Spiritus®
Events • Now Enrolling 2026–2027
Movement • Music • Ritual • Expanded States
An Immersive Series
A series of four-hour immersions exploring expanded states of consciousness through movement, music, rhythm, meditation, symbolic process, and creative integration.
Embodied Trance™ is a guided journey through expanded states of consciousness utilizing movement, music, rhythm, meditation, symbolic process, and creative integration to support deep internal exploration through the body.
Each four-hour immersion includes an Opening Circle, Guided Meditation, Trance Movement™, Art Integration, and Closing Circle.
Through carefully facilitated trance-based practices, evocative music, symbolic embodiment, and movement arising directly from sensation and instinct, participants are invited into expanded states of consciousness within a safe, professionally held environment grounded in depth, authenticity, and emotional presence.
Each gathering within the series is intentionally aligned with the elemental and archetypal energies of the season. The series moves through Fire, Air, Water, Earth, and Air — honoring the cyclical, non-linear nature of deep transformation.
Embodied Trance™ is a complete practice in its own right — a powerful entry point into expanded states of consciousness through movement, music, rhythm, and ritual for those drawn to somatic and depth-oriented work. It requires no prior experience and no additional commitment.
For participants engaged in Holotropic Breathwork® or other expanded states practices, Embodied Trance™ also offers a structured somatic container for integration — a place to allow the body to continue processing and expressing what deeper transformational work has opened.
Your Facilitator
Stephenie Purnell
Founder, Spiritus8® • Creator of Embodied Trance™
One of only a few facilitators in the United States certified in Trance Movement™ — a certification completed in Germany. Drawing from years of facilitation experience in expanded states work, Stephenie blends movement, music, rhythm, ritual, sensory awareness, and trance-based practices into deeply immersive transformational experiences.
Meet StephenieThe Immersions
November 22, 2026 • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
AWKN Ranch • Austin, Texas
Embodied Trance™ Series • Sagittarius • Fire
Move into the flame and let vision emerge through alchemy.
This immersion explores movement as a pathway into expanded perception, insight, and visionary experience. Fire energy supports emergence, meaning-making, symbolic exploration, and clarity of direction.
Fire • Vision • Truth • Emergence
January 24, 2027 • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
AWKN Ranch • Austin, Texas
Embodied Trance™ Series • Aquarius • Air
Enter the larger field and discover the movement of the collective within.
This immersion explores archetypal and collective dimensions of embodied trance work. Participants may encounter expanded perception, symbolic imagery, and experiences reaching beyond the personal self into the larger human field.
Air • Archetype • Awakening • Connection
March 14, 2027 • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
AWKN Ranch • Austin, Texas
Embodied Trance™ Series • Pisces • Water
Surrender to the current and let the mystery carry you deeper than thought can reach.
This immersion emphasizes surrender, trance depth, emotional flow, symbolic imagery, and expanded states associated with mystical and intuitive awareness. Water energy invites dissolution, softness, and movement beyond ordinary boundaries.
Water • Surrender • Mystery • Depth
April 25, 2027 • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
AWKN Ranch • Austin, Texas
Embodied Trance™ Series • Taurus • Earth
Root into the body and awaken the wisdom that lives within.
This immersion explores embodied awareness, grounded movement, creativity, and the quiet intelligence of the body. Earth energy invites stability, sensory awareness, and a deeper relationship with the rhythms that support lasting transformation.
Earth • Taurus • Presence • Embodiment
June 20, 2027 • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
AWKN Ranch • Austin, Texas
Embodied Trance™ Series • Gemini • Solstice Eve • Air
Return to stillness and let the body bring you home.
The final immersion of the series marks a threshold between expression and integration — a closing arc emphasizing reflection, completion, embodiment, and return. Participants are invited to integrate the full journey of the series through movement, ritual, and shared experience.
Air • Gemini • Reflection • Return
Investment
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Select any three immersions at registration. Dates may be transferred once with 30 days notice.
Investment
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A complete journey through all five immersions and the full elemental cycle of transformation.
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Payment is made in full at registration. All registrations are non-refundable, yet transferable within 12 months.
Complete the Arc
Embodied Trance™ immersions are held approximately one week following each Holotropic Breathwork® retreat — designed to deepen and extend the transformational process through somatic expression. Participants engaged in the Holotropic Breathwork® Series are encouraged to consider this series as an integrative companion practice.
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