We invite you to join our Workshop on Deep Listening and Somatic Presence: an embodied exploration of attunement and right-brain relationship with Allison Creech on Saturday, May 23, 2026 from 10:30am to 3:30pm ET
This full-day online workshop offers an immersive exploration of the therapeutic encounter as a nervous system event shaped by embodied attunement, right-brain synchrony, and relational presence. Blending neurobiological theory with experiential practice, participants will explore deep listening as a somatic process—attending to subtle bodily cues, gut-level knowing, and moment-to-moment shifts in the relational field.
This approach supports a greater capacity for embodied empathy and a resonance with what is present, allowing for a more refined and precise quality of attunement.
Workshop Invitation from Allison:
Allison Creech is a licensed naturopathic doctor and faculty member at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She has an academic focus on mind-body medicine, trauma, and relational neuroscience. Her clinical work emphasizes authenticity and embodiment, facilitating a healing-centered process that restores a deep sense of connection and well being. Allison has a Masters degree and PhD training in clinical psychology and advanced training in both somatic and psychedelic-assisted therapy. She has been a part of Compassionate Inquiry since 2019, and is honoured to support others as a CI Practitioner, Facilitator, and Mentor.
Event Information
DATE: Saturday, May 23, 2026
TIME: 10:30am to 3:30pm ET (Toronto time zone)
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Online on Zoom
Event Details
- The workshop will utilize whole-group and small-group experiential learning
- CI Demos
- Sharing of theory/neuroscience
- There will be a mid-day lunch break and several shorter breaks throughout the day
- We will focus on experiential practices designed to support right-brain connection to the present moment, allowing for a more refined quality of attunement and increased capacity for embodied empathy
- Q&A
Workshop Fees and Registration
We have created three pricing options so you can choose the one that best fits your current financial situation. When you choose to pay a higher rate, you help us continue offering CI courses to people with different financial means than your own.
Regular Rate ($90 CAD)
Discounted Rate ($60 CAD)
Supporter Rate ($110 CAD)
When you choose to pay a higher rate, you help us continue offering CI courses to people with different financial means than your own.
Meet the Creators of Compassionate Inquiry®:
Dr. Gabor Maté:
Retired physician, bestselling author, an internationally renowned speaker and the creator of the Compassionate Inquiry approach to psychotherapy.
Dr. Maté evolved his therapeutic approach over the course of a 20-year personal journey. It emerged as a synthesis of his work with patients in family practice, palliative care, and addiction rehabilitation. He later developed the system further while facilitating integration workshops focused on healing trauma through the use of psychedelics.
Sat Dharam Kaur N.D:
Co-creator and CEO of Compassionate Inquiry. She supported Dr. Gabor Maté in structuring the Compassionate Inquiry approach and developing the online training.
She is a naturopathic doctor, teacher and author, who combines naturopathic medicine with Compassionate Inquiry, yoga, breathing practices and meditation to support others in healing and integrating mind, body and spirit. She is a Compassionate Inquiry Founding Facilitator, Compassionate Inquiry Mentor as well as a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.