There are moments when something has already shifted, before it can be named. The work continues. The days move as before.

And yet, what once oriented you no longer carries in the same way.

You are no longer where you were. What comes next has not yet taken form.

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You may recognise yourself here:

 

• A life phase has ended, and the next has not yet taken shape.

• You know something needs to change, and forcing an answer feels premature.

• A decision is approaching, and none of the available options feel entirely true.

• Something significant needs to be understood, integrated, or brought to completion.

 

You can see the situation clearly. And yet something deeper has not yet shifted.

 

The familiar structure is still there. You are still inside it. And yet you can no longer pretend it fits.

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Much may already have been explored. And yet something remains that has not yet found its proper language.

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Or perhaps it is simpler than that: You feel it. And you cannot yet name what lies on the other side.

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Thresholds ~At the Point of Transition: is designed for moments like these.​

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​What is Thresholds?​

Thresholds is a structured reflective process for people navigating significant transitions.

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Rather than seeking immediate answers or solutions, the work invites a deeper engagement with what is changing, what is ending, what is emerging, and what may now require attention.

 

Through dialogue, reflective inquiry, observation, and shared exploration, participants develop a more grounded relationship with uncertainty and a clearer sense of their own orientation.

 

​People often arrive here when

• What once guided you no longer holds in the same way.

• A decision calls for something beyond gathering more information.

• External success and inner orientation have begun to move in different directions.

• Something has already ended inwardly, while external circumstances have not yet caught up.

• Familiar ways of understanding your situation no longer seem sufficient.

• A different quality of attention is what the moment requires.

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The Cohort Experience

Some thresholds become more legible in the presence of others facing the same territory. Certain questions only become visible when they are shared.

The cohort is a space for reflection, observation, dialogue, and inquiry.

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Participants engage a carefully structured process that explores:

 

• Recognising what has already changed.

• Remaining present to uncertainty while allowing orientation to emerge in its own time.

• Distinguishing inherited assumptions from lived experience.

• Recognising what is asking for attention.

• Engaging decisions from a grounded inner position.

 

Alongside dialogue and reflective inquiry, participants may occasionally receive optional symbolic or nature-based invitations that support reflection and integration. These practices are offered as open invitations, accessible regardless of background or prior experience.

 

The cohort unfolds through six live online gatherings. Each cohort is intentionally limited to a maximum of twelve participants. Sessions take place live and are held in confidence. The rhythm of the programme allows time between gatherings for reflection, observation, and engagement with the questions that emerge through the process.

 

 

Who is this for?

Thresholds is for people navigating significant transitions.

What participants tend to share is a recognition that familiar ways of orienting themselves are calling for something more — something the questions they are carrying require.

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September Cohort

German group  ·  Tuesdays 18:00–20:30 CET  ·  Starting 15 September

English group  ·  Wednesdays 18:00–20:30 CET  ·  Starting 16 September 

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November Cohort ​

German group  ·  Starting 3 November  ·  English group  ·  Starting 4 November

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Six weeks  ·  Live sessions   ·  Online  ·  Maximum 12 participants per group.

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Other formats

Thresholds is also available in other formats:

• In-person weekend workshop

• Public lecture, online or in person

• Institutional engagement

For these formats, you are welcome to be in touch.

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​​​Thresholds Private​​​​​​

Some situations require privacy, continuity, and sustained attention.

 

Thresholds Private offers a confidential one-to-one space for individuals navigating significant transitions, complex decisions, professional reinvention, leadership responsibilities, loss, uncertainty, or periods in which familiar ways of navigating life no longer seem sufficient.

 

Often people arrive with questions that call for something beyond expertise alone. They may possess experience, knowledge, professional support, and considerable responsibility, yet still find themselves facing circumstances where established frameworks require a different kind of engagement.

 

The work engages the situation carefully enough that what is already becoming visible can be recognised more clearly — and from there, a different quality of movement becomes possible.

 

Private accompaniment is particularly valuable when confidentiality is essential, when decisions carry significant consequences, or when a situation requires a depth of attention that is difficult to sustain alone.

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Private Format Includes

• Six individual sessions

• Personalised pacing

• Flexible scheduling

• Dedicated reflection and inquiry

• Confidential one-to-one accompaniment

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Format

Six sessions  ·  Online or in person  ·  To be completed within a period of up to three months    

Available in English, German, and Spanish

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​​​​​​​​Origins​

Thresholds is a body of work developed by Maria Clara Castaneda through lived experience and decades of accompanying people through significant transitions.

 

This territory was already present in her work long before it had a name.

 

The questions, practices, and structures that inform Thresholds developed gradually through both personal experience and work with individuals and groups across cultures, professions, and life circumstances.

 

Thresholds emerged from a particular way of observing, questioning, and accompanying moments of transition, uncertainty, and reorientation — one that developed over decades before finding its present form.

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What is already present can become audible.

What is already known can become orientation.

What is already shifting can become a place to stand.

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If you would like to explore whether Thresholds is the right fit for your current situation,

you are welcome to begin with a conversation.

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Terms & Conditions

This work is offered within an educational context, focused on reflection, inquiry, and orientation. It does not include advice, therapy, or decision-making guidance.

Participation is voluntary and self-directed. Each participant remains responsible for their own decisions and actions.

No specific outcomes are promised. Fees are non-refundable.

 

All prices are listed excluding VAT. Dutch VAT (21%) applies where applicable.

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