Creating Your Own Magical Inner Sanctuary 

Creating an inner healing places for care, rest, and repair

In this opening class, we’ll create a Magical Inner Sanctuary—an imaginal healing place where parts can go when you first meet them, when they’re wounded, or when they need extra care.

This sanctuary is not a generic “safe places.” It is a relational spaces shaped by Self-energy, attuned to what your parts actually want in moments of vulnerability.

In this class, you’ll explore:

• How to create an inner healing place that feels alive, protective, and responsive

• Using sanctuaries when meeting parts for the first time

• Offering care to wounded or exhausted parts without rushing unburdening

• Why some parts soften simply by being placed in the right environment

• How sanctuaries support nervous system regulation and trust

You’ll leave with at least one personal inner sanctuary you can return to again and again—a place your system recognizes as safe.

Wednesday, February 25 • 3-5 pm Central time 

Magical Places Parts Live

Understanding parts through the worlds they inhabit

Parts don’t just have thoughts and feelings—they often live somewhere.

In this class, we’ll explore Magical Places Parts Live: the inner environments that reveal how parts experience the world, their roles, their burdens, and their sense of time.

These places might be:

• Watchtowers, caves, forests, or cathedrals 

• In the sky, in the desert, or on another planet 

• Childlike, ancient, protective, sacred or weird 

In this class, you’ll learn:

• How to ask parts where they live—and why this matters

• What a part’s environment tells you about its job and history

• How to work with places that feel harsh, constrained, or unsafe

• When to gently update or transform a place (and when not to)

• How understanding a part’s “home” deepens compassion and clarity

This practice often brings instant insight—without needing to analyze or interpret.

CLASS 3 • Wednesday in March • 3-5 pm • Date TBD by class 

Magical Places to Talk to Self

Meeting parts in environments that support Self-leadership

Some conversations are hard—not because of what’s said, but because of where they’re happening.

In this class, we’ll explore Magical Places to Talk to Self: imaginal environments that make it easier for parts to hear, feel, and trust Self-energy.

You’ll discover:

• Why certain places support calm, curiosity, and connection

• How to invite parts into environments where Self feels accessible

• Using shared spaces for difficult conversations or negotiations

• How the “right place” can reduce polarization without effort

• Supporting parts who are afraid of Self or wary of closeness

This class focuses on relational safety—creating conditions where dialogue happens naturally, without forcing insight or change.

CLASS 4 • Wednesday in April 3-5 pm • Date TBD by class 

Magical Objects in IFS

Gifts, repair, and symbolic healing through imaginal objects

In this final class, we’ll explore Magical Objects in IFS—symbolic items that support care, repair, and relationship inside.

Objects can:

• Carry meaning words cannot

• Help make amends when repair is needed

• Offer comfort, protection, or reassurance

• Support unburdening, trust, and ongoing care

• Magically create transformation

In this class, you’ll explore:

• How to exchange gifts with parts in meaningful, attuned ways

• Objects to bring to parts in the Inner Sanctuary

• Using symbolic items for apology, repair, and reconciliation

• What to do with the objects

These practices often feel gentle, profound, and surprisingly emotional, opening new pathways for healing without pressure.

🌟 THE SERIES AS A WHOLE

Together, these four classes create a complete imaginal IFS toolkit:

• Places to heal

• Places to live

• Places to relate

• Objects to repair, care, and connect

This is IFS through relationship, imagination, and Self-energy—not performance, insight chasing, or fixing.