A Deeper Intimacy with Yourself (DIY) IFS Practice Group • New Offering!
Do you want to go deeper with your own parts, either on your own, or in-between sessions with your IFS practitioner?
Have you tried journaling but maybe it wasn’t as creative or juicy as you’d like it to be?
Imagine having an equally accessible technique that doesn’t require anything fancier than a pen and paper to access your parts!
Let your Parts move the Pen: A 4-week Creative Inner Lab
Price
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!
There is a free class to see if the full course is right fit for you.
This is not a scammy infomercial! It’s a real class I’m offering because I truly want to share these creative IFS techniques!
Three free course dates—register below! Feel free to come to one, two or all three!
All classes are one hour long, so you can fit them into your schedule!
Dates & registration
Sun April 27 — 11 am
Mon April 28 — 3 pm
Tue April 28 — 1 pm
Every part of me recommends these classes with great enthusiasm. They have totally changed my life!
- Liv Love
2nd Class: May 4 @ 10 am CT
3rd Class: May 11 @ 10 am CT (before brunch on Mother’s Day!)
4th Class: May 18 @ 10 am CT
Extra class: May 25 @ 10 am CT (*Mother’s Day Makeup / extra class)
The entire course series (all four classes including an extra or makeup class if you miss a live class) is $160, or $150 if paid by May 1. You can register using PayPal or a credit card below.
This is the main technique that Richard Schwartz,
the founder of IFS, uses in all his introductory workshops.
I invite you to try it!
The first class is a demonstration and discussion of Richard Schwartz’ technique.
In the second class, we will practice Richard Schwartz’ technique and discuss it.
In the third class, we will build on the ‘map’ we created in the second class to go deeper with a variation on this technique; this time, working in more depth with ONE part.
In the fourth class, we will explore a final variation — working with TWO parts in a polarization.
In the extra class, we will cover any questions left over from the first classes and you will be able to practice any of the techniques to deepen your understanding of them / or in case you missed a class.
Details
Does any of this sound familiar?
"I enjoy parts work with my practitioner / coach / therapist, but then I don’t tend to check in with them between sessions.”
"I want to be able to connect more deeply with my parts but my protectors won’t let me.”
“I just don’t feel like journaling.”
“I want to learn from someone who has experience working directly with their parts on their own. I don’t want to just read about the IFS steps from a book.”
“I’d like to connect with other like-minded people who also see IFS as a way of life, not merely something theoretical they’re learning to use with clients.”
If you resonate with any of these statements, then this course is ideal for you!
Imagine having a 23-year expert in IFS support you in developing your OWN relationship to your parts, using techniques to unblend BY YOURSELF! You’ll learn how to:
• Develop your OWN personal IFS practice that works for YOU, not some step-by-step idea out of a book
• Address common pitfalls in working by yourself, on yourself.
• Get questions answered right when they arise, before they begin blocking your work
• Bring compassion to your DIY IFS process
• Provide Self-energy to enhance yours, to create more access to deeper parts
• Help you make IFS a way of life, not just something you do one hour a week in therapy
• Build a supportive community: Connect with other IFS folks and also to other IFS resources
This is a course Melissa has taught for years, and is now offering in a more accessible format as four individual 1-hour sessions (+ an extra / makeup session).
It’s designed to empower you to SEE how to work with your parts using pen on paper techniques in the first class and get your questions answered!
Then, in the following three classes, we’ll have shorter demonstrations and more time for YOU to practice the technique on yourself to develop Deeper Intimacy with Yourself (DIY) with IFS — so you leave this one-month experience with greater confidence to do your own work by yourself.
I want YOU to have the easiest, friendliest, most creative, approachable methods for doing your OWN IFS WORK BY YOURSELF and this is my way of offering them to you!
Learn how to use IFS to access your authentic Self in loving, compassionate ways!
In this 4-week course, you’ll be guided to explore variations on using pen and paper scribbling to unblend step-by-step. You’ll also receive immediate feedback from Melissa and be inspired by your fellow IFS lovers— you’re not alone in this journey of Self-discovery!
Plus, You’ll Also Receive:
Worksheets: How-To worksheets to follow to repeat the exercises at home
2-year Access to the Course Materials: Online, on-demand access to all the videos of the course, summaries of the course content and discussions, and course worksheets
Demonstrations will be recorded so that if you miss a class, you’ll be able to access it easily afterwards. If you prefer not to be recorded, simply turn off your video so that it is not recorded. The recordings will only be available for people who purchase the course (now or in the future).
Due to the nature of safety concerns in a larger group, most of the live interaction, with the exception of the demonstrations and individual questions, will be through group chat. As someone who has participated in groups like this, I can attest that there is a benefit to chats — you can connect while also remaining safe in a larger setting.
I have offered this exact workshop at the IFS Unconference for about two years for up to 50 people. I can’t predict the number of people that will join, but it could be from 2-50!
Looking for a Smaller Class?
If you’re seeking a more intimate, smaller IFS group to learn these techniques which is never recorded, consider joining the 5-person Deeper Intimacy with Yourself (DIY) IFS Practice Group which meets once a month for two hours.
We learn the same techniques, but in more of a depth group-coaching setting, with more space for individual feedback, sharing and questions. For more information on that group, visit www.athousandpaths.com/four.
By the end of this course, you will have:
A solid understanding of Richard Schwartz’ favorite method for unblending parts on paper, “Let Your Parts Move the Pen”!
Clarity about the difference between unblending and embodying parts
Three approaches for how to creatively externalize parts using pen and paper:
— stream-of-consciousness scribbles: how to map your parts by drawing
— witnessing one part through creative expression: how to help parts be seen by drawing
— working with polarizations on paper: how to ’see’ polarizations using drawing
About Melissa:
Learn from a 23-year IFS Expert:
Melissa Sandfort has been an IFS Certified Practitioner since 2010.
From 2002-2017, Melissa dedicated herself to learning IFS from the inside out, taking 20 IFS trainings with the Institute for Self-Leadership. Specifically:
• 2 Level 1 IFS trainings
• 5 Level 2 IFS trainings, including all 3 levels of Intimacy from the Inside Out
• 13 Level 3 IFS trainings with Richard Schwartz
With over 1,000 hours of in-person training with the founder of IFS, Richard Schwartz, and over 2,350 hours of IFS training including dozens of retreats and workshops, she has a depth of IFS training few can match!
However, what truly sets her apart is her profound personal commitment to the practice of IFS in her own life.
Building on a very solid foundation of IFS training, she has slowly increased her capacity to do IFS by herself, on herself, and now has a daily self-IFS practice of 2-3 hours of intensive IFS work on herself every day.
She has currently done over 8,000 hours of her own, personal IFS work. And that number increases by 730+ hours a year!
To get a sense of this work, you can listen to a free podcast of one of her personal IFS sessions.
As a passionate advocate of the power of IFS to transform lives, unravel trauma, and help us all come home to our Self, Melissa is dedicated to sharing her IFS expertise in the most creative and loving ways possible!
To that end, she offers her own work as a model for how to achieve Deeper Intimacy with Yourself (DIY) with IFS! She has two Substacks where she shares this work:
Radical IFS - https://radicalifs.substack.com/about
Radical IFS podcast - https://radicalifs.substack.com/podcast
This class is your chance to learn from a Master IFS practitioner about how to work with your own parts, based on decades of radically intense IFS practice.
FAQ
What is the refund policy?
Due to the free class which enables you to try before you buy, there are no refunds.
If you miss a class, there is a make-up / extra class included at no charge.
If you miss more than one class, there are no refunds. Instead, you can log in to the Ezycourse (included with your registration) to see the demonstration for that class.
There is also a free 15 minute demonstration of the technique included the MINUTE you register for the class!
I have done everything I can to provide an affordable class full of value.
I put my heart into all my classes. It actually breaks my heart when people want a refund, and I can’t put so much love and care into my classes and then be heartbroken when people ask for refunds. Therefore, I have a no-refund policy for all my classes!
This keeps my heart and my parts safe, so that I can be vulnerable and excited about offering what I offer.
If a refund policy is important to you, I am the wrong teacher for you! I give everything I can, and in return I ask that you honor me by thinking before buying a course so that it is the right match for you.
Thanks for understanding!
Class Safety Agreement
Clarity about our purpose:
To deepen our capacity to do IFS and to develop our Self-leadership as human beings.
Choice:
You are free to censor what you disclose. No is a complete sentence. Choose to share ONLY what you feel comfortable with.
Confidentiality:
All material everyone shares should not be shared with people who are not members of this group, even if you don’t use their name. You’d be surprised how far stories can travel. To read more, visit https://www.athousandpaths.com/safety-story.
Speak up for Safety:
If you are having difficulty with something that’s triggered you, PLEASE speak for your parts, either directly in the group or as soon as you can afterwards. Please LISTEN to your parts when they tell you what they need in order to feel safe. Safety is our number one value. When you speak for your safety needs, you speak for the safety needs of the whole group.
Speaking for parts, not from parts:
To the extent that you can, speaking for parts, not from them, will help us maintain safety when sharing in the group.
Embodying parts:
During coaching demos, in distinction to other times during the group, feel free to speak FROM parts and to experiment with embodying them. The difference between blending and embodying is: when you are blended, you are in a part and you don’t know you are in a part. When you embody a part, you are in a part and YOU and the part BOTH know you are ‘being’ the part.
No Coercion:
"Thank you, for letting me, be myself!” In this group, there is “no crosstalk.” This means when one person shares, no one judges, gives advice, or reacts against what they shared.
Feedback: Share how you are inspired or how you resonate with others. DO NOT share judgement, advice, or criticism. If you criticize others in the class, I reserve the right to determine that you may not be the right fit for my classes. Thank you for understanding.
https://radicalifs.substack.com offers endless examples of how parts crosstalk and then repair, if you’re interested in a deeper dive.
Timeliness:
We commit to start and end on time. We start on time; this increases safety and strengthens the container.
Support and responsibility:
Ultimately, the only person who can keep you fully safe in a group is you. I want to do everything I can to make this group a safe space to learn, to go inside, and to share, in whatever ways feel right for you — but you are responsible for listening to the sometimes difficult-to-hear voices who tell you what they REALLY need to be safe.
You are not crazy if you get triggered, it’s ULTRA NORMAL in IFS work. So take care of yourself, and possibly give yourself extra support on days when you do IFS!
Thank you for your commitment to this safety agreement!
Melissa’s Deeper Intimacy with Your Self courses gave me a quantum leap in my inner work practice.
Before, although I had a daily journaling practice, I was pretty reliant on life coaching for doing deep work.
Now, thanks to the DIY IFS beginner and advanced course, I have the skills to be my own therapist.
My own practice and my relationship with myself are so much deeper, more trusting, and more productive.
The courses epitomize Melissa’s motto, “Work smarter, not harder,” making inner work more fun and more efficient.
Every part of me recommends them with great enthusiasm. They have totally changed my life! —Liv Love