Name: The Nervous System Of Sovereign Desire
Start: 2026-06-28T15:00:00-0700
End: 2026-06-28T15:50:00-0700

Sunday June 28, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

In a culture that often romanticizes intensity, many people have learned to associate emotional volatility with chemistry, unpredictability with passion, and nervous system activation with love itself.

When connection feels calm, steady, safe, or emotionally available, it can sometimes feel unfamiliar or even less desirable. Why does safety so often get mistaken for boredom?

This workshop explores the relationship between attachment, desire, nervous system regulation, and erotic polarity across a range of relational dynamics, including monogamous, non-monogamous, and evolving relationship structures.
Participants will be invited to examine how early relational experiences shape attraction, why intensity can become addictive, and how patterns of activation can masquerade as intimacy.

Through reflection, the conversation opens inquiry into what becomes possible when safety and aliveness are no longer experienced as opposites.

Speakers

Eli Maksoudian

Eli Maksoudian is the founder of Living To Your Max, a human development institute dedicated to supporting individuals, couples, and leaders in living into the fullest expression of their potential through the integration of body, mind, and spirit.With more than 15 years of international... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
CSI - Spadina Lounge 192 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5T 2C2

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Anthropos 2026

Eli Maksoudian

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Anthropos 2026

Eli Maksoudian

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