Recognition Rites

Expand your edges. Keep your spark.

You're seeing this because we trust your perspective. We've been building something and we want you to experience it before it goes anywhere else. This is a prototype, your honest response shapes what this becomes.

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Who we are & where this comes from

Bige and Gustavo have each spent years exploring different paths of consciousness; Christian mysticism, Kabbalah, shamanic practices, yogic philosophy, somatic psychology, Ayurveda. What brought these traditions into conversation with each other, in the body, in relationship, in everyday life, was unexpected.

3 minutes · Filmed in India, 2026

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Two full episodes to explore

These are complete sessions from the course, not teasers, not highlights. Watch one or both. Let your body respond before your mind decides.

Desire as Creative Current

What if desire isn't something to manage or overcome, but your most honest compass? This episode explores the difference between craving and calling, and how your body already knows which is which.

~34 min · Led by Bige

Removing the Lenses

You are not your identity. Identity is what you learned to be. This episode uncovers the veils of insufficiency, separation, and control; and what's underneath them when they drop.

~37 min · Led by Gustavo

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A 12-week initiatory journey

Recognition Rites is a guided exploration of awareness, embodiment, and what it means to experience life as a sacred game, not something to win, but something to participate in fully. Through nervous system literacy, psychological precision, and embodied practice, we restore coherence between mind, body, and perception.

The course follows a hidden rhythm, five phases that move from awakening through stabilizing, dissolving, integrating, and finally embodiment. You won't need to know the architecture to feel it working.

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Weeks 1–3

Awakening

Return to the body. Discover the orchestra within. Begin removing the lenses that filter reality before you feel it.

2

Weeks 4–6

Stabilizing

Learn your nervous system's terrain. Reclaim desire as navigation. Discover that ease is intelligence, not laziness.

3

Weeks 7–9

Dissolving

Let the old self die. Integrate your shadow. Walk through the doorway where you're most afraid to go.

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Weeks 10–11

Integrating

Bring this into relationship. Find your inner authority. Live from your own north star.

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Week 12

Embodiment

Life is the ritual. You are the medicine. Playfulness is spiritual maturity.

More than a course

Weekly video teachings — 30–40 min of concept, story, and direct transmission

Guided somatic practices — 20–30 min of movement, breath, and embodied exploration

Integration prompts — journaling, micro-practices, and real-life experiments

Weekly community circle — 90 min live, facilitated sharing and nervous system co-regulation

Private community — ongoing connection, support, and practice between sessions

Optional 1-on-1 coaching — personal space holding with Gus or Bige

This is not self-improvement. It's a shift in how you meet life. From seriousness to sincerity. From effort to curiosity. From surviving the game to realizing you were always allowed to play.

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Your response shapes this

We're not looking for polite encouragement. We want to know what landed, what didn't, and what your body felt. As a thankyou for going deep with us, we'll share something back.

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