Lineage of Contact: Relatefulness Immersion
A Lineage of Contact is a 2.5-day Relatefulness immersion exploring the practices, attitudes, and discoveries that have emerged through decades of relational work.
The place where we manage how we are perceived is the same place we can encounter contact.
What happens when a group of people spends a weekend refusing to rush past one another or themselves?
For generations, human beings learned how to be together around tables, fires, shared meals, and conversations that unfolded slowly over time. Long before there were workshops, there was contact.
Today we have more ways to communicate than ever before, yet many of us find ourselves hungry for something simpler:
To be seen.
To be known.
To matter.
To belong.
What is this?
A Lineage of Contact is a 2.5-day Relatefulness immersion exploring the practices, attitudes, and discoveries that have emerged through decades of relational work.
Together we’ll slow down enough to notice what is actually happening in the moment. We’ll explore attention, embodiment, vulnerability, impact, desire, care, and the subtle ways human beings come into contact with one another.
We’ll move between structured exercises, Flow, group exploration, partner practices, conversation, and communal gathering.
This is not a retreat about becoming a better version of yourself.
It is an opportunity to spend a weekend discovering what becomes possible when presence, curiosity, and human connection are brought into contact with one another.
During the Weekend We Will Explore
– Embodied awareness
– Flow and emergent group process
– Vulnerability and belonging
– Giving and receiving impact
– The role of attention in intimacy
– Contact beyond performance
– Brave spaces rather than safe spaces
Opening Community Meal
We will begin Friday evening by sharing homemade soup and bread together.
This is not separate from the immersion. It is the beginning of it.
A chance to arrive, settle, meet one another, and begin building the field of connection that will support the rest of the weekend.
Schedule
Friday, September 11
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM — Soup & Bread Gathering
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM — Immersion
Saturday, September 12
10:30 AM – 6:30 PM — Immersion
Sunday, September 13
10:30 AM – 6:30 PM — Immersion
Limited to 10 Participants
Two additional organizers and space holders will be present to support the weekend.
📩 Questions? Contact Mike at mikejblas@gmail.com
Learn More
Watch Mike’s Videos:
https://youtu.be/Hh9XSB0J8u8
Another Video:
https://youtu.be/s49FBxIdI30
Yet Another Video:
https://youtu.be/TykeSy7Y3G0
Meet the facilitator
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Michael BlasI am based most often in Austin, TX. Right before he died, my grandfather said to me, “Don’t ever retire.” I was participating in relating practices in my off-time and decided to make that my career. I love connection and I love how I’m changed by listening to people without trying to change them. Some people realize that we can only ever know people better. Even fewer understand that the same is true about ourselves.
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Testimonials
“Every single session changed my life. If I never had another session with him again it’s already been worth it”
– Brian, Uruguay
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“I would not be surprised if, to the extent that such one-dimensional comparisons can be made, Blas were hands-down the best Circler in the world. One of those rare people who fully live their philosophy. He has an incredible ability to empathize and to unflinchingly remain with what is present. Extremely loving, non-judgmental, and open, yet also has the ability to hold boundaries and recommend discipline when necessary.”
– Alex, USA
Testimonials
“Every single session changed my life. If I never had another session with him again it’s already been worth it”
– Brian, Uruguay
—
“I would not be surprised if, to the extent that such one-dimensional comparisons can be made, Blas were hands-down the best Circler in the world. One of those rare people who fully live their philosophy. He has an incredible ability to empathize and to unflinchingly remain with what is present. Extremely loving, non-judgmental, and open, yet also has the ability to hold boundaries and recommend discipline when necessary.”
– Alex, USA
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