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PWI Faculty Spotlight:

Elva Redwood

The owls and the flowers

In a valley in Wales, an old story keeps happening. A woman made of flowers is repeatedly turned into owls.

Elva read Alan Garner’s novel The Owl Service, as a child and sees it now as a Processwork text.

"It speaks to me of the unconscious processes we repeat over and over, that can go differently when we bring in more awareness. I think of the owls as violent patterns in history, while the flowers represent a possible return to original nature and expression."

A family with two stories

Elva grew up in a family with a lot of generational trauma. There was the story everyone believed, and there was everything else they were saying without intending to. Elva learned to track that second layer young, feeling the unspoken signals and sensing the atmosphere.

It gave them a wide capacity for empathizing with other people’s experiences. Even when two situations look completely different from the outside, there can be an intensity underneath that they recognize.

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Always a signal

Elva’s relationship to Processwork has flowed and changed over their decades of study, but the common thread is always their interest in signal awareness.

On days when they’re sleep deprived or sick, feeling like there’s no point in anything, they can still notice a signal and get curious about it.

From the body to the world

Elva has been in private and clinic practice as a life-facilitator since 2009. They are a certified Trauma Release Exercises practitioner and always studying how the nervous system heals.

They live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and bring their own life-long experience of living in a chronically ill body to this work.

They teach and supervise at the Process Work Institute and have facilitated large group Worldwork seminars in London, Israel/Palestine and Chiapas, Mexico.

These days, Elva lives in Portland where they love writing and knitting. I'm in awe of this fabulous piece they knit! Love at those incredible ombre COLORS! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

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When you explore yourself deeply, you will find powerful strengths and creative drives you never knew you had. You’ll also discover unimagined ways to resolve difficulties and grow through challenges. Learn More: https://elvaredwood.com/

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