A 3-DAY
SELF-EXPRESSION & EMBODIMENT INTENSIVE.
CONFIDENCE IS THE ABILITY TO STAY YOU,
NO MATTER THE SITUATION.
FOR THOSE who understand themselves but still hold back, people-please, overthink or lose their voice around others.
We’re living in fast times.
Constant noise. Endless comparison. Pressure to perform.
Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to quiet ourselves.
To people please. To second-guess.
Not because we’re broken, but because we adapted.
We don’t actually have a confidence problem.
We have a story problem.
A story that says we’re too much. Or not enough.
STORYTELLERS exists as a return.
UNFILTERED
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EXPRESSED
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ALIVE
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UNFILTERED ~ EXPRESSED ~ ALIVE ~
STORYTELLERS IS FOR YOU IF:
You know yourself pretty well, but still find yourself shrinking, people-pleasing, overthinking or holding back around certain people.
Maybe you’ve done therapy, read the books and understand your patterns, but when things get uncomfortable, you still fall back into the same old responses.
You might recognise yourself in this:
You know the boundary you want to hold, then hear yourself saying yes anyway.
You know what you really think or feel, but don’t always say it when it matters.
You’re tired of understanding your patterns and thinking, “Why am I still doing this?”
You know there’s a bolder, freer, more expressive part of you inside
STORYTELLERS is for people ready to move beyond just understanding themselves and start practising being more confident, honest and fully themselves around other people.
SO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?
3 days. 6 sessions.
one exploration.
what happens when you stop
holding back?
VOICE
Say what you actually mean, instead of holding back.
Voice • Self-expression
BODY
Build a deeper relationship with the signals, sensations & responses happening in your body.
Embodiment • Somatic Exploration
PARTS WORK (UNCONDITIONAL SELF-THERAPY)
Meet the part of you that shrinks, performs, pleases or protects.
Psychological Literacy • Inner Exploration
BOUNDARIES
Hold your ground in your embodied yes, and embodied no.
Relational practice • Nervous System Exploration
PLAY
Stop trying to get it right and see what happens.
Movement • Improv • Experimentation
BE SEEN
Practise being seen without shrinking, performing or apologising.
Witnessing • Group Practice
THE DETAILS:
SYDNEY
Dates:
Friday Nov 6th
Saturday Nov 7th
Sunday Nov 8th
Times:
Fri & Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun: 10-6pm
Location:
Chippendale, Sydney.
MEET THE FAM
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SEJIN GUNARIDIS
BYRON · SYD · MELB
Sejin is a self-leadership mentor, somatic facilitator, and the creative force behind STORYTELLERS. She creates spaces where people remember what it feels like to be fully alive.
Blending parts work (Unconditional Self-Therapy), movement, improvisation, storytelling beyond words, circling, and deep permission to play, she guides people out of their heads and back into their bodies.
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ATLAS TALISMAN
SYD · MELB
Atlas is the founder of Open World Theatre, a training system that invites people out from behind the automatic armour of survival and into a sentient relationship with life.
It is a creative arts practice spanning embodiment, creativity, and questing, cultivating an ability, or at least a willingness, to be anyone and experience anything.
At its core, the work aims to open participants into a state of full aliveness.
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Alphamama
SYD ONLY
ALPHAMAMA is an Australian-Indonesian artist, facilitator and truth-speaker devoted to the liberation of authentic expression.
At STORYTELLERS, ALPHAMAMA invites participants into a deeper freedom of voice, body and expression, creating a powerful permission field where they can move beyond performance and into something more honest, alive and fully felt.
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KOBE BAKONYI
BYRON . SYD
Kobe is a multidisciplinary performer, facilitator and creative practitioner.
With over a decade in juggling and performance, Kobe has created ‘Freestyle Therapy’; an improvisation container for any and all.At STORYTELLERS, Kobe invites participants into play, rhythm, movement and improvisation, creating spaces to drop the pressure to “get it right,” reconnect with creativity and express beyond the stories that hold them back.
REAL PEOPLE. REAL SHIFTS.
Lara -
“Each session you meet a new edge, and you’re seen and witnessed in meeting it.”
Malika -
“I was hesitant, but it became one of the most transformative experiences of my life.”
Simon -
“Seven months on, I feel much more myself, at peace inside.”
Noy -
“It was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.”
INVESTMENT
PAY IN FULL - $780
(Introductory pricing for our first round only. Future intensives will be priced higher)
Bringing a friend?
Apply together by October 6th and, if you’re both accepted, you’ll each receive $100 off your place.
PAYMENT PLANS - 1 to 3 months
Fortnightly payments available over 4–12 weeks.
Do I need experience?
No performance or movement experience needed.
Movement, voice and improv are simply tools for exploring yourself in different ways.
WHAT WILL YOU WALK AWAY WITH?
The experience is different for everyone, but the aim is more self-trust, confidence and choice in how you show up.
That might mean speaking more honestly, holding clearer boundaries, feeling less self-conscious, or staying more connected to yourself when things get challenging.
Previous participants have also spoken about deeper friendships and a stronger sense of belonging.
Still got questions?
tuck into these.
Will I BE FORCED TO DO ANYTHING?
Absolutely not.
Each session is trauma-informed and invitational, you can participate at your own pace.
You are trusted to stay within your window of tolerance. If that means sitting out for a moment and watching, we support this.
We want to invite in edge-kissing, not forced performance & proving.“How is this different from therapy, a dance class, or other workshops?”
STORYTELLERS sits alongside (not in place of) therapy or other personal development work. It is not clinical therapy, and no one is diagnosed, analysed, or treated.
Instead, it draws on the therapeutic arts: using movement, voice, presence, storytelling and creative expression as pathways for insight, integration and self-understanding.
“can i miss some sessions?”
We aspire to keep the container tight and uninterrupted. We will decide case by case, please privately message via Instagram and we’ll see what we can do.