ISTA - Level 1 SSSex, Dharamshala, India

ISTA - Level 1 SSSex, Dharamshala, India If you are ready to transform your life, this experiential 7-day traiI

SPIRITUAL... S*XUAL... SHAMANIC... each of these three areas alone carries enormous potential for liberation, freedom, love, and joy, as well as charge for shadow and misuse of power.

ove + grief... It only hurts so much because we care SO much.It can be easy to want to escape emotions. Ground. Resource...
22/11/2024

ove + grief... It only hurts so much because we care SO much.

It can be easy to want to escape emotions. Ground. Resource yourself. Feel your support — the trees, nature elements, guides. Friends and soul family. Warm hands on your back. You are not holding this alone.

And return to the body, to life force energy. Let it connect you to your humanness. Our humanness.

Connect with every ounce of truth you are feeling. Never step over what is authentically happening for you just to put on a brave face.

Your truth and authenticity is the door for healing.

Artist unknown.

— The Healing Time —Finally on my way to yesI bump intoall the placeswhere I said noto my lifeall the untended woundsthe...
22/11/2024

— The Healing Time —
Finally on my way to yes
I bump into
all the places
where I said no
to my life
all the untended wounds
the red and purple scars
those hieroglyphs of pain
carved into my skin, my bones,
those coded messages
that send me down
the wrong street
again and again
where I find them
the old wounds
the old misdirections
and I lift them
one by one
close to my heart
and I say
holy holy

by Persha Gertler

Today, I thank the WILD ONE within me... I thank because I live without holding back.I thank because I take risks, not j...
22/11/2024

Today, I thank the WILD ONE within me... I thank because I live without holding back.
I thank because I take risks, not just one thing, but everything.
I thank because when I feel, I feel with my soul, my antennae, my guts.
I thank my heart that when it opens, it opens wide!
I thank my heart that when it hurts, it breaks!
I thank my body that when it cries, it floods in the beauty of the waters.
I thank my body that when it ignites, it becomes one with the volcanoes and the earth.I thank my body that when it rejoices, it does so with the entire universe.
I thank my demons and my angels, my dragons and my monsters because you are authentic, disarming, wise.
I thank this “exaggerated” and “altered” state in which I live because I have truly understood that it is my beauty.
I apologize to myself and forgive myself for the times I wished I were more “regular.”
Exactly.
I am not a geometric entity.
I am a Woman. A human.
A daughter of the Great Mother.
A sister of the Great Spirit.
A force of Nature.
I am a feminine that is not standardized, not colonized, not trained.
I am She who is difficult to speak of because we do not have a language that can withstand her power, her delicacy, her depth.
I am indefinable, and every time I try to define myself, I crash.
She tells me this because She is free to make herself heard.
All efforts to contain her only humiliate her in the name of a sterile, rusty, impoverished social costume.
Women wither without Her.
They remain without food, without water, without air.
Because She is Nourishment.
All the healing I bring comes from my untamed feminine.
She does not bow to any lies, abuse of power, falsehood, or hypocrisy.
She does not bow to any false morality, law, or decency.
All the love that I am comes from Her.
Forgive me for all the times I made you feel wrong.
Forgive me for all the times my masculine tried to cage you.
Thank you for not losing your nature.

>> Keep reading our latest blog post by Federica Clemente, ISTA Facilitator (see link in stories or DM us)

I Will Not Die an Unlived LifeI will not die an unlived lifeI will not live in fearof falling or catching fire.I choose ...
22/11/2024

I Will Not Die an Unlived Life

I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
— Dawna Markova

Latest blog post: Outside of Comfort, Before Harm: the Art of Down-Regulation, a piece by Briana Cribeyer, ISTA Facilit...
22/11/2024

Latest blog post: Outside of Comfort, Before Harm: the Art of Down-Regulation, a piece by Briana Cribeyer, ISTA Facilitator

Down-regulation, the practice of letting our bodies rest and restore after experiencing periods of high intensity, has been drawing more awareness in recent times. Practitioners in transformation spaces are acknowledging just how vital it is for maintaining emotional and mental well-being.

In this piece, Simon Marvell sits with Briana to delve into just what down-regulation entails and the nuances of why we should practise it. Briana shares a bit about how she discovered the importance of balancing intense emotional release with moments of stillness. Growing up in a fiery family, she naturally gravitated towards cathartic practices but soon realized the necessity of incorporating downregulation to experience more periods of equilibrium in her life.

Keep reading on www.Ista.life/blog or DM us for the link! 🩷

Art by

Announcing new website functionality! Now you can follow a facilitator, organiser, location or event + get updates when ...
22/11/2024

Announcing new website functionality! Now you can follow a facilitator, organiser, location or event + get updates when new events are added 💻

Our website now has a feature where you can follow a place (country, region, or state if in USA), a facilitator/organizer or an event type, and receive emails when new events are published that match your criteria.

When you follow a specific event, the organizer can send you updates about that event.

The follow buttons can be found on all relevant places on the site (e.g. the facilitator/organizer profile pages, the country pages, the info pages for the different types of events, and also at the end of the search results on the event listing page).

Ready to select who + what you to follow on our site? Visit us now, www.ista.life

If you have any questions, just reach out.

“I’m ashamed to be seen enjoying myself. I’m ashamed of my body that feels pleasure. I’m ashamed of my breathing, my voi...
22/11/2024

“I’m ashamed to be seen enjoying myself. I’m ashamed of my body that feels pleasure. I’m ashamed of my breathing, my voice, my sweat. I feel ashamed when I like something related to sexuality, it excites me, it gives me joy. I’m ashamed to be a woman in a body that causes something to men. I feel ashamed when they look at me. I’m ashamed of my own look. This is not a woman’s voice. It’s not even a story that happens very often. Instead, it is a collective distortion that has stripped the beauty and sanctity of sexuality. Women talking about it are already “lucky” because they’ve asked themselves if it’s normal to feel that way. The others, maybe most, never even raised the problem. A enjoying woman is less valuable than a suffering woman. Excuse me if this makes your gut wiggle but it is. Few women are “ashamed” of the miserable life of slaves and martyrs they live. Why ? Because culturally he is well accepted, in fact also honored and respected. There is POWER in slavery. Many women instead are “ashamed” when they take the reins of their history and become masters of themselves. Why ? Because the world likes it less and “the world” has clinging to this act of autonomy that is often sexual, a lot of s**t and judgment. So I just understood that the female S*X REVOLUTION isn’t ONLY about riding your inner dragons, but alas it is about a RADICAL REBELLION against COLLECTIVE IGNORANCE. Conscious rebellion. Rooted rebellion. Sacred rebellion. With a good dose of ruthless courage Celebrating the death of complacency in the name of an authentic presence for oneself and others. I know what SELF-DESTRUCTION is. Watched my mom and aunt do it with their own hands. When I enjoy, live and love TODAY I know that I am performing an act of radical revolution!!! I leave this to my daughter. I bring this to you. Faith”

Federica Clemente, ISTA facilitator

Art by Erick Centeno

When you know who you areOther people can enter and exit your lifeWithout it rocking your worldAs your foundation is sol...
22/11/2024

When you know who you are
Other people can enter and exit your life
Without it rocking your world
As your foundation is solid and unshakeable
Because you have yourself.

When you know who you are
The opinions and judgements of others matter far less
And people can speak words of criticism, unkindness, and malice about you
Without it affecting how you feel about yourself.

When you know who you are
Other people can reject you or abandon you
Without it changing your identity
Because you know that your destiny is not tied to those
Who have chosen to leave you
And you feel whole and complete from within.

When you know who you are
You appreciate
That putting your happiness and sense of self-worth
In the hands of another person
Is akin to making them your jailor
And remaining locked in a prison
That only they have the key to rescue you from
While liberating yourself
Means taking full responsibility
For your emotions, identity, and wellbeing
And setting yourself free
To live and feel however you may choose.

And when you know who you are
Rather than devoting so much time and energy to trying to impress others
Or projecting the fulfillment of your own unmet needs and desires onto them
You choose to prioritize your own needs and wellbeing
And make time for your most important relationship
Which is with yourself.

Words by Tahlia Hunter via Federica Clemente, ISTA facilitator

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