What is i to i all about?
Since 2019, i to i has offered a variety of evening, full day & multi day workshops across the world, bringing together authentic relating and embodiment exercises that:
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Establish meaningful connections that really last
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Safely explore your vulnerability
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Highlight and train your awareness of physical sensations
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Boost your empathetic listening skills
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Challenge your assumptions about others
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Empower you to set and receive healthy boundaries
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Encourage you to welcome and befriend the full spectrum of your emotional reality, especially the uncomfortable parts
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Cultivate immeasurable joy!
Participants often walk away with a profound sense of well-being, and an experiential toolkit that they can use right away to make every part of their lives even better.
"Laurie led us through a series of games and exercises that allowed us to open up and create very real bonds with others and with our own selves. Many emotions were felt in the safest most welcoming environment"
Jason - Wellington, New Zealand
Who am I?
I'm Laurie (he/him), a queer British-Kiwi who’s current home-base is Wellington, New Zealand. My passion is creating spaces that cultivate healthy, thriving human-to-human relationships, helping people take off their masks, feel their sensations and celebrate their aliveness on Earth. With a background in the Vipassana meditation method, I strive to bring deeper awareness into all areas of life, especially the interpersonal. Since 2019, I have organised and facilitated hundreds of Authentic Relating, Dating and Embodiment workshops in Oceania and Europe. My training includes Authentic Revolution, The Embody Lab, the Connection Institute and ISTA I have facilitated at internationally acclaimed festivals such as Stretch, and organisations such as ART International. Click here for a more extensive portfolio.
My experience includes working with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs); neurodiverse people; people suffering from anxiety and depression; people going through major life shifts; and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
My workshops have sparked thousands of nourishing connections, turning many strangers into life-long friends. I look forward to holding space for you!
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Testimonials
"I live with complex PTSD and anxiety so in the past I have really struggled to open up to people and build meaningful connections. Discovering Authentic Relating has been a life changer and both my therapist and I are thrilled with how my confidence has blossomed in recent months. Laurie's time and generosity really means the world to me"
Sarah - Berlin, Germany
"I'm amazed at how your workshops continue to lift me up. It's such a delight to meet new people, genuinely, and feel the warmth and excitement of budding connections"
Doug - Portland, United States
"I had been yearning to connect more deeply and authentically with other men in non-erotic ways. In Laurie's workshop I experienced a long-awaited breakthrough that continues to sustain me many months later"
Ron - Calgary, Canada
“Laurie is a highly engaging, warm, caring, skilful, playful and professional facilitator. I look forward to attending more of his workshops in the future. As an executive coach for tech leaders I'm looking forward to experimenting and applying some of the techniques I learnt in his workshop in my 1-1 sessions with my clients. Thank you so much Laurie!”
Maria - London, UK
"Thank you so much for creating a space in which such well-aligned people could come together. I can't think of the last time I met so many wonderful, open-minded people in one go like that. It was a real pleasure"
John - Melbourne, Australia