Mentorship

When we deepen our commitment to practice, we are at times confronted with feelings of disorientation, waves of strong emotion, or simply a desire for clarification and encouragement. Unfamiliar energetic experiences can also arise during specific life events, particularly as we awaken the subtle body through our meditation training. During these times, personalized guidance and support can be of immense value. I offer mentorship to help both students and fellow teachers develop their personal practices and work skillfully with transitional and energetic experiences. Sessions can also be arranged to support teachers in preparing for their own classes and workshops.

Informed by my own direct experience, training in the Enneagram and community counselling, my approach is both intuitive and grounded. As an endorsed Insight Yoga Teacher and mentor to practitioners around the world, I gently guide and empower others to access their inner resources and wisdom nature in the distinctive contexts of their lives and work. 

I have been mentored for 15 years by my primary teacher Sarah Powers and have turned to many other trusted guides in my various fields of study for one-on-one support.

Dreamwork

Throughout history, people have turned to their dreams to help navigate seasons of precarity. Ubiquitous across cultures, faiths, and animist and monotheistic traditions, dreaming provides guidance and connection with ancestors and spirits.

In the Asklepion dream temples of ancient Greece, where dream incubation was practiced for hundreds of years, it was believed that dreams could access numinous information and connection, weaving a luminous thread between the seen and unseen realities. Indigenous Ways of Knowing have long honoured the wisdom gained from dreams, and modern psychology and science have explored the benefits of dreamwork for healing trauma and building resilience.

Reclaiming and reframing dreamwork as a necessary skill and capacity in times of descent opens a doorway to reconnecting with ancestral practices and ways of knowing. Fostering a connection to the numinous and more-than-human world through dreamwork could enhance creative response, belonging, and resilience as we navigate our inner and outer seasons of descent.

The dreamwork I offer is informed by my training in Embodied Experiential Dreamwork with my teacher, Dr. Leslie Ellis. This approach is rooted in the pioneering work of Eugene Gendlin, specifically his method of Focusing. This process moves beyond the traditional analysis of a dream, focusing instead on the lived, somatic experience of the dreamer.

By engaging with the dream through a trauma-informed lens, we work with the felt-sense of the dream imagery, allowing its wisdom to gently unfold from within the body. This subtle yet profound inquiry helps to bridge the gap between our nocturnal visions and our waking resilience, offering a sturdy container for personal and ancestral healing.

Enneagram mentorship

The Enneagram is often mistaken for a simple personality test, but at its roots, it is a psycho-spiritual map supporting the remembrance of our true nature. These mentorship sessions move beyond "Type" and into the possibility of living from essence.

When we work with the Enneagram somatically, we discover that our personality’s strategy is more than a mental map; it is a physical reality living in our breath and the tensions we carry. As we bring awareness to these unconscious patterns, we move from the grip of our structure into a more spacious and creative way of being. We learn that we don't have to be driven by our old ways of seeking safety, but can instead respond to the world from a place of presence.

Whether you are navigating a personal threshold, a career shift, or the collective weight of the polycrisis, these sessions offer a dedicated space to embody your three centers of intellegence, belly, heart and head. We work to soften the personality's grip so that your true nature can emerge.

I offer the mentorship, enneagram and dreamwork sessions as a three-session package to ensure we have the space and time to truly hold the work that emerges.

Single 60-Minute Session: $140

Three-Session Container: $300 (A dedicated commitment to your process)

Payment & Booking:

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US or International Participants: PayPal to carly.forest@gmail.com

Payment is due before the first session.

To book your session, please contact: info@carlyforest.com