Tier 3: Alchemy of States
Tier 3: Alchemy of States
Tier 3: Alchemy of States
Year
2027
Year
2027
Year
2027
Type
Flagship / In-Person
Type
Flagship / In-Person
Type
Flagship / In-Person
Timeframe
10 days (residential)
Timeframe
10 days (residential)
Timeframe
10 days (residential)
What is it?
What is it?
What is it?
TIAMAT Tier 3 is our “state gym”—a transformational container where you play with states of consciousness and watch how they shape who you are and what you do. We aim at virtue as our north star, keep a simple almost-monastic daily rhythm, and learn beyond concepts through collaborative practice in an inviting, exploratory space (not a step-by-step handbook).
Inside, you’ll meet your “parts” as lively, relational voices; neither just in your head nor objects to boss around, to map everyday state-shifts and their affordances.
We also train transjective fluency, which you can think of as the quick hop between “I am this” and “I’m seeing this”, so you can spot yourself, others, and the moment more clearly while you’re in it.
TIAMAT Tier 3 is our “state gym”—a transformational container where you play with states of consciousness and watch how they shape who you are and what you do. We aim at virtue as our north star, keep a simple almost-monastic daily rhythm, and learn beyond concepts through collaborative practice in an inviting, exploratory space (not a step-by-step handbook).
Inside, you’ll meet your “parts” as lively, relational voices; neither just in your head nor objects to boss around, to map everyday state-shifts and their affordances.
We also train transjective fluency, which you can think of as the quick hop between “I am this” and “I’m seeing this”, so you can spot yourself, others, and the moment more clearly while you’re in it.
TIAMAT Tier 3 is our “state gym”—a transformational container where you play with states of consciousness and watch how they shape who you are and what you do. We aim at virtue as our north star, keep a simple almost-monastic daily rhythm, and learn beyond concepts through collaborative practice in an inviting, exploratory space (not a step-by-step handbook).
Inside, you’ll meet your “parts” as lively, relational voices; neither just in your head nor objects to boss around, to map everyday state-shifts and their affordances.
We also train transjective fluency, which you can think of as the quick hop between “I am this” and “I’m seeing this”, so you can spot yourself, others, and the moment more clearly while you’re in it.
What it addresses
What it addresses
What it addresses
Conceptual bottlenecks: Knowing about practices isn’t enough. Real change lives in participation. Tier 3 isn't about what you know or what you can do. So…who are you?
Dynamic Balance: Walking a fine line between how much attention there is on yourself and others is like walking a tightrope. How can you show up fully and still stay fluid?
Virtue as a Philosophical Framework: How do we hold our sense of self up to the light and ask "Is this the kind of person I should become?"
Anti-Automation: Sometimes we rush into action or drag ourselves away. But are you able to discern, in the moment, what's yours to do?
Leading-by-Being: When steeped in ambiguity, we can trap ourselves in stasis looking for someone to do something. How do you sense into what is about to/needs to/could potentially happen are participate in it?
Conceptual bottlenecks: Knowing about practices isn’t enough. Real change lives in participation. Tier 3 isn't about what you know or what you can do. So…who are you?
Dynamic Balance: Walking a fine line between how much attention there is on yourself and others is like walking a tightrope. How can you show up fully and still stay fluid?
Virtue as a Philosophical Framework: How do we hold our sense of self up to the light and ask "Is this the kind of person I should become?"
Anti-Automation: Sometimes we rush into action or drag ourselves away. But are you able to discern, in the moment, what's yours to do?
Leading-by-Being: When steeped in ambiguity, we can trap ourselves in stasis looking for someone to do something. How do you sense into what is about to/needs to/could potentially happen are participate in it?
Conceptual bottlenecks: Knowing about practices isn’t enough. Real change lives in participation. Tier 3 isn't about what you know or what you can do. So…who are you?
Dynamic Balance: Walking a fine line between how much attention there is on yourself and others is like walking a tightrope. How can you show up fully and still stay fluid?
Virtue as a Philosophical Framework: How do we hold our sense of self up to the light and ask "Is this the kind of person I should become?"
Anti-Automation: Sometimes we rush into action or drag ourselves away. But are you able to discern, in the moment, what's yours to do?
Leading-by-Being: When steeped in ambiguity, we can trap ourselves in stasis looking for someone to do something. How do you sense into what is about to/needs to/could potentially happen are participate in it?
Orientation
Orientation
Orientation
Tier 3 is participatory, not prescriptive: think sangha and distributed cognition, with repeatable core practices over one-off tricks. It follows the same daily structure as Tier 2, except the responsibility falls on the group to maintain it.
There are no gurus here, no one person to look to.
We train in ambiguity on purpose—getting comfy while meaning is still knitting itself. You’ll need to bring everything from Tier 1&2 and before to bear. There is much to be learnt and a syllabus to complete, but the group decides its pace, tone, texture and weight. And all along, virtue is our north star for weighing options and stitching insights across shifting states.
Tier 3 is participatory, not prescriptive: think sangha and distributed cognition, with repeatable core practices over one-off tricks. It follows the same daily structure as Tier 2, except the responsibility falls on the group to maintain it.
There are no gurus here, no one person to look to.
We train in ambiguity on purpose—getting comfy while meaning is still knitting itself. You’ll need to bring everything from Tier 1&2 and before to bear. There is much to be learnt and a syllabus to complete, but the group decides its pace, tone, texture and weight. And all along, virtue is our north star for weighing options and stitching insights across shifting states.
Tier 3 is participatory, not prescriptive: think sangha and distributed cognition, with repeatable core practices over one-off tricks. It follows the same daily structure as Tier 2, except the responsibility falls on the group to maintain it.
There are no gurus here, no one person to look to.
We train in ambiguity on purpose—getting comfy while meaning is still knitting itself. You’ll need to bring everything from Tier 1&2 and before to bear. There is much to be learnt and a syllabus to complete, but the group decides its pace, tone, texture and weight. And all along, virtue is our north star for weighing options and stitching insights across shifting states.
Course Curriculum
Tier 3 follows the Tier 2 daily breakdown, but each day revolves around a virtue to be conceived, questioned, criticized, reiterated, reanimated, represented and more. It is important to note here that no facilitator participates in the authoritatively in this process, serving only as a guide/mirror for the group's process and only explicitly teaching when it comes to the skills-building sessions.
Day 1 - Framing Lecture: The Sensed Presence of Virtue
Day 2 - What is Rectitude?
Day 3 - What is Courage?
Day 4 - What is Benevolence?
Day 5 - What is Respect?
Day 6 - What is Honesty?
Day 7 - What is Honor?
Day 8 - What is Loyalty?
Day 9 - What is Sophrosyne?
Day 10 - Closing
Ethan Hsieh
Practice Researcher, Transformational Facilitator
Ethan Hsieh is working in the intersection between actor-training and 4E cognitive science. With an MA in Professional Practice: Theatre and Drama Facilitation from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ethan has designed and delivered transformational community-building programs, retreats and workshops in Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Czechia and Singapore.
Ethan Hsieh
Practice Researcher, Transformational Facilitator
Ethan Hsieh is working in the intersection between actor-training and 4E cognitive science. With an MA in Professional Practice: Theatre and Drama Facilitation from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ethan has designed and delivered transformational community-building programs, retreats and workshops in Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Czechia and Singapore.
Course Curriculum
Tier 3 follows the Tier 2 daily breakdown, but each day revolves around a virtue to be conceived, questioned, criticized, reiterated, reanimated, represented and more. It is important to note here that no facilitator participates in the authoritatively in this process, serving only as a guide/mirror for the group's process and only explicitly teaching when it comes to the skills-building sessions.
Day 1 - Framing Lecture: The Sensed Presence of Virtue
Day 2 - What is Rectitude?
Day 3 - What is Courage?
Day 4 - What is Benevolence?
Day 5 - What is Respect?
Day 6 - What is Honesty?
Day 7 - What is Honor?
Day 8 - What is Loyalty?
Day 9 - What is Sophrosyne?
Day 10 - Closing
Course Curriculum
Tier 3 follows the Tier 2 daily breakdown, but each day revolves around a virtue to be conceived, questioned, criticized, reiterated, reanimated, represented and more. It is important to note here that no facilitator participates in the authoritatively in this process, serving only as a guide/mirror for the group's process and only explicitly teaching when it comes to the skills-building sessions.
Day 1 - Framing Lecture: The Sensed Presence of Virtue
Day 2 - What is Rectitude?
Day 3 - What is Courage?
Day 4 - What is Benevolence?
Day 5 - What is Respect?
Day 6 - What is Honesty?
Day 7 - What is Honor?
Day 8 - What is Loyalty?
Day 9 - What is Sophrosyne?
Day 10 - Closing
Ethan Hsieh
Practice Researcher, Transformational Facilitator
Ethan Hsieh is working in the intersection between actor-training and 4E cognitive science. With an MA in Professional Practice: Theatre and Drama Facilitation from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ethan has designed and delivered transformational community-building programs, retreats and workshops in Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Czechia and Singapore.
Ethan Hsieh
Practice Researcher, Transformational Facilitator
Ethan Hsieh is working in the intersection between actor-training and 4E cognitive science. With an MA in Professional Practice: Theatre and Drama Facilitation from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ethan has designed and delivered transformational community-building programs, retreats and workshops in Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Czechia and Singapore.
Ethan Hsieh
Practice Researcher, Transformational Facilitator
Ethan Hsieh is working in the intersection between actor-training and 4E cognitive science. With an MA in Professional Practice: Theatre and Drama Facilitation from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ethan has designed and delivered transformational community-building programs, retreats and workshops in Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Czechia and Singapore.
Tier 3 tunes your inner orchestra—states become steerable, virtue becomes audible—and you learn to play with others without losing your line. Bring that music back to daily life and the wider TIAMAT ecology, where integration isn’t an afterthought; it’s the next movement.
Tier 3 tunes your inner orchestra—states become steerable, virtue becomes audible—and you learn to play with others without losing your line. Bring that music back to daily life and the wider TIAMAT ecology, where integration isn’t an afterthought; it’s the next movement.
Tier 3 tunes your inner orchestra—states become steerable, virtue becomes audible—and you learn to play with others without losing your line. Bring that music back to daily life and the wider TIAMAT ecology, where integration isn’t an afterthought; it’s the next movement.
Installments
One-Time
Tier 3: Alchemy of States
Certification as a Tier 3 Practitioner
Recordings and resources (reference materials, guided tracks) to upkeep practice
50% off any you want to attend again in future
Sign up now!
Installments
One-Time
Tier 3: Alchemy of States
Certification as a Tier 3 Practitioner
Recordings and resources (reference materials, guided tracks) to upkeep practice
50% off any you want to attend again in future
Sign up now!
Installments
One-Time
Tier 3: Alchemy of States
Certification as a Tier 3 Practitioner
Recordings and resources (reference materials, guided tracks) to upkeep practice
50% off any you want to attend again in future
Sign up now!
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