Wake to the striking colors of a desert sunrise.  Sip on coffee and silence and watch as the desert comes to life around you. 

Prepare for a full day of connection through a guided embodiment practice. Stretch, breathe, circulate and celebrate being in your body and in community.

Spend the days among community dedicated to conscious communication, authentic expression and whole hearted living.

Take a sunset hike through the famous Joshua Trees and rock formations. Wrap up the day with a bonfire, budding friendships and a star filled sky.

AS A GRADUATE OF THE ART LEVEL 1 COURSE, YOU WILL LEAVE WITH:

• The ability to engage in deep, meaningful, soulful conversations with anyone, anytime, anywhere
• A powerful language and skill-set to accurately and transparently express your authentic experience in real time, and to invite others to do the same
• The awareness to identify your true, core desires, and the ability to articulate them to others
• A profound understanding of the dignity of speaking your authentic voice, and the humility of using your eyes and ears to pay attention to – and learn from – the people and world around you
• The ability to see and reflect the essential being in others, and to gently guide them into a space in which they can be fully, wholly themselves – one of the greatest gifts we can offer each other
• A complete set of powerful tools to de-escalate conflict and to use conflict as a vehicle leading to deeper connection, understanding, and empathy
• A restored connection to childlike genuine curiosity, and a perspective that regards the world with awe and wonder
• The ability to set powerful context at both the personal and collective levels, and a clear understanding of how influential context is in informing our experience of life
• An experience of profoundly vulnerable, intimate, beautiful connections with other participants that will leave you inspired, delighted, and heart-opened

We’ve designed this course to give you the experience of profound connection, intimacy, trust, and aliveness with anyone you want, anytime, anywhere – all within just two days.

Course Leader, Yoga Teacher and Somatic Therapist Kate Middleton brings her years of experience and training to guide participants through a sequence of teachings, exercises, and group shares to support a deep embodiment of the tools and skills. The course blends a rigorous training with space to connect and lean into the edge of authentic expression, received and witnessed by others.

We’ve constructed the exercises to ensure that the skills and tools can be learned and applied by anyone, no matter their prior experience or life path. The tools and skills we teach work across all social contexts, from the workplace to the living room, from strangers to partners and everyone in between. There is no fancy language or hard to grasp concepts – the curriculum is simple to follow yet powerful in its application.

This is not a lecture or seminar; it is a deep dive full-immersion training that will leave you enlivened, heart and mind-opened, and deeply connected to yourself and others.