The Relationship Lab: Intimacy, Attachment and Practice

The Relationship Lab is a guided workshop led by Isoke Baptiste and Tara Aura for anyone seeking more grounded, compassionate relationships – with self and others. We will lead participants through the latest psychological research, sound healing and guided meditation in order to explore the early experiences that shape our subconscious desires and beliefs, attachment styles and self-talk. Participants will deepen self-awareness while practicing tools for healthier connection, emotional repair, and clearer communication. The workshop closes with a reflective journaling and ritual practice to release limiting narratives and call in more nourishing ways of relating.

About Isoke Baptiste

Isoke Baptiste is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She started her career working as a Clinical Vascular Nurse in 2012 at The George Washington University, where she completed a Master of Science in Nursing and a Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Nursing, both with academic honors. During her MSN program, she was the recipient of the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Traineeship Award for two years in a row. Upon gaining experience in Vascular Surgery, Preventative Medicine, Women's Health, and Psychiatry, Isoke found her calling in advocacy and mental health, when, as a Nurse Practitioner consultant, she passionately fought for patients’ right to the best care in The Department of Disability Services, DC Government during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Isoke recognizes the role systems play in our internal worlds, the stories we tell about ourselves, and the lives we lead, which is why she prioritizes patient education, equal access and personalized care. As a single mom, an inherent caregiver, constant gardener and a human above all else, she is gifted at seeing the full humanity in people and believes in your worthiness. She constantly works to remind you that you are not alone, that you matter, that healing is a journey, only possible through candid, collaborative dialogue.

About Tara Aura

Tara Purnell aka Tara Aura is an interdisciplinary ritual artist and meditation guide, yoga teacher and wellness consultant dedicated to collective care and liberation. As a producer, sound healer and ritual artist, she combines her family’s rich legacy in jazz, arts education and community building with over 10,000 hours of mindfulness, musicianship and wellness practices. She was selected to be a 2025 artist-in-residence at The Kennedy Center; and she was awarded with a 2024–2025 fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities after a trailblazing tenure as Wellness Director at Eaton Workshop, the progressive hotel, co-working space and cultural institution where she produced over 700 community wellness events. Now in addition to teaching and performing meditation rituals, she produces transformative private experiences and public programs for prominent cultural institutions and universities, mission-driven brands, and faith-based organizations through her agency BLIND SEED, integrating culturally-relevant mental health resources with spiritual tools to inspire collective healing.

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