• Relational Dojo

    Training Healthy Relational Sparring

  • You've seen the power of relational intensity...

    Why not move towards relational mastery?

  • You've had indescribable breakthroughs... but sometimes relational spaces get weird.

    You've watched facilitators fall on their face when new people don't seem to "get it".

    You know how "messy" can create breakthroughs... but you've also seen it... hurt people?

    I get it.

    You're doing the exact same exercises as the ones you did before... so why is this one not landing?

  • My name is Ali.

    And I have navigated all these same struggles.

    My membership was brutally disrupted when I was running a circling group about 5 years ago, and one of the participants (a very close friend of mine) screamed "Stop talking about your feelings you F* P*ssy*" to a brand new participant I had invited in.

    All of us paused. We knew "technically" it was passable and okay that he said that, after all, it was his truth! And I'd attended events where people talked like that all the time... but this felt... different. Something about this felt... abusive & traumatizing?

    My life's mission quickly became the question of: How do I create both a BRAVE space and a SAFE space?

    What had the events I was part of done, that I wasn't aware of?

    What was I marketing to people?

    What did I need to do so that breakthroughs happen and not breakdowns?

  • "My life's mission quickly became the question of: How do I create both a BRAVE space and a SAFE space? "

  • Join us for a 6 month relational intensive

    Where you'll master the yin & yang of relational sparring

    Create a space where your attendees have incredible breakthroughs.

    Learn step-by-step practices to transition new people into understanding relational practice.

    Have tonnes of practice, feedback, and worksheets to refer to so you feel really clear and confident in navigating messy spaces, and even preventing them when they're not necessary.

    Train under Ali + Special Guests,

    10+ year, "been through it all", experienced relational facilitators

    in a co-created space of safety, brave-ty, evolution, & humility.

    Weekly + bi-weekly teachings

    Weekly + bi-weekly workgroups

    x2 in-person weekend intensives

    6 hours personal mentorship with Ali or other relational masters

    Workbooks & Printables

    Option to apply for 2026 certification session

  • What people say about the dojo...

    "I whole heartedly recommend the Relational Dojo. Ali guides participants through relational practices and nuanced emotional terrain with both compassion and grounded leadership.

    — Trevor Broesky

    The practices are detailed and precise, but the experience is always novel and enlivening. ...This is bar-none the best space I’ve found.

    — Adam Luck

    Ali is a masterful facilitator who holds a container with firmness, gentleness, and warmth. I carry beautiful moments of connection and clear-eyed, open-hearted witnessing.

    — Dennis Xiao

    dennisbxiao.com

  • LEARN TO SIT IN RELATIONAL FIRE

    USE RELATIONAL AIKIDO TO DODGE THE FIRE

    OPEN PEOPLE BEYOND REACTIVITY

    RE-LOVE PARTS OF YOURSELF YOU ABANDONDED

    TRANSFER WHAT YOU LEARN TO *REAL* RELATIONSHIPS

    LEARN FRAMEWORKS AND MINDSETS TO SET UP BETTER SPACES

  • level 1

    Bonding with the cohort

    Get to know deeper layers of you

    Learning Yin questioning + listening

    level 2

    Learning frameworks + distinctions

    + the persuit of shared reality

    Bring Yang to the processee

    Keep Yin in the collective inquiry

    with somatic self-awareness training

    level 3

    Sourcing the collective wisdom

    Notice differences

    Dance with dissonance

    Keep love at the source

    Weave in 3rd person inquiries & reality-checking

    (Live event)

    level 4

    Learn to be Yin with Yang on Yang sparring

    Learn to de-escelate Yang explosions

    (w/o dismissing the truth of the fire)

    Be in the unknown... together.

    (this is a LIVE event only)

  • Level 5

    Back to simplicity

    Back to yin

    Back to practicing as practice

    And letting go of our addiction to intensity

  • The Relatonal Dojo will take you to deeper layers of truth

    While simoultaneously teaching you how to

    be a better friend, partner, lover, human.

  • Aliveness doesn't need to be dangerous.

    Authenticity doesn't need to be reactive.

    Connection doesn't need to be desperate.

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