Group offerings

Online via Zoom

5 Thursdays: Oct. 23 - Nov. 20 ​​

8:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific 

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This series builds on my recent series, Deepening Embodiment in the Relational Field, and is equally relevant to those who did not participate in that series as to those who did.  

 

In this series, we will deepen embodiment, explore subtle relational attunements, and open to what I am calling effortless relating.  This is not an experience that we create by trying, but rather one that seems to emerge naturally when we open to relationality from the core of our being, notice our habitual strategies around trying to create and maintain connection, and then open to the felt-experience of being already connected.  From here, what wants to be expressed (if anything) can arise from a place of deep inward contact and out of the stillness of the field itself.  This is simply my best attempt to create a picture of what I have seen unfold in myself and others.  Ultimately, it is really quite mysterious…. the experience of being with others and feeling a sense of connectedness that is prior to words and gestures…. prior to and not reliant on anything specific happening.  With enough internal contact and safety in the group space, we can drop our habitual efforts to produce while in the presence of others and simply be. allowing for spontaneous responsiveness.  It can be an extraordinary relief.  

 

Effortless connection is not something that can be created by will or by strategy.  Rather, it emerges (or is uncovered) when both of those fall away and we find ourselves able to maintain deep internal contact while simultaneously remaining open and responsive to the experience of others.  So we will gather, settle deeply into our bodies, resonate core-to-core, open to fundamental consciousness pervading the whole group, and create space to simply be and to play.  Relational constrictions and strategies will inevitably come up.  That is not a sign of any problem.  This is our humaneness.  We can notice these constrictions, bring gentle attention to them, and see if there is enough internal contact and safety in the field to let them start to soften in response.  As these relational strategies are brought into awareness and given their moment, a more effortless relational experience can become available.  

 

Contact with our own being is the priority here.  It is only where we are open and in contact with ourselves in our body that we can contact and experience connection with another.  Using Realization Process exercises we will deepen our inward contact and uncover a felt-sense of safety and wholeness within our body.  Through somatic inquiries and gentle attunements, we will bring attention to and support the softening of relational holding patterns.   From our subtle vertical core, we will open to a pervasive relational field and to mutual contact with others in the group.  Everything will simply be an invitation, and choosing not to explore a specific attunement is as valid as doing so.  The sensitivities and needs of your own being are your ultimate guide.  

 

An important part of this series will be the time and space we create to rest within the relational field and, if inspired, bring our individual expression.  This will not be a group therapy or processing space.  We will not be responding verbally to each other in the form of feedback, reflection or advice.  Rather, we will invite expression of what is arising in the moment and allow for each person’s expression to simply be received and held by the field itself.  This unique structure is often new to some people and we will take time to go over the nuances and importance of it.    

 

As we experience human relating / connection in this new way – from our depths, in a safe container and prioritizing our own inward contact – we are creating an imprint within our being.  Most relational holding patterns do not dissolve overnight.  And yet to experience contact from our core and safety within the relational field creates an imprint and inner-resource from which we can source in the future.  

 

Experience with the Realization Process is not necessary to join.  If you do not have experience with RP practices, I would invite you to connect with me for a 30-45 minute meeting prior to the start of the series, if possible, in order to familiarize a couple of the main practices that form the foundation for many of the attunements we will be exploring.  This is included in the cost of the series.  

 

The group size will be limited to 8 people.

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There is the possibility for this format / group to continue if there is interest from those who participate. 

 

Please email me with any questions.  I will be happy to respond via email or have a brief phone/zoom call to discuss. 

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To register, click here​

With questions, email  jason@wholeness-embodied.com.

Cost: $175 (Sliding scale available; please email me if you'd like to join and finances are a barrier).

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From participants of Deepening Embodiment in the Relational Field: 

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"Jason is a skilled and grounded facilitator. His ability to hold a supportive container allowed our​ group to feel safe and engaged, which was especially beneficial for this particular series. He brings a calm, kind, and open presence that fosters a true sense of belonging." - C.W. 

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"I had a deep sense of gratitude that I was experiencing the capacity to enter into the I and Thou relationship space more fully, more bodily.  Buber's great insight has always resonated with me; but, your teaching and practice ground this possibility in the body, in space and time: a dynamic of centering and connecting (from the center)." - D.M.

 

"Jason's style is straightforward and impactful as he guides us forward with varied, engaging words that invite risk taking and deepening." 

 

"Through Jason's knowledge and skills of RP and his kind, open presence there is a sense of belonging, and I feel like any input is regarded as important and valid." 

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