Description
In this class we will be exploring the big picture of metabolic exhaustion in the depression process and how depression, unpleasant though it is, saves us from death. We will be looking at the ways that our shame and self-criticism, in the effort to get us out of the depressed state, instead exacerbate the painful condition of shame that leaves us even more alone and prone to the experience of depression and immobilization. We will learn why our resonance and empathy for our depressed state so rarely seems to reach that part of ourselves, and how we need to move back earlier in time in order to get some traction with time travel and trauma work, in order to be able to lift the burden on the depressed self, to make it easier for that self to imagine coming out of the state.
Our seeking and rage circuits are the major circuits for mobilization that exist in our systems and as we begin to do this work, we start to feel them thawing and coming out of the freeze of immobilization. When we recognize them and support them, they are our helpers in finding a pathway back to life.
There is a particular sweetness in bringing creativity into this healing journey. Depression can suppress creativity, but as we work through immobilization, creative energy often reawakens—becoming a vital source of momentum and renewal.
People who participate in this class will leave the class with a very solid foundation for self-compassion, whenever they are immobilized. And clear routes for recovery and self-connection as they negotiate this difficult world. And also compassion for others who are also immobilized.
Where?
The course will meet via zoom. We welcome participants from all time zones who wish to learn asynchronously for some or all of the sessions. Recordings and visuals will be made available to those who are registered for the live program (typically available within 72 hours of the live session).
When?
Start: November 4, 2025
End: December 9, 2025
6 sessions, weekly, no skips
Day of Week: Tuesday
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:25 AM Pacific Time
(Click Here to convert to your time zone)
What To Expect
A warm space that creates room for the flow from thought into expression, support and resonant feedback, all in service of unblocking your creativity and more fluid expression. In each 85-minute class, we will:
-
- Begin with a free writing period
- Offer a resonance exercise or demonstration to support the movement toward free expression
- Continue with a second free writing period
- Create space for sharing and resonant responses to each other’s work
The classes will be recorded for participants in many time zones
What You'll Learn
Week 1: Holding Our Metabolic Exhaustion
Week 2: Unconscious Contracts That Keep Us Immobilized and Depressed
Week 3: Time Traveling to the Precursors Of Depression and Immobilization
Week 4: Mobilizing Seeking and Rage to Help Us
Week 5: Detoxing Our Self-Criticism
Week 6: Embracing Accompaniment
Who is This Course For?
For writers, artists, explorers and creatives looking for a resonant space in which to support their creative expression. The creative process work that we’ll explore in this class is for anyone involved in, or longing to be involved in, any kind of creative pursuit.
This Course Includes Resonant Assistant Support
Assistant support is available during classes. There are three ways this happens:
- In groups of three with one assistant and two participants, so that participants can practice the breakout exercises with support.
- In small groups, with 1 assistant and 3+ participants, with work with one participant occurring by lottery, and the remaining participants observing.
- Depending on assistant availability, the third option is 1-1 support to receive resonant processes like time travel and unconscious contracts for material that comes up during class.
Cost
$175-400
- This course is set up so that participants can contribute what they can.
- Please choose a variation that considers your financial resources as well as the contribution you would like to offer Sarah and her team.
- The standard tuition for this course is $300. If you choose to pay more, your contribution will go toward supporting those with fewer resources to attend.
Please Note:
- Your tuition payment is non-refundable (but it is transferable).
- This course will be recorded for those who want to learn asynchronously for some or all sessions.
- This work is not therapy and is not a substitute for therapy. If you have a sense that you would be destabilized by yourself or others speaking about difficult events, then this course may not be for you. While we hope that the processes and information that we share can be of use in your journey, we do not have the resources to support extreme psychological difficulties.
