Qoya Initiation 2023
with Sonja Lockyer and Elisabet Alfstad
16-19 July
The details you need to know.
Qoya is movement as medicine. If you’re ready to dive in to an embodied life, sharing your journey with others, Qoya provides a portal for your story to unfold.
Sonja has been holding Qoya Initiations for 6 years and has witnessed many, many times the incredible expansion and opening that Qoya brings into the life of a woman. Elisabet is devoted to supporting women to embody the sacred union of masculine and feminine within this lifetime. Together they will stand beside you as you return home to your essence - wise, wild and free.
Qoya is an alchemist.
The Initiation not only carries you on your journey towards sharing Qoya but perhaps more importantly, it offers you the nurture and space to release and grow. From here, everything changes.
The Schedule.
SUNDAY 16th July
3pm Orientation gathering
4-5.30pm Qoya
6pm Welcome dinner
MONDAY 17th & TUESDAY 18th July
9am arrival in silence
9.15am Dream Circle
9.30am Guided Meditation
10am-midday Qoya
midday brunch
1.30-4.00pm Practicals & theory
4-6pm integration & rest
6pm dinner
WEDNESDAY 19th July
9am arrival in silence
9.15am Dream Circle
9.30am Guided Meditation
10am-midday Final Qoya
midday farewell brunch
departures by 1.30pm
The Location.
The Happy River Retreat is a sweet, rural smallholding run by Robbie & Rachel - carpenter and illustrator - with a passion for conscious living and ecology.
We’ll be spending our time together practicing in the yurt, eating and drinking in the kitchen where Gilly will be creating magic, walking in the woodlands and enjoying the forest sauna.
Picture a truly rural space - nothing polished or perfect - just the earthy life force of Mother Nature curated with love to hold us in a safe container for soulful remembering.
Your Accommodation.
Here are some accommodation options for your training:
There is accommodation available within Happy River, which you can book here.
Nearby are sky-cabins, which you can book here.
Alternatively, search for accommodation in nearby town Wareham or Poole on Airbnb here.
Please book your accommodation direct.
Nourishing food.
Something happens when people come together around food. There are conversations and threads that can not be curated that open up as we eat together. That’s why we are pouring love and care into our menu for the Initiation.
Everything Gilly from Wylde Green Kitchen creates is plant based, organic and baked in love.
We’ll be offering:
a welcome dinner on Sunday night
brunch and dinner on Tuesday and Wednesday
a farewell brunch on Wednesday
all for £150 per person.
The choice is yours, you can join the menu or bring your own food. To enjoy Gillys food, opt in by emailing sonja@sonjalockyer.com bu July 10th, detailing any allergies.
Qoya teacher training is for you if:
You feel it in your bones.
You get a zing up your spine.
You get goosebumps. Maybe you even cry because something touches your heart.
You feel like the Universe is calling you, guiding your way with synchronicities that encourage you to continue listening to your own intuition.
You know it's right for you because it feels right for you.
Meet your Qoya guides
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Sonja Lockyer
QOYA GUIDE
Creator of the Morning Ritual, Sonja has been in the field of wellbeing for over 20 years encompassing yoga, qoya and bodywork. She is currently studying a Post Grad Diploma in mindfulness based CPP Psychotherapy.
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Elisabet Alfstad
QOYA GUIDE
Elisabet is a Passionate Priestess of The Sacred Heart, a Sister of the Venusian Rose Lineage, An Experienced Mary Magdalene Womb Healer, a Devoted Qoya Dance Teacher and a Guardian of Sacred Lands. Deeply devoted to Sacred Sexuality, Ancient Egyptian Healing and Goddess Isis Magic, Elisabet created the Sacred Scrolls – a Holy Handwritten manifesto made with Your Heart and Soul to Manifest the Life of your Dreams.
www.elisabetalfstad.love
Qoya teacher training is designed to be a powerful catalyst for your own path of personal growth so that you can hold space for others to remember, honor and embody the physical sensation of truth, creativity, and freedom that lives in each of us.
Like the singer who must sing and the writer who must write, Qoya is for the dancer who must dance.
— Qoya
FAQs
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Through an 11-hour in person training with supplementary online training, you will learn teaching methods, teach practice classes to friends and family, and most importantly, take video and audio Qoya classes with Rochelle, deepening your understanding of Qoya through your own experience.
The course includes your live training with a Qoya teacher, 11 audio and video classes to take online, and the Teacher Trainers Manual.
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In order to take The Initiation you must first complete the Intro to Qoya Online Training
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The Qoya Initiation allows you to lead practice classes to friends and family for free or on donation.
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The Initiation training costs $600.
In addition, you will need to budget for travel, accommodation, and food if you attend this Initiation training with Sonja.
Accommodation & travel - book direct
Food - £150 with Gilly - email sonja@sonjaloclyer.copm to book your food
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All you need to get started is a desire to connect with your body. The rest will come.
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Your first step of Qoya Teacher Training is the Introduction - a 10+ hour training that introduces the 13 pillars of Qoya as a way to begin learning how to teach Qoya or to create a home practice for yourself. You will also learn the fundamentals of the 3 essences of Qoya, our philosophy of embodying the woman who is wise, wild, and free.
The class includes 1 full Qoya class, videos on each pillar, a course workbook, and a bonus guide to creating Qoya classes for your home practice.
Cost: $250
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Register to join The Intro here:
https://qoya.thrivecart.com/intro/
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Book your place on the Qoya Initiation with Sonja at: https://www.qoya.love/england-initiation-july-2023