““Arielle’s teaching style is unlike anything I’ve experienced before. She has a way of feeling into the group, getting on their level, and delivering exactly what is needed. She designates and maintains clear boundaries as a facilitator, yet is fluid in the way she intuitively interacts with the energy in the room. She creates safe spaces for all people to bring their full selves to her events. It is clear in Arielle’s presence that she is doing the work herself, and in my opinion, this is what makes a great teacher. It allows space for others to bring forward whatever they may be working with, without shame. I continue to be inspired and encouraged by her events and have experienced immense growth in being witnessed by her. Intimacy work has changed my life in ALL the best ways. If you are interested in diving deeper, I can say without hesitation that Arielle is an outstanding and trustworthy coach and facilitator.””

““Arielle’s emotional intimacy workshop was a deeply rewarding experience for me. The ability to connect with someone on such a deep level in just one 3-hour workshop is a testament to the power of the embodied presence that Arielle teaches and the safe container she creates. What I took away is something I haven’t gotten in any other setting, and yet I’ve been able to re-create several times in the two short weeks since. Learning what it feels like in my body to state my desires and boundaries, to hear the same from my partner, and to respond to requests in (and out of) integrity with my body becomes not so much a verbal skill to master, but more like muscle memory: I can do it again and again without having to think about it, like riding a bike”. ”

“Arielle is a beautiful and rare combination of masculine and feminine energy, able to hold a container; protective and nurturing like a loving mother, structured and challenging like a loving father. She shares herself with vulnerability but never seems to require her students to “take care” of her. She is clearly resourced in herself. She was with us every step of the way, never out ahead of us with a rigidly held pre-determined plan. She was respectful of our time and her own, and was always well prepared. Her warm sense of humor, easy laughter, and heart-centered listening, punctuated by apt responses delivered with surgical precision, made me feel safe to explore my own vulnerability in the container of the group. I highly recommend Arielle as a teacher, coach, and facilitator.”

““I’m a veteran group-goer and have been facilitating groups myself for 5 years, and often it’s hit-or-miss with facilitators these days—but being in Arielle’s Intimacy Groups was right on the mark! Arielle holds a watertight container for people to unfold and allow their true selves to be seen in a group setting. I’ve seen others who come in shy and closed transform into light and open beings by the end of a surprisingly short session. If you’re looking to deepen in intimacy within yourself or your community, I highly recommend working with Arielle!”
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““I attended two of Arielle’s workshops at a retreat I attended. Two months later I find myself mentioning my experience in so many conversations. Arielle was so down to earth and real. No ego whatsoever. Just raw and vulnerable in her shares, which I found to be so refreshing and helpful in me doing the same. The exercises she had us engage in were thought provoking. They were deep and a edgy. They pushed my thinking into new spaces, especially around desire and self-worth. I look forward to attending more of her workshops. She is the real deal”. ”

“I recently had the opportunity to participate in a workshop on Desire, facilitated by Arielle while at a writer’s retreat in Costa Rica. Arielle’s authentic vulnerability and her warm, loving energy created a container of safety and trust among our group, while her transparent and relatable presence set the tone and opened the door for us to match it. Walking us beyond the stigma around desire, Arielle led us on an intimate journey inward and helped us to let go of the shame and fear we often attach to desire: of wanting something more than our current reality or appearing ungrateful for what already have. Arielle opened the awareness of how, as a society, we are conditioned to engineer smallness, and how fear and shame are holding us back from achieving our highest potential.

Arielle brought clarity around the different types of desire and was captivating as a guide into authentic desire, bringing me into my body to tune in, listen, and identify what my soul was speaking. She helped me in taking me beyond my inner critic, where things would normally come to an end for me, to communicate my desires, claiming my truth from my soul. Through this process I gained a deeper wisdom, a knowing that my authentic desire is meant to take me to my higher self; that desire is more about who we become in the process rather than the actual attaining of our desires. Arielle has a gift in creating a magical container for alchemy. Her transparency and her innate ability for connecting with people from a place of love, combined with her authenticity of expression is inviting and truly inspiring. My experience with Arielle has been a transformation catalyst in my journey towards self-actualization. ”

““What I most like about her event is the connection I feel with those who attend, even those who are there for the first time. Arielle makes the event feel “safe” and this has the effect of inviting people to participate and “play.” Time flies and when it ends I usually wish it would actually go a little longer! I’ve been attending events for 5 years now and Arielle’s events are the best ones I know of in the North Bay, and the only one I go to on a regular basis. I miss it when I am away too long. I can’t recommend it highly enough. If you have thought about coming but have been “on the fence,” give it a try, once. You will come back”.  - Roy P.”