Your Body Is the Ultimate Gateway.
with Simba
Two-day retreat with Simba Stenqvist — working directly with fascia, the nervous system, tremors, breath, and energy, as one integrated system.
12–14 February 2027 · Papai Country Lodge, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Most of what’s written about the body stays in the head. This retreat is built for the opposite — time inside your own system, with guidance, in a setting that gives the body permission to open.
Internal Alchemy is a body-led practice. It works with what the body is already doing — holding, processing, protecting, releasing — and gives it the conditions to complete what it started. Over two days we move through each of the foundational pillars: fascia, the nervous system, tremors, breath, and energy.
Fascia
Fascia is the body’s largest communicative organ. It holds the record of what has been lived, connects every system to every other, and is where stored experience becomes physical restriction.
When it moves, what has been held below awareness begins to shift. Fascia is where the retreat opens on Saturday — the first of five pillars, each with its own session of theory, practice, discussion, and debrief.
Five pillars, one system:
Fascia — the body’s largest communicative organ, where stored experience becomes physical restriction.
Nervous System — the layer that decides whether the body is in safety or survival.
Tremors — the body’s natural mechanism for releasing deep tension, reaching the layers beyond breath and fascia.
Breath — the primary driver of energy in the body, used to change internal pressure and regulate state.
Energy — information flow within the body, between bodies, and with the environment. Grounded, practical, and felt.
An experience in the body that reaches deep — previous participants describe release moving through layers they had carried for years, breath opening into places it had long stopped reaching, energy flowing through the whole system, and a settled aliveness that keeps unfolding long after the weekend.
An invitation into what lies beyond the ordinary — for yourself, a direct meeting with the capacity of your own body; for practitioners, a lived experience of what becomes possible in such a short amount of time. Come see for yourself.
What’s included:
Two full working days of guided practice with Simba.
Two nights accommodation at Papai Country Lodge.
All meals, from the Friday arrival dinner through Sunday lunch.
Coffee, tea, and breaks throughout, with access to the land, grounds, and surrounding nature.
Restore the natural connection between the lower and upper body.
Reawaken your creative and sexual energy centers.
Improve stability, mobility, and circulation.
Support emotional release and nervous system balance.
Feel more grounded, open, and energized.
You’ll experience:
Personal — people in their own process. You are carrying something — stress held for years, pain with a logic still waiting to be found, a pattern in your nervous system that stays with you through rest. You are ready to meet it through the body, with a system that gives you tools you can keep using long after the retreat ends.
Professional — practitioners and facilitators. You already work with people — in bodywork, therapy, coaching, medicine, movement, or somatic practice. You have reached the point where your own system is the instrument. This retreat gives you a direct experience of the pillars that hold the work, so what you carry into a room with a client comes from felt knowing, grounded in your own body.
Either way — the criterion is readiness. If there is a pull toward this work, that is the signal.
Details
Date: September 9
Time: 16:15 BKK Time (UTC +7)
Stockholm: 11:15 CEST
New York: 05:15 EDT
Sydney/Melbourne: 19:15 AEST
Online via Zoom
2 hours + Q&A
Replay Available
Price: $111
Early Bird: $88 (until September 5)
Register online to secure your place.
You’ll receive the Zoom link by email, along with simple setup tips for the best experience.
Date: 12–14 February 2027
Schedule:
Friday 12 February · Arrival, meet & greet dinner from 6 pm
Saturday 13 February · 10 am – 5 pm · Fascia, Nervous System, Tremors
Sunday 14 February · 10 am – 5 pm · Breath, Energy, Closing Tremor Integration
Checkout Sunday afternoon, after the closing session
Location: Papai Country Lodge, north of Chiang Mai
20 people maximum
Two nights accommodation and all meals included
Pricing:
Standard: $777 USD (from January 1)
Extra Early Bird: $555 USD until November 30 · code IAEARLY
Early Bird: $666 USD until December 31 · code IA666 ·
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Full payment secures your place. Waiver signed at booking.
A welcome email with travel and transfer details follows once your place is confirmed.
Meet Simba
Simba is a master in tuning into the energies around him, offering profound insights and guidance. As an expert in the nervous system and grounding, he seamlessly integrates these elements into his teachings, addressing the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of his clients.
With 25 years of expertise in bodywork and injuries, Simba has an intuitive approach to self-healing, uncovering the root causes of ailments. His work as a TRE® Certification Trainer and Craniosacral Therapy Bodyworker highlights his mastery in Somatic Healing Arts. Simba’s daily practice informs his unique method of treating the body holistically, leading to miraculous healing journeys for his clients.
Simba’s extensive background includes over 100 certifications in somatic healing, bodywork, energetics, physiology, TCM, and more. His 35 years of Martial Arts training enhance his understanding of physical mastery and discipline. As an Energy Healer since age 11, Simba blends energy work with bodywork for a comprehensive healing experience.
Known for his remarkable sensitivity and empathic practice, Simba excels at identifying bodily blockages and guiding the body out of tension.
His dedication to connecting the body, mind, and spirit enables him to address injuries and facilitate somatic release. Simba’s clients describe him as embodying the deepest levels of human compassion, akin to an enlightened soul.
As co-founder of Living with The Spirit, Simba brings a holistic mastery across business, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual realms. His unique skill set attracts founders of healing practices seeking his unparalleled expertise. Simba’s work is a profound journey of healing and self-discovery, making him an invaluable guide for those seeking deep transformation.
This is an experience of the system. A chance to feel, in your own body, how these parts work together, and what becomes available when they do. The body knows how to do this. The retreat gives it the time, the space, and the guidance to remember.
For those who want to go deeper, Simba is staying on at Papai for two weeks after the retreat, available for one-to-one work. Stay on for a day, a few days, or build your own rhythm across the two weeks. Reach out directly to discuss what’s possible.
If you would like to speak with Simba before booking, a free consultation is available:
Internal Alchemy: 5-Day Somatic Masterclass with Simba