Dharma in the Dirt
12-week Journey
Recovering lives through stillness and presence, rebalancing brain chemistry, and aligning with a purposeful life.
Dharma in the Dirt currently offers a single 90-day foundational recovery rebuilding program designed to support meaningful, lasting change. Over the course of three months, participants engage in weekly one-on-one sessions, guided practices, and reflective exercises, alongside education on addiction, nervous-system regulation, and sustainable behavioral change. This program emphasizes personalized support, accountability, and practical tools that extend beyond the 90-days -supporting participants in building stability, self-trust, and long-term integration into daily practice.
Week 1--2 | Stabalize
Create safety and interrupt compulsive patterns. Practices are simple, short, and repeatable - focused on grounding, breath, and nervous system support. In the first next two weeks, we slow everything down. The goal is not insight, its stability. You'll learn how to calm your nervous system, interrupt cravings early, and create enough structure to stop the spiral before it starts. You'll work on: • Grounding during cravings and anxiety • Short, repeatable nervous system practices • A simple daily structure that supports sobriety Core practices include: Grounded breathing • Brief meditation • Urge-interruption tools
Week 3--4 | Regulate
Build the capacity to feel without escape. Learn to stay present with discomfort and reduce reactivity through embodied awareness. As stability increases, we begin strengthening your ability to stay present with discomfort - without numbing, distraction, or action on impulse. Regulation skills help reduce emotional reactivity and support clearer decision-making. You'll work on: • Reducing anxiety, agitation, and overwhelm • Learn how your body response to stress • Developing trust in the ability to self soothe Core practice includes: Nervous system regulation • Body awareness • Emotional tolerance
Week 5--6 | Understanding
Explore the roots of addictive patterns without reliving trauma. Addiction is framed as an adaptive response, not a personal failure. Replacing shame with clarity. These weeks help you understand addiction as a response - not a personal failure. We explore patterns gently, without reliving trauma, so insight leads to compassion and choices instead of shame. You'll work on: • Identifying emotional and situational tiggers • Breaking obsessive thought loops • Understanding the role addiction played in coping Core practices include: Mindful inquiry • Thought defusion • Compassion-based awareness
Week 7--8 | Reclaim Agency
Release survival-based identity patterns and strengthen self-trust, boundaries, and values-based choice. With more awareness comes agency. These weeks focus on rebuilding confidence, setting boundaries, and responding to triggers intentionally rather than reactively. You'll work on: • Making values-based choices • Creating boundaries that protect recovery • Rebuilding confidence through consistent action Core practices include: Values clarification • Boundary setting • Relapse-prevention skills
Week 9--10 | Integration
Translate insight into daily life. Create personalized rituals that support regulation, clarity, and consistency. Apply recovery tools to real life. Recovery has to work in everyday situations - relationships, stress, work, and unexpected challenges. These weeks help you translate into daily living. You'll work on: • Navigating relationships and social situations sober • Creating simple daily rituals for stability • Staying grounded during stress and disruption Core practices include: Daily rituals • Support planning • Emotional regulation tools
Week 11--12 | Align
Reconnect with meaning and direction. Anchor recovery into sustainable, purpose-aligned way of living. The final phase focuses on direction, meaning, and long-term integration - so recovery doesn't end at 90 days. You'll work on: • Clarifying values and personal direction • creating a long-term recovery support plan • Strengthening practices that support continued growth Core practices include: Meditation • Reflection • Long-term integration planning
Who This Is For
This program is designed for individuals who:
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Are in early recovery from addiction or harmful patterns
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Feel disconnected from themselves, their bodies, or their sense of purpose
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Are seeking a grounded, supportive approach that integrates science and reflection
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Want structure, accountability, and practical tools—not quick fixes
This work is especially supportive for people navigating major life transitions, rebuilding stability, and learning how to regulate stress without returning to addictive behaviors.
How We Work Together
The Dharma in the Dirt program is delivered through a guided, one-on-one format that combines education, reflective practice, and personalized support.
Together, we:
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Build nervous-system regulation and emotional resilience
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Develop daily practices that support recovery and stability
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Explore values, identity, and purpose beyond addiction
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Create sustainable routines that integrate mind, body, and purpose
The work is collaborative, structured, and paced to meet each participant where they are.
What to Expect
This work is:
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Supportive, structured, and trauma-informed
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Grounded in neuroscience, education, and lived experience
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Focused on long-term outcomes, not temporary motivation
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Designed to help participants build resilience, agency, and clarity
Participants are not expected to be “fixed” or fully healed. The focus is on learning skills, building capacity, and reconnecting with purpose—one step at a time.