Regaining your POWER
There is an epidemic in our society today around abdicating our power as human beings
and letting people off the hook, giving them a pass and letting them know it’s “OK.”
Well, IT’S NOT OK! Come and learn a process around accountability and realize that it’s time to take a step into INTEGRITY IN YOUR LIFE!
Imagine a world where you are able to stand in your power as a powerful human being, developing your sacred masculine and feminine characteristics to make a difference in your relationship, family and community. Are you willing to acknowledge that part of you has been the victim or rescuer in your relationship and it’s time to make a shift into true intimacy?
Now is the time!
WHY BDSM AS A MODALITY & THE THEME
Ancient Greek art depicts BDSM. The Kama Sutra (300 A.D,) touts erotic spanking, and European references date from the 15th century. But BDSM flowered during the 18th century, when some European brothels began specializing in restraint, flagellation and other “punishments” that “dominant” women meted out to willingly “submissive” men.
In 1791 the French Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) published the first SM novel, Justine, which included whipping, flogging, nipple clamping, and restraints. His name gave us “sadism.” DeSade was imprisoned for criminal insanity, one reason many people consider the sexual practices he popularized crazy.
In 1870, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), published the novel, Venus in Furs, about male sexual submission. His name inspired “masochism.”
In 1905, Freud coined the word, “sadomasochism,” calling its enjoyment neurotic.
— Yet in 2018 we know that it’s JUST ANOTHER WAY TO PLAY! —
We introduce this consensual play when we want something more INTENSE AND INTIMATE.
With this workshop our main interest is not to introduce to you another erotic intimacy workshop. Moreover, it will not be erotic, hardly at all.
It all will be ABOUT POWER PLAY and self-exploration!
We will focus on psychological aspects of this practice and use it just as another transformational modality to reach what our subconscious mind hides from us.
Combined with shadow work and self-inquiry we will venture on a journey of self-discovery by exchanging power with another… It’s combination of play and self-processing.
Come alone, come with a friend or with your partner – just come!
Feeling unsure? Feeling indecisive and stuck? Come and experience a new way of being with an in depth workshop and learn about your deeper passion.
Jay Saber
He is currently teaching transformational workshops inside the Salinas Valley Prison in Soledad, Ca for the past 8 years. He is also teaching classes at UC Santa Cruz and Hartnell College ongoing with Megan Mcdrew, a sociology professor. His path has led his into transformational workshops inside the juvenile Hall of Santa Cruz County and classes inside the Santa Cruz continuation high School.
From 20014 to 2016 he worked in a code four rehabilitation program inside the Santa Cruz County Jail to men and women and am currently am teaching transformational workshops inside the Rountree Rehabilitation facility in Watsonville.
Besides leading a transformational monthly men’s circle at my home in Santa Cruz he also is running Saber Consulting, mentoring entrepreneurs to create and sell successful businesses.
Jay Saber is an avid fan and dedicated to the personal transformational process of the human psyche. He began his journey into personal growth work when he graduated from the EST training in 1978 and continued that path with the Landmark Forum training in the 90’s and the advanced Forum training in 2005.
After 30+ years as a building contractor running Saber Roofing Inc. and subsequently retiring in 2016 he dedicate his time to transformational workshops and prison rehabilitation.
He went through the New Warrior Training Adventure in 2005 and through multiple leadership trainings and facilitation workshops. He became a Certified Leader in the Mankind Project with over 64 training’s in the US, India, South Africa and Canada.
In 2012 he developed with a few other men, the 501 c-3 non profit, Freedom Within Prison Project dedicated to the transformation of incarcerated men and women.
He has completed training’s with the Inside Circle in Folsom Prison in furthering this commitment. He has travelled to different states and have completed training’s with the Truth Project inside Oshkosh Prison in Wisconsin and have completed meditation training’s inside San Quentin in the effort to reduce violence in our prisons. He has taught transformational workshops inside CTF Prison in Soledad for 2 years in 2010 and 2011.
Olga Kostrova
Olga Kostrova is a serial technology entrepreneur, business consultant and Executive Coach.
Her fascination with transformational work started in her early teens while she decided to become a psychologist. While she never ended up pursuing this career directly, and instead focused on building tech companies, the vocation of a transformational practitioner found her in her late 30ths.
After undergoing a number of nerve wracking traumatic experiences and being subject of numerous unimaginable violent crimes, after surviving many deaths, she made a decision to dedicate her life to non-violence via mastering emotional intelligence and healing arts – first to heal her own PTSDs, and then to share the gift with others.
In 2013 she founded PhysioEmoDynamics Institute which focuses on humanistic alternative education in fields of self-discovery and self-healing.
By becoming emotional fitness advocate and an energy healer that has facilitated “spontaneous remissions” and healed in people from paralysis, clinical depression, anxiety, and other physical and emotional conditions for many years, in 2017 moved from healing one person at a time to facilitating energy healing in thousands people at the time, by catalyzing energy within venues she performs at as a DJ. She became known as DJ/healer High on S and started touring the world, blessing people with her music and a gift to uplift, heal and transform, sharing her love, creativity and wisdom.
Retreats and workshops for small intimate groups and one on one facilitation still remain her transformation formats of choice as they give opportunity to attendees to go deep within.
Her events have always have new surprising themes and formats, yet attendees are always guided gently and sometime fiercely and ruthlessly into the depth of their being, witnessing the games of the Ego, understanding them, transcending them moving from emotional pain to profound transformation into peace, joy and compassion.
WHAT PAST WORKSHOPS ATTENDEES SAY
About Olga Kostrova’s events:
“Taking Olga Kostrova’s workshop on BDSM – Psychology of Domination & Submission, Power Play workshop in San Diego a few weeks ago was an amazing experience. Her leadership acumen invokes a level of trust and safety that allowed us, the participants, the opportunity to go deeper into our psyche around what was leading us into the world of Dominance and Submission. This wasn’t about sex, although there is always that component in any relationship where men and women get together, Olga’s techniques, awareness of human interaction and vulnerability in her own transparency allowed us to take a closer look at our motivation and intention with this powerful subject. It was interesting, engaging, intriguing and alluring, all at the same time. I personally look forward to the advanced class.”* Jay attending Olga’s BDSM & Shadow Work workshop in San Diego became the beginning of this POWERful partnership and a seed for “ReGAIN your POWER” retreat.
“Thank you for inviting me to DeMYTHification workshop! I had a wonderful time. And the experience was more than I could ever expect or imagine. It was simply amazing! Beyond any words. You were right! It helped me! Thank you for showing me what I could not see myself. And I’d love to join again. I can’t wait for the next event!”
“Shadow Work Theatre Workshop was fun. It was unexpected. It was moving. It was out of my comfort zone. Adding acting to the scope of shadow work brought life and a voice to areas that needed to be heard. It was a great continuation of the work I did in Olga’s DeMYTHification workshop. I’m chosing to make decisions with love instead of fear. Thank you Olga!”
“Against her parents’ wishes as a teenager Olga Kostrova voraciously pursued her passion for drama born from a profound curiosity for how and why humans can be so hurtful and even violent to one another. Her infatuation and inspiration stretched beyond creative playfulness (and sincere and genuine self-expression) to transformational healing and how we might transcend our primal wounding and inherited ancestral suffering to emerge whole, functional and radiant as highly accomplished human beings. When I perused her promotional ad for her Shadow Work Theater Workshop, I was struck by how well it captured the flavor of my own passion for personal healing, growth and acting – artistic self-expression. Starting with her enthusiasm for the method of Constantin Stanislavsky followed by a list of all my favorite cinema heroes
“Sometimes, when it seems life tests have went over the manageable limits, the Creator sends life lines. Olga Kostrova has been an amazing life line for me. We met through a meditation group. It seemed almost immediately she began working with me. Giving me words of wisdom and encouragement. Olga invited me to her group workshop DeMYTHification. I had no idea what to expect.
The energy in the group was superb. Olga’s pointing and direction lead me to uncover the lies I tell myself. She also gave me a tool to expose the thinking that does not best serve me. She worked with the group in such a way that we learned from each other and felt loved and supported.
The second workshop Shadow Work Theatre Workshop involved acting. I was pleasantly surprised how effective this was. Olga brings love, compassion, fire, joy and a fierce drive to help others, to the workshops. Such an awesome being I was sent as a life line.”
“Thank you so much. I learned a lot about myself and the lies I use to justify my thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Your work with Al revealed some hard truths about my rigidity and my need to be right. Moving forward, I feel equipped with the questions needed to face myself honestly. Also, whatever you did to me when you brushed your fingertips down the side of my face was incredible, it was like some wall shattered and an overabundance of love came rushing in. Thank you. I’d love to learn more from you. Please let me know when you do another class.”.
“I had the cathartic pleasure of participating in Olga Kostrova’s compelling Shadow Work Theatre Workshop last weekend in La Jolla. Olga is a generous and empathic facilitator with a keen ability to draw authentic expression from all participants. Utilizing theatrical tools in service of psycho-therapeutic exploration and healing in a safe and encouraging field of play, we really got to experience the relief of owning vs suppressing our truth in as full a way as we were authentically feeling it. I felt cleansed and validated by the experience and happily recommend her to anyone seeking to claim and celebrate their own embodiment
“Olga’s BDSM and Shadow Work workshop was a powerful look at how by our moment to moment choices we either disempower or empower ourselves. The workshop began with questions and conversation and ended with some practical exercises which gave us participants a light look at what it’s like to play in both dominant and submissive roles. I came away from the workshop with a more grounded and holistic view of what healthy BDSM is. Olga is a wise, skilled and confident facilitator.”
“I was telling my husband that I got more out of that one afternoon than I did in several therapy sessions I did earlier this year. Maybe it’s because everything is starting to click and make more sense now OR more than likely you are just that good! :)”
“Thank you!!! DeMYTHification workshop was so insightful and powerful! And all of us shared a lot of love!”
About Jay Saber’s Events:
“I have witnessed Jay’s masterful expertise in facilitating quite a number of groups at Warrior Trainings, inside the walls of the Salinas Valley Prison and with women and men inside the Santa Cruz Jail. His leadership skills and interactive processes allow for some profound transformation of the participants.”
“Over the last 2 years, Jay Saber has been graciously coming to my sociology courses at Hartnell College, Correctional Training Facility (CTF prison) and UC Santa Cruz to share his outstanding work with Freedom Prison Project and take the students through sample exercises. Time and again, the students tell me, both in the prison and at the universities and colleges, that he was their favorite guest speaker, that he had the biggest impact and he has motivated them to want to look deeper into prison rehabilitation and emotional literacy. Jay has the confidence, knowledge, passion and experience to facilitate workshops to a variety of different audiences. His work with inmates begins in the prisons and ripples out into society, creating a safer, more beautiful world for everyone. Because of his dedication to prison rehabilitation, the lives of 100’s of men are improved and they have a real chance of leaving prison intact. I am in constant admiration of his dedication and deep knowledge of what it takes to be a healthy, productive, emotionally, spiritually and mentally stable human being. “
“I have had the opportunity to be on staff with Jay Saber on the HER transformational weekends and New Warrior Training Adventures where I have witnessed the participants touch a deep part of themselves through Jay’s empathy, leadership and dedication to transformation.
RETREAT SCHEDULE
November 17th, 18th
8 am: Coffee / tea break
8:30 am: Opening and 1st content block
- 12 pm: Lunch (potluck)
1 pm: 2nd content block & roleplay
5 pm: Closing circle
5:30-6:00 pm: Socializing
BONUS
When you decide to dive even deeper and explore how bring your new emPOWERed presence into all aspects of your life (relationship, career, business, health, spiritual development etc.) and increase performance in all life’s KPIs, one complimentary 1 on 1 session with Olga Kostrova will be included in your retreat package plus 50% off regular price for 3 months of 1 on 1 engagement will be offered to all event attendees.
Olga has been a confidant, an adviser, a mirror, an inspiration, a soul healer, a secret keeper, a connector, a “path corrector” for many influential people (entrepreneurs, entertainment celebrities, politicians, venture capitalists and the list goes on)…
Imagine what working with her can do for YOU!
After these 3 months your life will never be the same.
BONUS 2 (for VIP TICKETS)
With your VIP ticket you will get this all-you-need to start exploring transformational power of BDSM.
Play with pain and pleasure, and go beyond!
It’s consciousness altering, it’s healing, and it’s fun!
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