EARTH & FIRE
A GROUNDED, RELATIONAL APPROACH TO HEALING
Carefully held, capacity-building psilocybin retreats, group therapy, embodied practice and individual care
Trauma can take shape when experiences repeatedly overwhelm our capacity to cope. It may arise early and repeatedly in our lives from childhood onwards, and can affect how we relate to our bodies, to other people and to the world. Ways of survival, seeking love and protecting ourselves that once made sense may become life-limiting, even after the circumstances that shaped them have passed.Our therapeutic practice is based on a shared understanding that experiences such as anxiety, depression, disconnection, hypervigilance, shutting down or difficulty trusting and feeling at home in our bodies are not just symptoms to be eliminated but understandable, highly adaptive responses to what has happened within us, between us and around us.
Our practice 'home', Earth & Fire, grew from a shared belief that meaningful change and recovery come through gradually learning to meet ourselves and our lives with greater capacity, presence and choice — rather than escaping ourselves or handing our authority to someone else. Our work brings together contemporary understandings of trauma, attachment and the nervous system with embodied practices and wisdom traditions that have long explored the relationships between body, mind, community and the natural world.
Our name speaks to this, as does the 'fire horse' in our logo — the rare symbol of the Chinese zodiac for the year in which we launched. Earth is the ground, and our feet on it: developing stability, presence, awareness and an intuitive relationship with our bodies and the land that sustains them. Fire is what becomes possible from there: vitality, illumination, creativity, momentum and the capacity to forge new ways of being with ourselves, others and the world.
Our work isn't about pushing towards catharsis, breakthrough or a predetermined idea of healing. We work with curiosity rather than interpretation, invitation rather than instruction, and choice rather than compliance. We pay attention to capacity, pacing, relationship and the conditions that allow someone to remain in contact with themselves as they explore something difficult or new.That also means taking power seriously. Whether during
psychedelic-assisted retreats
trauma informed group therapy
individul psychotherapy
breathwork sessions
Trauma sensitive yoga and meditation
tailored individual embodied practice
individual guided psychedelic experiences
we don't believe that expertise gives us authority over another person's experience. Our role is to offer knowledge, practice, relationship and carefully held conditions in which people can discover more of their own power.Ultimately, the direction of the work is towards greater agency: not becoming invulnerable to life, but developing more capacity to meet it, feel it and respond to it without continually having to abandon oneself.
WHO WE ARE
Two practitioners. Different disciplines. A shared way of working.
Earth & Fire is the work of co-founders Caroline Flick from Germany and Charlotte Nicholson from Britain. Between us, our backgrounds span psychotherapy, the Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM), Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Eastern contemplative traditions incorporating techniques including mindful movement, breathwork and meditation, and psychedelic retreat facilitation.After several years of working together supporting people through psychedelic experiences, we found that though we work with different methods, we are united by a shared understanding of how we want to work with people.We are interested in helping people develop a deeper relationship with their own bodies, patterns, resources and inner authority in recovery — rather than positioning ourselves as the people with all the answers, with authority over another person's experience.We work relationally and trauma-sensitively, with attention to choice, consent, boundaries and individual agency. We pay attention to capacity, pacing, relationship and creating the conditions that allow someone to remain in contact with themselves as they explore something difficult or new.Our intention is not to create dependence on a teacher, therapist, retreat or practice, but to offer knowledge, strategies and tools that people can gradually adapt and make their own.
"Connecting and relating, whether to ourselves or to others, is central to human nature. When the relating is consistently indifferent or threatening, our survival systems dominate and the stage is set for us to shut down, withdraw and become sick. When one is consistently related to with compassion, our systems are balanced and support the development of our highest capacities.”Alexandra Cat, Teaching Faculty, Center for Trauma & Embodiment, Trauma Sensitive Yoga trainer-facilitator & lecturer for the UK’s National Health Service, Medical Education programs.
WHAT WE OFFER
Spaces for deeper work, ongoing practice and connection.
Earth & Fire Retreats
Small-group, carefully held retreats immersed in nature bringing together trauma-sensitive embodied practice, breathwork, psycho-education, therapeutic support, time away from the day-to-day to focus inwards and safely facilitated psychedelic experiences.Rather than promising instant transformation, we seek to create the conditions in which something can be encountered, explored and integrated — with therapeutic and practical preparation beforehand and ongoing long-term support afterwards.Earth and Fire is a word-of-mouth and referral-built community, so there is the opportunity to encounter familiar faces on retreat and to make enduring connections with others who understand the work.
Around the Fire
Around The Fire is the ongoing Earth & Fire community — a place to gather, practise and stay connected throughout the year.Through regular live sessions including group therapy, body-led practices and sharing circles, we offer a supportive space to continue developing the awareness, capacity, embodiment and self-leadership that sit at the heart of our work and at the heart of authentic connection and relationship.It's a place you can return to rather than another programme to complete.You don't need to have attended an Earth & Fire retreat to join us. You simply need an openness to practise, reflect and participate in community with curiosity and respect.
Tailored Individual Support
Sometimes the work is better held individually. Both Caroline and Charlotte offer one-to-one support, bringing different professional backgrounds and practices to a shared trauma-sensitive, relational approach.Caroline offers psychotherapy, breathwork and individual psychedelic therapy facilitation. Charlotte offers body-led trauma support using Trauma Sensitive Yoga, trauma-informed breathwork and meditation and preparation and integration of psychedelic retreat experiences - whether one of our retreats or an experience you will have or have had elsewhere,There is no single pathway or prescribed way of working: the starting point is where you are and the kind of support that feels useful to you. You can use the buttons to visit our websites for more information.
ENQUIRIES
You don’t need to know exactly where to begin. If you’re curious about working with us, unsure which offering might suit you, or have questions, you’re welcome to get in touch using the form below or email [email protected]. We’ll get back to you shortly.
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