About The Fortress

From The Fortress

Step into The Mystery

Since ancient times, humans have been taking heroic inner quests to face their deepest fears, and even Death itself, in order to be reborn and live more fully upon return to the "ordinary world."

What you'll find here is my best and humble attempt at integrating my psychedelic (soul-revealing) encounters with the Sacred. Sometimes these encounters arose from deep pain and sorrow, other times through beauty, dreams, synchronicities, whispers, divinations, and remembrances. They also surfaced through powerful readings, good counsel, and experiences with plant medicine. Each of these enchanted breadcrumbs has guided me on my ongoing inner quest back home to Wholeness.

From here, you can prepare to embark on a journey of reclamation and integration of your Soul.

Welcome to The Fortress

The Founder

Hello, I'm Brenda!

I believe we are at a crucial choice point in human consciousness. By doing our own inner work, we can tip the scales toward hope. I am here to help you remember who you are and to hold your hand through the scary bits on that journey.

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The Fortress

The Fortress often symbolizes psychic wholeness, safety, and belonging. Yet, as The Tower of tarot reminds us, the pursuit of fortress-level impermeability and protections can become a prison. Let's break those chains and liberate ourselves. Experience the wisdom, wonder and wellness that awaits beyond the fortress walls!

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Pillars of The Fortress

Story

"It is of life-saving vitality to make a connection to a story...It is nothing less than a university of the soul... These stories are telling us how to live." ~Martin Shaw, Courting the Wild Twin

Story is not bound by time and offers immense wisdom and deep medicine. Many of the books I have engaged with for my own reclamation and integration are full of myths and timeless tales told from a Jungian perspective. They speak directly to the soul.

Symbol

"Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream!" 🎶

If life is a dream, as many spiritual philosophies and quantum physics suggest, shouldn't we consider it a symbolic representation of our unconscious material yearning to surface? We can begin to feel into life as we would a dream or psychedelic journey to unpack rich meaning, gain heightened awareness, and live with more lucidity and wonder.

Soma

"A felt sense contains a maze of meanings, a whole textile of facets, a Persian rug of patterning—more than could be said or thought." ~ Eugene Gendlin

"Soma" has 3 significant meanings to me.

1) Somatic therapy: We're here to feel it all, but what we don't allow ourselves to fully feel and express stays inside, becoming toxic dis-ease.

2) Plant Medicine: "Soma" was an intoxicating plant beverage of the gods in Vedic tradition. There is an undeniable ancient, somatic experience and immense wellness on offer, with psychedelic plants.

3) Brave New World: In Huxley's book, "soma" is a drug given out by the State as a powerful method of distraction and social control. Pay attention...

ABout Me & The Fortress

About Me

A few years ago, I heard the "Call to Adventure" and left my career in education to figure out what I really want from this life. Around the same time, I was torn from a relationship that had unearthed many old wounds. I was lost and broken and confused. My descent had begun. In the darkness, I met many shadow parts of Self (which tended to be my feminine aspects), discovered incredible Jungian psychology books and media, and experienced the powerful lessons of plant teachers.

I have returned from this journey with an insatiable desire to know myself and to intimately experience the Divine. It has been my pleasure to share soul-opening books and sacred medicines that help each of us find our inner feminine and create union between our Psyche & Eros for more soulful, embodied, conscious living.

My Experience & Qualifications

Certified Somatic Attachment Therapy Practitioner through Embody Lab with teachings from Peter Levine, Gabor Mate, and more!
Somatic Regenerative Alchemy coach trained by Dr. Sarah Coxon.
BA in Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology and History)
Credentialed Educator: 12 years of teaching, course creation, and group leadership
Psychedelic therapy practitioner training through MycoVision
Archetypal Immersion program via ReWilding with Sabrina Lynn
2 years of full time soul/shadow work with an emphasis on Jungian/depth Psychology, mythology, potentials of plant medicine and energy techniques for somatic healing, inner child work, and gnostic gospel teachings
In-depth symbolic awareness study of the teachings of Caroline Myss and Paul Levy's works, including Levi's live Dreaming Ourselves Awake course.
Certified Professional Organizer & minimalism-magic believer
Many years of global anti-human trafficking education & community building work. Your contributions go toward this cause!
20 years of dedicated yoga practice (vinyasa, yin, kundalini +)

Pillars of Empowerment

Ancient stone arches overgrown with greenery in a misty setting.

Symbolic Sight

Life is a heroic journey, a sacred adventure, and a Fool's quest, and a myth in the making. Your body and home are the vessels that carry you through the storms of life. Your psyche and the entire universe are one and the same. There are clues all around you—asking you to remember and live your magic.

Pay attention.

Reconnect with your bod

Pay attention.

Reconnect with your body's wisdom.

Be curious, courageous, and compassionate.

Expand consciousness.

Seek wisdom, wonder & wellness.

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Integration

Soul (Psyche) Retrieval

Feminine Reclamation

Re-memberment

Kintsugi

Returning to Wholeness

Embodiment

The Thread

Individuation Process

Plant Medicine Integration

Shadow Work

Inner Child Healing

Attachments (Cords)

Experience the sovereignty, agency and freedom that comes from finding, reclaiming and restoring our lost, broken and relegated parts and energy back into our being.

Balanced Polarities

Feminine-Masculine,

Yin-Yang,

Dark-Light,

Bitter-Sweet,

Mother Earth-Father Sky,

Ida-Pingala,

Lunar-Solar,

Warm-Demander,

Soul-Spirit,

Good-Evil

These archetypal forces are two sides to the same coin. We cannot have one without the other. All exist within us and our ability to see, accept and access both polarities is essential for holistic wellness.