Presence Practice Depth Group

"When people ask me about my life, close to top of the list of the good is my experience of [Presence Practice].

[Vika's] humanity, intelligence and vulnerability keeps me coming each week. [Her] willingness to be ” imperfect” is a ... game changer for me. I feel so grateful to be a part of this community.” — M.R., retired therapist, Portland, OR

“I feel a great deal of support [from] the connections and caring in our group. Presence Practice] has been a source of comfort and strength for me. My life is better because of you. Thank you!!” — Sherie S., Eagle Creek, OR

“Presence Practice continues to have a bigger impact on me than almost anything else in my life. It’s an immense relief to be able to enter into it every week with you and the gang. Expansive thanks!” — Cal D., Olympia, WA

“Listening to you all I don’t feel so lost, I feel so calm. Its been so long since I’ve been with [people who are] so present with their feelings.” — Karen S., Vancouver, WA

[after her first Presence Practice group]

“I found [Presence Practice] to be incredibly supportive … for growth and healing. It feels amazing to … practice expression in a safe environment and to also learn how to cultivate an even stronger space for others to do the same. Thank you Vika.” — Tanya W., Marketing and Brand Consultant, Los Angeles, CA

Are you hungry for more authentic connection in your life -- with yourself, as well as others?

Do you struggle with being able to be “your best” or your “real self” when you’re upset (in fight, flight, appease, or freeze)?

Are you wrestling with the impact of others’ challenging behavior?

Would you love to have access to a skilled learning community where you can cultivate your own personal growth and healing, that offers illuminating clarity, deep compassion, resonant respect, and healthy boundaries?

Presence Practice Depth Group provides powerful, extraordinarily support similar to individual coaching sessions, with the added benefit of being held and strengthened by resonant community.

This safely-boundaried relational field helps us build earned secure attachment — that deep sense of being welcome and belonging in a village where we can be at home being fully human, together.

Experience this profoundly safe place where you can restore full connection with yourself and strengthen the “presence muscles” you need to be able to witness and hold the full spectrum of who you are and what you experience with expanded awareness, natural compassion, and values-grounded response-ability.

Because it's this capacity for presence — even in the face of the most challenging moments of your own and others’ discomfort or distress — that provides the foundation for authentic choice and authentic connection.

Presence Practice is perfect for those committed to personal empowerment and accountability, who are longing to develop a greater capacity for:

  • resonant empathy and authentic connection with self, Life, and others
  • compassionate awareness, mindfulness, and presence
  • “turning towards” difficult emotions; receiving their revitalizing gifts; and releasing old, stuck pain and patterns from the past
  • discovering the hidden factors that create persistent, unresolved disconnection, conflict, or upsets with other people;
  • effectively meeting life-needs (your own and others’) in a way that honors everyone’s thriving
  • remaining present, at authentic choice, and at peace in the midst of even the most challenging circumstances (both internal or external).

In this sensitively coached space we learn and practice a broad spectrum of distinctions, tools, methods, and processes (guided by participants’ requests and the facilitator’s suggestions), including:

  • resonant empathy (including resonantly guessing feelings and needs)
  • reflection
  • somatic expression
  • somatic empathy
  • role-playing
  • exploring our inner landscape
  • Inner Parts Integration/Time Travel work
  • strategy brainstorming and exploration
  • and many others.

Presence Practice makes these powerful gifts and benefits available for a fraction of the investment of private coaching sessions.

We are a deeply authentic, transparent community where you can Be and bring everything you are and receive compassionate support for regaining your authentic power and choice.

Come join us.

(And, welcome home.)

PREREQUISITES – Essential Personal Readiness and Ongoing Commitments:

  • Completion of the Thrive Essentials Program (any format: live event or recorded interactive video program).
  • A profound commitment to practicing holding yourself and others with dignity, compassion, and shared humanity.
  • A belief that we are each ultimately responsible for our own well-being, and a sense of basic empowerment to meet our own needs, both through our own inner resources and through a willingness to request and receive the support of others. (Please note: this is not a therapy group, it is a mutually supportive learning community.)
  • A willingness to build our capacity to shift … from blaming or judging ourselves or others, and being caught up in our self-protective stories … to compassionately, curiously discovering what is actually happening within ourselves and others. This includes looking within* for the old, untended wounds (“broken toes”) that are the source of most of our upsets and reactivity.
  • A lived, ongoing commitment to a daily mindfulness practice (of any kind).
  • A capacity and willingness to notice and directly experience present-moment body sensations, feelings, thoughts, and impulses.
  • A lived commitment to maintaining a clear relational field between you and others in the group (including the facilitator), and requesting group-supported repair when something challenging takes up residence in that relational space.

* The “issue” may be arising from something outside of us that's of genuine concern, but our experience has shown that our upsets (whether in the form of fight, flight, appease, or freeze) and most of our “unbearable” pain arise from something within us that we’re not yet fully connected to … including unresolved painful experiences from our past. For more information watch the “Broken Toe” video (above).

Interested?

Let's Chat!

During our visit we'll explore:

  • What you're looking for in a group learning experience
  • A bit about your background
  • Answers to all your questions, including how Presence Practice Groups work

(including group structure, process, available dates & times, tryout period, commitment length, investment, etc.)

Then, together we'll discern if it seems Presence Practice might be a great "fit" for you, given what you're seeking.

I look forward to connecting with you,

* Interested to know more? Let's Chat!

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