a·tel·ier
A workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist, designer, or fashion house, where creative work, collaboration, or craftsmanship takes placeIntroducing
Imaginisma’s Atelier
This is a sacred ground for exploration, where five Imaginismas—our devoted holy makers—offer their questions, their practices, their art, and their aliveness.
Here, each Imaginisma weaves their form, formlessness, and holy work into the world. They’ve have chosen a topic, constructed a Zoom container, and now they invite you to step inside—not just to witness but to awaken a forgotten lineage.
Perhaps you will be moved by an idea, a perspective, an experience. Perhaps the musical way someone says something will ignite you. Perhaps you will hear the call to become an Imaginisma yourself. Or perhaps, simply, you will leave with a subtle shift—a quiet and pleasant pulse reminding you that being human is kinda cool.
No matter the outcome, the goal remains the same: to surround yourself with sacred inputs– those threads of vitality that make your life more whole, more true, more you.
Step in. Attend. Imagine. What might you find?
How to Engage
Behavioral Etiquette at Imaginisma’s Atelier
- Give in to the quiet yearning for good company and harmony.
- Bask in the mystery.
- Appreciate the declarations.
- Listen to the sacred.
- Revel in the iterative process.
- Own your Yes and No.
- If you need a short break, you can pop into an empty breakout room at any point.
- If you’re done for the day, you can leave the meeting at any point.
- Jane, Ryan, or one additional Imaginisma will be in attendance at every meeting.
- Recording these meetings is prohibited.
- Please have your camera on so we can see you.
- You may not join anyone in a breakout room unless you’ve been explicitly invited.
- The Imaginisma running an Atelier container will establish a nuanced context for their given meeting.
Innate Choreography
With Brie
Discover how your body’s natural organization shapes the way you move, think, and connect. In this transformative class, Brie, an expert in the Action Type framework and former Columbia University volleyball coach, will guide you through an innovative approach to understanding how your mind and body work together to navigate the world.
Whether you’re an athlete aiming for peak performance, a professional seeking better stress management and recovery strategies, or simply curious about optimizing your potential, this class offers actionable insights to enhance your physical and mental alignment, unlocking new levels of performance, recovery, and connection in every aspect of your life.
Class Dates
Sat, Dec 7 @ 11am–12pm EST
Sat, Dec 14 @ 11am-12pm EST
Sat, Dec 21 @ 11am-12pm est
You Are What You Input
With Moritz
Our attention is one of our most valuable resources. In a world where anything can be created or consumed in an instant, the need to thoughtfully curate what we take in has never been more vital.
What we consume doesn’t just influence us—it shapes us. It shapes our identity, molds our worldview, and impacts our overall well-being. The right inputs have the power to energize us, providing clarity and support to pursue what truly matters. On the other hand, unchecked inputs can deplete us, leading to hours of uninspired scrolling through Social-Media and a diminished sense of aliveness.
This class takes an unflinching look at the forces shaping our lives and equips us to reclaim control. It won’t be easy, but the rewards are worth every step.
Class Dates
Mon, Dec. 2 @ 1pm-2pm EST
Mon, Dec. 9 @ 1pm-2pm EST
Mon, Dec. 16 @ 1pm-2pm EST
Mon, Dec. 23 @ 1pm-2pm EST
Beauty Salon
With Tessa
Let’s take a Beauty break! With so many thoughts, plans, and worries vying for our attention in this busy time, we can lose sight of one of the true gifts of being human – connecting with our experience of Beauty.
In our time together, we will explore different initial reactions we might have to Beauty, and really delve into the felt sense of those reactions. This is not a philosophical discussion about Beauty! We will notice how Beauty hits our senses, and then play with our responses to that onslaught: What happens? And, What happens next?
For our session, bring an object or brief description of an experience that evokes a “beauty response” in you because we will be sharing how we meet Beauty in the wild.
Class Dates
Thu, Dec. 19 @ 5pm-5:45pm EST
Connect, Collaborate, Create
With Kaitlin
Unlock the power of authentic human connection in this engaging and enlightening workshop! You’ll gain a deeper appreciation for how authentic human connection unlocks possibilities and amplifies solutions in all areas of life. You will also achieve a heightened awareness of your Connection Catalysts—mind, body, spirit, and soul—to foster environments where human connections flourish.
As part of this experience, you’ll receive a Human Connection e-Kit, designed to help you create spaces for vulnerability and understanding, foster authentic relationships and harness the power of human connection any time you want! Whether you want to strengthen existing relationships or build new ones, this class equips you to harness the power of human connection and unlock a world of opportunity.
Class Dates
Thurs, Dec. 12 @ 2pm-3pm EST
Mon, Dec. 16 @ 12pm-1pm EST
Arriving to the Unknown with a First-Year Paramedic
With Justin
A paramedic is a seeker of the raw, the rough, the real. Driving a flashing, wailing ambulance to treat patients wherever and whenever crisis strikes. Practicing medicine and compassion in unpredictable environments. Encountering birth, death, illness, injury, and every beautiful flavor of human existence. The only thing we know for sure, is that we never know what call is going to come in next. Of course, this isn’t only true on an ambulance. Our experience of being human is utterly unpredictable.
Growing into the role of a paramedic has been one of the most challenging and revealing adventures of Justin’s life. He is excited to share stories from the road, and as a group explore the very human questions that these stories ask. Expect to feel the rawness, enthusiasm and vulnerability of someone who is in their first year of this incredible career.
Each 60 minute session will involve storytelling, rich inquiries in large and small groups, and a guided practice related to grounding and awareness.
The topic of inquiry will change for each session. Expect to explore a topic akin to: the instant intimacy that binds us during crisis; ways of enjoying encounters with the unknown, the urgent, and the emergent; camaraderie, and the taste of togetherness; the juice of unflinchingly meeting someone in their fear; and the exquisite pleasure of being kind during difficult situations.
Expect to be asked a question that makes your heart flutter. Expect to have a conversation that feels less padded by the parka of taboo, and to peel off an invisible layer or two. You can always say No to any part of the session. But you always have Yes, despite what your fears might say.
Class Dates
Wed, Dec. 11 @ 11am-12pm EST
Tue, Dec 17 @ 1:30pm-2:30pm EST
Tue, Dec 31 2pm-3pm EST
Experiments in Erotic Aliveness
With Jane & Ryan
Class Dates
Tue, Dec. 10 @ 2pm-2:45pm EST
Brie
Brie is a dynamic educator and coach who thrives at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and team systems. She spent 15 years as a volleyball coach at Columbia University, where she not only honed her team’s competitive edge but forged a unique player recruitment strategy rooted in the Action Type framework. This approach, which integrates the natural organization of mind and body, became central to her coaching philosophy, helping athletes perform at their peak, manage stress and recovery, and connect meaningfully on and off the court.
Now serving as Director of Operations for a development company, Brie works with different kinds of teams to bring new urbanism principles, affordable housing, and innovative construction technology to life. Beyond her professional role, she is passionate about implicit choreography of life and the creative expression it fosters.
A certified Action Type expert, she continues to guide clients in a variety of domains and disciplines in understanding how natural movement preferences connect to cognition and performance, unlocking potential in every individual she teaches.
Tessa
Tessa Bingen doesn’t know. She is a lifelong sensory mystic and body poet, more interested in finding than seeking. She has a background in literature, pastoral counseling, and coaching – very serious fields for our old stories, current stories, new stories. But her latest venture seems to be about letting go of stories, and learning to listen to the Universe, around us and within.
Moritz
For the past seven years, Moritz has been deeply immersed in working alongside coaches and bodyworkers, embracing his role as an active co-learner in the field of human transformation. Guided by a strong passion for enhancing the human experience—both individually and collectively—he is dedicated to fostering meaningful growth and change. Today, Moritz focuses his curiosity and care on nurturing the kind of inputs—personal and interpersonal—that empower individuals to thrive and feel a vibrant sense of aliveness.
Kaitlin
Since childhood, I’ve found joy and purpose in meeting and authentically understanding people at a soul level, facilitating deeper connections and relationships, and creating opportunities for personal and professional growth.
After years as an executive leader in employee experience, organizational design and human development, I found myself at the peak of corporate “success” but feeling deeply unfulfilled and dreading the daily surface-level meetings. I wanted to spend time truly getting to know people-their values, motivations, challenges-and fostering authentic connections that spark growth and possibility. This awakening led me to dedicate my energy full-time to cultivating human connection and the transformative magic it creates and Koncentrix was born!
In the age of technology and artificial intelligence human connection is more important than ever and by offering unique and personalized human connection programs, I help others unlock the infinite possibilities that await!
Justin
Justin lives in Ontario, Canada. He has a variety of passions in his life that feed each other wonderfully. He dares say that his most vigorous and insightful activity has been his nearly two decade relationship with his wife Alex. He is also a lover of intimate and improvisational dance, music and theater, and is a founding member and performer with The Friendly Heretic Theatre Company. He has been exploring and incubating various practices of awareness, embodiment, reflection and expression for nearly a decade, which has led him to merge with the Imaginisma collective. He has also been called into a new career as a paramedic, which has been deeply revealing and downright life-changing. Inspired by his experiences on the road, Justin desires to cultivate conversations among the living and breathing, and to together nurture an attitude of reverence for our visceral human existence.
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