SHINING in ASSOCIATION

A transformational healing container for people who love joy.

Deepen in the art & science of grounding your nervous system.

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Feedback from cohort 1 (August 2024)

My participation in 'Shining in Association' in the Fall of 2024 was my first experience working with Adair as a facilitator. I found her workshop as a whole to be focused, well-researched, comprehensive, poignant, and appurtenant to our time in this modern world.

Adair is assertive yet inclusive, soft yet energetic, and well versed in trauma-informed practice. She goes to great lengths to make sure every voice is heard and supported. She provided an abundance of supporting resources and materials to help participants while in session, as well as after and outside of the container as whole. I highly recommend Adair to friends as a facilitator and coach.

— TRP

Come thru! 💅🏻💅🏽💅🏿

We’ll be shedding our skins 🐍, laughing together, and supporting our nervous systems via: 

  • Developing sustainable, flexible self-care rhythms via community support and the wisdom of Ayurveda

  • A focus on creativity & joy

  • Psychoeducation on mental health & trauma recovery

  • Embodiment & coregulation via somatic practices (on live calls & recorded exercises)

  • Self-compassion-fueled habit change

  • Being witnessed & supported  in your growth and wholeness by your cohort members (Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way calls this being “believing mirrors” for each other 🪞).

Who’s it for?

  • People who are healing - and who are open to the ease and joy that can come with healing in company. Often, we’re healing because we’ve experienced trauma. This is a trauma-sensitive program. (Learn more about identifying trauma).

  • People with some experience with self-discovery work. You don’t have to have everything figured out (nobody does) or be ‘fully healed’ (what does that even mean?). Whether or not you decide that SiA is for you, working together 1:1 is always an option.

  • People who understand that we are connected in our liberation - who see supremacy culture and oppression in their varying manifestations as connected, and believe that all people deserve to be safe, happy and free. (ABLM, Free Palestine, reproductive rights are human rights, fuck the patriarchy…etc. etc.). 

  • People who are committed to their long-term wellbeing. This program pairs well with therapy. Due to the nature of the program, we’ll be touching on the topic of trauma. If you’re not working with a therapist, it’s best to have at least 1 solid processing practice (e.g. journaling, yoga), and/or a support person with whom you can process honestly.

Wondering if SiA is for you?

Book a free 15-minute strategy call with me, your friendly transformation doula.

What it’s not:

  • Trauma therapy. We’re not going to be diving into trauma narratives as you might in a group or trauma-specific therapy setting (e.g., EMDR). We will, however, be exploring the concept of trauma from a mental health and physiological perspective (this is psychoeducation). We will be doing guided practices that will help you to connect with your body, and initiating new habits that support healing. These are powerful for releasing trauma patterns held in the body. 

  • A place to share details about your trauma. Feeling heard and seen is important, and your story matters. While there will be space to speak about your experience, giving specific details about our trauma can be activating to others. In essence, share what you need to share to feel heard and seen, knowing that this can help others - while not dumping. There’s no doing any of this perfectly, and sometimes we have to learn on the fly (I know I do).

What ya get:

  • A strong container for transformation. We have a total of eight 75-minute group calls on Zoom. You’re invited to celebrate wins and share what’s working, participate in guided meditations & somatic practices, explore the topic(s) of the week, troubleshoot and get support with what’s not working, and connect in breakout rooms. The calls are recorded & will be sent out within ~24 hours.

  • Group connection. You will have the option of joining a WhatsApp group where you can stay in touch with your cohort members to celebrate your successes and reach out for support.

  • An accountability partner. This is the secret sauce of the program. You will have the opportunity to choose or be matched with an AP. Your AP is someone who’s doing the work alongside you in the container. They “get it” and can help you stay compassionately accountable.

  • A weekly journaling +/- “playwork” (rather than homework) prompt

  • Weekly recorded practices/teachings that you can access throughout the program

Testimonials from a previous program called Being Extraordinary

  • I've been amazed at the power of moving through them with a group of committed women. So much has shifted beyond the habits - letting go of old patterns and things that no longer serve me. Watching and hearing others going through the same process has accelerated my own growth.

  • I'm grateful for this group. It is giving me the platform to show up for myself in the best way possible that I know how in each moment. My favorite part is the weekly live group meetings and connecting with everyone.

  • Being in Being Extraordinary means being extraordinarily myself and stepping into my unique role in the group.

  • Adair embodies alignment. As an educator she brings authenticity to the forefront. As a member of BE in 2020-21 I entered a space that became the container where I explored intentionality, mindful community, and how to apply healthy habits with curiosity and compassion. Working with Adair has been an integral part journey into my own authenticity. 

  • Working with Adair has truly deepened my understanding of my physical and spiritual self. As a social worker and mentor, I am frequently navigating high stress situations. With Adair's guidance and coaching, I have the tools to ground myself when everything feels chaotic, but at the same time, she has provided me with the tools to nurture and empower myself. I have learned the importance of balancing the need to serve myself before I am able to serve others, and those lessons have all been rooted in joy and self-worth. 

  • It’s like spiritual skinny dipping!

  • When you listen to other people and you’re on a similar page, there’s an articulation and a vocabulary that you get from everybody else that kind of helps to craft and shape your own introspection that I really appreciate.

  • I always appreciate hearing what’s going on with other people and realizing how much I resonate to other people’s journey - and that uber thing of not feeling alone on this path. It’s super important, you know?

  • I appreciated the chance to think without limit and let my mind go all over the place with the possibilities.

Your investment:

  • Justice and Equity Rate: $222. Reserved for LGBTIQ+ folks, people of color, disabled folks and anyone otherwise underrepresented and under-supported in wellness spaces.

  • Middle of the Road Rate: $444. This rate is for people with consistent, steady, reliable income with the strong desire to invest in their long-term wellbeing. This is the “real cost” of the program. 

  • Sustainer Rate: $555. This rate goes to support those underserved & underrepresented in wellness spaces. Paying this rate is a way of shifting the field with resources available to you, and ensures that this pricing model can continue.

Payment plans are available.

Wording in this section was borrowed from Jacoby Ballard.

Your commitment:

  • Be open to beautiful change (including the possibility of releasing old stories/habits/relationship patterns).

  • Maintain contact with your accountability partner 1x/week (or more if it pleases you!).

  • Schedule time for putting the weekly playwork/journal prompt into action.

  • Be considerate in your sharing

  • Aspire for an oppression-free container: We strive for this space to not replicate systems of oppression (ableism, racism, misogyny, queer & transphobia, anti-fat bias), and yet, it may arise. We will collectively make space to name it, be with it, and process it as it arises, cultivating harm-reduction over time. (Words borrowed from Jacoby Ballard 🙏🏻)

  • If you are on a payment plan, it is your responsibility to put your payment schedule in your calendar and make payments on the agreed-upon dates.

Not sure?

If you’re feeling drawn to Shining in Association but aren’t sure about signing up, I invite you to explore where that shows up in your body. This is something we can explore on a call together.

*Why did you name it that, Adair?

Because I couldn’t stop thinking about how association is an antidote to the dissociation I experienced when my PTSD was at its worst. How moving from dissociation —> association is at the core of healing from trauma.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines association [noun] as: 

  1. a. the act of associating
    b : the state of being associated: COMBINATION, RELATIONSHIP 

  2. an organization of persons having a common interest: SOCIETY 

  3. something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person 

  4. the process of forming mental connections or bonds between sensations, ideas, or memories

Dissociation is an incredible superpower that can help us get through very difficult experiences, and also it’s not a great long-term coping skill. Those of us who have been impacted by trauma can get stuck in auto-dissociation, which leads to all sorts of challenges.

And so, we learn to associate with our bodies instead of dissociating from them. To connect from the core of our inherently whole & free selves. We learn to associate with people who share our values - to co-regulate with fellow travelers. 👽🧳🪩🌱💅🏻