Decide with less second-guessing
Consider what you feel, what matters to you, and the facts in front of you. Choose a next step without needing perfect certainty.
Freedom Is Learned · 8 weeks online with Dayana Pereira
Less second-guessing.
More freedom to be yourself.
Learn to speak up about what you need, make choices with more confidence, and recognize when to stop pushing. Eight weeks of gentle movement, guided reflection, and live support to practice a different way.
October 27–December 15, 2026 · Tuesdays, 1–2:15 PM ET
$555 in full · or 2 monthly payments of $297 ($594 total)
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Does this feel familiar?
You understand the habit.
Then it happens again.
You say yes before checking whether you have the time or energy. Replay a decision instead of taking the next step. Or stay quiet, then wish you had said what you needed.
Understanding yourself is a beginning. Practicing a different response is how you explore what else is possible.
In Freedom Is Learned, you bring situations from your own life. With guidance and support, you explore the feelings and beliefs beneath a familiar reaction, try another approach, and notice what helps you feel more like yourself.
“Tuning into my body with curiosity instead of criticism is a helpful shift”
Bring the learning into your life
What could feel different?
Each week, practice a skill you can use in a conversation, a decision, or a moment when life asks a lot of you.
Say what you mean and need
Practice a clear request, a limit, or an honest conversation—while staying connected to yourself and open to another person.
Understand your feelings before reacting
Notice a feeling without rushing to explain it away or act on it. Give yourself room to choose what happens next.
Use your energy with more care
Recognize when to keep going, when to rest, and when a different approach or some help would serve you better.
Receive support and enjoy it
Explore asking for help and accepting it. Make room for connection and enjoyment without turning them into another responsibility.
Take a step before it feels perfect
Try something manageable, learn from what happens, and adjust without making the outcome a verdict on yourself.
You’ll leave with practices you have tried, notes about what you discovered, and a personal plan for a situation you want to keep working with.
“I felt the shift. It felt so natural and real, not induced or forced at all.”
Why we start with movement
A different way to move.
A new possibility to explore.
Habits show up in the body, too. You might hold your breath when something feels difficult or use more effort than you need. Somatic learning starts by paying attention to what you can feel.
Through small, gentle Feldenkrais® movements, you notice a familiar way of doing something and try a variation. What happens when you slow down, find support, or stop forcing?
Then we bring that curiosity into daily life. You practice recognizing your feelings and exploring another way to approach a decision, a request, or a difficult moment.
Spiritual inquiry adds questions of meaning, connection, and trust in yourself. Together, these practices help you explore what matters to you and how you want to live. Your own beliefs and questions are welcome.
You don’t need to be flexible or fit. You can pause, reduce a movement, or rest at any time.
How the eight weeks work
Time to explore.
Support to put it into practice.
Each week combines practice on your own, a conversation with a partner, and a live session with Dayana. You have time to explore the topic, ask questions, and try what you learn in your life.
Friday · 30–45 minutes
Explore at your own pace
Receive the week’s topic, a guided movement lesson, and reflection prompts. Work through them before Tuesday’s class.
Before Tuesday · 30 minutes
Practice with a partner
Arrange a meeting with another participant. Use the prompts to listen, reflect, and practice saying the words aloud.
Tuesday · 75 minutes
Work with Dayana
Join the group on Zoom for movement, guided practice, and discussion. Bring your discoveries, questions, and the places where you got stuck.
Between sessions
Try it in everyday life
Try one manageable change in a real situation. Notice what helps and what you want to approach differently next time.
Plan for about 2½–3 hours a week. One Dayana-led session + one peer practice each week. Live sessions are recorded.
A sample week · week 4
Say what you need and set limits.
Imagine someone asks you to take on something you don’t have time for. Your usual answer is yes. This week, you’ll practice another option.
FRIDAY
Nov 13Use the movement lesson and reflection prompts to notice what happens when you anticipate saying no. Clarify what you want and what you can offer.
Nov 13Use the movement lesson and reflection prompts to notice what happens when you anticipate saying no. Clarify what you want and what you can offer.
PARTNER
Before classRehearse a specific request, a respectful no, and “Let me check and get back to you.” Notice the urge to apologize or overexplain.
Before classRehearse a specific request, a respectful no, and “Let me check and get back to you.” Notice the urge to apologize or overexplain.
LIVE CLASS
Tue, Nov 17Explore pausing and speaking under pressure. Try shorter, clearer language and bring questions about what felt difficult.
Tue, Nov 17Explore pausing and speaking under pressure. Try shorter, clearer language and bring questions about what felt difficult.
IN YOUR LIFE
That weekUse one sentence in a manageable real conversation. Write down what happened and what you’d change next time.
That weekUse one sentence in a manageable real conversation. Write down what happened and what you’d change next time.
Keep learning between sessions.
Your workbook helps you follow the teaching and keep track of what you discover. The private cohort community gives you a place to stay connected as you practice.
You choose what to share. You won’t be asked to disclose deeply personal experiences or force yourself through a practice.
Your eight-week curriculum
From noticing the habit
to choosing your next step.
Start with one situation you want to change. As you build new skills, return to what you notice in your body, what you feel, and what matters to you. Let that understanding inform what you try next.
First materials: Friday, October 23.
Eight consecutive live Tuesdays:
October 27–December 15, 2026.
1–2:15 PM Eastern, New York time.
01October 27, 2026Catch the habit before it takes over
What keeps happening when I feel pressured or uncertain?
In our live session
Use gentle movement to notice automatic effort and pauses. Map the sequence from the first sign of pressure to your usual reaction.
Take it into your week
Catch one early sign in your chosen situation. Write down the point where you might try something different.
02November 3, 2026Stop pushing past your limits
How do I recognize when to pause, ask for help, or change how I am doing something?
In our live session
Explore using less effort and clearer physical support. Practice deciding what to continue, change, postpone, or ask for help with.
Take it into your week
Change how you handle one ordinary demand. Compare your effort and response with what usually happens.
03November 10, 2026Recognize feelings before reacting
Can I feel something without immediately acting on it or explaining it away?
In our live session
Practice noticing a feeling, shifting attention when needed, and choosing what to do next. Use movement to explore pausing and changing pace.
Take it into your week
In an ordinary moment, name what you feel and consider your next action before following the first impulse.
04November 17, 2026Say what you need and set limits
How do I speak up without automatically agreeing, withdrawing, or overexplaining?
In our live session
Use movement and guided practice to explore speaking under pressure. Try brief, specific language and notice reactions without treating them as instructions.
Take it into your week
Use one sentence you practiced in a manageable real conversation. Record what happened and what you want to adjust.
05November 24, 2026Make decisions without waiting for certainty
What would help me decide instead of going through the same thoughts again?
In our live session
Practice a decision process that considers feelings, bodily signals, facts, and consequences. Choose a next step and a time to review it.
Take it into your week
Take one considered step without requiring complete certainty. Review what you learned from acting.
06December 1, 2026Ask for help and let yourself receive it
What changes when I do not have to manage everything alone?
In our live session
Explore physical support, enjoyment, and connection. Discuss guilt or obligation while keeping room to accept, adapt, or decline an offer.
Take it into your week
Ask for or accept one useful form of help. Also spend a few minutes enjoying something without turning it into another task.
07December 8, 2026Take action without getting it perfect
What can I do before I feel completely ready or confident?
In our live session
Explore variation and imperfect attempts through movement. Make a small action plan and rehearse how to adjust when the first attempt does not work.
Take it into your week
Take the step you chose. Review what happened as information for the next attempt, rather than a verdict on yourself.
08December 15, 2026Keep using what works in daily life
What will I do when the familiar habit shows up again?
In our live session
Revisit useful movement practices and build a simple plan: early signs, a short practice, a different response, and someone you can ask for support.
Take it into your week
Choose one practice and one situation to revisit over the next month. Set a realistic time to check what is working.
“Grateful for Dayana — her voice, her skill, her listening, her knowledge and talent.”
Your guide
I’m Dayana Pereira.
Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner
Somatic educator · Reiki Master · Founder of ONE
I discovered the Feldenkrais® Method in Uruguay when I was twenty. It opened a lifelong exploration of how movement, emotions, and the ways we see ourselves shape our experience.
For fifteen years, I’ve guided people in person and online. I care about making this work understandable and useful: clear guidance, careful listening, different ways into a practice, and time to notice what is happening for you.
As a parent, immigrant, and business owner, I know the demands of staying capable and keeping things going. I also know the importance of support, connection, and joy. Making room for both is part of how I live and teach.
In Freedom Is Learned, we explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of your experience. I’ll help you connect what you discover to your daily choices and relationships, with room for your own feelings, beliefs, and questions.
My training
800-hour professional Feldenkrais® training begun in 2007; certified to teach group lessons in 2009 and individual sessions in 2011. Eighteen-month postgraduate training, 2017–2018. Additional training includes Reiki, breathwork, therapeutic massage, and continuing education in trauma healing.
Get to know the teaching
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“It really suits my easily activated nervous system.”
Is this a good fit?
Bring one thing
you’re ready to explore.
A decision you keep postponing. A request you want to make. A way of pushing through that no longer feels right. You do not need to have it all figured out.
- You understand a pattern but repeat it under pressure.
- You want your choices and relationships to reflect what you actually feel, need, and value.
- You’re willing to explore gentle movement and try practical experiments.
- You can make time for preparation, partner practice, and the weekly class or replay.
October 27–December 15, 2026
Join Freedom Is Learned.
Eight weeks to explore familiar patterns, practice new responses, and bring what you learn into daily life—with Dayana and a group learning alongside you.
- Eight 75-minute live group sessions with Dayana
- Recordings of the live sessions
- Weekly Friday preparation and guided movement lessons
- Structured partner practice
- Workbooks and reflection prompts
- A private community for your cohort
This is the group program. Private sessions and ONE membership are available separately.
October 27–December 15, 2026
One program. Two ways to pay.
$555 USD · pay in full
Enroll in Freedom Is LearnedOr 2 monthly payments of $297$594 total · same program and accessChoose the payment plan at checkout ↗
Live Tuesdays · 1–2:15 PM Eastern
First preparation arrives Friday, October 23.
Program access is through Kajabi.
Questions before joining? Email Dayana.
“I have been working with Dayana for close to 8 years, both receiving Feldenkrais treatments and attending classes in person and online.”
Do I need experience with movement or this kind of work?
No. I’ll guide you through the movements and exercises. Curiosity and a willingness to practice are enough to begin.
What do emotional awareness and spiritual inquiry mean here?
We practice noticing feelings and exploring what is behind a familiar reaction. We also ask questions about meaning, connection, trust, and what matters to you. Bring your own beliefs or simply be curious. No particular spiritual belief or practice is required.
How much time should I set aside?
Plan for about 2½–3 hours a week: 30–45 minutes of preparation, 30 minutes with a practice partner, the 75-minute Tuesday class, and short everyday experiments. You and your partner arrange your meeting time.
What if I miss a live session?
Live sessions are recorded. Watch the replay before the next class so you can continue with the group. Joining live gives you a chance to bring questions and practice together as it happens.
What do I need at home?
A device with Zoom, internet access, and a comfortable place to lie down with room to move your arms. If lying on the floor or taking part in partner practice is difficult, contact me before enrolling to discuss the format.
Will I have to share personal experiences?
You decide what to share. We use manageable situations from everyday life. Partner practice provides prompts for listening and reflection; you are not expected to advise or treat each other.
Is this therapy or treatment?
This is somatic education: learning through movement, awareness, and practice. It does not diagnose or treat medical or mental health conditions, and it does not replace therapy or medical care. New ways of responding can help you work with your circumstances; they do not remove the need for practical changes or outside support.
Are a private session and ONE membership included?
The $555 program and payment plan include the same eight-week group experience. Individual sessions and ONE membership are separate offerings.
Freedom Is Learned
You don’t have to work it all out
before you begin.
Bring your curiosity and something you want to approach differently.
We’ll make room to explore, ask questions, and practice together.
October 27–December 15, 2026 · Live online with Dayana Pereira