the praxis calendar™

Liberation is practiced in rhythm.

Transformation doesn't happen in a single conversation. It grows through returning.

The Praxis Calendar™ is a living rhythm of gatherings, workshops, conversations, retreats, and community experiences designed to help you continue practicing The Liberation Method™.

Choose your next practice.

the liberation method™

Education • Somatics • Community

Every gathering is intentionally designed around one or more of the three practices of The Liberation Method™. Some deepen understanding. Some support embodied practice. Some strengthen community. Together they create a sustainable rhythm of liberation.

  • Education

    Gatherings that deepen understanding — language, history, analysis, and shared learning.

  • Somatics

    Gatherings that support embodied practice — rest, movement, breath, regulation, and ritual.

  • Community

    Gatherings that strengthen relationship — reflection, repair, celebration, and collective care.

embodied action

Practice Your Praxis™

Liberation isn't measured by what we know. It is shaped by what we repeatedly practice.

The Praxis Calendar™ exists to help you return to the work in ways that are sustainable, relational, and rooted in everyday life.

There is no expectation to attend everything. Simply choose the practices that support this season of your journey.

why rhythm matters

Liberation is not built through intensity. It is built through consistency.

You do not need to attend everything. You simply need a rhythm that supports your life.

Return when you need reflection. Return when you need community. Return when you need rest. Return when you're ready for your next practice.

How to read a gathering

Each gathering carries more than a title and a date. Before you choose, notice why it exists.

practice focus

  • Education
  • Somatics
  • Community

environment

  • Self
  • Home
  • Work & Community

audience

  • Individual
  • Parent
  • Educator
  • Practitioner
  • Leader
  • Organization
  • Families
  • Community

seasonal connection

  • Winter
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn

When it applies, a gathering names the season of the practice cycle it supports.

  • Self

    Practices you carry in your own body and daily life.

  • Home

    Practices shared with family, partners, and children.

  • Work & Community

    Practices carried into classrooms, teams, and organizations.

Gathering formats include workshop, retreat, ce training, community gathering, somatic practice, live podcast, seasonal practice, certification event — with more added as the work grows.

seasonal practice cycle

Different seasons invite different practices.

The calendar follows the rhythms of the year rather than a schedule of disconnected programming. What you need in winter is not what you need in summer, and the year is designed to hold both.

  • Winter

    Rest and reflection. Slower gatherings, grief tending, quiet practice.

  • Spring

    Learning and beginning. New cohorts, workshops, and shared study.

  • Summer

    Embodiment and joy. Movement, land-based practice, celebration.

  • Autumn

    Integration and repair. Deepening practice, honest conversation, harvest.

the living calendar

Choose the practice that fits this season of your life.

rhythm of the ecosystem

Upcoming gatherings

Enter where you're called. Each gathering is a thread in the ecosystem — come when the season is right for you.

There is no perfect pace.

There is no expectation to attend everything. Choose the gatherings that support your practice in this season of life.

There is always another opportunity to practice.

One ecosystem. Many ways in.

where the calendar sits

A rhythm inside a larger body of work

Liberation is a Lifestyle™ is the philosophy. The Liberation Method™ is the methodology. Education • Somatics • Community is the practice. Practice Your Praxis™ is that practice lived. The Praxis Calendar™ is where it becomes a rhythm you can return to — and a belonging you can keep.

founder's intent

The Praxis Calendar™ exists because liberation is not an event. It is a practice.

Transformation happens through returning — returning to community, returning to the body, returning to reflection, and returning to action.

Every gathering is designed to help people continue living The Liberation Method™ through Education, Somatics, and Community.

There is no perfect pace. Only the next practice.

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The Liberation Method™

Created by Desireé B. Stephens

Education • Somatics • Community

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Intellectual Property

All frameworks, methodologies, and intellectual property, including Liberation is a Lifestyle™, The Liberation Method™, Reclaim Memory™, Develop Consciousness™, Build Liberated Culture™, The Seasonal Practice Cycle™, The Three Houses of Liberation™, The Bridge of Transmutation™, The Liberation Order™, The Liberation Diagnostic™, The Wound-to-Embodiment Framework™, The LIBERATE Framework™, and The LIBERATE Pathway™, are the proprietary work of Desireé B. Stephens and may not be reproduced, taught, or distributed without written permission.

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