For Couples
Does any of this feel familiar?
You care deeply for one another. that's not in question. But somewhere between the demands of work, family and daily life, the ease has shifted.
Conversations that used to flow now feel guarded or circular. You feel close, but something subtle is out of sync. You've both tried harder, and somehow that's made it heavier.
This is where most couples find us. Not in crisis, but aware that what they have is worth tending, and that something needs to shift.
The approach
How we work
Our approach is grounded in the Conscious Loving work of Drs Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, a body of work built on four foundational pillars: emotional literacy, healthy response-ability, impeccable agreements, and concious communication - speaking from discovery and listening appreciatively.
These aren't techniques to layer on top of your relationship. They're an invitation to understand how your experience of each other is being generated from the inside out. When both partners begin to see this, something shifts underneath the patterns.
Defensiveness softens. Reactivity melts. Real contact becomes possible again. Not because you've worked harder, but because you've understood something you didn't before.
James and Lisa bring this work not just as trained facilitators, but as a couple who have lived it, through reactivity and disfunction, repair and the ongoing practice of conscious relating. Bringing presence, connection and play to the heart of their relationship.
Offerings
How we can support you
Online Relationship Coaching
A one-to-one container for couples, conducted online. We work with relational patterns, communication dynamics and the inside-out principles that underlie how you experience each other. Structured, confidential and practical. Available ongoing or as a focused series.
4-Day Conscious Loving Couples Retreat (new)
Our signature immersive experience, four days at our sanctuary in Newee Creek, designed exclusively for one couple at a time. Drawing on the Conscious Loving framework, this retreat moves through arriving and settling, deepening understanding, embodied practices and a renewed vision for the relationship ahead. Sacred tea ceremony, Qi Gong, somatic movement, conscious communication practices and time in nature are woven throughout.
2-Day Conscious Loving Retreat (new)
A fully private, intimate immersion at Oasis Within. One couple, uninterrupted time, guided conversations and embodied practices. Ideal for couples wanting dedicated space for deep reconnection and realignment without the full four-day commitment.
"Dear Lisa and James, What can we say? Thank you, Thank you, Thank you - for sharing your beautiful home with us, your energy, your wisdom. Thank you for inspiring us on so many levels, planting seeds within us, helping us to grow. Thank you for dancing together, sharing amazing food, tea ceremonies, kundalini yoga, breathing, laughing. Remembering us to remember, encouraging us to look deep inside, embrace our dragonfly - transition. We feel grateful for everything we learned alot! Not only creating fertile soil for the plants to flourish, also how to be fertile soil ourselves. We can't wait to see our seeds growing, creating and sharing with the world."
Love Zoe and Max
Where to begin
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