Stable in space
Hi, welcome,
I’m Susan Reis
The Cyclical Seed is my ex-voto of sorts.
I offer alternative approaches and integrate archetypal and evolutionary astrology, somatic trauma healing, and spiritual psychology to help you navigate the human experience with grace and to self-transform.
I don’t separate the personal, interpersonal, and transpersonal dimensions of growth because the distinction is an illusion.
I prioritize philosophy over just following rigid frameworks, integrating various tools so I can adapt to the present moment experience and simply be present with you as that’s where transformation takes place. I’m forever learning, you can see my many trainings below but always prioritize my own contemplation and encourage you to do the same.
Healing is less about always fixing and more about building the capacity to be compassionately present with our full spectrum of emotions and making meaning. You aren’t broken because you can’t break an ocean.
The temple door is narrow, but it's in entering into your own mysteries you become unbreakable. Everything else is just a band-aid.
I’m a Pluto-in-Scorpio Millennial, I don't belong to any specific group or tradition, and I live in NYC.
Certifications
Certified Psychosynthesis Life Coach (ICF-Accredited program)
Certified Integrative Trauma Practitioner (somatics)
Compassion-Based Resilience Training (CBRT) Certified Instructor (Nalanda Institute)
Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System (BBTRS) trained
Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner-in-Training
Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experiencing (DARe) Practitioner-in-Training
Certified Buteyko Breathing Instructor (regulating/corrective breath)
Brainspotting Certified-in-Training
Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher
Hypnosis Board-Pending Practititoner
Nejang Healing Yoga Teacher (not asana yoga, this is a Vajrayana/Buddhist Tantric energy-based style of breathwork and somatics)
Reiki Practitioner (and other energy healing approaches)
Graduate Certificate in Jungian Studies & Analytical Psychology (Pacifica)
Christian Contemplation teacher (non-dogmatic Christian Mysticism presence and spiritual practice)
Death Doula & Hospice Volunteer (end-of-life emotional and spiritual care)
NOVA Crisis Response Team Trained & Volunteer
Astrology & Mysticism as Healing Arts, not another Compulsion
The zodiac is the wheel of life. It's the seed pattern of subjective awareness, and I offer it as a tool to coherently navigate the cyclical patterning of our minds and emotional bodies, for self-discovery, and to connect to a larger cosmic whole - I don't want to just get you obsessed with astrology!
Compulsiveness, future fixing, and overly simplistic understandings of self are the antithesis of healing, spirituality, and what a true understanding of astrology reveals, as well as a true connection to mysticism: the unknowing.
Mysticism has been teaching the art of presence, resilience, and surrender to expand and self-heal long before the modern accepted approaches.
The past and conditioned experiences imprint on our mind, body, and soul/psyche, leaving us spinning around a wheel losing parts of us along the way, lost to moments of time, but through heart-mind coherence, compassionate presence, and wisdom, we can reclaim our soulfulness and self-unfold whole, with a lightness of being and heaviness of purpose.
For everything & always,
Susan Reis
Values
Individuation
Individuation and de-conditioning is a necessity to personal growth or transformation. This does not mean changing who you are. I believe in radical self-acceptance and learning to trust your own natural evolution and direction in life. To individuate is a lot more about finding the simplicity in being and is the driving force behind self-agency and inner purpose.
Not Just Healing, but Being
I don't want to get you stuck in a cycle of endlessly fixing and healing, which is far too common in the holistic space. And I’m not in the therapy space, so I certainly don’t want to pathologize every quark about you. I want to get you to a place out of the endless need to fix or to be someone, so you can just be, unfolding who you are in real time.
Compassionate Presence
I don’t just follow one modality or framework and claim it will heal you. I integrate a variety of tools so I can rely on my intuition in the present moment when working with you. Compassionate presence is how we heal and transform anything and is the foundation of my work philosophy (and life!). I prioritize compassionate presence and resilience.
Integrity
I offer alternative and holistic services. Everything about The Cyclical Seed is rogue by design. I am not a licensed therapist and do not offer talk therapy. I take my work and care for clients seriously though so am continuously learning and implement my own best practices which you can ask me about. I will let you know if my work isn’t the best fit for you.
