Orientation Workshop

The Workshop

Experience the method.

Discover what becomes possible when the body is included in the process.

A two-hour guided introduction to the method via Zoom.

This workshop is the beginning of the defined sequence - a chance to experience the work for yourself and understand the principles that guide the longer Foundations container.

There is a difference between thinking about letting go and actually letting go.

The mind can understand the idea of release. It can decide that we should let go, imagine what it might feel like, or tell us that we are ready.

The body participates differently.

During the workshop, you will experience a Letting Go exercise that explores this distinction. This is followed by a short activating session.

You will then experience the Cellular Reset, a fully down-regulated breathwork journey. Together, these experiences introduce two important aspects of the method: activation and regulation.

Regulation is the foundation.

Down-regulation is not about being calm all the time. It is about developing a familiar pathway back to a more regulated state. This becomes the foundation for the work that follows. As capacity develops, we can learn to recognize activation, stay connected to ourselves within greater intensity, and know when and how to return to regulation. The goal is not to tolerate more.

The goal is to have more choice in how we respond.

What you will experience

The method of both up-regulation and down-regulation
The difference between mentally understanding letting go and the gesture of letting go in the body
A short, 8-minute up-regulating session
The fully down-regulated, 50-minute, Cellular Reset journey
How your body and mind participate differently in the process
The importance of pacing, safety, and regulation
How these principles develop throughout the Foundations container

You don't need to arrive with something to fix.

You don't need to know how to let go.

And you don't need to create a particular experience.

Come curious.

Come willing to notice.

From the Workshop into Foundations

The Workshop is an introduction to the method. For those who want to continue, the next step is the 16-week Foundations container, meeting once a week. The Foundation container follows a deliberate progression. We begin with down-regulation, establishing familiarity with what it feels like to settle and return to regulation. From there, the journeys gradually move through:

Down-regulation -> mixed activation and down-regulation -> predominantly up-regulating experiences

The purpose of this progression is to develop capacity. You learn to recognize what is happening in your system, experience greater activation without simply pushing through it, and develop the ability to return to regulation when needed. Over time, regulation becomes something you know through experience - not simply something you have been told to do.

The workshop allows you to experience the method before deciding whether you want to enter the longer process.

There is no promise of a particular outcome.

The work is not designed around forcing healing.

Capacity is what we develop.

What may become possible from there is individual.