Self Mastery Workshops · 2027

Master your SELF

Sense · Engage · Listen · Fine-tune

Twelve monthly workshops with Ben Alpern, starting Sunday, January 10, 2027. One step a month, in four stages. A core group moves through the year together, with room for others whenever seats are open. Start in any month.

Reserve January See the four stages
Second Sunday, 3 pmFeb 21 and May 16 are third Sundays
90 minutes60 of movement, 30 of talking it through
$45 a workshopor book with your plan or class pack
Join any monthno experience or prior workshops needed

The four stages

You practice one thing all year: feeling what you feel and choosing where your attention goes. Each stage builds on the one before. Open a stage to see its workshops.

S

Sense

5 workshops · January to May

Build a body that feels safe and steady. Everything later rests on this.

Sense cohort $180, or $45 a workshop.

The five workshops
E

Engage

2 workshops · June and July

Meet the world without being pushed around by it.

Engage cohort $72, or $45 a workshop.

The two workshops
  • Jun 13ObserveStudy your body's reactions
  • Jul 11ImproveAdjust your actions authentically
L

Listen

2 workshops · August and September

Listen to what comes in, and choose what goes out.

Listen cohort $72, or $45 a workshop.

The two workshops
  • Aug 8BenefitsLearn about your tools
  • Sep 12SkillsUse your tools in context
F

Fine-tune

3 workshops · October to December

See how it lands, adjust, and carry it into your day.

Fine-tune cohort $108, or $45 a workshop.

The three workshops

When you only have a minute

The whole practice in one minute

Between workshops the practice comes with you: on the subway platform, before a hard conversation, whenever you notice you have left your body.

  1. Sense. Feel your weight and let the breath drop.
  2. Engage. Notice what the moment does to your body, and let it exist.
  3. Listen. Hear what you want to take in and what you want to send out.
  4. Fine-tune. Notice how your body feels, and adjust one thing until it feels right.

The practice repeats. Each time you come back to Sense, it goes deeper.

Choose how you come

  • The year cohort, $378. All twelve workshops, 30% off.
  • A stage cohort, 20% off that stage. Sense $180, Engage $72, Listen $72, Fine-tune $108.
  • One workshop, $45, whenever seats are open.
  • Members: book with your class pack, monthly plan or Monthly Unlimited. A workshop counts as one class.

Your workbook is included: a page for each workshop you take. New to the studio? Start with the Welcome Package, then join us.

What to expect

Ninety minutes on our copper grounding grid. We move for an hour, a yoga class where Ben starts teaching through your body. Then we sit, talk it through together with a whiteboard, and start your workbook page. You finish it at home.

This is real work, and it can bring things up. We don't promise results. You find your own.

Graduation

Attend all twelve, in one year or over several, and you graduate. We keep your count. Graduates are invited to a dinner at the studio in December, hosted by Ben and Deborah. Free, and for graduates only.

Come for one, or all twelve

Eighteen mats on the copper grid, so reserve ahead. If you have to miss a workshop, tell us and we’ll hold you a spot at an upcoming one. Questions, just ask. We’re in the room every day.

Reserve January Choose a month

Go at your own pace, and let Ben know about any injuries before class.
The Grounded Movement at Inner Space · 3264 Johnson Ave., Riverdale · 646-330-8143