May 1-5, 2025
UK Retreat
Finding Safety in
Yourself & Others
Join Luis Mojica for HLN’s first European retreat at Earthspirit Centre, located in Compton Dundon, just 15 minutes from Glastonbury, UK.
This 4-night retreat will teach you the philosophy of somatics for healing stress and trauma through a holistic lens.
We will explore co-regulation, guided somatic group practices, being witnessed, and relating to your body as a friend.
Safety comes from inside of our bodies.
When we experience trauma and chronic stress, our bodies live in a state of bracing from remembered and expected threats. Our nervous systems are often more attuned to dangers than to positive events.
This retreat is a chance to give your body a break; to reconnect with yourself; to co-regulate with other people; to practice witnessing and being witnessed; and to nourish your body with whole, healthy foods.
Navigate the Journey Between Constriction & Expansion
A body that constricts, freezes, fawns, fights, or flees is one that is ultimately trying to protect you. Safety and joy soften that protective constriction, which can initially feel scary and even threatening to such a body. This is why we will also focus on building our capacity for safety and joy — together.
The daily schedule includes plenty of time to rest and relax, connect with the land, hang with new and old friends, and integrate the work we are doing.
Explore Holistic Healing…Together
Connection Through Somatic Practices & Group Dynamics
In this section of the retreat, we bring theory into practice.
You'll learn to nurture feelings of openness, love, and joy within your body.
It’s a celebration of connection — with yourself, with fellow participants, and with the harmonious rhythms of nature around you.
Wholesome Dining:
Organic, Plant-Based Meals
All meals are included in the retreat price and will be vegan/vegetarian, bean-based, and simply prepared right at Earthspirit.
Your Facilitators:
We are going to deeply support you through this retreat with an amazing team of people trained in bodywork, psychotherapy, somatics, and coaching.
Luis Mojica, SEP
Luis Mojica is the founder of HLN and the main facilitator for this retreat. He will offer teachings, lead somatic practices, facilitate Q&As, and do live demos.
Luis is a somatic therapist and global educator who teaches people how to find safety in their bodies through nutrition, self-inquiry, and somatic techniques.
Marika Malaea
Operations Manager & HLN Assistant
Marika has worked at HLN since its inception. She will be bringing her own brand of co-regulation to the retreat — including really good hugs and laughter — as well as offering on-demand support throughout the week.
Holly Kiefer
Holly Kiefer is a licensed therapist, bodyworker, and self-described “witch that gives really good hugs.” And she really does!
She will be there to provide on-demand emotional and somatic support to you throughout the week.
Zach Kalatsky
Zach Kalatsky is a somatic therapist, bodyworker, and assistant in the HLN Embodied Masculinity Group. He’s been described as “like being held by a big rock with soft moss all over it.”
Zach will be there to provide on-demand emotional and somatic support to you throughout the week, as well.
May 1st - 5th, 2025
Schedule
Please note: Our schedule tends to shift from day to day to meet the needs of what’s coming up in the space. Every offering on the schedule is optional. You can allow your own capacity and comfort to decide what you do.
Each full day will have the same schedule layout but the theme of the day will change.
There will also be free time scheduled for each full day. Free time is your time. You can explore the land, sunbathe, read, dance - whatever your body needs to integrate the morning material before we dive into evening work.
Thursday, May 1st
Orienting, Grounding, & Introductions
Check in is at 6:00pm and dinner is at 7:00pm.
After dinner, there will be a orienting session in the main hall for grounding and introductions.
Friday, May 2nd
Relating To Stress & Activation
8:30-9:30am: Breakfast
10:00am: Lecture, somatic practice, demos, Q&A
12:00pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Co-regulation, somatic practice, weaving
3:00pm: Free time
6:00pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Somatic ceremony
9:00-9:30pm: Done for the evening
Saturday, May 3rd
Boundaries, Fawning, & Co-Regulating Through Touch
8:30-9:30am: Breakfast
10:00am: Lecture, somatic practice, demos, Q&A
12:00pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Co-regulation, somatic practice, weaving
3:00pm: Free time
6:00pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Somatic ceremony
9:00-9:30pm: Done for the evening
Sunday, May 4th
Tending To Capacity & Co-Regulating With Nature
8:30-9:30am: Breakfast
10:00am: Lecture, somatic practice, demos, Q&A
12:00pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Co-regulation, somatic practice, weaving
3:00pm: Free time
6:00pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Somatic ceremony
9:00-9:30pm: Done for the evening
Monday, May 5th
Integration & Closing
Our Space
At 10:30am we vacate our rooms, then do 90 minutes of closing the space. We will end with a nice lunch together, then say our goodbyes. We are expected to leave Earthspirit by 3:30pm.