7 weeks of embodied practice and enquiry, undertaking the adult task of getting to know your addictive patterns, and the possibility of freedom through creativity and orientation towards the sacred.
Each session is 90 minutes on Zoom, and will have this structure:
- Arrival, grounding, embodied warmup
- Learning material for the week
- Practice
- Q&A with Adam
- Outlining home practice for the week
- Breakout into small groups.
Course content:
Session 1: Foundations — grounding, boundaries, communication, agreements, meeting each other. Basics of practice with movement, breath, voice, drawing and writing. How to withdraw or settle when needed, and knowing when and how to pause. Standing in the sacred.
Session 2: Adult — understanding addiction, glimpsing freedom. Introduction to the creative process, embodied, and how it reflects the three Holy Lusts. Making space for pleasure, humour and prayer.
Session 3: Heartfelt — learning to use creative tools to embody, express and release emotional energy. The true nature of ‘negative’ emotions, their vital role in our well-being, and finding the discipline to be a free spirit. Getting to the heart of your addictions.
Session 4: True — getting honest with yourself about what you’re up to. Hidden patterns, seeing straight, and how much we need each other to create anew. Finding the shapes of your addictions and the power of desire.
Session 5: Relational — why it’s almost impossible to do anything constructive when you’re dysregulated, how that f*cks up your relationships, and what you can do to come back to ground, centre, and the present. Beginning the hard work of relational recovery.
Session 6: Joy — accessing the gifts of ’negative’ states, allowing them to take us through a reset and transformation, seeing the beauty in everything, and surrendering to our deepest nature as a way to reconnect with all we hold sacred.
Session 7: Next — preparing to finish the course and establish what your next steps might be, what support you might need in place, and how to recover when you inevitably stumble and fall.
