
A Sacred 21-Day Immersion into Ritual, Renewal, & Alchemy
This is the third round of Phoenix Rising.
In the past, we gathered for two intense days, but this time we’re stretching into 21 days to create more space for integration and practice.
Think of it as “back to school” for adults who are ready to ground their ideas, bring structure to their visions, and finally begin what they’ve been standing on the edge of.
With guidance from practitioners, many rooted in the Middle East, this journey offers daily rituals and teachings to support you in building strong foundations, deeper roots, and lasting transformation.
Return to ritual,
rise renewed in spirit,
and root into your
becoming.
Returning
Home
A year has passed since we first gathered for Phoenix Rising.
The world has only continued to shift, stretch, and stir us awake.
Many of us stand at a threshold, no longer who we were, yet not fully who we are becoming.
This 21-day journey is an invitation to meet that in-between with ritual, devotion, and courage.
To give your visions structure, your soul roots, and your spirit fire.
For too long, we sought wisdom outside of our lands.
But most of the teachers, mystics, healers, and visionaries in this container are from the Middle East, carrying not only the medicine of their craft but the lived experience of our shared stories.
Now is the time to return home to ourselves, to each other, to the wisdom that has always been ours.
Journey Schedule
Phoenix Rising – 21 Days of Rituals is a daily journey designed to fit into your life while creating lasting transformation.
Each day, you’ll receive:
1 guided practice per day for 21 days
Daily practices include rituals, teachings, and exercises from our teachers
Accessible online, at your own pace, with recordings available
All timings are in GST (Gulf Standard Time)
Start Date: Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
Duration: 21 days
Format: Online, accessible from anywhere
Day 1: The Initiation - Seeds of Rebirth
Wednesday 10.09 - 9pm with Maria Amiouni
Every new cycle begins with a spark. In this opening ceremony, we gather around the fire of intention and devotion.
Together we will explore how structure is not confinement but freedom, a sacred container that allows creativity and transformation to unfold with grace.
Through guided reflection and ritual, you will clarify what part of your life you are ready to release, and what seeds you are planting over the next 21 days.
This is your invitation to begin anew, grounded in rhythm, devotion, and the power of community.
Day 2: Balancing The Masculine and Feminine
Thursday 11.09 - 9pm with Sarah Berjaoui
In this workshop, Sarah guides you into the dance between masculine structure and feminine flow.
Through embodied practices drawn from Tantra, Yoga, and Human Design, you’ll explore how these two energies live within you, and how to harmonize them for deeper connection, creativity, and balance.
This is an invitation to soften into presence, awaken your inner power, and experience wholeness by embracing both sides of your nature.
Day 3: A Holistic Family’s Natural Medicine Toolkit
Friday 12.09 - 10 am with Natalie Kreidieh & Sarah Malki
As parents, we know the panic of a sudden fever, a scraped knee, or a sleepless, sniffling child.
But being prepared changes everything.
Having a simple, natural medicine cabinet at home means fewer midnight pharmacy runs, less dependence on conventional meds, and more confidence when caring for your kids.
During our session, you’ll discover over 48 handpicked remedies to include in your natural medicine cabinet to help you build a foundational toolkit that supports your family naturally and effectively.
Day 4: Beneath the Struggle: The Truth of Your Longing
Saturday 13. 09 - 1pm with Hanan Al-Shehri
When survival becomes the way of life, we lose touch with what we truly want.
In this experiential session, you’ll discover how your nervous system capacity and hidden baseline shape your choices, and how to move from struggle into the deeper truth of your longing.
Day 5: Nourish & Don’t Restrict
Sunday 14.09 - 7.30 pm with Layla Al Naif
This is a session to better understand nutrition in a way that feels right for you.
Nutrition is not a one size fits all.
Layla is here to help you learn how to block out all of the noise you see on social media.
Day 6: Human Medicine - Psyche & Spirit
Monday 15.09 - 9 pm with Maya Abou Chedid & Julia Stadler
This workshop offers a dual lens of transpersonal therapy and shamanism to explore the psyche as both personal and transpersonal, with Spirit as a guiding force.
We will touch on what it truly means to be human, and the inherent medicine within such an experience—especially as we face what often feels inhumane in our times.
Together, developing the capacity to hold both dimensions while cultivating tools and support systems to neither drown in the depths of collective trauma nor disengage from the human experience altogether.
This session invites us to strengthen the tools and support systems needed to avoid drowning in the depths of collective trauma or disengaging from the human experience altogether.
Day 7: Blending with Shame
Tuesday 16.09 - 9 pm with Zeena Ismail
Shame so often shrinks us — into hiding, defensiveness, or silence.
But shame isn’t a flaw; it’s a mechanism that steps in to protect what we deem as valuable for us.
To move through it isn't to convince it otherwise, it begins to shift when it feels safe enough to be there. To meet it with embodiment, curiosity and unconditional permission.
Day 8: Death, Rebirth, & the Cycles of Transformation
Wednesday 17.09 - 9 pm with Yãna Nancy Sebaali
As we move into autumn and winter, Yãna will be guiding you through the ancient myths of Inanna/Ishtar’s descent and the wisdom of the womb as a mirror of the seasons.
Together, we’ll explore how to honor what is ending, trust the fertile void, and discover the seeds of your own rebirth.
The session will be a mix of myth and sharing with embodied meditation and rituals.
Day 9: Transforming Anger
Thursday 18.09 - 9 pm with Imad Naassi
Imad will guide you through a guided somatic practice about the most misunderstood emotion that is often repressed in ways that harm us and our relationships.
Yet beneath anger lies a powerful life force: the energy of protection, dignity, truth, and vitality.
Day 10: Embodied Alchemy: Rise as the Phoenix
Friday 19.09 - 10 am with Ghina Sabra
In this session of embodied alchemy, Ghina will guide you to move from intention to full embodied expression.
Together, we’ll explore your Hero’s Journey, map your personal myth, and step into the character you wish to become.
Through a shamanic-style immersive journey, we’ll enter a ritual of renewal—allowing you to rise again as the Phoenix, anchored in your power, creativity, and transformation.
Day 11: Bloom Your Inner Voice, A Voice Activation Journey
Saturday 20. 09 - 11am with Sara Malas
Every being carries a unique seed sound—a primordial vibration.
In this guided session, we will soften the nervous system, open the heart, and gently awaken your authentic voice through humming, mantra, and intuitive vocal expression.
Discover how your voice can release & express emotion, spark creativity, and reconnect you to the essence of all you came here to be.
Day 12: The Body As An Altar: Yoga Nidra
Sunday 21.09 - 7.30 pm with Ryan Joseph
This guided journey invites you to lay the body down as an altar — bones as foundation, breath as flame, heart as ember.
Through somatic imagery and the archetype of the Phoenix, you are guided into the fertile ashes of release and the quiet fire of renewal.
A devotional rest practice where stillness becomes prayer, and your being itself becomes the ritual.
Day 13: Birthing Creative Ideas
Monday 22.09 - 9 pm with Maria Amiouni
At the midpoint of our journey, we descend into the fertile ground of shadow work.
This is the alchemy of transformation: where heaviness turns to play, and play opens the door to creative birth.
Together, we’ll explore how the shadow of seriousness keeps us rigid and disconnected from life’s spontaneity and how the gift of delight helps us soften, embody presence, and bring our ideas into form.
Through journaling, embodiment practices, and creative flow exercises, you will discover how to infuse your daily structure with joy, turning discipline into a source of inspiration rather than restriction.
Day 14: Yin & Meditation
Tuesday 23.09 - 9 pm with Serah Barakat
Yin & Meditation is a grounding practice designed to release tension, restore balance, and quiet the mind.
The class begins with Yin Yoga, using long-held postures to promote deep relaxation and flexibility, followed by a guided meditation to enhance inner stillness and clarity.
Day 15: Ready, Set, Retreat: 101 for Aspiring Retreat Leaders
Wednesday 24.09 - 9 pm with Alyah Al Jasser
In this session, Alyah will guide you through:
How to know if you’re truly ready to host a retreat
What a well-rounded retreat includes—from mindset work to cultural experiences
How to get crystal-clear on your why so your retreat feels aligned and magnetic
By the end, you’ll have clarity, confidence, and a roadmap to start designing your first transformative retreat.
Day 16: Breath work and Inner Child Guided Meditation
Thursday 25.09 - 9 pm with Mais Imran
Grounding breathwork followed by a meditation to help deepen the connection and healing journey of one’s inner child.
Day 17: Nutrition & Blood Sugar
Friday 26.09 - 10 am with Rebecca Labaki
The presentation will highlight basic nutrition and health tips focused on managing blood sugar levels.
From what a plate should look like to the type and quality of food to keep staple in a home!
Day 18: Nervous System Regulation
Saturday 27.09 - 11 am with Haya Al Khalifa
In this experience, Haya will help you:
Understand what override really is and how it silently drains your energy.
Learn the nervous system basics that restore balance and calm.
Discover the NABD™ approach to reconnecting with clarity, boundaries, and grounded strength.
Experience guided practices that bring your body back to safety and presence.
This isn’t another lecture or checklist, it’s a reset button. You’ll leave with practical tools you can use immediately and a grounded sense of clarity to carry into your everyday life.
Day 19: From Knowing to Becoming - The Path of Embodiment
Sunday 28.09 - 7.30 pm with Sara Abiqwa
"Awareness is only the beginning. True transformation happens when we embody what we know."
In this session, Sara Abiqwa, will guide you through the three levels of embodiment:
1) Mental Embodiment — moving from awareness to belief.
2) Emotional Embodiment — letting it sink into your heart, body, and cells.
3) Physical Embodiment — living it through your actions, habits, and presence.
Through guided reflection, storytelling, and practical tools, you’ll learn how to bridge the gap between knowing and becoming.
Day 20: Sacred Structure
Monday 29.09 - 9 pm with Mariam Al Shatti
In this session, you will learn the art of taking care of what is important.
Sacred Structure is about building a foundation to EMBODY everything that is alive in your heart.
Life is ever changing, and so are our structures.
What housed me and took care of me in the past may not be the same in this moment.
Sacred Structure is to tend to my new ways of being and passions in a sustainable and grounded way.
There are various ways we can explore together, finding ways to build a house for what we need to house.
Is it a new project to focus on? Is it a spiritual practice? Is it integration for a new version of yourself?
This will be an informative, interactive, and reflective session. So please come with a notebook and pen!
Day 21: The Return: Anchoring the New Life
Tuesday 30.09 - 9 pm with Maria Amiouni
As our 21-day journey completes, we return to the heart of the Phoenix — the place of death, rebirth, and integration.
In this closing ceremony, we will reflect on what has been shed, what has been reborn, and how to carry these teachings into your daily rhythm.
You’ll be guided to anchor your creative visions within sacred structure, so that the fire we have tended together continues to burn in your life beyond this space.
Through a closing ritual, intention-setting, and a collective blessing, we seal this cycle and honor the Phoenix within each of us — risen, renewed, and ready to soar.
Meet the Practitioners
These are some of our region’s best heart leaders, community builders, alchemists, cycle breakers, storytellers, sisters, brothers & friends.
Origin Story:
A day before the 8.8.8 portal, I found myself wide awake all night.
My body was pulsing, and I surrendered to the experience, familiar with mystical awakenings that take over in the late hours.
For the past few months, I had been asking for a new path to reveal itself, one aligned with what this moment needs: a heartfelt purpose centered on people, community, and greater service.
Over the years, I’ve explored many teachings, from energy healing and Human Design to ancestral wisdom, to better understand our human and energetic bodies.
Phoenix Rising was born from this journey.
Its intention is to serve those on their healing paths, to connect spiritual and wellness communities across the region, and to share the wisdom of teachers who truly understand our stories.
Bringing together over 19 teachers, the third edition creates a space to learn, connect, and support one another on our paths of awakening and transformation.