Inner Critic Workshop

This day-sit pairs Buddhist sitting practice with somatic psychology methods — specifically Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Voice Dialogue — to work directly with the inner critic and perfectionist patterns that often derail or complicate meditation practice. Rather than trying to transcend these parts, the workshop treats them as subpersonalities worth understanding.

The schedule alternates between silent and guided meditation periods and group facilitations where you'll engage with these obstacles in real time. It's a hybrid approach: Zen's emphasis on sitting with what arises, combined with IFS's practical method for dialoguing with internal parts. This can be useful whether you're new to meditation and noticing how harsh your inner voice is, or established in practice and hitting a wall where perfectionism or self-judgment is blocking further movement.