TERRAPIA School of Transformation

Where Personal Transformation Becomes a Profession

The next group will start:

New York: September 26, 2026 .

Location: Dragon Nest Center, New Paltz, NY, 

Terrapia prepares a new generation of practitioners—people who can guide others through life transitions, unlock human potential, and facilitate meaningful change. We believe that this journey begins with your own inner transformation.

About Terrapia

Founded in 2015, Terrapia is a 16-month transformational training program that combines deep personal growth with professional education.

Students learn contemporary psychological, somatic, and energy-based approaches while developing the self-awareness, presence, and practical skills needed to support others through change.

More than a school, Terrapia is a living community where learning continues long after graduation.

Terrapia Today

• Founded in 2015

• 16-month professional training program

• Approximately 200 graduates

• A thriving community of students and alumni who continue to learn, collaborate, and support one another

  
  

Beyond Graduation

Many graduates continue creating projects within the Terrapia community, including:

• Playback Theater — improvisational theater based on real human stories.

• Practice Together — an ongoing community of Qigong, yoga, meditation, and embodiment practices.

• Integration of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness — professional training in integrating psychedelic experiences, shamanic ceremonies, spiritual emergencies, and other transformative experiences.

• School of Astrology — exploring astrology as a language of symbols, life cycles, and personal development.

• Wheel of the Year — seasonal ceremonies and community rituals aligned with the rhythms of nature.

• Creative Arts Projects — exhibitions, performances, music, workshops, and collaborative artistic initiatives.

Our Mission

The world is changing faster than ever. Artificial intelligence is transforming industries, professions are evolving, and familiar life paths are becoming less predictable.

Yet some human qualities cannot be replaced by technology: presence, awareness, empathy, emotional maturity, creativity, and the ability to navigate life's transitions with wisdom.

This is the work of Terrapia.

We believe no one can guide another person beyond the depth they have reached themselves. For this reason, our training begins with personal transformation before becoming professional practice.

Our mission is to educate a new generation of practitioners who recognize not only problems, but also the hidden potential within crises, relationships, symptoms, conflicts, and life's most challenging moments.

We create a learning environment where people discover their purpose, develop their gifts, build inner resilience, and become part of a supportive community committed to lifelong growth.

Terrapia is a place where personal transformation becomes the foundation of professional mastery.

Testimonials

"I came to Terrapia looking for help, but I found so much more—new knowledge, a supportive community, lifelong friends, inspiration, and the deep realization that it is truly possible to transform your life."

Marina M.

"The personal growth I experienced during my training with Terrapia School program is unlike anything else in my life. After fifteen years of individual therapy, I never imagined I could change and grow this much."

Oxana V.

"Looking back after nearly two years, I can see a profound transformation in my life. It is deeply rewarding to recognize how much I have grown, and I am grateful to Dina Ostrovsky for creating the environment that made this transformation possible."

Eugine O.

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Who Is This Program For?

Terrapia is designed for people who feel called to meaningful change—those seeking greater self-understanding, a more purposeful career, or the ability to support others through life's transitions.

People in Times of Transition

You may be experiencing:

• a career change

• searching for purpose

• starting a new business

• immigration or relocation

• divorce or relationship changes

• health challenges

• loss of meaning

• spiritual or existential crisis

These moments often become powerful opportunities for growth when approached with the right support.

People Seeking Meaningful Work

Many students come to Terrapia because they want work that combines purpose with professional fulfillment.

If you want a career centered on human connection, personal growth, and guiding transformation—skills that will remain deeply valuable in the age of AI—this program may be your next step.

People Committed to Personal Growth

Some students join simply because they want to:

• understand themselves more deeply

• develop emotional awareness

• resolve inner conflicts

• build healthier relationships

• discover their strengths

• cultivate resilience

• live with greater freedom, purpose, and vitality

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Helping Professionals

Terrapia is especially valuable for:

• psychologists

• psychotherapists

• coaches

• physicians

• social workers

• educators

• facilitators

• bodyworkers

• other helping professionals

You will expand your professional toolkit while learning to work with conflict, relationships, trauma, body symptoms, dreams, and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Professional Pathways

Terrapia is more than a transformational journey—it is also professional training that can lead to several meaningful career paths.

Transformational Coach (Process Work)

Learn to facilitate individual sessions using the principles of Process Work. Support clients through life transitions, relationships, inner conflicts, dreams, body symptoms, and personal growth.

Ideal for those who want to build a private practice or integrate Process Work into an existing profession.

Family & Systemic Constellation Facilitator

Develop the skills to facilitate Family and Systemic Constellations for individuals and groups.

Learn to work with family dynamics, organizational systems, trauma, relationships, money, life purpose, and transgenerational patterns.

Graduates are prepared to begin facilitating constellation groups under continued supervision and professional development.

Psychedelic Integration & Non-Ordinary States Facilitator

Learn to support the preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences and other non-ordinary states of consciousness, including spiritual emergencies, shamanic experiences, mystical states, and profound transformational processes.

The program emphasizes psychological integration, ethical practice, and creating safe spaces for meaningful transformation.

Please note: This training does not certify participants to administer psychedelic substances or conduct psychedelic sessions where prohibited by law. It prepares professionals to provide integration support and facilitation within applicable legal and ethical frameworks.

Program Structure

Terrapia is a 16-month immersive training that integrates personal transformation with professional development.

Every module combines theory with direct experience so that learning becomes embodied rather than merely intellectual.

The Program Includes

• 8 in-person training seminars

• Monthly online integration meetings

• Two monthly individual mentoring sessions

• Home practice between modules

• Small peer learning groups

• Supervision and case consultation

• Membership in the Practice Together community

• Opportunities to participate for free in ceremonies, advanced trainings, and creative community projects

Total program: approximately 250 hours of training and practice.

How We Learn

Each seminar includes:

• lectures

• live demonstrations

• partner and small-group practice

• group process

• dreamwork

• body-oriented practices

• energy cultivation

• supervision

• integration exercises

Learning continues between seminars through home practice, online meetings, peer support, and regular embodiment practices, allowing students to gradually integrate new skills into both their personal and professional lives.

Terrapia is not a series of workshops—it is a carefully designed transformational journey in which each stage naturally prepares you for the next.

Tuition

Base Tuition: $550 per month Total Program Tuition: $8,800

We offer a sliding-scale tuition model.

If the standard tuition creates a financial obstacle, you are welcome to apply for one of our limited reduced-tuition spaces.

If you are in a position to contribute more, you may choose a higher monthly tuition to help make the program accessible to other students while supporting the mission of Terrapia.

Curriculum:

Seminar 1

Dreams and Body Symptoms: Wisdom Guides and Powerful Allies

Learn to work with dreams and body symptoms as meaningful expressions of the unconscious and gateways to personal transformation.

Seminar 2

The Dance of Relationships and Conflict

Explore Process Work methods for understanding relationship dynamics, communication, conflict, and personal growth through connection.

Seminar 3

The Inner Critic and the Creative Flow

Transform self-criticism into creativity, confidence, and authentic self-expression.

Seminar 4

The Shaman's Dream: Altered States and Addictive Tendencies

Learn to work with altered states of consciousness, spiritual experiences, addictive patterns, and their transformative potential.

Seminar 5

Your Life Myth and the Art of Charismatic Presence

Discover your unique life path and develop authentic leadership through powerful communication and presentations.

Seminar 6

The Group Facilitator as a Martial Artist

Develop your own facilitation style, learn to work with group dynamics, resistance, conflict, and criticism.

Seminar 7

Money, Resources, and Prosperity

Understand your relationship with money, abundance, work, and the resources needed to bring your vision into the world.

Seminar 8

Systems Thinking, Manifestation, and Organizational Constellations

Learn the theory and practice of Family and Organizational Constellations while clarifying your vision, setting meaningful goals, and designing your next professional steps.

Seminar 9 (Online)

Earth-Based Psychology: Understanding Your Inner Landscape Through Nature

Description:

Discover how landscapes mirror our inner world. Learn Earth-Based Psychology methods to understand emotions, access inner resources, and work with personal challenges through nature, symbolism, and embodied awareness.

Curriculum Details:

Seminar 1: Dreams and Body Symptoms as Wisdom Advisers and Powerful Allies. 

Working with Dreams and Body Symptoms Using Process Work Methods

Are you seeking your own authentic path to health, wisdom, spirituality, and social fulfillment? While the guidance of Western doctors and Eastern gurus offers valuable perspectives, discovering your personal gateways to universal wisdom can be profoundly transformative. These gateways open to you naturally—every night through your dreams and throughout your day through bodily sensations, including pain and other physical experiences. The methods of Process Oriented Psychology, or Process Work, provide a key to unlocking these doorways.

In this two-day seminar, you will learn and practice Process Work techniques to engage with your dreams and body symptoms, gaining fresh insights and developing powerful internal resources. Join us to discover how your dreams and body are already communicating the wisdom you seek.

The seminar will include:

• Base Process Work theory. Introduction to three levels of consciousness by Arnold Mindell: consensus reality, dreamland and non-dual essence. Primary and Secondary Process. Edge and Edge figures. Channels as a way to experience and express dream energy.

• Unfolding dream messages. Connection between dreams and body symptoms.

• Working with nightmares.

• Illness prevention and healing though dream work.

• Integrating dream messages and energies into practical life solutions.

• Practical exercises.

Seminar 2. Relationship Dances and Wars

There are few things more important in our lives than our relationships with others. We depend on these connections to help us obtain what we desire and deserve—love, opportunities, financial security, and peace. Throughout our academic years, we study numerous subjects, yet relationship skills remain notably absent from the curriculum. As adults, we discover that understanding the science of human connection is far more essential to our well-being than mathematics or chemistry.

How might we approach relationships with greater awareness? Are conflicts truly inevitable in our connections with others? Can we transform conflict into a pathway toward deeper intimacy rather than separation?

This seminar provides practical methods to better understand your relationships, conflicts, and developmental trajectories.

This seminar will include:

* Process Work theory in relationships: primary and secondary processes, edges, channels, and dream figures

* Techniques for working with individuals who trigger emotional responses

* Exploration of "high and low dreams": personal expectations and experiences of happiness and suffering in relationships

* Connecting to the relationship myth and practical exercises for addressing relationship conflicts

* The art of dancing with conflict

* Understanding relationships as spiritual paths: discovering relationship purpose and how it fosters personal growth

Seminar 3. Inner critic and creative flow

An inner critic can be a helpful part of our internal landscape. But in many cases the critic is too tough and instead of giving us guidance and advice, just puts us down and blocks our creativity and ability to move forward. Instead of inspiring us to do better, we want nothing to do with it.

This workshop will create a dynamic and playful exploration of an inner critic using mask making and Process Work. By approaching the critic with play and creativity, you will find its voice and style, and learn how to engage with the critic on productive and collaborative terms. This can begin a transformational process of befriending the critic and creating an ally for you.

Seminar 4. The dreams of a shaman. Navigating Challenging States of Consciousness

Extreme and Altered States, Spiritual Emergency, Addictions, Childhood Trauma, and Fear of Death

What distinguishes extreme states from altered states of consciousness? This seminar explores this fundamental question while examining various challenging psychological conditions.

We will investigate the powerful energies underlying addictions and addictive tendencies, learning effective methodologies for addressing these patterns. 

Extreme and altered states. Spiritual emergency. Addictions and addictive tendencies. Working with Childhood Trauma. Fear of Death.What is the difference between extreme and altered states?

Seminar 5. Exploring your life myth. The art of charismatic presentations.

What constitutes our life myth? What unique purpose and heart-centered path are we meant to follow? How do these connect to our childhood dreams, early traumas, and persistent physical symptoms?

Our personal myth serves as the fundamental organizing principle guiding our journey through life. When we establish a connection with this inner narrative, navigating life's inevitable fluctuations becomes significantly more manageable—comparable to possessing a reliable map while understanding our destination.

In this transformative seminar, you will uncover your distinctive life myth by exploring childhood memories, dream patterns, formative traumas, and chronic bodily manifestations.

We will also examine the nature of charisma: Why do certain individuals naturally radiate this quality while others do not? How can you authentically cultivate magnetism and charm in your public presentations and interactions? Join us to discover these powerful dimensions of personal development.

Seminar 6. Group facilitator as a martial artist.

When you step out of the comfortable role of participant/student/follower into the role of facilitator/leader, the atmosphere around you changes dramatically. You suddenly enter a realm where people judge you, criticize you, and project themselves onto you.

In this seminar, you will learn how to navigate the challenging waters of being a public figure. You will discover your authentic facilitation style, develop strategies for handling critics, and transform your harsh inner critic into a powerful ally.

This seminar will include:

* Process work theory about group facilitation: social, psychological, and spiritual ranks; hosts and dream figures; factors that influence group dynamics

* Deep democracy and the principles of group conflict facilitation

* Practical exercises for working with groups and resolving group conflicts

Seminar 7.  Understanding Your Relationship with Money and Resources

This seminar explores the complex psychological, emotional, and systemic aspects of our relationship with money and resources. Through experiential methods and proven therapeutic approaches, participants will gain insight into their personal money stories and develop healthier relationships with wealth, abundance, and resources.

 - Clarify personal goals and desired outcomes for the seminar

- Explore current beliefs and patterns around money and resources

- Identify limiting beliefs that may be blocking financial wellbeing

- Create meaningful intentions to guide their journey throughout the program

Process Work Methods of Research: Relationship with Money

System Constellations: Tetragramma and Money Line

Family Constellations: Generational Patterns with Money

- Revealing inherited family patterns around wealth and scarcity

- Identifying entanglements with family members' financial fates

- Resolving unconscious loyalties that may affect financial well-being

- Creating new, empowering positions within family systems regarding money

Seminar 8. Set creative goals.The art of manifestation. Organizational Family Constellation theory and practice.

System Insight: Transforming Obstacles into Resources

Many coaching clients express a common challenge: "I'm ready to advance in my career, business, or income, but something is blocking my progress." These obstacles take many forms—from personal relationships to undefined fears that prevent forward movement.

The "System Insight" method reveals the true energy and essence of these "obstacles," often uncovering that they contain powerful untapped resources. This approach helps identify what prevents you from harnessing these resources for creative development.

We work in a safe, ecological manner to integrate these resources into your life—preserving what already works while expanding your creative impact.

This seminar explores:

* System Insight methodology for discovering wisdom in money, career, and creativity

* Practical tools for coaches, managers, and business owners to resolve complex professional situations

* Techniques to help clients clarify their business field dynamics

* Strategies to uncover innovative directions, identify hidden resources, and balance energies in financial and career development

Seminar 9 (Online): Landscapes of the Soul – Earth-Based Psychology

Understanding Your Emotions Through Nature

What if your inner world is not a problem to solve, but a landscape to explore?

Mountains, forests, rivers, caves, deserts, and oceans can all become powerful maps of our inner experience. The places we avoid often hold our greatest strength, creativity, and wisdom.

In this experiential online workshop, you will learn Earth-Based Psychology—a unique approach that combines Process Work, body awareness, dreamwork, nature symbolism, and shamanic traditions to transform difficult emotions into valuable inner resources.

Through guided exercises, movement, visualization, and body-centered practices, you will learn to:

-Explore emotions through the language of natural landscapes.

-Transform challenging psychological states into sources of resilience and creativity.

--Work with body symptoms as gateways to inner wisdom.

Expand your emotional flexibility and inner awareness.

This seminar is designed for therapists, coaches, facilitators, healers, and anyone interested in personal growth and deep self-exploration.

Discover how every landscape within you—even the wildest or darkest—contains a hidden gift.

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