AN 8 WEEK ONLINE JOURNEY IN COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, PERSONAL WORK, SPIRITUAL INTEGRATION
The Witness
& The Spiral
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense.
— RUMI
Facilitated by Mark Noonan, LSW, MSW, · Licensed Psychotherapist · Trained Group Facilitator · Human in Long-Term Recovery
WHO THIS IS FOR
This course is for people who feel the quiet ache of something unresolved — anxiety that crops up in moments of stillness, patterns that continue to repeat, that sense of not-enoughness that nothing seems to alleviate.
If you are experiencing
Anxiety, chronic worry, looping thoughts
Deep sadness, grief, low motivation, or emotional flatness
Fear and shame — including feelings of low self-worth
Relational patterns that continue to persist despite your best efforts to change
Addictive or compulsive patterns — substances, food, scrolling, people-pleasing, etc
Developmental or relational wounding from early in life
If you are someone who is
Wanting to create a practice but don’t know where to start
Seeking to deepen your current practices sustainably
Experienced practitioner with a desire to be in community
Anyone who has tried to "fix" themselves and found the wounds stay hurting
WHAT THIS COURSE IS
The Witness & The Spiral is an 8 week cohort-based experiential journey designed to move beneath the surface — not through talk alone, but through direct, embodied encounter with what you carry. The gift of community to alleviate the burden. Clinical wisdom woven with spiritual depth into lived and embodied practice.
This course is an opportunity to dive into specialized teachings, practices, and traditions that are transformational for personal growth and the integration of your work. All within a curated container of human beings who are here to do the same.
I have been on a life long journey of recovery, spiritual integration, and blooming into a whole human being. I was raised by two practitioners and coaches, and was taught a multitude of spiritual practices and philosophies from a very young age. I also lived through childhood trauma, developmental trauma, and some significantly fucked up shit. I found my refuge in drugs, alcohol, and the craving of something more out of life, some illusion that no matter how hard I chased I could never fully attain. For years I thought I abandoned practice to seek a cessation of suffering through experiences and materialism, yet it all came crashing down on me in rock bottom after rock bottom. I overdosed and attempted suicide mulitiple times, racked up significant consumer debt, couldn’t hold a job, was living in my car, and had lost all will to endure. Through grace and a stroke of hope I was connected to therapy, treatment, recovery, and picked up my practices once more.
Seven years ago I committed to a life of healing, growth, recovery, and embodiment; finding my path to be equally impacted by spiritual practices and clinical interventions. I have spent years studying, practicing, and training in schools and modalities that have given me what I was searching for all those years in my suffering: inner peace. Contentment no matter life's circumstances, the ability to truly ‘be with’ myself, Hope, purpose, and passion. And I have found that through deep diving into the roots of my suffering, daily practice, and learning new ways of being, I am able to move through the world without the restlessness and emptiness I felt for so long. Service has been a huge part of my journey, to my younger self, to the community, to fellow humans recovering from life’s shit, to the world. So naturally, I chose to become a therapist.
I have been synthesizing my personal journey, seeking education, training, and certification in the modalities, teachings, and practices that have truly saved my life. And one day while living in a new city, feeling burnt out from work, and seeking reconnection to my creativity, a stroke of inspiration hit. I was on the phone talking about the journey and these two concepts of the Witness and the Spiral came through clearly as the foundational principles of the work. Since then I have been carefully curating this course, weaving in aspects of the work that feel so important to me. This is truly unique, a one of a kind offering that has been marinating for a lifetime!
The Witness is the part of you that has always been watching — steady, unhurried, unafraid.
The Spiral is the map of your journey: non-linear, ever-expanding, always returning, always growing.
HOW THE COURSE WORKS
Weekly Modules
Each week you receive core teaching content, written reflections from your facilitator, guided somatic and contemplative practices, and reflection prompts for deeper self-inquiry.
Live Zoom Sessions
Weekly live sessions held across the 8 weeks. Facilitated group sharing, experiential exercises, somatic attunement, and real-time witnessing. Real-time participation is the heart of this work.
The Container
You are not alone in this. The group itself is one of the most powerful medicines. Being witnessed by others in their truth and witnessing them in yours offers an incredible corrective relational experience.
THE 8 WEEK JOURNEY
Week 1: Witness, Spiral, Connect
Week 2: Resourcing
Week 3: Relationships & Attachment
Week 4: The Self, The Story, and The Wound
Week 5: Somatic Wisdom
Week 6: Legacies
Week 7: The Internal Divine
Week 8: Living The Spiral
"The healing is not in becoming someone different.
It is in becoming fully present to who you truly are."
WHAT THIS WORK DRAWS FROM
Somatic Experiencing | Parts Work / IFS | Psychodrama | EMDR | Brainspotting | NARM | Attachment Theory | Buddhist Psychology
Vedic Philosophy | Sufi Mysticism | Decolonial Frameworks | Indigenous Wisdom Traditions | Divine Intuition | and so much more
This course is intentional about naming the lineages it draws from. Many of the healing practices and spiritual teachings woven throughout have origins in Indigenous, Eastern, and Global South traditions that have too often been extracted without attribution. Throughout this course, we name our sources. We honor our teachers. And we will provide you with many of these resources.
PRICING & ACCESS · THIS WORK BELONGS TO EVERYONE
Pricing structure launching in August! Sign up with the link below:
Enrollment includes special rates on individual coaching sessions
Mark Noonan
LSW, MSW
Mark is a Licensed Social Worker, trained Psychodrama practitioner, EMDR and Brainspotting practitioner, meditation teacher, and fellow traveler along the road of recovery and spirituality.
His inspiration for this work comes from his own lived experience of recovering from trauma, early childhood wounds, and addiction. He brings the attunement of compassion, steadiness, and depth — meeting people where they are and guiding them through transformation with compassion and truth.
Healing is not a luxury.
The pricing structure is created to offer equitable access to the teachings and practices.
If cost is a barrier, let us know. Scholarships are available upon request.
This is Not Therapy.The Witness & The Spiral is an educational and experiential group transformation program. Your facilitator is a licensed psychotherapist, but this course does not constitute psychotherapy and is not a substitute for clinical mental health treatment.
If you are in crisis, please contact the National Crisis Line: 988