Upcoming Events
Into the Darkness/ Into the Light "Grief offers a wild alchemy that transmutes suffering into fertile ground" ~ Francis Weller | It is with this grounding that we invite you into Axis Mundi Center for Mental Health’s winter ritual. We gather to welcome our sorrows, to express our grief, and to honor our hope. We will mark the five gates of grief, as written by Francis Weller, source ourselves in the elements of water and fire, & join the cycle of death, birth, and rebirth. This event will take place on the beach at Point Reyes National Seashore. Please follow this link for more information and to register. Date: a weekend in January 2026, exact date TBD.
Past Events
Axis Mundi 5th Annual Summer Ecotherapy Retreat. This 3 day therapeutic experience offers the opportunity to slow down and immerse ourselves in exploring nature, body, mind, spirit, and soul. Our camp is a primitive, remote site in the mountains of CA. This event is appropriate for clinicians interested in ecotherapy as well as any adult looking for a challenging and meaningful passage that includes rest practice. Please reach out to Lauren Hoernig at lhoernigtherapy@gmail.comwith any questions/concerns. For more details about this retreat and/or to register, please visit the eventbrite page. Dates: June 13-15, 2025.
Being in the Wild: An Adult Rites of Passage Journey, an 9 day backpacking trip in the San Rafael Wilderness of CA, attending to rites of passage, exploration of place and purpose, and being. For more details about this retreat and/or to register for the event, please visit the eventbrite page. Dates: March 14-22, 2025
One-on-One Ecotherapy
Ecotherapy allows us to deepen into our bodies as part of the larger earth body, to regulate with the soothing holding energy of the elements. Nature offers the sacred healing that allows us to more fully experience our senses, drop into our bodies, and let go of toxic anxiety and stress; to access the seeds of our neurosis through noticing, intuiting, and breathing; to connect, restore, and deepen. We see that we are capable and connected. Stepping into wilderness opens up an inner faith, a faith in ourselves, in each other, and in the earth, to hold us, to be enough, to be all we need. This is healing. Individual ecotherapy is available for teens and adults. Axis Mundi also offers couples/relationship ecotherapy.
Clinicians Offering Ecotherapy
Lauren Hoernig. LMFT #145687.
Savannah Wilson. AMFT #138744. Supervised by Elysha Martinez, LMFT #93493.
Ravin Spicer. LMFT #151655.
Rish Sanghvi. Trainee in Practicum at CIIS. Supervised by Elysha Martinez, LMFT #93493.
Elysha Martinez. LMFT #93493.
jo’kai (jennifer/jb) bath. LMFT #136291.
Jules Peithman. AMFT #135486.
Erica Wheeler-Dubin, LMFT#144743
Korie Vannerus, LMFT #147204.
Olivia Douglas. Trainee in practicum at Naropa University.
Mara K. Martínez-Hewitt. AMFT #151554. Located in Los Angeles.
Olivia Treviño, AMFT #145997. Located in Berkeley / Albany.
Perla Garcia-Nash (she/her/they/them), Trainee in practicum at National University.
Monique “Kiki” Lyons. AMFT #142839. Located in Oakland.
Retreats, Ritual and Ceremony Work
Seasonal Retreats that focus on development of the self as self is in relationship to the seasons and cycles of the planet
Retreats for Our Colleagues that offer support and care, along with the developmental lens above that allows for intentional work towards specific goals
Ritual and Ceremony Work offered to individuals on an as-needed and as-available basis, individually contracted
Contact Lauren Hoernig, LMFT# 145687 at lhoernigtherapy@gmail.com or lhoernig@axismunditherapy.org for more information
Thresholds Wilderness Rites of Passage Program
Thresholds is a wilderness immersion based therapeutic program addressing developmental aspects of identity through attending to Rites of Passage. Click on the link below: www.axismundicenter.org/thresholds