In a nutshell, Reson8 Retreats is the vision of Elizabeth (Liz) Cotterell, which came about through her personal spiritual and healing journey.
Liz worked for nearly two decades in public service and, after a series of negative workplace experiences, thought there must be a better way. She escaped to work in the tourism industry in the Indo-Pacific, where she was a tour leader, manager for a tourism operation, and dive instructor. This deeply soothed her mermaid soul for a time, but it wasn’t enough.
Her lived experiences of trauma and resulting Complex PTSD diagnosis sent Liz down the rabbit hole exploring the physical, metaphysical and spiritual (aka mind-body-spirit connection) in a quest to heal her physical and psychological injuries. Through that journey she has learned a lot, dabbled in a host of healing modalities, and trained in a few herself. She has found herself sharing what she has learned with friends and family, and continues to learn about herself and the nature of things, but would now like to take it to the next level.
She feels strongly that, at this time, men and women need a safe space to be vulnerable, to learn from each other, to heal, and to remember who they are, with compassion and kindness. It’s time to embrace and allow the Divine Feminine to arise in all of us; it’s time to rebalance the masculine and feminine energies – the yin and the yang; it’s time to come together, to collaborate and cooperate; it’s time to heal our wounded inner child and find our joy again; it’s time to see and accept ourselves for who we truly are.
To that end, Liz plans to offer several retreats per year in Australia and overseas (Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, Cook Islands, French Polynesia).
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