Composting Isolation,
Seeding Interdependence
Politicized Somatics for Men
Online Course, Sept 22 - Nov 4, 2025
This is a course for men who want to cultivate more depthful, resilient and interdependent relationships with themselves, their loved ones and other men.
Through somatic practice and group coaching, we will nurture our capacities to:
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reclaim sensation and emotion in the body as a source of knowing, remembering and attunement
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stay in connection with self and other at the same time
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feel and articulate what we want and what the world is wanting from us and through us
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become more intimate with our wounds and the survival strategies that have pulled us through
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ask for what we need, hold healthy boundaries, and open fully in our yes
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stay present, open and connected through conflict and contradiction
Course Structure
The course includes:
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seven weekly group sessions
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one individual coaching session
Two cohorts offered:
Tuesdays
4 - 5:30pm EST
beginning Sept 23
Wednesdays
5:30 - 7pm EST
beginning Sept 24
If you are interested and neither of these times work for you, please submit an application and indicate other times.
Sessions will include:
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frameworks to explore the intersection of systemic forces and the body
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somatic practices for somatic awareness, resilience, desire, intention setting, relationship, and navigating change
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group discussion and live coaching
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an accountability structure for supporting 10-15 minutes of daily practice between sessions
Tiered Pricing
To makes this program as accessible as possible, I'm offering tiered pricing at $700, $550, and $400. Please see below for guidance on how to select your tier.
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Why Men? Why Somatics? Why Now?
This course makes no claims about what men “are” or should be. Instead, it begins with the recognition that most people who were raised as or identify as men have been shaped by shaming and violence to feel less of themselves, show less of themselves, and need less from others. The public and private costs of this culture are on full display: brutal men in power, the rise of the alt-right, and, for men across the political spectrum, rampant loneliness.
For men who long for collective liberation, it is a confusing and heartbreaking time.It is easy to see what we don’t want to be, how not to show up. But those No’s, as important as they are, are not an adequate foundation for healing, connecting, or contributing.
We want more for ourselves, and the world is asking more of us: our sensitivity, intuition and love. Our ability to take cooperative action with others.
Somatics begins with the recognition that our trauma and socialization as men, including quickness to anger, reliance on control, withdrawal, and numbness, live in the body, below the level of intention or conscious thought. But we also know that the body possesses an innate capacity to return to attunement, safety, and collaboration: in other words, to heal. It won’t happen intellectually and it won’t happen individually. Lucky for us, we have our bodies and we have each other.
This course is for you if:
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You identify as a man or male, or have been socialized as a man or male anytime in your life.
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You are new to somatics. This course is designed as an accessible introduction.
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You have some experience with somatics and are interested in building community and practicing relational skills with other men.
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You feel lonely or isolated, or notice that your social life mostly depends on your partner’s friendships and community.
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You are wanting more closeness and realness with the men in your life, or are wanting to find more men who share those values.
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You feel like only some parts of you are understood or welcome in your relationships.
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You can feel overwhelmed by other people’s expression of emotion.
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You want to get involved in community projects and solidarity work, but aren’t sure how.
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You want to build more skills to connect with men who are being drawn in by alt-right/manosphere figures like Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson.
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You are ready to explore the complex nature of men’s experience in society as both victims of and perpetrators of harm. You are longing for compassion and accountability rather than innocence, shame or collapse.
This course may not be a good fit if:
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You are needing support for a recent acute trauma or are actively in crisis. That is better suited for one-on-one support.
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You are not interested in grappling with the complexity of male conditioning and privilege.
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You would feel burdened or consistently triggered in the presence of other men being honest and real about the ways they have both experienced and perpetuated harm.
Pricing Guidance
Pay $700 if:
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you have access to financial security, have personal savings or own property.
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you are able to pay for “wants” and spend little time worrying about securing necessities in your life.
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you have economic power and privilege in our community, this price is for you.
By paying at this tier, you are paying it forward by supporting program access for those with less.
Pay $550 if:
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You might be paying off debt or working to build savings, but you also have access to steady income
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You do not spend most of your time thinking about meeting basic needs such as food, shelter, medical care, child care, etc.
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it might mean you have to cut back on some discretionary spending (such as going out to dinner, buying a new outfit, or going on vacation), but the sacrifice is short term, and will not harm you in the long term.
Pay $400 if:
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you have access to basic needs such as food, housing, and childcare, though sometimes it may feel difficult.
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you are able to put away money each month to save up to be able to pay for the program, but the middle tier price would mean that you have to go into long-term debt to join.