Repair the inner world: Exploring the Savior Complex

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Repair the inner world: Exploring the Savior Complex *

Breathwork

Retreat

Oct 31st - Nov 2nd 2025

Swan Lake, NY

what could it look like to serve from a place of care instead of fear?

This retreat offers a rare space for Jews to examine the savior complex through the lenses of intergenerational trauma, lineage, and service. Blending powerful breathwork, embodied practices, and Jewish learning participants might feel brave enough to release inherited patterns of over-responsibility and reimagine Tikkun Olam as grounded and sustainable.

It’s a space for Jews who are ready to heal what they carry and repair the world without abandoning themselves.

Join us in

  • Embodiment

    A space to reconnect with your body and see what’s ready to be released.

  • Reflection

    Shared reflection, time outdoors, and the kind of dialogue that invites something deeper to unfold

  • Community

    A return to relationship, where healing happens not in isolation, but together.

retreat Facilitators

  • Naomi is a certified breathwork facilitator based in Brooklyn. She fell in love with breathwork during an intense healing journey, where she discovered its powerful ability to move emotions through the physical body. 

    After exploring different healing modalities, Naomi found breathwork to be the most profound and sustainable tool for emotional processing. It allows access to deep states of clarity, healing, and release in a safe, self directed, and titrated environment.

    She holds the belief that all emotions - even ones that are big, overwhelming, and often suppressed - deserve space to be felt and moved through the body. Her work is rooted in guiding others to embrace their big emotions, to connect with community, and to engage with their true needs.

  • Daniel is a somatic therapist (LSW) with a private practice in Denver as well as being a Jewish educator at Base Denver which he runs with his husband Rabbi Dave Yedid.

    Daniel grew up in London, UK where he was involved in the Masorti Jewish community, in particular his beloved youth movement and summer camp, NOAM. His passion for languages and Torah has brought him to live in France, Germany, Jerusalem and Madagascar.

    In 2019, he moved to New York to study at Yeshivat Hadar and Romemu Yeshiva. Prior to coming to the US, Daniel was a child protection social worker in London. He completed his MA in Process Oriented Facilitation and Conflict Studies at the Process Work Institute in Oregon. Since 2018, he has co-facilitated a group called ‘Angels of History’ to process the impacts of intergenerational Jewish trauma.

    Daniel leads process-oriented facilitation for groups and works with individuals as a therapist at Somatic Therapy Partners in Cherry Creek.

FAQ

  • The retreat is centered around a Somatic Release breathwork session.

    Somatic Release Breathwork is a guided breathing practice that uses conscious, connected breath to help the body access and release stored emotional and physiological tension. It works by shifting the body into a non-ordinary state of consciousness where the thinking mind quiets down and the nervous system becomes more available for healing.

    Rather than trying to solve emotional patterns through thought, this method trusts the body’s innate wisdom to process what it’s ready to release.

    It’s especially helpful for people who feel disconnected from their emotions or stuck in cycles of overthinking, as it invites deep feeling, presence, and internal clarity from the inside out.

  • Not at all! But we will be exploring topics through a Jewish lens.

  • Cost: $100

    This retreat is made possible in part through grant support from MemGlobal and Retreatology. Their generosity allows us to keep the cost accessible

  • Yes, a bus runs from Port Authority in NYC to Monticello. We can pick you up from there and bring you to the retreat.

  • This retreat is for people who feel a strong urge to care for others but often do so at their own expense. It’s especially for those with Jewish ancestry who recognize patterns of urgency, over-responsibility, or burnout in their service or relationships. If you struggle to rest, set boundaries, or prioritize your own needs, this space is for you.

  • Sadly, it is unlikely that any of us can heal these deep ancestral wounds in a weekend.

    This will give you the space to start asking the question and a container to reflect with others in community.

    Hopefully, you will leave with some direction on what the next step looks like for you on your individual path.

  • We will all be staying in one big house and will be in shared rooms. We will try to accommodate any requests if possible.

Still have questions?

Schedule time with us to discuss any questions or concerns.