The Oak &
The Cypress
13 Week COUPLES JOURNEY
“The oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”
~ Khalil Gibran
✧Perhaps you and your partner have difficulty expressing needs and emotions where you end up feeling unseen or misunderstood in the relationship.
✧ You may be bumping up into habits of unhealthy communication styles, or thought patterns that lead to conflict or avoidance.
✧ Maybe you feel like ships in the night and are missing individual and shared goals. With so much going on in life with children and responsibilities, you’re tired. As time goes by, it feels more stressful as you want to connect in the way you really want to.
✧ You have a longing to be more embodied and in touch with unexplored emotional and subconscious patterns + wounds that block deeper intimacy.
✧ You are ready for a journey for yourself and your relationship of healing and growth… together!
In a 4-stage journey called ‘The Oak & The Cypress,”
Get to a totally new level as a couple in 13 weeks of supported discovery.
Heart to heart:
Intimate, conflict-capable, and passionate.
Understood,
seen, and communicated with in new ways.
Growing
together into who you’re meant to be.
When working with couples, our approach centers on understanding two critical elements: Behavior & insight.
Delving into the depths of limiting behaviors within the relationship, we collaborate with couples as a sort of "observing team."
Together, we have an atmosphere of curiosity and compassion and interest… and explore in a open way.
Creating a safe atmosphere for processing is foundational.
Once established, we mindfully explore in the body, in the present moment with transformational experiments (often called somatics) the meaning behind emotions, unraveling core beliefs, attachment wounds, unmet needs, desires, behaviors, and insights about what we made up as a child about ourselves, the world, and how we needed to act to have our needs met.
If needed, we provide supportive frameworks for communication, emotions + needs, agreements + boundaries as couples navigate the journey.
Couples delve into embodying new levels of intimacy, wisdom, and personal power that comes from understanding yourself and eachother at an entirely new level.
You’ll be renewed, invigorated, and equipped to be able to lead your life together in a deepened dynamic of emotional intelligence, playfulness, intimacy, and purpose.
Ontodelic
An integral part of our couple's work involves counseling and guidance in the form of Ontodelic Inquiry—an immersive and integral blend of Somatic therapy, integrative Hypnotherapy, ritual, and NLP. This approach works to bridge the conscious (prefrontal cortex where we act from normally) and the subconscious (or the brain stem) and thereby affect the deep associations we have that govern our behavior (automatic patterns we run). In the same way that we learned to walk or drive a car, and now it’s automatic - our core emotional patterns that we learned early on (how we needed to act to get our needs met) are now automatic. With this work, we can access that part of the brain and begin to truly rewire it. The medicine journeys themselves use a similar principle. The entheogens and empathogens support in shifting these same deep aspects of the brain and psyche.
In ‘Oak & the Cypress’, couples discover a supportive space that acts as a bridge between inner knowing and tangible actions. This transformative journey is designed to lead partners toward a profound sense of fulfillment and purpose, intertwining their individual paths into a shared narrative of growth and connection.
Overview
4-Stage Journey - The Oak & The Cypress:
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In the initial five weeks, we engage in alternating individual and couples Zoom sessions, laying the foundation for self-discovery and opening deeper communication and vulnerability. Through an opening ceremony and first sessions, we discern contours, goals, and context. As we ‘map the territory’ in the somatic way discussed above, we provide, as needed, grounded communication skills, and frameworks for emotions + needs, agreements + boundaries. This stage paves the way for transformative insights in the journeys.
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Weeks 6/7 involve individual in person journeys, unveiling deep intentions and surfacing unconscious material. Individual Integration sessions take place on the following morning, recapping the journey and anchoring key insights. This sacred time is for you to reflect on the desired changes and life direction.
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In Week 9, a shared In-person Couples journey fosters a safe and courageous space, allowing authentic expression and empathic listening. This experience nourishes roots, fostering trust, intimacy, and celebration of growth. Couples find each other in the heart and deepen their connection, establishing a container where the relationship takes the highest priority.
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Weeks 10-13 culminate in alternating couples and individual Zoom sessions. Integration involves weaving together insights, celebrating core shifts, and affirming identities. Couples step into personal and joint insights, receiving practices for fortifying their shared heart and designing your “What’s Next?” plan. The final session serves as a sacred rite, marking the journey's passage, shedding the old, and embracing a new identity and future together.
- You will have highly experienced and personalized guidance, including intuitive intentional ʻspace holdingʼ from us over the entire length of the program.
We have over 35 years experience combined.
Embarking on this 13-week journey, couples transform old patterns and dances of disconnection and step into a deeper heart-to-heart connection, mutual understanding, and passion, ultimately growing into the partners they are meant to be.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Over these 13 weeks you will receive a total of
8- 1:1 60 minute ʻOntodelic Inquiryʼ(4 for each partner)
5 -90 min couples sessions
3 day-long In person journeys
Each session will be recorded and transcribed so you have it accessible to you ANYTIME so that you can conveniently re-live your session and activate new levels of understanding anytime you want!
Between sessions you will be assigned 5-20 min of daily practice to fold into your day, so that you can develop supportive habits together that create strong foundations for your shared continued growth.
INVESTMENT
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8 1:1 sessions
5 couples sessions
2 individual Day-long journey’s,
and 1 Couples day-long session included
$5885.00- total
1500 deposit =
DISCOUNT
SAVE $500 if you pay in full
$5,385.00
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8 1:1 sessions
5 couples sessions
1 Couples day-long session included
Total investment: $3485
Deposit $1300.00
Balance
$2185.00
DISCOUNT
SAVE $300 if you pay in full
$3185.00
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With this option you’ll be working with just Roger or just Antonia through your whole journey. All sessions will be on Zoom all over the course of 9-11 weeks
8 1:1 sessions
5 couples sessions
Session Cadence:
Couples session
1:1 session w partner 1
1:1 session with partner 2
Couples session
1:1 session w partner 1
1:1 session with partner 2
Couples session
1:1 session w partner 1
1:1 session with partner 2
Couples session
1:1 session w partner 1
1:1 session with partner 2
Couples session
Total Investment :
$2430.00
Pay in full save $150
$2280
The caliber and quality of our connections shapes the essence of all of our relations.
By dedicating time and effort to mastering the art of love, both giving and receiving, living into our embodiment nurturing boundaries as expression of compassion,
we mend wounds from the past and pave the way for improved well-being in the generations to come.
-Antonia Vanoro