KINGS & QUEENS

Discover Your Deepest Ground

FAQs

Every one of us carries painful experiences that shape how we see ourselves and the world. Because when you were young and couldn’t handle that pain, you told yourself things like…

That you weren’t enough.
That you had to earn love.
That you were alone.
That something about you was fundamentally wrong.

These conclusions often form unconsciously, long before we have the words to describe them.

Over time, they become the hidden center around which our lives organize. The linchpin that keeps our sense of separation in place. We build strategies to protect ourselves. We strive, perform, withdraw, control, please, achieve, or caretake. Not because anything is wrong with us, but that’s how we could survive and make it through when we were too little to understand what was going on around us.

Kings & Queens is an invitation to go deeper.

To discover the core wound and its subsequent core belief that has shaped your experience of separation.

To meet it with truth and compassion. And to reconnect with the deeper knowing, deeper ground, deeper goodness, and deeper wisdom that have been present all along.

Because healing is not about becoming someone else.

It is about coming home to who you truly are, have always been and always will be, underneath all the illusions that keep you separate.

“Before Kings & Queens, underlying everything in my entire life was this thought that I was not good enough. I was always just waiting to screw up. I honestly never thought that it would go away. What I got in this workshop was a whole new perspective. I realized that it’s okay if those thoughts never go away; I learned how to just be with them, and how to transform them into the thing that makes me a better leader in the world and in my life.”

Shandra

where you are

Kings & Queens is one of COR’s most advanced workshops.

Designed for graduates who have already done significant inner work, this experience invites you into a deeper exploration of the beliefs, patterns, and protective strategies that continue to shape your life in ways that keep you separate.

Many participants arrive with a growing awareness that they understand their story, yet still feel caught by familiar reactions, fears, or relational patterns.

At Kings & Queens, you’ll explore the deeper ground beneath those patterns.

Together, we examine how early experiences shaped the beliefs we hold about ourselves, the ways we learned to protect ourselves, and the deeper truths that may have been obscured along the way.

Held within a community of men and women, this workshop supports a movement from understanding toward integration, from separation toward wholeness and unity, and from protection toward presence.

Themes

Participants come to Kings & Queens carrying many different life experiences, yet certain questions often emerge.

◇ Why do I keep repeating the same patterns in relationships?

◇ Why do certain situations still trigger such strong reactions?

◇ What negative belief about myself has been unconsciously shaping my life?

◇ How do I stop living from protection and begin living from truth?

◇ How can I forgive without bypassing my pain?

◇ What is mine to contribute in this season of life?

◇ How do I live with greater freedom, authenticity, and responsibility?

◇ What deeper wisdom is waiting beneath the stories I’ve carried for years?

REGISTER NOW FOR KINGS & QUEENS

Dates: November 5-8, 2026
Gore, VA

Early Bird Pricing: $2,997 (through September 24)
Regular Pricing: $3,497

Payment plans are available. Registration closes October 29.

REGISTER

Please note the prerequisite to attend Kings & Queens is that you must have staffed a workshop of the opposite gender. Or, if you have have completed the first two modules of our Leadership Development Training, you can apply. Please email Client Care to apply.

What’s possible

When we uncover the beliefs that have organized our lives around being a separate someone, something begins to soften. The effort to prove ourselves, the need to protect ourselves, the fear that we are somehow not enough… In their place, a deeper truth becomes available.

Participants often leave Kings & Queens with:

◇ Greater awareness of the core beliefs shaping their lives

◇ A tangible connection to their deepest ground, and therefore a more profound trust in themselves, others, and Grace

◇ More compassion for the wounded parts of themselves

◇ A deeper understanding of the protective strategies they developed to survive

◇ Increased freedom in relationships

◇ A stronger connection to their essential goodness

◇ Greater embodiment, presence, and emotional maturity

◇ A clearer sense of purpose and contribution

◇ A growing capacity to live from love rather than fear

◇ A felt experience of wholeness that includes every part of themselves

the deeper invitation

Much of personal growth focuses on changing behavior. Kings & Queens explores what lives beneath behavior. Together, we’ll investigate the core belief that may be holding your sense of separation in place.

For some people, that belief sounds like: “I am not enough,” “I am unlovable,” “I am all alone,” “I am bad,” or “I don’t matter.”

These beliefs are not flaws.

They are often the conclusions a young heart made while trying to make sense of pain.

When these beliefs are met with truth, compassion, and presence, something profound becomes possible. The protective structures built around them begin to soften.

And a deeper knowing can emerge.

Not something new.

Something that has always been true.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This workshop is experiential and participatory in nature, with equal numbers men and women, participating together side by side. It is a rites of passage workshop, but it is in many ways unlike all our other workshops, and will include new depths of processes and teachings.

The processes

◇ SMALL GROUP FACILITATION & SUPPORT

◇ FACILITATED PARTNER EXERCISES

◇ PSYCHODRAMA / PARTS WORK

◇ SOMATIC HEALING

◇ ACTIVE & SILENT MEDITATIONS

◇ EMOTIONAL PROCESSING

◇ JOURNALING AND REFLECTION

◇ TEACHING CIRCLES OF CONCEPTS & IDEAS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is this workshop only about romantic relationships?

No. Although one area of our focus is the dynamic and healing between men and women, this workshop isn’t about relationships; it’s about you, at your core. Certainly, your romantic life will be greatly affected by this weekend, but the work we do addresses all relationships— family, friends, co-workers, and of course, maybe most importantly, your relationship with yourself.

How many participants are at this workshop?

This workshop is always done with an equal number of men and women, and usually has anywhere from 16 to 28 participants.

WHAT ARE THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES?

As with our other events, participants should plan to arrive for registration at 5:00pm on Thursday, and plan to not depart until the end of lunch at 2:00pm on Sunday.

Will this workshop “fix” me?

No one is going to wave a magic wand and “fix” you at this workshop. Instead, it’s an opportunity for you to do real, deep inner work on yourself, in the company of similarly committed women, under the guidance of skilled facilitators who have all done this work before you. You will receive deep healing at the workshop, healing that can last decades, not a surface feeling that fades within days or weeks. However, we have found that for most of us, the journey is not in fixing anything, it’s in accepting all the parts of ourselves, understanding them, and then moving forward with compassion.

Who facilitates this workshop?

This workshop is led by our most senior facilitators and staff, with both male and female facilitators present, including Britta and Lee Eskey, the founders of COR.

Is this a couples workshop?

No, though you can participate in this workshop with your romantic partner if your partner has also fulfilled the prerequisites. If you choose to do so, you will complete the workshop with your partner, as a pair, without the normal separation that is the case in other COR workshops.

Should I attend if I’m still single, or wait until I have a partner?

You can absolutely attend this workshop without a romantic partner, and there are no downsides to doing so. In fact, some past participants have said that attending this workshop provided the healing they needed to be able to enter into and sustain a healthy romantic partnership, and they credit the relationship they found afterward to attending this workshop.

I’m interested in financial aid options. What kind of assistance is available if I cannot afford the workshop?

We offer no fee payment plans for all our workshops so that you can spread the payment out over four monthly payments if you register at least four months in advance of the workshop.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

Email Us: Ask a Question or Schedule a Free Exploration Call to See if Kings & Queens is Right for YOU

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REGISTER NOW FOR KINGS & QUEENS

Dates: November 5-8, 2026
Gore, VA

Early Bird Pricing: $2,997 (through September 24)
Regular Pricing: $3,497

Payment plans are available. Registration closes October 29.

REGISTER

Please note the prerequisite to attend Kings & Queens is that you must have staffed a workshop of the opposite gender. Or, if you have have completed the first two modules of our Leadership Development Training, you can apply. Please email Client Care to apply.

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