Welcome to
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 with others?
Do you struggle with being able to be “your best” or your “real self” when you’re in distress (in fight, flight, appease, or freeze)?
Is someone else's challenging behavior disrupting your sense of peace ... or even your sense of safety or sanity?
Would you love to have access to a skilled learning community that offers illuminating clarity, deep compassion, resonant respect, and healthy boundaries, where you can cultivate your own healing and personal growth?
Then Presence Practice Depth Group might be the very thing you've been longing for.
Presence Practice provides a depth and breadth of alchemical support far beyond what one-on-one sessions can offer, at a fraction of the investment.
This is because we human beings are designed to live embraced by a Village of belonging and mutual support.
We also experience the deepest healing when we’re held in a Relational Field of authentic, resonant, responsive connection.
Tragically, most of us are profoundly starved for both of these.
This is why healing that emerges through resonant community is so astonishingly powerful -- and why most of us have never fully experienced it.
This is how Presence Practice deepens and strengthens secure attachment -- that profound sense of welcome and belonging, where you feel truly at home and at ease being everything you are.
Presence Practice is perfect for those longing to develop a greater capacity to:
set and maintain healthy boundaries that respect others, while safeguarding and nourishing your own thriving
live with compassionate awareness, mindfulness, and presence
experience resonant empathy and authentic connection with self, Life, and others
“turn towards” uncomfortable emotions and unwanted behaviors without shame; receive their hidden, alchemical gifts; and finally release old, persistent pain and patterns from the past
discover the hidden factors that create persistent, unresolved disconnection, conflict, or upsets with other people;
discern your own essential, depleted life-needs that are most important for you to prioritize and nourish
effectively meet life-needs (your own and others’) in a way that honors everyone’s thriving
remain present, at authentic choice, and at peace in the midst of even the most challenging circumstances (both internal or external).
Presence Practice offers a broad spectrum of proven-effective distinctions, tools, methods, and processes, 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, including those brought by you and your fellow participants.
Come be nourished by this sensitively facilitated, profoundly safe, leader-full learning community where the facilitator (Vika) is also a participant.
Because being human doesn't get solved, and our greatest transformation happens when we all bring our equal humanity to the table.
PREREQUISITES – Essential Personal Readiness and Ongoing Commitments:
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 life-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 and growth 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 (noticing) 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 comes up in that relational space.
Interested?
Let's Chat!
During our visit we'll explore:
A bit about your personal growth journey
Any previous experience you have with process groups
What you're seeking in a group, at this time
Answers to all your questions about how Presence Practice works — including structure, scheduling, and investment
Then, together we'll discern if Presence Practice might be a great "fit" for you, given what you're seeking.
(Please be sure to watch the “Broken Toe” video on this page, before we meet.)
I so look forward to connecting with you!
Interested to know more?
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