Come explore polarizations on the morning of New Year’s Eve!

We’ll specifically explore how the tone of a part’s energy or voice helps us understand hidden or not-so-hidden polarizations, and what to do if you encounter different types of tones & polarizations!

The Morning of New Year’s Eve • Tuesday Dec. 31

Tuesday @ 11 am CST / 6 pm CEST

The Four Advanced Techniques class is open to anyone who has taken the Four Techniques Class or by application only.

Tone of voice can tell us a LOT about how blended we are with parts.

Self generally has no ‘tone’ — Self energy is calm and clear and doesn’t feel ‘upset’ ‘angry’ ‘frustrated’ ‘confused’ or other have other emotional ‘tones.’

By noticing the tone of a part’s voice, we can use the ‘tone’ to identify the emotion the part is feeling and then ALSO use it as a trailhead to find polarizations. Because if a part is upset, there is often a part who doesn’t want it to be upset. “Where there’s one, there’s two.” Therefore, we can LISTEN for TONE and then use TONE to identify POLARIZATION.

Tone 1 class was about angry tone. Tone 2 class is about other tones, like frustration, impatience, and confusion. Because this is an advanced class, registration is by consent of instructor.


Subtle IFS Voice Techniques for Working With Yourself

Only 6 people per class

On Zoom for 90-115 minutes

$160 per class (individually) or save $10 if registering for two or more classes at a time

During the ~115 minute class:
Check-in
Short demo/Open-hearted response to demo
Q & A
Practice
Check-in about practice
Closing

Interested? Give Melissa a call at 847-804-3200!

or apply below by scheduling a quick Zoom consultation to learn more, get all your questions answered, and make sure it’s the right fit!

My aim in all Deeper Intimacy with Yourself (DIY) IFS groups is to present a simple concept that can transform the way you practice IFS with yourself. A little bit of IFS goes a long way, and if you take in ONE concept in a class, play with it, practice it, and incorporate it, that can be much more powerful than learning ten different techniques but not fully embodying any of them.
Less is more!


Parts’ Voices: Tuesday Nov. 5 at 11.30 am CST

The Parts’ Voices class on Nov. 5 will explore the difference between speaking for a part and speaking from a part. Specifically, we’ll inquire into how to speak FROM a part while ALSO NOT being blended with the part.

Blended = I’m a part, I don’t know I’m a part. But what if you speak FROM a part, but the part knows it is a part and you know it is a part? I don’t consider that blended. I call that EMBODIED.

I propose there is a spectrum of knowing / not knowing if you are a part, which is:

Blended and speaking FROM the part— I’m taken over by a part

Unblended and speaking for the part — I (or some other part I’m slightly blended with) speaks FOR a part that I know is a part

Embodied: Unblended and speaking FROM the part — the part speaks for itself, knows it is a part, and I know it is a part.

This is the concept we will practice in the Nov. 5 Parts’ Voices class. There is more to it than this, but that’s the basis for the class.

Due to the date of the class, it’s a great day to hear directly from our parts, as it is US Presidential Election day, and our parts may need extra understanding on that day.

I invite you to get the care you and your parts may need by joining in this small, safe space for some Self-energy and parts support!