Soulful Embodied Connections

Collaborative Offerings

with tajah & Rachael

Soulful Embodied Conversations: The Podcast.

Listen in as Tajah Schall and Rachael Collins aim to contemplate how to support humans connecting across different sociocultural locations in an embodied way. How can we as humans begin to lessen our divide - with each other, with the natural world, and with spirit? An experiential podcast for helping professionals, activists, and those simply interested in doing something differently. The invitation is to contemplatively listen, feel, move your body, engage and be inspired.

Listen Here: COMING SOON!

Spring Retreat: Nourish Your Story

Spring is the time of year when the natural world bursts into bloom - energy begins to move and emerge. It is a great time of the year to honor what has fallen away in our lives, and hold and begin to nurture what is emerging.

“Grief is a shameless dreamer who thinks nothing of healing impossible despair head-on, of reionizing impossible situations, of healing impossible sickness, of depolarizing impossible hard headed people. Grief thinks nothing of impossibility, only of what makes life more deliciously alive.” ~Martín Prechtel, The Smell of Rain on dust

This retreat may be for you if you are feeling ready/curious/called to step into the delicious aliveness of your life.

Together we will call on the interwoven supports of rhythm, ritual, community, storytelling and nature to move what needs to be moved. 

If you are longing for…

  • Community

  • Movement around feelings of stuckness in your life 

  • Ritual to embrace what is emerging 

  • A place to explore your relationship to Grief & Praise 

…this may be for you. 

  • Essentially this practice is one of embracing our Grief as well as our Praise. As Martín Prechtel states: “Grief is the best friend of Praise, because Praise is a grandiose griever! Without both Grief and Praise, life is only hate and mediocrity. Grief and Praise are renters whose landlord is Love.”

    Being human is messy. As humans, we were never meant to hold it all alone. And yet, modern society (white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, etc.) has deeply disconnected human beings from nature, from Source, from each other and from our bodies.

    Isolation, depression and anxiety are at an all time high. As a society, we have gotten so good at dodging our feelings. We use substances, social media, sex, etc. to disconnect. And yet, the only way out is through. The only way to access true connection and community is to allow yourself to be seen in your vulnerability and messiness. The only way to access joy and vibrancy is to make space for grief.

    Come spend the day in the mountains of Golden, Colorado. Be remembered as a part of the natural world.
    This is a mini-retreat to support embodiment, connection to land, and connection to your heart.


    No prior experience necessary! Our container will hold each person where they are. This is open to all bodies, all neurotypes, and all levels of experience with ritual, movement and the natural world.

  • Sunday May 19th, 2024


    10am-12:30pm Morning Session
    12:30-1:30pm Lunch
    1:30-4pm Afternoon Session


    Registration required. 6 people max. 15 minute discovery call required to register


    Investment:
    Pay It Forward: $600
    Pay in Full: $450
    Pay Less: $300

    *Scholarship spot available, based on need

Tending the Heart of the Therapist

A process group for therapists. Sit by the fire, be held in a community of therapists, and reignite your passion to be of service.

The past few years have been a wild ride for helping professionals. This group is intended to be a space for the helpers to be held. We will blend the use of rhythm, movement, connection with the natural world and interpersonal process to support therapists in nourishing themselves and deepening their clear sight in who they are as ones of service.

Details:

  • 6 weeks, Thursdays 4-7pm

  • June 6th - July 18th, 2024. *except July 4th*

  • Outside in the mountains of Golden, CO (be prepared to weather the elements, we will move inside in cases of extreme weather)

  • Registration required. 6 people max. 15 minute discovery call required to register

  • Investment per week:

    • Pay It Forward: $200

    • Pay in Full: $150

    • Pay Less: $100

  • Rachael Collins, LPC, ACS, BC-DMT is a cisgender, autistic, queer white woman. She is a mother, a weaver, a teacher, a somatic psychotherapist, shamanic practitioner, and Lead Clinical Instructor for Naropa University’s Somatic Counseling program. Rachael specializes in utilizing body based, relational and creative approaches with folks experiencing complex trauma and neurodiversity. As well as mentoring other clinicians in truly taking their seat. Her current area of exploration is in bridging the seen and unseen within our bodies and oppressive systems surrounding us in order to support folks in finding more integration, wholeness and integrity.

  • Tajah Schall, LPC, R-DMT is a cisgender, Black, queer woman with roots in Philadelphia (Lenni-Lenape land). She is a dancer, musician, song catcher, poet and mama. Professionally, Tajah is a somatic psychotherapist & dance/movement therapist working in private practice in Denver, CO. She is a social justice counselor and consultant, who is deeply committed to examining her own identities, both of privilege and marginalization, in a loving and embodied way. Tajah works to uplift and validate the experiences of folks in marginalized bodies, and to support folks in privileged bodies to recognize their privilege without getting stuck in shame or sucked into a savior complex.

  • Together, Tajah and Rachael are committed to creating accessible offerings that explore how to deeply move into embodied connections with self, others, the natural world and Spirit. They are invested in the exploration of how we can remember and reconnect to what makes us human as well as what makes us divine. In a way that honors our different bodies and life experiences, makes space for rupture and repair, and lifts up our shared humanness. Rachael and Tajah hold space for folks to feel and move with their experience of collective grief, as we witness oppressive systems begin to crumble around us. Their co-facilitation brings a depth of experience in weaving together rhythm, movement and interpersonal process to support deeper understanding and connection.

Equitable Pricing Model

We believe that mental and spiritual health is every human’s right. We recognize that the ‘market rate’ disproportionately impacts folks who face financial hardship, racism, sexism, ableism, etc. We use an equitable pricing model as a tool for economic and social justice, while supporting the sustainability of my own practice.

Pay it Forward

half-day retreat (3-5h)

$600+

Pay in Full

half-day retreat (3-5h)

$450+

Pay Less

half-day retreat (3-5h)

$300+

See below for guidance on which rate is the best fit for you.

Questions

  • Yes. Please book a discovery call with us to determine fit and availability.

  • Yes. You can reach Tajah here: https://tajahsahar.com/

    And Rachael, here: www.rachael-collins.com

  • You can use Alexis J Cunningfolk’s Green Bottle Model below to guide you. This model “relies on the principles of truthfulness, respect for complexity, and accountability.” I trust you to be truthful in your self-assessment:

    Pay it Forward

    • I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic* needs

    • I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs

    • I own my home or property OR I rent a higher-end property

    • I own or lease a car

    • I am employed or do not need to work to meet my needs

    • I have regular access to health care

    • I have access to financial savings

    • I have an expendable** income

    • I can always buy new items

    • I can afford an annual vacation or take time off

    Pay in Full

    • I may stress about meeting my basic needs but still regularly achieve them

    • I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs

    • I own or lease a car

    • I am employed

    • I have access to health care

    • I might have access to financial savings

    • I have some expendable income

    • I am able to buy some new items & I thrift others

    • I can take a vacation annually or every few years without financial burden

    Pay Less

    • I frequently stress about meeting basic needs & don’t always achieve them

    • I have debt and it sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs

    • I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing

    • I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but I am not always able to afford gas

    • I am unemployed or underemployed

    • I qualify for government assistance including food stamps & health care

    • I have no access to savings

    • I have no or very limited expendable income

    • I rarely buy new items because I am unable to afford them

    • I cannot afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off without financial burden

    * Basic Needs include food, housing, health care, and transportation.

    ** Expendable Income might mean you are able to buy coffee or tea at a shop, go to the movies or a concert, buy new clothes, books, and similar items each month, etc.

  • Yes. They are held in a non-traditional space in the beautiful mountains of Golden, CO.

    Half-day retreats typically range from 3-5h, depending on what we are co-creating. Pricing varies accordingly and can be paid in instalments.

  • Please book a 30min Discovery Call with us so that we can get to know each other, and make sure we’re a good fit. If we’re both happy to move fowards, we’ll send you more detailed next steps.