Elusive Authenticity
A 4-Week Somatic Series on Self-Trust and Authentic Expression
You know how to keep going.
This is for learning when you don’t have to.
Live on zoom | 12pm ET
October 1, 8, 15, 20
You’re capable, engaged, and paying attention.
You care about how you live, how you show up, and the impact you have.
And still -
There are moments when you feel yourself overriding what you know. You push through. You stay composed. You keep going, even when something inside you is asking for a different pace or direction.
This isn’t a failure. It’s a pattern many thoughtful, responsible people develop to stay functional and connected in a demanding world.
Elusive Authenticity
Elusive Authenticity is an online somatic class series for women and gender-expansive folks who want to come back into clearer relationship with themselves—not by fixing habits or chasing insight, but by learning how to listen to the body with more precision and trust.
Through gentle, awareness-based movement, and powerful mindset tools, we’ll explore how your nervous system organizes under pressure: where effort increases, where sensation goes quiet, and how choice narrows without you noticing. From there, something simple but meaningful becomes possible—more room to respond instead of react.
Enrollment closes September 30th.
THIS WORK IS SUBTLE. IT’S ALSO DIRECT.
When you learn to sense yourself more clearly, authenticity stops being an idea and becomes something you can actually practice.
You might notice:
when you’re about to say “yes” when you mean “not yet”
when you’re bracing or pushing through instead of listening
when something feels off before you can explain why
what a genuine yes, no, or maybe feels like in your body
when you have more choice about how you respond instead of automatically falling into an old pattern
The goal isn’t to become perfectly attuned to yourself all the time.
It’s to have more access to yourself when it matters.
YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE WORLD
You’re used to showing up.
For your work. Your family. Your community. The people and causes you care about.
You know how to be capable, responsible, engaged.
But staying engaged shouldn’t require staying in tension with yourself.
This work gives you a place to practice something different: staying connected to yourself while you stay connected to your life.
What We’ll Be Doing Together
Each week, we’ll engage in powerful mindset practices alongside gentle somatic education — guided movement explorations designed to help you sense yourself more clearly from the inside. This work is informed by the Feldenkrais Method® and Neuro-identity Evolution® practices though no prior experience is needed.
This isn’t exercise or performance. Most lessons are done lying down or seated, moving slowly and within a comfortable range. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to get right. All movements can be done in ways that work for your body, including staying still and simply noticing.
The body is concrete. When you change how you move—even in small, precise ways—you give your nervous system new information.
As those patterns shift, habits of effort, bracing, and automatic response can begin to soften.
You don’t have to think your way into a different relationship with yourself. You get to experience it.
As we explore subtle variations of movement, you’ll begin to notice where you brace, where effort increases, and where you override quieter signals.
Rather than analyzing those patterns, we’ll work directly with the physical organization underneath them.
Often, when movement becomes easier, something else becomes easier too: noticing what you actually want, need, or know.
This is a contained space to practice change at the level where it actually happens. Over time, that practice becomes something you carry into daily life.
"I'm surprised at how easily I felt safe. Before that class, it felt like safety was behind a locked bank vault that I couldn't access. The class made safety feel like it was behind a curtain that I could push aside easily. It made safety into an easy choice."
— Nicole, Elusive Authenticity participantThis class is for you if
You want a more embodied, honest relationship with yourself
You’re outwardly capable
but often feel internally rushed or overridden
You care deeply about the world
and want to stay engaged without living in constant tension
You sense your center is there
but not always accessible
About the Facilitator
Elusive Authenticity is led by Sharon Costianes, a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner and somatic educator with more than 20 years of experience guiding people back into relationship with themselves. Sharon has spent decades working with bodies and nervous systems in moments of vulnerability, transition, and change—and she knows how to hold space without rushing, fixing, or taking over.
People often tell Sharon they feel safe with her almost immediately. They find themselves saying things they didn’t plan to say, feeling things they usually keep contained. This isn’t because she pushes for disclosure—it’s because her presence is steady, attuned, and deeply respectful of each person’s pace. Sharon listens closely, tracks what’s happening beneath the words, and stays with people as they find their own way through.
Her teaching is shaped by long-term practice, lived experience, and a clear understanding of how nervous systems work under pressure. She has worked with singers, activists, caregivers, educators, and people in all kinds of life transitions—many of whom are outwardly capable and inwardly exhausted. Sharon doesn’t offer quick fixes or dramatic breakthroughs. She offers precision, patience, and a way of working that restores trust in the body’s own intelligence.
This is work led by someone who has seen a lot, stayed present, and knows how to create a container where honesty can emerge naturally—and where people don’t have to perform, explain, or prove anything to be met with care.
What to Expect
Gentle Awareness Through Movement lessons rooted in the Feldenkrais Method®
Somatic practices that support nervous system regulation and choice
Powerful embodied mindset practices that ensure profound change becomes your lived reality
Guidance that emphasizes noticing rather than forcing change
Time for questions and integration
Live sessions plus replays available
What it’s like to work with Sharon
Your nervous system is not the problem.
It’s the place where choice becomes possible.
Come practice listening in a way that supports both authenticity and sustainability.
The Investment
One payment of $597 or 2 payments of $299
Here's what that gets you: four live weekly sessions, guided Awareness Through Movement work rooted in the Feldenkrais Method®, and lifetime access to every recording.
Four weeks is enough time for your nervous system to actually register a new pattern, and to build the foundation real transformation gets built on. This is the beginning of something, not the whole of it.
If finances are the only thing standing between you and this work, reach out — we'll find a way to make it possible: email us
Elusive Authenticity is a four-week online series beginning October 1st.
We’ll gather live on Zoom each week — sessions are recorded, so replays are available if life gets in the way.
Live classes are held at 12:00 pm ET, October 1, 8, 15, 20 via Zoom
Here's what that gets you: four live weekly sessions, guided Awareness Through Movement work rooted in the Feldenkrais Method®, and lifetime access to every recording. Four weeks is enough time for your nervous system to actually register a new pattern, and to build the foundation real transformation gets built on. This is the beginning of something, not the whole of it.