Sunday morning, May 17th, and throughout the week if desired at an additional cost (facilitated by Mariya Javed-Payne and Greg Payne). We will also have the option to gather in a facilitated traditional temezcal (sweat lodge ceremony) midweek to assist in the healing work we will be doing. We will provide additional details as we get closer to the event. Please state your interest in the registration form and reach out to us with any questions.
See below for cancellation/refund policy.
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION: This course IS NOT eligible for NBCC credits.
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Retreat Takeaways for Participants
By the end of this retreat, you will:
Deepen your understanding of collective, intergenerational, and historical trauma through a Brainspotting and somatic lens.
Learn techniques to frame ancestral and intergenerational trauma through the Brainspotting
Develop skills to blend Brainspotting with intuition, spiritual, and Earth-based healing practices
Release inherited burdens and patterns through Brainspotting, somatic work, and energy healing.
Strengthen attunement skills to hold space for yourself and others in trauma healing.
Learn to work with guides, ancestors, and spiritual allies in your healing practice.
Develop tools for energetic and somatic healing to support ancestral trauma work.
Reconnect with ancestral gifts and intuitive abilities.
Cultivate grounding practices for protection, balance, and sacred space creation.
Experience deep healing and integration through daily group work and ceremonial practices.
Engage in land-based healing and deepen your connection with nature as an ancestral force.
Learn to facilitate sacred rituals such as altar creation, energetic land clearing, and elemental work.
Participate in communal healing and contribute to the collective transformation of BIPOC lineage wounds.
Gain practical techniques for continued ancestral healing beyond the retreat.
This retreat is designed to be transformational, immersive, and experiential, equipping you with the knowledge, skills, and spiritual tools to continue your personal and professional healing journey.
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Mariya Javed-Payne is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and International Brainspotting Trainer and Consultant.
She is a somatic psychotherapist and the owner of Awaken Consulting Services, a private practice and consultancy where she utilizes Brainspotting therapy and offers training and consultation on the treatment of trauma, somatic psychotherapies, psychedelic assisted therapy, anti-racism, and other relevant mental health topics. She also offers therapy intensives for complex PTSD and addictions, where clients work with her for multiple hours a day for a number of days to get to the root of traumatic experiences.
Always seeking out the most cutting edge advances in treatment, she utilizes psychedelic medicines such as ketamine with somatic therapy. Her 14 years of experience have focused on clients with addictions, medication assisted treatment therapies, complex and developmental trauma, racial and ancestral trauma, oppression, and chronic pain. Identifying as a deep-hearted visionary and servant leader, she has served various leadership roles in the mental health service industry, such as Chief Clinical Officer at Institute for Integrative Therapies, the first psychedelic assisted therapy clinic in Minnesota, as well as Director of Behavioral Health at a large federally qualified health center. Mariya has courageously supported and trained many teams of physicians, therapists, psychiatrists, and social workers to embody attunement and provide trauma-responsive, anti-oppressive counseling and addiction therapies to people and communities in need of healing.
Energy Healing Bio
I hold 15 years of experience as a shamanic practitioner, energy healer, and intuitive. I have trained under many teachers including Janet Townswick (shaman and minister carrying a bundle from the Ojibwe nation), Renee Brown (medium/consciousness teacher), Donna Taylor (transmedium and earth oracle), Mary Stoffel (formal 2 year shamanic training program through Sandra Ingerman’s School of Shamanic Studies), Betsy Bergstrom (depossession, mediumship, curse unraveling, and Nina Admiral (channel). I have additional experiences learning from Christina Maria Mendoza (Peruvian Amazon), Michael Maley (energy and earth consciousness), Mao Tatanka (Colombian Shaman carrying the Condor-Eagle Prophecy), and other indigenous teachers from the Amazon. I have also studied with Resmaa Menakem for 2.5 years in Somatic Abolitionism and have completed Daniel Foor's Ancestral Medicine 3 month course, as well as gone through my own lineage repair process with Andrea Aase (Ancestral Medicine Practitioner). I have and continue to study with many non-human teachers and guides. I have experience in energy/entity clearing, land clearing, curse unraveling, extractions, soul retrieval, psychopomp, shadow-work, and mediumship. I am currently deepening my abilities as a channel. I draw from indigenous wisdom, nature wisdom, plant medicine teachings, and earth based consciousness teachings. I am a Reiki Master-Teacher, Pranayama breathwork facilitator, Kambo practitioner, and animal communicator. I am also a formal student of astrology and the cosmos (9 years), family constellations, and kinesiology. I am also trained in psychedelic assisted therapy and have extensive experience with plant medicines and non-ordinary states of consciousness.
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Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and treatment, enhanced with BioLateral sound, which is deep, direct, powerful yet focused and containing. Trainings are 9 am to 6 pm CDT each day and count for 21 clock hours that may count towards continuing education credits, depending on your state board licensing requirements.
Brainspotting identifies activated eye positions designated as Brainspots. Located through either one or both eyes, Brainspots are observed from either the “Inside Window” of the clients felt sense and/or the “Outside Window” of the clients’ reflexive responses (i.e., blink, eye twitches or wobbles, pupil dilation, quick breaths and subtle body shifts). Students will first learn the phenomenological approach that underpins strategies for Brainspotting, followed by strategies for identifying and processing Brainspots. Attention will be given to the utilization and integration of Brainspotting into ongoing treatment, including highly dissociative clients.
Brainspotting is adaptable to almost all areas of specialization. Brainspotting provides therapists with powerful tools to enable their patients to quickly and effectively process through the deep brain sources of many held traumas, emotional, somatic and performance problems.
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We are dedicated to making sure all of our programs uphold the highest standards of accessibility. If you have specific needs or accommodations, we encourage you to contact us. Sharing your requests before the training helps us create an inclusive and supportive learning experience for everyone.
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Full refund minus $75 administrative fee will be given prior to March 6th, 2026. A 50% refund minus $75 administrative fee will be provided up to April 3rd, 2026. After April 3rd, 2026, attendee would be allowed to attend another intensive for up to 1 year from original date.
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For questions or concerns, please reach out to:
Awaken Consulting Services, LLC
CC: Awakened Minds Academy
2717 Hidden Creek Lane
Wayzata, MN 55391
763-232-4694
Email
Total cost for the retreat is $2000 for non-BIPOC identifying individuals. Register and pay your initial deposit of $1000. The second half of payment is due by April 1st, 2026. Payment for accommodations will be due by May 1st, 2026.
Total cost for the retreat is $1750 for those who identify and move through the world as BIPOC individuals/experienced systemic marginalization. Register and pay your initial deposit of $750. The second half of payment is due by April 1st, 2026. Payment for accommodations will be due by May 1st, 2026.