"Again and again
Some people wake up...
They have no ground in the crowd

And they emerge according to broader laws
They carry strange customs with them 
And demand room for bold gestures. 
The future speaks ruthlessly through them.
And they change the world." 
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
 

Alexandre Jodun is an integrative psychotherapist, group facilitator, ritualist, and writer, with over a decade of study and apprenticeship in shamanism, mysticism, and transpersonal psychotherapies. As a multidisciplinary and eclectic practitioner, his work is in service to the remembering of the essential wisdoms, practices, and initiatory processes for ripening into mature adulthood, such that living culture may emerge to carry future generations. 

Originally born in Mauritius with a creole and afro-asian-diasporic ancestral heritage, and raised as a first-generation immigrant in Australia, Alexandre has always felt a calling to weave the roots of ancestral wisdom within the unique context of these modern times. After experiencing the 'soul-quake' of a spontaneous spiritual emergence early on his path, an embodied realization emerged through the cracks: that there exist profound ways of knowing and transformative dimensions to life that conventional models of psychospiritual well-being are significantly disconnected from. This, along with his devotion to walking his path, has led him to his sacred activism of being a bridge: between worlds, traditions, and ways of knowing. 

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Among many lineages, his approach is predominantly informed by his: 
 

• Holistic Psychotherapy training at the Metavision Institute (rooted in Arnold & Amy Mindell's Process-oriented Psychology);

• 4 years of experiential training and apprenticeship with Grof Holotropic Breathwork & Transpersonal Psychology;

• 6+ years apprenticing in, and facilitating, grief-work (from the lineage of Francis Weller); 

• 3-years of comprehensive training and initiation in Psychedelic Medicine & Transpersonal Psychology through the AWE Foundation;

• Ongoing apprenticeship as a tabaquero (dietas with Nicotiana Rustica and various master plants) within the Mamancunawa lineage;

• And, over 10+ years of receiving teachings, initiations, and transmissions from various medicine-keepers across Peru, Australia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico. Alexandre is deeply grateful to be a Bwiti initiate, traditionally initiated into the mens-only path of Dissumba in Gabon, and he continues to receive empowering blessings as a student of the way of Yagé.

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Through A Healing Bridge, Alexandre offers integrative psychotherapy & mentoring to individuals and couples from around the world in his private practice, and also facilitates group-work, grief-rituals, and psychedelic & plant-medicine ceremonies and retreats. His passion is to provide a sanctuary for seekers, creatives, healers, and soul-activists of diverse backgrounds to become more intimate with their unique medicine and cultivate the skills required to walk their path and be of service to this world with courage, connection, and maturity.

 

His process-oriented approach to psycho-spiritual maturation is a great fit for those who are not new to soul-work, for those who are already engaged in - and desire to go deeper into - the vital inner, outer, and relational work required for meaningful change. Alexandre's work tends to be most potent for those who resonate with animist, depth-oriented, spiritually-rooted, eclectic paradigms, who feel inspired to wholeheartedly participate in the organic (and often slow, non-linear & life-long) process of authentic ripening. 

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At the heart of his work, Alexandre's passion is to bridge the intersections between transforming developmental & ancestral wounds, working reverently with extraordinary states of consciousness within the context of ritual and ceremony, and deepening into the psycho-spiritual processes of soul-initiation into authentic adulthood. His main areas of focus are:
 

• Soul-work (Dream-body & somatic work, transforming childhood wounds, psycho-spiritual maturation, integrating night-dreams, shadow-work, etc.)

• Mentoring (Deepening in one's path of service/activism, tracking soul-encounters, fidelity to one's mythopoetic image(s), ritual practice, soul-centred guidance, etc.)

• Psychedelic & Plant-medicine Ceremonial & Therapeutic Work (Incl. preparation, ceremonial/session facilitation, and integration);

• The Terrain of Grief, Death, and Dying;

• Intergenerational Healing, and Ancestral Connection / Remembering;

• Spiritual Emergence & Initiatory/Liminal Experiences;

• Relational Intelligence, Couples Work & Romantic Love;

• Sexuality & Eroticism;

Alexandre has co-facilitated grief-work with, and mentored alongside, writer and speaker Francis Weller, and draws much inspiration from his mentoring relationship with poet, Jaiya John. He is a part of the facilitation and admissions team for AWE's Ecstatic Mysticism 3-year initiatory program, and has been involved with their sacred activism work of preserving ancestral knowledge and mystical traditions of indigenous communities. And, as a writer and explorer of consciousness, he is in the process of completing a Master of Arts (MA) in Integrative Psychedelic Therapy through Ubiquity University, and delighted to be gestating and birthing his first book of poetry.

 

Alexandre is grateful to call the Sacred Valley of Cusco (Peru) home, surrounded by the sacred Apus of Pitusiray & Sawasiray - where he lives with his beloved wife, Alyona, his big-hearted cocker-spaniel, Nala, and trickster-zen-master cat, Hampi. 

If you would like to work or collaborate with Alexandre, or are interested in participating in a psychedelic & plant-medicine ceremony or retreat, feel free to reach out via the Contact Form.

 

And for more on Alexandre's approach to transformational soul-work and ripening, visit any of the following pages: Integrative Psychotherapy & Mentoring, Couples Psychotherapy, Group Mentoring & Deeper-Vision, or Psychedelic Ceremonies & Retreats.