Continuing Your Practice
The Art of Sophraxia is the continuation of practice after Human Being, Not Human Doing (HB>HD). It is not a separate philosophy or new system, but a deepening of the same work – learning how to meet life with clarity, steadiness, and choice as circumstances become more complex.
These trainings build on the foundational capacities developed in HB>HD : awareness, attention, and the ability to pause before responding. Each offering explores a different aspect of being human, not as something to fix or optimize, but as something to engage with more deliberately and honestly.
This is not about doing more. It is about learning how to live with what you already know – consistently, under pressure, and in relationship with yourself and others.
After completing HB>HD, participants are invited into the following focused practices. Each training stands on its own, while also belonging to a larger path of development within Sophraxia.
A Note On Progression
The Art of Sophraxia is not about hierarchy or completion.
There is no expectation to move through these trainings quickly, or at all. Each practice invites engagement when it feels relevant and timely.
This is a long view of personal development – one rooted in practice, patience, and care. Meaningful change happens through attention, repetition, and choice.
Relating: Speaking and Listening
Learn how to meet others with presence, speak without reactivity, and listen without preparing a defense.
The Living Force: Sophraxia in Everyday Life
Practice bringing awareness, steadiness, and choice into ordinary moments – where life is actually lived.
Solve for X: Recognition, Turning, and Living Accordingly
Clarify what matters, face resistance honestly, and choose a direction that asks something real of you.
Changing Seasons: Meeting Change Without Force
Learning how to recognize change as it arrives and respond without rushing, resisting, or denying what is ending.
Staying Centered: In A World Designed to Distract
Strengthen your ability to remain steady and focused amid constant pull, noise, and competing demands.
Meeting Desire Without Compulsion: Habits, Urges, and the Practice of Choice
Develop a healthier relationship with craving and distraction by learning how to pause, notice, and choose.
Meeting Resistance: Choosing What to Accept, Change, or Leave Behind
Explore where resistance appears in your life and practice responding in ways that move you forward with integrity.
Staying Without Forcing: Patience Without Withdrawal
Learning how to remain engaged with uncertainty and difficulty without rushing outcomes or abandoning the work.
Learning to Stay: Restlessness Without Escape
Practice staying present with inner agitation and the urge to move, avoiding escape while listening closely.
Philautia: From Inner Critic to Inner Ally
Change the way you speak to yourself by cultivating self-talk that supports growth, effort, and self-respect
Where the Practice Begins
Human Being, Not Human Doing is the foundation for all Sophraxia Training.
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