Self Mastery Workshops
Master your FEET:Foundation · Edge · Exchange · TuneMake 2027 your year of growth.
Twelve monthly workshops with Ben Alpern, one step at a time, starting Sunday, January 10. Come for the year, a stage, or a single month.
- Second Sunday, 3 pmmost months (Feb 21 and May 16 are third Sundays)
- 90 minutes60 moving, 30 talking it through
- $45 to drop inor $378 for the full year
- Members book with their plana workshop counts as one class
The twelve workshops
Four stages, one step a month. Each step makes the next one possible, and each workshop also stands on its own.
Stage 1 · January to May · 5 workshops
Foundation
$180 as a stage cohort · $225 at the single price
1Sun · Jan 10
Find your footing
Feel your weight, the floor under it and the breath moving through you.
Ask. Where is my weight right now?
Learn more →
2Sun · Feb 21
Put the day down
Let go of the stress you carried in and the grip that comes with it.
Ask. What did I carry in that I can put down here?
Learn more →
3Sun · Mar 14
Keep your attention yours
When worries and old stories crowd in, let them wait and feel your space hold.
Ask. What is pulling me out of my space?
Learn more →
4Sun · Apr 11
See what you're carrying
Let what's on your mind come up, and notice where it sits in your body.
Ask. What is here that I have not looked at yet?
Learn more →
5Sun · May 16
Set down what you don't need
Keep what's useful and true. Set down the fear with the breath.
Ask. What here is fear, or something I don't want, that I can set down?
Learn more →Stage 2 · June and July · 2 workshops
Edge
$72 as a stage cohort · $90 at the single price
6Sun · Jun 13
Notice what the world does to your body
Step into the world on purpose. Your body knows before your mind has an opinion.
Ask. What is this place doing to my body?
Learn more →
7Sun · Jul 11
Stay yourself while it moves
Find the pause between what happens and what you do about it.
Ask. Where am I reacting to something I could let exist?
Learn more →Stage 3 · August and September · 2 workshops
Exchange
$72 as a stage cohort · $90 at the single price
8Sun · Aug 8
Choose what you take in
A comment, a task, a mood, a person: check each choice against your body.
Ask. What do I want to bring into my space?
Learn more →
9Sun · Sep 12
Choose what you share
Share a small, specific piece, with someone you choose, without running yourself dry.
Ask. What do I want to share, and with whom?
Learn more →Stage 4 · October to December · 3 workshops
Tune
$108 as a stage cohort · $135 at the single price
10Sun · Oct 10
See how it lands
Watch how people respond and how your body feels, without judging or steering.
Ask. How did they respond, and how does my body feel about it?
Learn more →
11Sun · Nov 14
Adjust until it feels right
One dial: how much you take in and how much you give out.
Ask. What small adjustment would make this more satisfying?
Learn more →
12Sun · Dec 12
Carry it into your day
The dishes, the commute, email. You leave with a practice that is yours.
Ask. Can I feel satisfied while I do this ordinary thing?
Learn more →Choose how you come
- $378 · the yearall twelve workshops, 30% off, for non-members
- 20% off · a stageFoundation $180, Edge $72, Exchange $72, Tune $108
- $45 · drop inany workshop, whenever seats are open
- Membersbook with your class pack, monthly plan or Monthly Unlimited
Your workbook is included: a page for each workshop, a stage workbook for a stage cohort, and the full set of twelve for the year. New to the studio? Workshops are separate from the Welcome Package. Start with the Welcome Package, then join us.
More about the year
How a workshop runs
We use yoga, but this is more than getting stronger. You practice one thing: feeling what you feel and choosing where your attention goes. Then you notice what changes. You learn where your boundaries are, who you are in context, and how to stay yourself under pressure.
Each workshop happens on our copper grounding grid. We move for 60 minutes, a yoga class where Ben teaches through your body. Then we sit, and for the last half hour we talk it through together with a whiteboard and start your workbook page. You finish it at home, with one question to carry through the month.
What to expect. This is real work, and it can bring things up. It asks you to be present. We don't promise results. You find your own.
Your teacher. Ben Alpern is a co-owner of The Grounded Movement at Inner Space and a Reiki and QHHT practitioner. His classes are built to calm the nervous system and ease tension in the body, and this is the practice he returns to himself.
The practice in one minute
When you only have a minute
The whole practice in one minute
Between workshops, the practice comes with you. Use this short version on the subway platform, before a hard conversation, or whenever you notice you have left your space. It moves through all four stages in about a minute, and it grows as you learn each step.
- Foundation. Feel your weight and let the breath drop.
- Edge. Notice what the world does to your body, and let it exist.
- Exchange. Decide what comes in and what you send out.
- Tune. Notice how your body feels, and adjust one thing until it feels right.
The practice repeats. Step 12 feeds back into step 1, because a settled body lands in its inner space more easily each time you return.
Graduation
Attend all twelve and you graduate. Take them in one year, or over several: come to one, four, seven and ten this year, and fill in the gaps next year. We keep your count, and a make-up workshop counts too.
Graduates are invited to a get-together at the studio in December, after the final workshop: a meal, drinks, and a final teaching on bringing it all together, hosted by Ben and Deborah. It's free, and for graduates only.
If you miss one
There are no refunds. If you can't make a workshop, reach out and we'll make it right with a free spot at an upcoming workshop, to use within two months.
Come for one, or all twelve
Up to 18 mats on the grid, so reserve ahead. Move within your comfort and tell Ben about injuries before class. This is a movement and attention practice, not medical care.
Inner Space Riverdale · 3264 Johnson Ave., Bronx, NY 10463 · 646-330-8143