Aukje Willume Kapteyn, Founder and Director of Miksau Retreat.
Aukje's path is dedicated to spiritual wholeness and oneness with all (free of religious affiliation). She believes life is both teacher and friend. Laughter, friendship, solitude and the companionship of nature lighten the journey of her destined task to bring the shadow into light. Offering safe and sacred space to others is part of that destiny.
Some relevant biographical data:
- Born in post-war Europe, came to Alberta with her family at age 12
- Educated as teacher, writer and counselling therapist
- Began "waking up" and thus her own intentional journey in 1981
- After earning her MA degree she completed certification with the Canadian Psychological Association (1986)
- Due to experiencing the power of groups, as volunteer in inner city Edmonton, she sought additional training in group process and was certified with the Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association. (1988)
- Her own healing was accelerated by participating in of Shalom Retreats™ in the Catskill Mountains of New York (1980 - present)
- This led her to a greater understanding of the link between body-mind, spirituality/sexuality and emotional releases through body-work. Subsequently she dedicated herself to 5 years of training in Bioenergetic Analysis which she completed in 1998.
- She was mentored by Gerald Jud, founder of Shalom Retreats™ and is now commissioned to facilitate Shalom Retreats™ at Miksau.
- Her work with First Nations (American Indian) since she was 20 years old (Navajo, Ojibwa, Dene and Cree) led her to take training from the National Native Treatment Directors (1990). She continues to work with First Nations and has been taught by native elders, and participates in native spiritual practices.
- She was also trained in Gestalt, Psychosynthesis, family and marital therapy (Family Therapy Institute, Washington DC - certificate 1987), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - advanced level 1998), and several brief therapy modalities. She earned numerous certificates in Orthobionomy body-work (1993 -1999)
- Furthermore, she researched and participated in labyrinth walks, mandala design, drumming workshops, energy balancing and chakra work, yoga, transpersonal heart (Brugh Joy), movement and meditation (Richard Moss), and psychosynthesis to enhance her own journey.
- In addition to meditation and bioenergetics, her own daily practice includes journalling and she has designed several projects for herself and for clients to help proceed on the path to wholeness.
- Most recently she completed the second semester of the Spiritual Warrior Course (Corelight, Santa Fe, New Mexico) and a four day intensive at the Light Institute (Galisteo, New Mexico) in multi-incarnational work.
Aukje is a woman deeply connected to nature and is currently learning to practice harmony with nature in gardening, and living side by side with widllife and the preservation of the lakeshore, the woods and muskegs of the land that is part of Miksau.
Her own calling to found and establish Miksau comes from a life long dream but even more so, as she says:
"It comes from a full and rich life. My children are well-launched. I am privileged now to enjoy grandchildren. I enjoy deep, intimate, honest, playful, challenging friendships with men and women. Miksau springs forth from a cup that is full and spilling over. From the richness of my life, I share with all who look for richness in the invisible yet palpable joys of life. It is out of gratitude that I open this space for companions of the journey.
May you find peace and joy within as you explore and allow Miksau's beauty to reflect the beauty of your inner landscape. "
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