Strength & Ritual
Preparation for Encounter
Strength & Ritual is the foundational course for the fluidUs work and for those that are interested in guiding it.
It is the cultivation of the physical and perceptual capacities that ritual requires.
Depth places demands on the body—and without preparation, those demands overwhelm rather than transform.
With this work, the promise of ritual such as yoga, meditation and embodied practices are experienced as realities that encounter layers of meaning and depth that are inaccessible without it.
What this course is
Strength & Ritual works directly with the body.
It develops strength, resilience, posture, breath, and nervous-system organization through explicit physical practice. The work is grounded, repeatable, and precise. It produces tangible benefits in daily life, including improved movement, reduced anxiety, greater stability under stress, and increased physical coherence.
For many, this work could stand alone as a serious embodied practice.
Here, it also serves a deeper purpose. With it one develops capacities to:
remain present under load and observe what unfolds
distribute pressure without collapse or bracing
sense internal states directly rather than managing them cognitively
allow instruction to fall away as reflexive organization emerges
Without these capacities, ritual is in danger of becoming merely symbolic, superficially expressive, or destabilizing.
With them, something else becomes possible.
How the Work Is Approached
The course trains the body across several interrelated domains, without reducing them to technique:
refinement of sensation, so perception can guide action
access to the midline, so strength emerges from depth rather than surface tension
improve fluid flow, organ function, health across systems and motility
pressure and load, so the organism learns to remain coherent as intensity rises
touch and tissue work, not to fix the body, but to restore responsiveness
posture and held forms, not as positions to achieve, but as conditions that reveal organization
movement patterning, so coordination and reflex replaces control
theory is taught and rooted in anatomy, neuroscience, cognitive science, biology, psychology, ritual and mythic studies
the work is rich, scientifically defensible, and at the same time transcendent
The work removes obstacles to organization and allows the inherent intelligence in the body and mind to respond.
Structure
Strength & Ritual is taught live, once per week.
Sessions are recorded for those who miss the live teaching.
After the theory and concepts are taught, the body is allowed to learn through repetition, load, and time.
This course is the prerequisite for the longer fluidUs Authorization, where ritual structure, responsibility, and transmission are taken up directly.
This course is for those who sense that:
insight alone is insufficient
meaning cannot be restored through explanation
depth requires strength
the body must be capable of bearing what presses toward realization
This work is by invitation only. When you are ready, send a me a message directly to carlos@fluidusacademy.com