The Art of Being Human

“This training has transformed my professional and personal life. The thoughtful balance between deep relational and somatic practices, cognitive learning, and ample opportunity to practice therapeutic skills has provided a unique opportunity for the deepest transformations within my own being, security in connection, and ability to support others in their own journey.

Clara’s wisdom, capacity, skills, and knowledge around nervous system regulation and early attachment healing is immense. She embodies the principles she is teaching in her facilitation, leadership, and guidance, providing a role model for us all.

The level of support available in this training is unparalleled. I have learned so much from the TAs and greatly benefited from their embodied presence during small pod practices.

This training is a big commitment, and it is worth every drop of investment. My psychotherapy practice with young children and families, and with adults, has become immeasurably deeper and richer as a result of it.”

“There are some teachers who cross our paths who will walk with us forever. Hiraman and Clara are some of the most potent, compassionate, profoundly skilled, and deeply humble guides I have had the privilege to know.

One of their greatest gifts, as teachers, is their ability to demonstrate mastery and honor a student’s gifts with the same reverence, and always make space for inquiry and evolution.

In the classroom, I always felt like I was having a lovely conversation — a back and forth with ease, even in the face of complex subjects.

Beyond words, the environment they create is remarkable, and the field is notably held. They dedicate a large portion of their classes to experiential learning, whether through meditation, awareness exercises, hands-on practice, demonstration, or supervised clinics with clients.

This integrative approach allows for cognitive and embodied learning, a full immersion method. As lovely humans, both their individual and co-authored offerings are magical.”

“Participating in the Womb Surround with Clara and Hiraman was one of the most profound healing experiences of my life — it touched something in me that talk therapy never could.

Their sacred devotion, attunement, and loving presence created a field where my body finally felt what it missed at the beginning of life.

I left feeling more grounded, emotionally available, and whole — and my family is already experiencing the ripple effects.”

“Clara and Hiraman hold a special kind of space.

I met them at a time when all of my trauma patterns were up. Everyone around me, including myself, seemed focused on ‘what’s wrong with me.’ I had come across the concept of ‘basic goodness’ in my twenties, and it blew me away. But Clara and Hiraman took it to a whole new level by living it and embodying it.

They focused on the health in me. The goodness in me. They saw something in me that I was struggling to see for myself.

They became a safe space for me to simply be, and through being with them, I began to learn what safe space actually feels like. I learned how to create and hold that space for myself, and eventually, for others.

They have always been caring, deeply present, and honestly human themselves. They don’t pretend to have it all figured out. They show up as real people, with all of the messiness, humanity, humor, and heart that comes with being human.

They helped me find my way back to myself.”

“When I first encountered this work, I attended my first process workshop in 2008. Something in me knew I had found a place that spoke to questions I'd been carrying my whole life. I continued studying with Myrna until I was able to begin the full training in 2012.

The training fundamentally changed my relationship with myself.

One of the deepest gifts was developing a much stronger felt sense of secure attachment. Before then, I understood attachment intellectually, but through this work I began to experience what safety, connection, and belonging actually felt like in my body. That experience became an internal reference point. It changed what I believed I deserved in relationship and what I was willing to accept.

As I continued integrating the work, I realized that the marriage I was in no longer reflected the kind of relationship I now knew was possible. Eventually I made the difficult decision to leave. It wasn't because the training told me what to do. Rather, it helped me trust my own experience and recognize that I was worthy of a relationship rooted in presence, reciprocity, and secure attachment. Looking back, that has been one of the healthiest decisions of my life.

Another area of profound healing was around birth. I was born by Caesarean section, and throughout much of my life I carried a constant feeling of being out of sync with time. I was almost always anxious about timing. Whether I was moving too fast or too slowly, nothing ever felt quite right. As I explored my birth experience and its imprint on my nervous system, I began to understand these patterns with much greater compassion.

Through the training, I worked deeply with sequencing, timing, and completion. Instead of constantly pushing or rushing myself, I learned how to move through life in a way that felt organized from the inside out. As my capacity for completing one step before moving to the next grew, my nervous system became noticeably more regulated. The chronic anxiety that had accompanied me for years gradually softened, and everyday life became much more manageable.

More than anything, this training gave me a different relationship with myself. It offered an understanding of human development that continues to shape every aspect of my work as an early childhood specialist, parent mentor, somatic practitioner, and now as a teaching assistant. I continue to return to these principles because they don't simply explain human experience. They offer a pathway toward greater wholeness, compassion, and freedom.”