The Art of Connection: A Five Session Course

A five-session hybrid course in emotional fluidity, honest relating, and deeper connection. See the full description here and apply here.

***Deadline to Register is August 27th!***

The Art of Connection is a five-session highly experiential course designed to help you feel your emotions, connect with yourself and connect with others in a deep way. This is part in person and part online.

I'm really excited to share this with you. I've basically taken some of the most powerful healing and connection practices that I know and included them. What's special about it is that there's a lot of pair/group practice, and on top of it you'll also be talking to a buddy on a weekly basis, to practice and deepen connection. It's the first time I am hosting the course, so it's a bit of a "pilot," and would love for you to be part of it.

This is a closed cohort rather than a drop-in series. Please join only if you can make a sincere commitment to attending all five sessions.

📍 Course Details

• Dates: Five sessions total. September 1 (in person), 8, 17, 24, and 29 (in person), 2026.
• Length: Online session are 90 minutes and in person session are 2.5 hours.
• In-person location: YCC 代々木八幡コミュニティーセンター, Yoyogi-Hachiman
• Online location: Zoom
• Price: ¥46,000
• Group size: Limited to 15 participants
• Application: This event is by application only. Fill out this form here to start your application.

🌿 What We’ll Explore

We’ll learn through guided practices, partner work, small groups, reflection, and real conversation. The course draws from mindfulness, nervous-system awareness, somatic work, chair work, the Drama Triangle, Focusing, and Authentic Relating.

The aim is to develop emotional fluidity: the ability to feel what is here, understand what it may be asking for, and respond with greater compassion and choice.

• Session 1 — Welcome What Is
• Session 2 — Becoming Your Own Compassionate Witness
• Session 3 — The Stories and Roles That Run Us
• Session 4 — Truth With Care
• Session 5 — From Pattern to Presence

🤝 Between Sessions
You’ll be paired with another participant for a structured 30–45-minute buddy conversation between sessions.

You’ll also receive:

• One small weekly experiment to try in daily life
• An optional reading
• A short video, audio, or podcast

✨ This Course May Be for You If

• You understand yourself intellectually but still repeat familiar patterns
• You want more honest, meaningful, and boundaried relationships
• You’re interested in mindfulness, psychology, somatic awareness, parts work, or Authentic Relating
• You want direct experience and practice rather than another lecture-heavy course

You do not need previous experience with any of these approaches. You do need a willingness to participate honestly, respect your own limits, and engage in paired and small-group practices.

🚫 Who This Is Not For

It may not be the right fit if you do not want to participate in partner practices, are currently experiencing an acute mental-health crisis, or need a level of individualized therapeutic support that a group course cannot safely provide.

🙏 RSVP and Commitment

To apply for the course, please RSVP on meetup and then fill out this form. Once approved, I will send you a payment link to complete your RSVP.

Please be thoughtful about registering. The trust, depth, and continuity of the group depend on participants showing up consistently and contributing to the space we create together.

By joining, you are committing to:

• Attending all five sessions as fully as possible
• Participating respectfully in paired and group practices
• Approaching the course with a willingness to be open and appropriately vulnerable
• Respecting your own boundaries and the boundaries of others
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Completing the short buddy calls between sessions
• Letting the organizer know as early as possible if something changes

Vulnerability will never mean being pressured to share more than feels right. Every exercise is an invitation, and you may pause, modify, or pass at any time.

🌱 About Your Teacher

Misha Yurchenko is a Tokyo-based certified, trauma informed mindfulness teacher, an Aletheia-trained somatic coach, and the founder of Tokyo Mindfulness.

After experiencing burnout while running a venture-funded startup, he began exploring why meditation could create calm while leaving deeper emotional and relational patterns unchanged. That inquiry eventually led him to write Beyond Calm: Why Meditation Is Not Enough—and How to Heal the Patterns That Shape Your Inner World.

His approach is practical, warm, and experiential, combining mindfulness, nervous-system awareness, somatic work, attachment theory, parts work, Focusing, and relational practice. He lives in Nerima with his family.

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