Retreats | Workshops | Classes | May 17 & 18, 2025
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Sustainable Happiness in Daily Life : Introduction to Somatic Science®
Weekend Workshop - Class size limited to 18 participants
All are welcome!
Some Testimonials from Past Participants
"The question and answers were very helpful. I thought the workshop was mostly well balanced between presenting the information and taking questions from participants. It seems like the course organically covers the information pertinent to participants through the question-and-answer periods throughout the workshop."
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"The course was very well presented in a way that was thorough and easy to understand - layman language for the most part, excellent diagrams explaining the process of the nervous system and questions from participants which helped to further explain how the techniques can be applied. The environment felt very supportive and safe - I could feel that others felt safe and supported which reinforced my own feelings of safety."​
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"I haven't taken numerous courses and spent money with even more practitioners trying to find an approach to regulating the nervous system that didn't involve a machine to provide stimulation or some other person who had to "force" my body into regulation. Federico provided a simple explanation of how the nervous system becomes dysregulated and an easy practice to regulate it on my own."
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"I highly recommend Federico’s sustainable happiness workshop. He gave insights into the nervous system, how the body experiences these different types of systems and practical ways to help one’s body transition from a sympathetic response to a more parasympathetic state. . . I hope to gain more insight into this small but powerful practice in more upcoming workshops. I learn something new every time I attend."
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"The workshop helped give me greater understanding of my nervous system and to realize that awareness or consciousness is the key to nervous system regulation. It is not entail thinking or “doing”. Everything comes from awareness."
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"After the workshop- there was a clear moment of noticing the difference in my body between the clunky nervous system (can’t remember name) and hearing you say the other feels more flowing- clearly in the moment seeing the two and seeing how they felt side by side in my body and experience! It was such a door opening!!! I know you repeat things so often and it was so encouraging to SEE AND FEEL AND EXPERIENCE two of the systems change! So fun to know it’s just a ‘system’! I don’t know why this was so exciting but it really was! (And still is)."
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"I was able to experience a new sense of safety with other humans."
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Join us and re-discover your innate capacity for feeling safe, attuned to self and others.
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If you have experienced challenges in your upbringing in any form, this workshop is for you.
Here is what we will Learn & Experience Together:
Saturday, 17 May 2025:
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Foundations of Somatic Science®
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Session 1: Introduction to Somatic Science®
* Overview of Somatic Science® and its approach to well-being.
* Happiness as the absence of suffering - Neurocognitive basis.
* Role of the nervous system in shaping experiences.
* Understanding the Maladaptive Threat Response Cycle (mTRC).
* Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) dynamics and barriers to homeostasis.
* Introduction to self-regulation and interoception.
Experiments:
* Group dynamic: Identifying patterns of regulation & dysregulation in daily life.
* Exploring present-moment awareness.
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Session 2: Root Causes of Dysregulation and Keys to Self-Regulation
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* Childhood conditioning, mTRC, and existential trauma.
* The role of curiosity in nervous system regulation and healing.
* Practical tools: Using interoception and exteroception for self-regulation.
Experiments:​
* Mapping the ANS and its states (parasympathetic vs. sympathetic)
* Group dynamic: Personal patterns and conditioning.
* The 3 Steps to Aliveness, Safety, Curiosity.
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Sunday, 18 May 2025:
Applications of Somatic Science®
Session 1: Transforming Fixations and Building Resilience
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* Understanding fixations: Chronic patterns of tension and thought.
* Self-relational metacognition to transform fixations.
* Leveraging safety, rest, and recovery for healing.
Experiments:
* Guided dynamic: Dialoguing with fixations.
* Partner dynamic: Entering metacognitive awareness.
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Session 2: Integration and Moving Forward
* Cultivating curiosity as a pathway to well-being.
* Transitioning from fear-driven states to heart-mind awareness.
* Applying Somatic Science® principles in daily life.
Experiments:
* Reflexive writing with Facial Interoception: Insights and takeaways.
* Closing meditation: Anchoring well-being in the present moment. ​
Our innate desire for harmony with life can only be nurtured in safety. When our nervous system is contained by the experience of safety all of our organs begin to work harmoniously and begin to flow in the same way that terrestrial natural systems flow. This allows for the experience of the end of feeling separate from oneself and others. We exist, we allow others to exist, and we become open to Being known to Exist by our primordial Intelligence.
