Authentic Relating Experience Brighton & Hove

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A 4-hour experiential workshop exploring awareness, authentic connection and the hidden patterns that shape our relationships.
Through carefully designed exercises, movement and conversation, you'll discover what happens within you, and between us, when we truly meet.

Before you read any further...Pause.
Take a slow breath. Notice your body.
Something brought you here. What was it?
Curiosity? Hope? A recommendation from a friend?

Perhaps you're simply exploring.
Perhaps you're sceptical.
Perhaps you don't even know.
You don't need an answer. Just notice.
Because something is already happening.

… Now notice something else.
As you've been reading these words, what has your mind been doing?
Are you trying to work out what this event is about?
Are you wondering who will come? Whether you'll fit in?
Perhaps you've already decided or have become distracted and forgotten why you clicked here in the first place.
There is so much happening in every moment that we tend to overlook, and this is what fascinates us the most, because this is where relating begins.
Long before two people speak.
The way we anticipate.
Imagine.
Judge.
Hope.
Protect.
Withdraw.
Lean in.
All before a single word is spoken. you notice it?

## A Playground for Being Human

At Authentic Relating Experience, this is what fascinates us.
Not how to become someone different.
Not how to appear more confident or say the perfect thing.
We're interested in something much closer.
What happens inside us when another human enters our experience?
What stories appear?
What assumptions form?
What sensations arise in the body?
What needs quietly ask to be met?
What parts of ourselves come alive, wonders or disappear?
The more awareness we bring to these moments, the more freedom we have to choose how we respond rather than simply react.
Most of us have spent our entire lives around other people. We've learned to adapt. Perhaps to perform, to please. To protect ourselves or to fit in.
But how often have we been invited to slow down and simply notice what is happening while we're with another person?
Not to fix it.
Not to analyse it.
Just to experience it.

## What You'll Experience

This isn't a workshop where you'll spend hours listening to us explain human connection.
Instead, you'll step into carefully designed experiences that allow you to observe yourself, and others, in the present moment.
Through partner exercises, movement, playful experiments, quiet reflection and group exploration, we'll investigate the subtle ways we meet, communicate and respond to one another.
Some moments may be light and playful.
Some may surprise you.
Some may feel deeply moving.
Some may feel uncomfortable.
All of them are invitations.
Because an entire relational pattern can sometimes reveal itself when we simply slow down enough to notice it.

## Our Approach

Everything we do is built around three interconnected pillars:
Awareness:the capacity to notice what is happening, within us, between us, and around us, meeting experiences with attention rather than assumption.
Relating:the ongoing process of bringing ourselves into connection with another; participating in the living relationship that unfolds between us.
Embodiment:the process of allowing awareness and insight to become lived experience, something we inhabit and express through the body.
Authentic Relating becomes a bridge, an experiential practice that helps us explore connection with greater honesty, presence and curiosity. Rather than trying to manufacture something new, it enhances the quality of what is already there, creating the conditions for relationships that are more meaningful, intentional and human.

## This Is Not About Performing Vulnerability

You don't need to be outgoing, confident, spiritual or experienced in this kind of work.
You won't be pressured to share personal stories or manufacture emotional intimacy with strangers.
Every exercise is an invitation.
You are always welcome to participate, adapt, pause, observe or say no.
Your boundaries are not obstacles to the experience. They are part of what we are here to notice, understand and respect.

## An Invitation

Come alone or with someone you know.
Come curious.
Come uncertain.
Come excited.
Come slightly suspicious.
Don't worry about arriving as your best self.
Just bring the human one.

## Before You Book: Creating a Safe and Brave Space

We aim to create a space that is both safe and brave. Safe enough that people can honour their boundaries, ask for what they need and know they will be respected. Brave enough that we can gently step beyond familiar patterns, meet discomfort with curiosity and discover new ways of relating.
Participation is always by invitation. You are welcome to pause, observe or opt out of any activity at any time.
To support presence and confidentiality, this is a phone-free event and photography is not permitted during the session.
By booking, you agree to respect the group's boundaries, confidentiality and community agreements.
👉 Download ARE Agreements

### About Us

We're Maria and Marcus, ike many of the people who come to these events, we've experienced what it's feels like to long for deeper, more authentic relationships.
Our work is rooted in the belief that relationships are where we grow the most. Through years of facilitating groups and exploring relational practices, we've witnessed again and again that when people feel brave enough to be themselves, something remarkable happens. Walls soften. Conversations deepen. Strangers become companions. And many leave remembering something beautifully simple: we don't have to do life alone.

### Connect With Us

Website: https://authenticrelatingexperience.co.uk/
Instagram:@relating.room
Email: relatingroom@gmail.com
Whatapp: 07341465023

### Your Words:

"A great afternoon of calm and connection."
"A safe space to explore relating to others."
"A special and safe container to truly experience yourself and others."
"I really enjoyed it. It made me reflect on myself and the changes I want to make."
"Very well held, welcoming, and supportive."
"A safe space to learn communication skills without having to share anything I wasn't comfortable sharing."

👉 Download the ARE Agreements

What if connection could be more than conversation?
We spend so much of our time talking to people, exchanging stories, asking questions, filling the silences.
But what happens when we slow down?
When we become a little more curious about what is
happening within us, between us, and beneath the words?

The Relating Room is a small, experiential gathering where we practise meeting ourselves and each other with a little more awareness, honesty and presence.
This time will have a dedicated space at The Nest at Murmuration Rooms, a quieter contained environment where we can step away from the noise and give our full attention to the experience of being together.
We’ll make the tea, bring the scones and create a warm space for you to arrive, slow down and settle in.
Then, through simple authentic relating practices, playful questions and moments of genuine presence, we’ll explore what happens when we meet beyond the usual small talk.

### A few strangers. A different kind of connection.

Come and discover what becomes possible when we make a little more room to meet.

### Booking & Attendance

The Relating Room is intentionally small, with limited spaces so we can create a contained and welcoming experience.
If you can no longer attend, please cancel your booking as soon as possible so someone else can take your place.
Repeated no-shows without cancelling may result in being moved to the waiting list for future events. This helps us offer spaces fairly and prepare the room responsibly.

### Before You Join

Authentic Relating is experiential, and your wellbeing and choice matter to us.
Please take a moment to read our 👉 **Download the ARE Agreements**before attending. It explains the framework we use to support choice, boundaries, participation and shared responsibility within the space.

### About Us

We’re Maria and Marcus.
We created Authentic Relating Experience because we believe something is missing from the way we learn to be with each other. We’re surrounded by people, conversations and opportunities to connect, yet genuine connection can still feel surprisingly difficult.
We’re curious about the messy, beautiful, uncomfortable and surprising nature of being human, and we’re learning alongside you. Along the way, we found more humans who shared that curiosity. Our paths crossed with Pranath and Erika, and something began to grow. Together, we’re creating spaces that can be warm, playful, edgy, imperfect and honest. But more than anything, authentic.

### Stay Connected

Website: authenticrelatingexperience.co.uk
Instagram: @relating.room
Email: relatingroom@gmail.com
WhatsApp: 07341 465023

### 👉 Download the ARE Agreements

### A special end-of-year gathering to close one chapter together before opening the next.

There is a strange little space between Christmas and New Year.
The rush has slowed down.
The year is coming to an end.
And for a moment, there is nowhere you need to be.
So rather than rushing straight into the next year, what if you paused?
To look back.
To notice.
To connect.
To let go.
And to ask yourself what you really want to take with you.
This special end-of-year Authentic Relating Experience is an invitation to slow down and explore not only what happened this year, but how you experienced yourself and others through relationship.
What kinds of relationships did you experience this year?
Which ones nourished you, challenged you or changed you?
Where did you experience closeness, conflict, belonging or disconnection?
What did your relationships reveal about your needs, boundaries, patterns and ways of connecting?
We'll explore your relational growth, the challenges, opportunities, discoveries and moments of courage that shaped you.
Through guided exercises, meaningful conversations, embodiment, play and reflection, we'll create space to appreciate what has been, make room for what needs to go, and reconnect with what matters.
This isn't about creating the perfect New Year's resolutions.
It's about becoming a little more aware of what is already here, and choosing how you want to relate, connect and show up in the year ahead.
Come as you are. Pause with us before the next chapter begins.

## A Playground for Being Human

At Authentic Relating Experience, this is what fascinates us.
Not how to become someone different.
Not how to appear more confident or say the perfect thing.
We're interested in something much closer.
What happens inside us when another human enters our experience?
What stories appear?
What assumptions form?
What sensations arise in the body?
What needs quietly ask to be met?
What parts of ourselves come alive, wonders or disappear?
The more awareness we bring to these moments, the more freedom we have to choose how we respond rather than simply react.
Most of us have spent our entire lives around other people. We've learned to adapt. Perhaps to perform, to please. To protect ourselves or to fit in.
But how often have we been invited to slow down and simply notice what is happening while we're with another person?
Not to fix it.
Not to analyse it.
Just to experience it.

## What You'll Experience

This isn't a workshop where you'll spend hours listening to us explain human connection.
Instead, you'll step into carefully designed experiences that allow you to observe yourself, and others, in the present moment.
Through partner exercises, movement, playful experiments, quiet reflection and group exploration, we'll investigate the subtle ways we meet, communicate and respond to one another.
Some moments may be light and playful.
Some may surprise you.
Some may feel deeply moving.
Some may feel uncomfortable.
All of them are invitations.
Because an entire relational pattern can sometimes reveal itself when we simply slow down enough to notice it.

## Our Approach

Everything we do is built around three interconnected pillars:
Awareness:the capacity to notice what is happening, within us, between us, and around us, meeting experiences with attention rather than assumption.
Relating:the ongoing process of bringing ourselves into connection with another; participating in the living relationship that unfolds between us.
Embodiment:the process of allowing awareness and insight to become lived experience, something we inhabit and express through the body.
Authentic Relating becomes a bridge, an experiential practice that helps us explore connection with greater honesty, presence and curiosity. Rather than trying to manufacture something new, it enhances the quality of what is already there, creating the conditions for relationships that are more meaningful, intentional and human.

## This Is Not About Performing Vulnerability

You don't need to be outgoing, confident, spiritual or experienced in this kind of work.
You won't be pressured to share personal stories or manufacture emotional intimacy with strangers.
Every exercise is an invitation.
You are always welcome to participate, adapt, pause, observe or say no.
Your boundaries are not obstacles to the experience. They are part of what we are here to notice, understand and respect.

## An Invitation

Come alone or with someone you know.
Come curious.
Come uncertain.
Come excited.
Come slightly suspicious.
Don't worry about arriving as your best self.
Just bring the human one.

## Before You Book: Creating a Safe and Brave Space

We aim to create a space that is both safe and brave. Safe enough that people can honour their boundaries, ask for what they need and know they will be respected. Brave enough that we can gently step beyond familiar patterns, meet discomfort with curiosity and discover new ways of relating.
Participation is always by invitation. You are welcome to pause, observe or opt out of any activity at any time.
To support presence and confidentiality, this is a phone-free event and photography is not permitted during the session.
By booking, you agree to respect the group's boundaries, confidentiality and community agreements.
👉 Download the ARE Agreements

### About Us

We're Maria, Marcus, Erika and Pranath and like many of the people who come to these events, we've experienced what it's feels like to long for deeper, more authentic relationships.
Our work is rooted in the belief that relationships are where we grow the most. Through years of facilitating groups and exploring relational practices, we've witnessed again and again that when people feel brave enough to be themselves, something remarkable happens. Walls soften. Conversations deepen. Strangers become companions. And many leave remembering something beautifully simple: we don't have to do life alone.

### Connect With Us

Website: https://authenticrelatingexperience.co.uk/
Instagram:@relating.room
Email: relatingroom@gmail.com
Whatapp: 07341465023

### Your Words:

"A great afternoon of calm and connection."
"A safe space to explore relating to others."
"A special and safe container to truly experience yourself and others."
"I really enjoyed it. It made me reflect on myself and the changes I want to make."
"Very well held, welcoming, and supportive."
"A safe space to learn communication skills without having to share anything I wasn't comfortable sharing."