# Event Details - **Event Name**: Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Reclaim your expression, honor your capacity, and create a personal plan for becoming—with practical tools for everyday life.About this EventHow do you grow without turning yourself into another thing to fight?Perhaps you’ve become very good at meeting expectations, carrying responsibility, or adapting to what life demands. Now you’re asking what you actually want—and how to move toward it without exhausting or abandoning yourself.Becoming Without Brutality is a two-hour experiential workshop with Dr. Sica Leigh, nationally board-certified Doctor of Acupuncture and founder of The AXIS Method™.Through guided reflection, meditation, and practical planning, you’ll explore how to reconnect with yourself and give that connection expression in everyday life.Four dimensions of becomingThe workshop introduces the Four Cs of AXIS:Calibration — Expression: Explore where the way you show up reflects who you are, and where learned expectations may be shaping your choices.Coherence — Body: Work with your actual capacity and discover familiar, accessible ways to care for yourself and reset.Contact — Inner connection: Make intentional space for reflection, spiritual meaning, and discernment. Explore what matters to you and how you want to respond to life.Continuity — Creation and legacy: Give your insights somewhere to go through concrete action, supportive relationships, learning, and meaningful contribution.Throughout, you’ll consider the stories you’ve inherited about yourself—and how to examine them with honesty, choice, and care.What you’ll doYou’ll have time to write, experiment with a brief personal reset, and participate in a guided meditation connecting a meaningful feeling with a future you want to explore.You’ll choose an anchor for remembering your intention, identify people and resources that could support your growth, and turn one insight into an achievable next step.What you’ll leave withYour own Becoming Without Brutality plan, including:One way to express yourself more congruently.A brief reset using things you already find supportive.A personal anchor and reflection practice.A map of connections, resources, or learning you want to develop.One realistic next step—with a smaller version for difficult days.Who this is forThis workshop welcomes people navigating change, rebuilding after disruption, reconsidering old expectations, or wanting a more intentional relationship with themselves.Spiritual exploration is welcome, and you’re invited to use language that fits your own beliefs. No meditation experience is necessary. Personal sharing is always optional, and you may adapt or pass on any exercise.BringA journal or something to write on. If you have mala beads, a bracelet, or another small object you’d like to use as an anchor, you’re welcome to bring it. Every practice can be completed without purchasing a kit.About your facilitatorDr. Sica Leigh is a nationally board-certified Doctor of Acupuncture and founder of The AXIS Method™. Her work brings together acupuncture, yoga, coaching, and spiritual practice through a framework concerned with expression, physiology, inner connection, and legacy.Becoming Without Brutality draws on both her professional work and lived experience of rebuilding agency amid profound change.You don’t need your whole future figured out. Come make room for one meaningful beginning.AgendaWelcome & Setting Your Intention · 12 minutesInfo: Meet the AXIS framework and choose something in your life you’d like to explore.Calibration: Expressing Yourself · 20 minutesInfo: Reflect on learned expectations and choose one way to show up that feels more like you.Coherence: Working With Your Body · 20 minutesInfo: Explore your current capacity and build a brief personal reset using supports that fit your everyday life.Break · 5 minutesContact: Connecting Within · 25 minutesInfo: Experience a guided meditation connecting meaningful feelings, future possibilities, and discernment. Choose a personal anchor for your intention.Continuity: Bringing It Into Life · 20 minutesInfo: Identify the people, resources, and learning that could support your direction, then choose an achievable next step.Your Becoming Without Brutality Plan · 10 minutesInfo: Bring the practices together into a personal plan, including a smaller version for difficult days.Questions & Closing · 8 minutesInfo: Reflect, ask questions, and choose where you’ll begin. Timing is approximate. Sharing is optional, and all practices can be adapted to your comfort. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chesterton/becoming-without-brutality-an-axis-method-workshop/100001991887571346 - **Event Categories**: meditation, workshops, health-wellness, meetups, yoga, spiritual - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Coffee Creek Professional Center - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 49.87, max: 49.87, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chesterton - **state**: IN - **country**: United States - **location**: Coffee Creek Professional Center - **lat**: 41.5789493 - **long**: -87.04439010000002 - **full address**: Coffee Creek Professional Center, 501 Allen Court, Chesterton, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/53fdafa070e272f5935cee4b6a2deaca555b7e4509421f84222489d6dd050766-rimg-w1200-h800-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1788709566 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop being held? - **A:** Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop takes place on Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Coffee Creek Professional Center, 501 Allen Court, Chesterton, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop? - **A:** Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop is organized by Dr. Sica Leigh. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Becoming Without Brutality: An AXIS Method Workshop is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Chesterton, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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