Experience your Essence

Essence is the fabric of our Soul. It is everything that is innate within us, the unique qualities that we brought into this world, such as courage, aliveness, strength and inner solidity, sweetness, ability to relax and let go, playfulness, spontaneity, creativity, love for truth and more.
When we experience our Essence, we feel whole inside, resourced and expanded. When we are not in touch with our Essence, we sense that something is missing; we may feel lost, or incomplete.
As we grew up, we had to adapt to certain expectations from family, school and society as a whole. We learn roles and ways of behaving that help us to belong to our family environment, and we move away from our spontaneous and genuine Self. By and by, our Essence becomes less accessible to us. Over time, we may feel that something is missing, yet we may not be able to tell what. Instead of living fully and feeling expanded, we may feel that we are living a life where we are “barely surviving”. Even though we live in this way our true nature is Essence, yet we have disconnected from it and we settle for a life of rather trying to survive, compensating for the loss of connection to our Essence in various ways, in stead of thriving, expanding and enjoying who we truly are. Buried within us lies a memory, a longing to connect again with who we really are.


In our work we support such a process of healing and transformation that allows us to first become aware of what happened that we disconnected from our Essence. Subsequently, as we slowly embrace each of the psychological hurts and wounds that caused our disconnect from Essence, we slowly go through a process of healing. More and more we are able to let go also in the body into a more natural state of flow and aliveness. Gradually this allows our experiencing of our Essence to become not a fleeting moment of awe and wonder, but a solid and sustainable ground inside of ourselves. We ultimately reach a place of true Self Love.

The five latifah days

In these five days we will connect with the five Latifas, the 5 basic qualities of Essence or qualities of Soul: the White-the quality of Presence, the Red-the quality of alivess and strengththe quality of Peace and wisdom, the Black-, the Green-the quality of love and compassion and the Yellow-the quality of joy and innocence Latifah. The Latifas are the first manifestations of Essence, the texture, the material from which the Soul is made of. The word Latifa (singular) in Arabic means subtle, it is the oil in the lamp that keeps the flame burning. Essence is substantial, it is what makes us alive, and each of these five fountains of Essence are located in different parts in our body. They are our innate resources that we come in touch with when we begin to experience ourselves beyond our conditioned mind and ego defenses.

Day 1: White Latifa: Sat May 9th

Day 2: Red Latifa: Sun May 10th

Day 3: Black Latifa: Sun June 21st

Day 4: Green Latifa: Sat Nov 21st

Day 5: Yellow Latifa: Sun Nov 22nd

These days will be held in Bhavana Centre in Warsaw

The groups will also be available via ZOOM
You will need a computer/smart device with a camera and a good internet connection.

The days will be facilitated by:
Agnieszka (Malika) Borodiuk-Wrzosek, psychologist, integrative psychotherapist, Essential Therapist and New Teacher of Essence, and
Adhira de Grip, MD, BHST, Essential Therapist NVPA, and New Teacher of Essence, facilitators of the Essential Psychotherapy Institute

You can sign up for the whole series, or you can choose to sign up for a single day, or several days, in any case you are warmly welcome.

For those in or considering the four year education within the EPI, these days can be part of the EPI certification.

The WHITE ESSENCE

In this day we will explore the White Essence

The White Latifa has to do with our Essential Presence. When we are in connection to the White, we are not lost in thoughts and worries, drama or confusion; we are present, in contact with our Self and in touch with reality. We feel grounded and solid. This gives us self-confidence and as a result we feel relaxed and we don’t need to struggle or make unnecessary efforts in life. We have the capacity to surrender to the flow of life within us. When the White Latifa is absent, we feel weak in our guts, we lack an inner sense of support and we hold onto our fears and anxieties.   White is a resource for healing the splitting and fragmentation in our sense of Self, which is caused by the trauma we experienced in our childhood. As we explore the White Latifa, it can flow back into our system. We move towards feeling a solid sense of Self again, from where we can maintain the unwavering presence, that the connection to our Essence.

The RED ESSENCE

In this day we will explore the Red Essence

The Red gives us a sense of autonomy and courage to face our issues head on. The presence of the Red Essence in our system produces heat, aliveness, vitality and passion for life. It gives us strength and a feeling of expansion. It helps us differentiate. The absence of Red in our system results in lack of energy and passion. As we explore the Red Latif, we will come again in touch with our zest and the healthy anger, that supports us to break through the confinements of our conditioning, the roles we were taught to play live by, and together we reconnect with our life-energy, aliveness and passion.

The Black ESSENCE

In this day we will explore the Black Latifa

In the presence of the Black Latifa we feel power and peace, deep relaxation, self-mastery and clarity of mind.  We come in touch with our intuition and our inner wisdom, the source of our true knowledge. When we are in the Black we perceive Reality beyond phenomena. We see what is real and come in touch with the truth. as we explore the Black Latifa in the safe space of the group we can become aware of our masks and ego identity that are not real. We aspire to reach a place of deep peace and to come closer to our true identity and the uniqueness of our soul, our original Face.

The Green ESSENCE

In this day we will explore the Green Essence

The Green is the Latifa of healin, of love and compassiong. The Green Latifa creates an inner environment in which we gravitate towards natural kindness, humaneness, love, compassion and forgiveness. We feel it mostly in the heart center. Every wound has the balsam of healing within it, and the Green Essence brings us in touch with it. When the Green is we feel resilient enough to tolerate emotional hurt without feeling devastated. As we explore the Green essence, our heart is strengthened to feel and embrace our wounds. The Green brings the balsam of from within and soothes our pain, as we turn into a braveheart and reconnect to our essential Self.

The Yellow ESSENCE

In this day we explore the yellow Essence

The nature of the Yellow Essence is playfulness, innocence and joy. We enjoy the lightness of heart without feeling guilty towards others. It brings a sense of celebration and happiness. Our heart becomes childlike once again, full of innocence, simplicity and joy. This is what teachers and masters of all ages speak to us: become innocent like a child again and you enter paradise. As we explore the Yellow Latifa we leave the conditioned mind by the door and we go on an adventure to reclaim back our innocence and experience the bliss that is still within us. We can play again and trust our creativity. We come in touch with our humour that is one of the highest spiritual qualities of ~Being

For more information or how you can take part in one of our sessions, meditations or events, please email me: contact@lifeandcare.eu or whatsapp: 0636002634