A Gentle Path Back to Presence

Reclaim Your Time. Reclaim Your Life. Our courses offers a deeply compassionate and grounded approach to breaking free from social media, and rediscovering real-world connection and presence. Social media is engineered to keep us hooked—but our courses draws on neuro-scientific research and therapeutic wisdom to help you understand why you're pulled in and how to gently step away.

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There’s a quiet crisis shaping our modern lives: constant device use, social media that taps directly into your brain’s reward pathways, and a growing sense of disconnection—even from ourselves.

 This course exists to Offer:

  • A gentle, shame-free, science-backed path toward reclaiming presence

  • Purposeful connection with yourself, your body, the earth, and others

  • Tools to soften your nervous system, tune into your own pace, and awaken to life beyond the screen


Meet your instructor - Marissa Tonus

Marissa Tonus, your instructor, is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) and Relational Somatic Therapist—founder of InBody Therapies—and deeply rooted in holistic, client-centred healing.

With a background in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Advocacy, and Herbalism. Marissa brings warmth, deep listening, and a person-centred approach to every interaction. She holds compassion, non-judgment, and unconditional positive regard as foundational to healing.

Her extensive training includes:

  • Registered Therapeutic Counselling (RTC accreditation, covering ethics, Gestalt, Narrative, family, couples and Person-Centred Therapy)

  • A Relational Somatic Therapy Certification through “Opening to Grace" rooted in relational neuroscience and healing trauma through connection, not isolation.

  • University Education in Psychology & Social Work from Trent University, including studies in Indigenous and gender studies.

Marissa’s approach nurtures safety in connection—within yourself, and with others—by honoring the body’s wisdom, calming the nervous system, and fostering deeper self-awareness and freedom from disconnection

Courses

The First Step

Book a Free Intro Session

I invite you to begin this journey with a free 15–20 minute call—no pressure, just a chance to connect,
ask questions, and feel into whether this is the right support for you.

Until the end of September, you can join at an exclusive early-bird rate—just one-third of the full value,
because your feedback helps shape this evolving course.

If your heart feels called to return to life more fully—to presence, connection, and authenticity—
I’m here to support you every step of the way.

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