Oakland Relateful Flow Immersion with Michael Blas - March 20, 2026

Name: Oakland Relateful Flow Immersion with Michael Blas - March 20, 2026
Start: 2026-03-20T18:30:00-07:00
Location: Oakland CA

Schedule

Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Oakland CA | Oakland, CA

🎟️ Registration: https://relateful.mykajabi.com/offers/LEtFr2PK/checkout
📅 Date & Time:
Friday, March 20th – 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM PST
Saturday & Sunday, March 21st & 22nd – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST
📍 Location:
Oakland, CA (Exact details will be emailed to you closer to the event.)
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Hosted by MICHAEL BLAS and JOANNA BREGAN

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮. 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚. 𝘿𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨—𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡, 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡—𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚. 𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝, 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝, “𝙊𝙝, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨!”

On March 20th in Oakland, we’ll practice crossing that seam together. Not by trying to be profound, but by letting go of the ways we protect ourselves from it. We’ll start in the mundane—bodies in a room, voices, attention, discomfort, humor—and notice how quickly it opens when we stop insisting on the right frame. The profound doesn’t require belief; it requires contact. It shows up when we surrender the domains we’ve been guarding and allow experience to reorganize us from the inside.
This immersion isn’t about peak states or performance. It’s about learning the reliable pathway from “nothing special is happening” to “something true is happening right now.” We’ll use relational practices, presence, and precise attention to let improbability reveal itself—not as spectacle, but as intimacy. If you’ve felt the divine hiding inside the banal, if you’ve sensed that reality is closer and stranger than we’re taught to admit, this is a space designed to help you step across that seam—together, gently, and for real.

🔸 WHAT'S RELATEFULNESS? 🔸
If mindfulness is the cultivation of awareness, Relatefulness is the cultivation of awareness 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮.
For 2.5 days, we engage in a living, breathing practice—one that reveals how much of you is includable, how much of you is needed. Through a dynamic, evolving flow of presence, we co-create the space together, uncovering new dimensions of autonomy, interdependence, and self-trust.
This weekend will include structured exercises, spontaneous practices, and extended 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬 sessions. Flow is a practice stemming from Encounter Groups. It can look structureless—which can feel intense for some—or it can feel as natural as seeing an old friend. In daily life, we rely on countless unspoken conversational norms that masquerade as politeness, turn-taking, or invisible rules about what’s “okay” to express. Flow doesn’t set out to upend these norms, but it does reveal how our assumptions about connection shape our lived experience.
There are no explicit rules, but you’ll notice people’s cultural habits forming clusters of behavior that feel like rules. Through longer warm-up exercises, we explore how structure and free-flowing presence are not opposites, but partners.

🔸 WHO IS THIS FOR? 🔸
▪️If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel like to move beyond what you think freedom is, this is for you.
▪️If you long for connection that isn’t contrived—something deeper than words, something that breathes—you belong here.
▪️If you’re ready to pioneer the edges of your own awareness, this is your space.

🔸 WHAT TO EXPECT 🔸
▪️In-the-moment feedback on what it’s like to be together.
▪️Appreciation for what we collectively create.
▪️Empowerment to contribute, interrupt, and lead within the space.

The benefits of this practice are innumerable. Whether you’re navigating family dynamics, feeling alone in a crowd, or deepening your ability to engage with Love and Truth, Flow fosters a natural ease with expression, listening, and being seen.

𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙.
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙩.
𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝? 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩. 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙.
Because this isn’t a performance. It’s participation.

🔸 YOUR FACILITATORS 🔸
𝗠𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗦
Mike has been practicing and leading Relatefulness for over 10 years. With a Master’s Degree in Industrial Psychology, he works with groups, couples (including parents and adult children), and one-on-one private clients. He is the creator of The Relateful Company’s Flow Facilitator Training and an instructor for the LevelUp Relatefulness Facilitator program. michaelblas.substack.com
𝗝𝗢𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗡
Joanna is a certified Relateful facilitator who organizes local events. This will be her second time assisting Blas on a retreat. Her background is in user experience design and community creation, and you can read about her work on her blog: joannabregan.substack.com

🔸 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 🔸
▪️Please arrive early to settle into the space. Fifteen minutes early is great, and being on time is perfectly okay.
▪️This is a brave space, not a “safe space.” There are no guarantees about how you’ll be received. If you want a certain kind of reception, you are empowered to help create it.
▪️Be prepared to take agency—to say yes, no, pause, or change your mind. While guided, this practice requires personal responsibility.

🔸 QUESTIONS? 🔸
Contact Mike at [email protected]
🔸 WRITING & ONGOING REFLECTIONS 🔸
Read/Watch Mike's Substack: michaelblas.substack.com
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