You Understand Your Patterns.
But, Under Pressure,
You’re Still Living Them.
A 12-session private container for people who understand their patterns, but still feel them running the show.
You’ve done therapy. Coaching. Inquiry. You can name your patterns in real time. And still, in the moments that matter, your body tightens, reacts, shuts down, or takes over. But you can’t always stop it.
You understand what’s happening.
But your body is still running the pattern.
This Is The Gap
Insight happens in the mind.
Healing happens in the body.
The two need to meet.
Patterns live in the nervous system.
Until the body processes… nothing actually changes.
Your mind has awareness.
Your body hasn’t caught up.
What This Work Actually Does
This work is not about more insight. It’s about working directly with what happens in your body in the moments your patterns activate.
In a session, we:
This is where change becomes real—not managed.
Start with a real situation from your life
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slow it down to the moment your body reacts
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track what actually happens (tightness, shutdown, urgency, holding)
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stay there—without bypassing or analyzing
From that place, your system begins to:
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process what never got processed
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complete stress responses that got stuck
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update the pattern at the level it was created
This is where change becomes lived, not managed.
Real Change, Real People
"Words fail to describe how transformative this was for my mental, emotional, and physical health + wellbeing.
I’m now feeling grounded, centered, capable, trusting in myself, my body, my intuition, and life.
I'm so grateful for Korinne's guidance, lived experience, and how the community bonded and supported each other.
Bethany
Colorado
"The experience wasn’t just about learning a method; it was about actually living it.
Everything felt integrated and meaningful. Korinne is an incredibly inspiring facilitator. She holds space in a way that feels both grounded and compassionate, while also gently encouraging.
I’m leaving with a deeper connection to myself, a better understanding of how to stay present with what arises, and a real appreciation for the mind-body relationship this work invites."
Katya
Florida
"The Immersion Circle has helped me get in touch with the mind/body connection.
I’m learning to meet each with less seriousness and more compassion and curiosity. I notice as emotions are spontaneously expressed throughout the body, the mind effortlessly quiets."
Mindy
California
Why a 12-Session Container
This work requires continuity, because your nervous system changes through repetition and safety over time.
Across 12 sessions:
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we build enough safety for your body to open
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we track patterns as they arise in real life
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we allow deeper layers to surface and resolve
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we integrate changes so they hold under pressure
This isn’t a quick shift. It’s a lasting one.
The Container
Flexible Pacing:
Twelve private sessions, weekly or bi-weekly (60-90 minutes)
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Sessions weave Body-Based Inquiry, movement, breath, and relational presence
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Clear structure and containment, no self-directing or optimizing the process
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This is a closed container; the full arc matters
Optional Integration Practices:
Access to online content library
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Meditations (live and recorded)
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Somatic Movement and Dance (one weekly live class, library of recordings)
Direct Support:
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One 15 minute "check-in" call, as needed, between sessions
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E-mail support for practical, non-emergency, support/questions between sessions
This is a high-touch, deeply personalized space. I work with a small number of clients at a time to keep this work precise and relational.
You Might Be Wondering...
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“What if I don’t feel anything in my body?”
That’s part of the work. Numbness, disconnection, or subtle sensation are all valid entry points.
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“What if I get overwhelmed?”
We don’t push past your capacity. We work at a pace your system can actually integrate.
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“What if this is just more of what I’ve already tried?”
Most approaches work top-down. This works directly with your nervous system, where the pattern actually lives.
This Is A Good Fit If You…
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Have done therapy, coaching, or deep inner work
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Can identify your patterns, but still feel stuck in them
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Notice your body reacting even when you “know better”
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Are no longer looking for more tools or strategies
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Are ready for real integration
This Is Not A Good Fit if You...
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Want quick breakthroughs or surface-level change
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Are looking for mindset tools or performance coaching
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Aren’t willing to slow down and feel what’s present
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Are currently seeking or engaged in crisis-level support that requires immediate clinical intervention, and/or are experiencing suicidal ideatiON
What Changes When This Work Lands
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Clarity, ease, and joy are far more accessible
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You can stay present in challenging situations, without dropping into a stress/trauma response
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You trust yourself
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Emotional intensity moves through you, instead of taking you out
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You stop replaying interactions and second-guessing yourself
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Decisions feel clean, not overthought
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The mind and body settle and begin to feel safe
You don’t just understand yourself.
You experience yourself differently - in the moments that used to take you out.
Real Change, Real People
"I now have this incredible tool to use in my own life and to share with others.
I am a psychotherapist and found this experience to be extremely fun, helpful, and inspiring both personally and professionally."
Anne
Iowa
"Korinne guides the practice in a way that feels so safe, I was able to connect with my body and have a profound emotional release. It was a truly powerful and healing experience."
Tamami
California
"A grounding force in my life."
Renee
Texas
Why This Works
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This work integrates principles from The Work of Byron Katie with somatic, nervous system-based approaches.
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Not to give you more tools, but to allow insight to land where patterns actually live: in the body.
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You don’t have to manage yourself the same way anymore.
What Clients Often Notice
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A sense of trust and presence in the mind and body
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Less inner pressure and self-monitoring
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Old emotional material losing its charge
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More ease in relationships and decisions
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A nervous system that doesn’t need constant regulation
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A growing sense of being at home in themselves - not because anything was fixed, but because something finally finished.
This isn’t a breakthrough experience.
It’s a new baseline.
Meet Your Facilitator
Korinne Akridge, M.Ed., CFW
Certified Facilitator of The Work
ICF Certified Somatic Activated Healing Coach
Generally Happy Person
This is the work I guide - but more importantly, it’s the space I hold for you to experience it yourself.
Learn more about me here
Real Change, Real People
"Highly recommend! This circle is an amazing way to practice Inquiry AND being in the body."
Fatma
Canada
"It gets you out of trying to solve everything in the mind and allowing your body to work it out. The body is more intelligent than the mind and as I have been doing more somatic work I feel more connected to my intuition."
Tricia
Washington
"I used to think that understanding = healing. I'm clear now that it matters less that I understand the origin than that I move it through the body and have the lived experience. Thats when I really know what is possible.
These sessions are powerful, I feel like I've done a month of therapy in an hour and half.
Saundra
California