The ART of Being Human
LEVEL 1
Do you want deeper, more meaningful, more conscious relationships with the people in your life?
Do you want to know yourself in profoundly new ways, and be a catalyst for others to know themselves as well?
Do you want to have the power to lead any relationship toward greater understanding, deeper connection, and intimacy, ?
Welcome to The ART of Being Human: Level 1
Our flagship authentic relating course has introduced the foundational tools and skills of this life changing practice to thousands of people around the world. The course is designed to make the learning of authentic relating as accessible, adoptable, practical, and engaging as possible, so that graduates can apply their new skills to their lives right away with immediate results.
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 (or six weeks for our online course). 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.
Our experienced Course Leaders expertly guide you through a curriculum that strongly emphasizes embodied and experiential learning. 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.
We’ve delivered the same Level 1 Course to spiritual seekers in Bali, jail inmates in Colorado, executives in New York City, and men and women from all across the social, cultural, economic, and political spectrum, of all ages and nationalities, in almost 50 locations on four continents. Universally, participants report profound and lasting transformation in all aspects of their lives. The course speaks in the shared language of human connection, and is designed specifically to include everyone in the practice of Authentic Relating, no matter what path they’ve traveled in life.
We believe that we all have the capacity to be bridges – between parts of ourselves, ourselves with others, and together with the world. The course’s mission is to build bridges, and use our bridges to heal, connect, and co-create a more enlivened, awakened world – together.
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
Level 1 Online Course
Using Zoom as our online workshop platform, highly trained and experienced course facilitators guide you through a thoroughly tested and proven sequence of exercises designed to teach you the most powerful tools to create and deepen connection, with facilitated group conversation after each exercise to ensure maximum learning. We’ve constructed the exercises to ensure that the foundational skills of authentic relating are most efficiently and effectively absorbed by participants, no matter their level of prior experience or training.
Level 1 online course includes
- Six 3-hour sessions once per week for six weeks in a row
- Access to ART’s authentic relating and relationship Resource Library
Multiple time zones to accommodate all geographic locations
ART Level 1 Online Dates
- Course Schedule: Thursdays, 9am – 12pm US Pacific Time // 6pm – 9pm Central European Time
- Session Dates: February 23 March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
- Course Leader: Margo Fisher
***Course Sold Out*** If you would like to join the waitlist, please do so here.
(6 weeks/6 sessions)
- Course Schedule: Thursdays, 9am – 12pm US Pacific Daylight Time // 6pm – 9pm Central European Summer Time*
- Session Dates: March 23*, 30 April 6, 13, 20, 27
- Course Leader: Keith McGuinnes
ART Level 1 Online - Embodiment Edition
(6 weeks/6 sessions)
- Course Schedule: Mondays, 10am – 1pm Central European Time // 5pm – 8pm Central Indonesian Time
- Session Dates: February 13, 20, 27 March 6, 13, 20
- Course Leader: Vix Anderton
(6 weeks/6 sessions)
>>> Conducive to The Americas & Asian/Australasian time zones (check yours here)
- Course Schedule: Wednesdays, 5pm – 8pm US Pacific Daylight Time // Thursdays, 8am – 11am Central Indonesian Time / 10am – 1pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
- The Americas Session Dates: April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24
- Asia/Australasian Session Dates: April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25
- Course Leader: Vix Anderton
THE ART OF INTIMACY - ONLINE LEVEL 1 FOR COUPLES
(6 weeks/6 sessions)
- Course Schedule: Wednesdays, 9am – 12pm US Pacific Time // 6pm – 9pm Central European Time
- Session Dates: February 22 March 1, 8, 15*, 22*, 29
- Course Leader: Keith McGuiness & Sydney McGary
REGISTER FOR ONLINE LEVEL 1 NOW!
Please note that we ask all participants to join each session via audio and video, so please ensure that you have the necessary internet bandwidth to participate fully. We kindly ask that you sort out any technical issues in advance, as to limit disruption to the group experience. We also ask that you check your time zone in advance to make sure that you have the correct days and times for the course calls.
As our courses have limited spots available, we will not be able to offer any refunds due to technical/internet connectivity issues or incorrect time zone calculations. Course transfers may be offered only if available and at the discretion of ART International. Please note, a $100 admin charge will apply in these circumstances.
ART Online Level 1
$395.00
Activate and expand your relational capacities to radically transform all your relationships and experience connection, intimacy, trust, and aliveness with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All payments are processed in USD. Local currencies are listed for reference, based on exchange rates at the time the course was posted.
Additional information
| START DATE: | February 23 – Thursdays – PT/CET ($395 USD), March 23 – Thursdays – PT/CET ($395 USD) |
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Level 1 In-Person Course
Expert ART Course Leaders bring their 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. There is no fancy language or hard to grasp concepts – the curriculum is simple to follow yet powerful in its application.
Both days begin at 10am and end roughly at 8pm, with a 90 minute lunch break in the early afternoon, and include breaks throughout the day.
Day 1
- What is Authentic Relating?
- The Five Practices of Authentic Relating
- The Three Levels of Conversation
- The Foundation of Connection
- Empathy and Authentic Listening
- The Power of Setting Context
- Dignity and Humility, Posture and Collapse
- Be the Guru
Day 2
- The Role of the Witness
- Undamning the World
- Genuine Curiosity
- Transforming Conflict
- Discomfort as a Spiritual Practice
- Relational Aikido
- Relational Alchemy
- Nourishment and Integration
ART Level 1 Upcoming Dates
COURSES
ASIA & AUSTRALIA
- Koh Phangan, Thailand – February 11 & 12
- Course Leader: Rick Smith
- Location: Jaran’s
EUROPE
- Hamburg, Germany – February 10 – 12
- Course Leader: Pauline Drewfs
- Assisstant Course Leader: Alex Muller
- Location: Iyengar Yoga Hamburg
- This course will be taught in German and so it is essential that you speak German in order to participate. Find out more and book your seat here.
- Lyon, France – February 18 & 19
- Course Leader: Sat Prem
- Location: TBC
- This course will be taught in French and so it is essential that you speak French in order to participate. Find out more and book your seat here.
- London, U.K. – March 4 & 5
- Course Leader: Margo Fisher
- Location: London Bubble
- Copenhagen, Denmark – April 8 & 9
- Course Leader: Ranjit Krishnamma
- Location: Verkelig
- Losone, Switzerland – April 29 & 30
- Course Leader: Adriana Candeias
- Location: TBC
- This course will be taught in English and translated to Italian in real time. It is essential that you speak Italian for this course. Find out more and book your seat here.
- Bristol, U.K. – June 3 & 4
- Course Leader: Ranjit Krishnamma
- Location: Silver Birch Hall
NORTH AMERICA
- Seattle, Washington – January 28 & 29
- Course Leader: Dayna Seraye
- Location: Sacred Embodiment Center
- ***Course Sold Out – If you would like to join the waitlist, please do so here.
- Los Angeles, California – February 4 & 5
- Course Leader: Ash Witham
- Location: Private residence in Santa Monica. Address will be shared after registering for the course.
- ***Course Sold Out – If you would like to join the waitlist, please do so here.
- Encinitas, California – February 18 & 19
- Course Leader: Kate Middleton
- Location: TBC
- Embodiment Edition – Find out more and register here.
- Victoria, Canada – March 18 & 19
- Course Leader: Sheri Hauser
- Location: Heart Sanctuary
- Baltimore, Maryland – April 8 & 9
- Course Leader: Christopher Gray
- Location: Motion Collective on the Avenue
- Boulder, Colorado – May 20 & 21
- Course Leader: Dayna Seraye
- Location: Community Sanctuary
- ***Course Sold Out – If you would like to join the waitlist, please do so here.
- Vancouver, Canada – May 20 & 21
- Course Leaders: Christopher Gray & Naomi Prema Devi
- Location: TBC
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
- La Fortuna, Costa Rica – February 18 & 19
- Course Leader: Dayna Seraye
- Location: Brave Earth
- If you are interested in overnight accommodations at Brave Earth, you can find out more here. Please note that accommodations are not included in the price of the course.
You can find more information about our facilitators here.
ART reserves up to two discounted seats at all our Level 1 and Level 2 courses for those with financial constraints. Please follow this link to access the application
REGISTER FOR THE LEVEL 1 IN-PERSON COURSE NOW!
ART Level 1
$345.00 – $395.00
Activate and expand your relational capacities to radically transform all your relationships and experience connection, intimacy, trust, and aliveness with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All payments are processed in USD. Local currencies are listed for reference, based on exchange rates at the time the course was posted.
Additional information
| Location & Date | Seattle, WA: January 28 & 29 ($395 USD), Los Angeles, CA: February 4 & 5 ($395 USD), Koh Phangan, Thailand: February 11 & 12 ($345 USD), La Fortuna, Costa Rica: February 18 & 19 ($395 USD), London, United Kingdom: March 4 & 5 ($395 USD), Baltimore, Maryland: April 8 & 9 ($395 USD), Copenhagen, Denmark: April 8 & 9 ($395 USD), Boulder, CO: May 20 & 21 ($395 USD), Vancouver, Canada: May 20 & 21 ($395 USD), Bristol, United Kingdom: June 3 & 4 ($395 USD), Victoria, Canada: March 18 & 19 ($395 USD) |
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Questions? Schedule a Call with an ART Facilitator
Scheduling a call with one of our Course Leaders is a great way to get your questions answered firsthand by the amazing humans who facilitate our Level 1 courses.
We are here to help you feel comfortable with what to expect, share in more detail about the benefits of our Authentic Relating program, and to be a sounding board as you decide if ART Level 1 is a good fit for you.
If you have a quick question that can be better answered via email, feel free to email us at [email protected]