The Art of REPAIR : Relational Play Lab

What if learning how to navigate conflict didn’t feel heavy… but actually felt alive, engaging, and even fun?

The Art of REPAIR is a 6-step framework that helps you move from disconnection to reconnection with clarity, skill, and integrity.

This 2.5-hour immersive playshop is a relational gym where you will practice these skills through interactive games, guided connection exercises, and real-time relational experiments. Instead of talking about communication, you will get it in your body.

We will move through all six steps together. Resourcing, Empathy, Permission, Acknowledgment, Impact, and Restore Integrity. Not as a lecture, but as lived experience.

Expect laughter, insight, meaningful connection, and a few moments where you realize, “Oh… this is what I’ve been missing.”

Come as you are. Leave with tools you can actually use when things get messy. Because they will. And now you will know what to do.

What is The Art of REPAIR series all about?

The Art of REPAIR series combines the Art of REPAIR methodology with our Relational Play Lab. Rather than just learning repair skills conceptually, we practice them live through relational play.

The Art of REPAIR is a six-step framework for transforming rupture into reconnection with more ease, clarity, and structure. Each week focuses on one step of the process, and the play lab is intentionally designed around that theme.

For example, we begin with Resourcing, the ability to regulate your nervous system so you can approach repair from a more grounded state. Each week builds on the next, allowing skills to integrate through repetition, play, and real relational practice.

Want to learn more about the Art of REPAIR? Watch this 20 minute video to get a high level overview of the process:

What You’ll Walk Away With:

Greater ease staying present during tension, conflict, or emotional charge

Practical, embodied tools for repair that actually rebuild trust

Increased nervous system resilience and relational confidence

More range in how you listen, respond, and express impact

A felt sense of how to return to connection after rupture

Playfulness, self-awareness, and a deeper trust in your relational instincts

Meet Your Facilitator:

Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates is a relational educator, facilitator, and the creator of the Art of REPAIR™ methodology. They have been facilitating relational spaces for over 25 years and are known for bringing structure, humor, and heart into rooms where real connection is practiced. Hazel-Grace is a Certified Integral Circling Facilitator, an Authentic Relating Facilitator and Trainer, and is trained in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). They are also a Certified Trauma Somatic Practitioner with Queer Competency Certification, which means nervous systems, consent, and inclusion are never an afterthought. Their work blends play with precision, helping people build relational skills that actually stick. If repair feels intimidating, Hazel-Grace has a knack for making it human, doable, and surprisingly fun.

Want to dive deeper right away?

Check out this 20-minute mini-course, where Dr. Hazel-Grace shares a high-level overview of The REPAIR Process™. In this short but powerful video, you’ll gain practical takeaways and golden nuggets you can begin using immediately to shift the way you approach conflict and connection.