Participating in Earth and Essence gave me the support I needed to confront my deepest and darkest traumas. Since participating, my feelings of burnout have reduced significantly because of my newfound ability to view my set of circumstances differently. I appreciated having the support, love, and wisdom of fellow travelers shared with me. It's such a genuine experience that you stop comparing yourself to others and only compare yourself to former versions of yourself. The 8 weeks are over but I am still learning and unlearning behaviors of the person I now choose to be.

Being able to be a part of the Earth and Esscence program was expansive in so many ways. From the preparation workshops all the way to the post-ceremony integration, this program was very complete and thorough. I felt very safe and held by Jordana and the group, but most importantly I felt more confident in the knowledge and wisdom acquired from Jordana’s teachings as well as with working with the plants. I am very grateful to have been a part of this group and would absolutely recommend any her programs to dive more in depth into our consciousness and the connection to our communities, our hearts, and our earth with more ease. Thank you so so much Jordana!

E+E has become an important part of my yearly cycle. The program connects me deeply to nature, to my dream life, to a community of incredible humans (who are great company on such a journey), to compassionate and skillful facilitators and teachers, and to my own curiosity through many of the learnings. But most importantly through the internal and external practices we establish, I'm connected back to myself: to my mind, body, and mostly my heart. This year I learned the life-nourishing and energizing value of authenticity, and the treasure I found once I reconnected to this truth. In this program, life continues to be shaken up in the best of ways, and I look forward to being able to attend future E+Es!

Working with Jordana through the Earth & Essence program was the best decision I made for myself this year! Jordana has this unique ability to weave in Eco-Psychology, meditation, group facilitation and somatic psychotherapy all in one program – she is wise, humble and deeply devoted to her practice. What I most admire about Jordana as a group facilitator is her unweavering ability to stay curious and present with whatever is showing up in the circle. She deeply understands and honors the integration process that is alive in each of us. She is also masterful at safely guiding us into unknown places of our psyche and helps us deepen our relationship to our soul's deepest desires. One of my favorite things about working with Jordana is her incredible sense of humor – it can feels like a breath of fresh air in the midst of such profound work! I feel immensely grateful for Jordana's support, wisdom and guidance, and I would go through this program again in a heartbeat!

I joined E+E because I knew it was time to do some introspective work and having an 8 week container with a small group felt like a good way to do it. I had not met Ido, but I had worked with Jordana before so I knew I was in good hands. What I didn't expect was how quickly the work would start showing results. They’re easy to follow, but skillfully honed, guidance started to reveal parts of my subconscious immediately. What followed can barely be put to words, so just a few highlights are: I learned about my tendency to shy away from hard interactions and then felt what it's like to stay in presence through hard interactions. I learned about my addiction patterns (another way I avoid my emotions) and the myriad of ways they play out. I experienced feelings of belonging and worthiness at a deeper level than any time I can remember. I got to live through it all with an incredible group of peers who each reflected their own experiences in a way that created a rich and deep time of learning and growing. I'm coming out of this with a new set of tools. I gained many insights into my subconscious and my inner defenses, but even more importantly I now have what feels like an extra set of eyes. That could maybe be said more accurately as I now have an extra lens that I can look through at any moment. Sometimes this lens provides more information than I can handle, but this lens feels like the tool I've been searching for for years that can ease the feeling of stumbling blind into the same old patterns.

I can't recommend this program enough. Jordana and Ido have created a fertile, rich container for transformative work. They are both gifted facilitators and consistently offered great prompts, questions, and embodiment exercises that helped me deepen into my felt experience. Some of the material that came up for me over these last eight weeks was big and dramatic, some was delicate and subtle, some had a sillier flavor. Jordana and Ido (and Yossi!) have many years of experience between them and were able to support it all. One of my big themes was around masculine energy, and the facilitators really stepped up in ways that allowed me to experience that energy in more positive ways than I often have in the past. This has been a real gift. ...The expert guidance provided by this program allowed us to work with the medicine in a safe and healing manner. I am so appreciative of this; it's not the kind of work you can do on your own. If you're feeling called to this program my advice is: do it! I suspect that, like me, you'll get much more than you expected. You may, also like me, find yourself challenged at times -- but the results are so, so worth it!

I didn't realize it at the time, but looking back even a couple weeks, this program served as a powerful container to practice the concepts of Dharma, presence, and surrender. These are things that I have "known" mentally for a long time, but struggled to practice daily. The urge to grasp and define everything with my mind is just too tempting and too well-worn of a neural pathway to easily resolve. So even tho I knew better ways existed, they eluded practice. Of course, as they say, knowledge is a rumor until it lives in the body and this program was a way to practice and embody true, humble, surrender. Breathe, be here now, deal with what comes as it comes. That is all we have to do. For someone who spent their 20's trying to construct a safe reality out of what the mind could produce, and finding the results to be too thin to sustain a life, this is a powerful lesson. Then to apply that in real time during ceremony and be shown the nature of true safety (my stated intention)... whew. What a gift. A reward for surrendering to a new path the first time I really try it? Talk about building a new neural pathway in a hurry. I don't need to know the way, the Way knows the way.

"Working with Jordana in recent years has been a profound source of support and inspiration to me. Through our individual counseling sessions, she has guided me with tenderness and wisdom, helping me process childhood traumas and uncovering beauty and purpose in my path. Joining her Earth & Essence group program further enriched my journey, deepening my connection to the plants and introducing me to dream work. Jordana’s guidance is a rare gift, blending compassion, insight, and a deep connection to the natural world."