Are you tired of chitty-chatty conversations that just skim the surface of one another’s worlds?

Do you desire a safe, supportive space to see and be seen?

Would you like to cultivate skills that will invite more open, empathetic, heart-centred humans into your life?

Welcome to Relational Mindfulness 🔥

This training gives you permission to simply show up, as you are, slow down, and get curious about yourself and each other. This experiential learning day offers a variety of connection exercises that will playfully and lovingly infuse your daily life with deeper connectivity and self awareness.

Throughout the day, you will learn and practice the social technologies of Authentic Relating (in pairs) and Circling (in groups), helping you develop greater emotional intelligence by giving you:

✨ Permission to befriend & reveal the spectrum of your emotional reality.

✨ Enhanced ability to empathise with others through really getting to know their world.

✨ Increased capacity to listen to your body and the subtleties of sensation.

✨ Tools that support you to notice and challenge your assumptions about others.

✨ Techniques that empower you to set and receive healthy boundaries.

✨ The ability to attune to what is going on in the group field through social awareness.

✨ Interpersonal skills that will help you connect powerfully with any human, anywhere.

Authentic Relating is an interpersonal meditation. It is the practice of listening and speaking from a place of presence and sensation, allowing us to weave richer and more truthful connections.

Circling is an organic, in-the-moment interpersonal group process that’s equal parts art form, meditation, and group conversation — all designed to allow a visceral experience of connection and understanding of another person’s world, celebrating who and where they are right now.

Together, we will create a rich container to explore each of our human experiences, from our treasures to our challenges. Through Relational Mindfulness, we can deeper understand and celebrate the moment-to-moment unfolding of interpersonal dynamics

Who is this training for?

Essentially, this training is for you if you’re a curious, open, emotional human being and want to learn to better work with these superpowers to both enhance your interpersonal relationships and enrich your self love within.This training is also for you if you’ve been recently feeling blocked, anxious, lacking purpose or direction, and need to reground and remind yourself what's truly important and who you truly are.

My experience includes working with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs); neurodiverse people; people suffering from anxiety and depression; people going through major life shifts; and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

If you have any questions about whether the event would suit you, pop me a message and I’ll get back to you within 24 hours.

The space holder

I'm Laurie (he/him), a queer British-Kiwi who’s current home-base is Amsterdam. My passion is creating spaces that cultivate healthy, thriving human-to-human relationships, helping people take off their masks, feel their sensations and celebrate their aliveness on Earth. Since 2019, I have organised and facilitated hundreds of Authentic Relating, Dating and Embodiment workshops in Oceania and Europe.

My training includes The Embody Lab, Authentic Life Course, and Connection Institute. I have facilitated at internationally acclaimed festivals such as Stretch, and organisations such as ART International.

My workshops have sparked thousands of nourishing connections, turning many strangers into life-long friends. I look forward to holding space for you!

For more information, check out itoiauthenticrelating.com.

Laurie offers Relational Mindfulness workshops across the world, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Wellington, Auckland and San Francisco. Now, for the first time ever, it's coming to Melbourne! Here's what others have said:

“This was a game changer for me. I'm blown away on a daily basis as to how easy communicating and relating has been since doing Laurie's incredible workshop" - Andy

"I felt so deeply and beautifully seen, heard and held by everyone in the group, and that was in large part because of Laurie's gift of facilitation" - Megan

"I love Laurie’s energy, wisdom, execution and light touch. I felt super safe to open up and connect while he was holding the space" - Tess

"I live with complex PTSD and anxiety so in the past I have really struggled to open up to people and build meaningful connections. Discovering these workshops has been a life changer and both my therapist and I are thrilled with how my confidence has blossomed in recent months. Laurie's time and generosity really means the world to me" - Sarah

Practicalities

Cost: $179. Three earlybird tickets available for $149. There are only 12 tickets available in total so book early to secure your place!

Location: AKA Studio Yoga, 130C Nicholson St, Brunswick East VIC 3057.

When: Saturday 9th March, 10am to 5.30pm.

Dresscode: Comfortable clothing that's easy to move in.

Food: Tea & snacks are provided. Please bring your own lunch.

Refund policy: Full refund if cancelled three weeks or more before the event. 50% refund if cancelled up to one week before the event. No refund if cancelled less than one week before event