Participant Communications Log — Spring 2026 Study Group Montreal

Created 2026-03-19

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Participant Communications Log

Spring 2026 Study Group Montreal

Cohort-specific participant exchanges. Each entry has its own frontmatter block capturing channel, direction, language, and status. For policy and tone reference, see Communications Guide.

Cohort Emails

All cohort-wide emails are in a single file: Cohort Emails — Spring 2026

#	Email	Send by	Status
1	Welcome and First Assignment	April 2	sent — final copy / HTML
2	Reminder Before Session 2	Wed, April 8	sent
3	Reminder Before Session 3	Wed, April 15	draft
4	Reminder Before Session 4	Wed, April 22	draft
5	Reminder Before Session 5	Wed, April 29	draft
6	Reminder Before Session 6	Wed, May 6	draft
7	Before Final Session	Wed, May 13	draft

2026-04-02 — Group Post: Session Schedule and Preparation Guide

date: 2026-04-02
channel: group-activity-feed
direction: outbound
language_out: en
status: posted
topics:
  - session-schedule
  - studio-numbers
  - preparation-guide
cohort: spring-2026

Group activity feed post with full session schedule (dates, times, studio numbers) and link to the preparation guide page. Posted immediately after Email 01. Full copy in Cohort Emails — Spring 2026.

2026-04-04 — Group Post: Waiver and Questionnaire Reminder

date: 2026-04-04
channel: group-activity-feed
direction: outbound
language_out: en
status: posted
topics:
  - participation-waiver
  - participation-questionnaire
  - session-1-reminder
cohort: spring-2026

Morning-of reminder before Session 1. Follow-up to Email 01, asking participants to complete the participation waiver (required) and questionnaire (encouraged) before arriving. Full copy in Cohort Emails — Spring 2026.

2026-03-31 — James Murray — Session 2 Timing Confirmation & Primer Start

date: 2026-03-31
participant: James Murray
channel: email
direction: inbound
language_in: en
language_out: en
status: responded
topics:
  - session-2-logistics
  - primer-start
  - proto-studio
cohort: spring-2026

Pre-enrollment context: James came in via the contact form on 2026-03-30. Full inquiry thread, fit assessment, pricing exchange, and registration documented in James Murray — Contact Inquiry.

Fit assessment summary: Strong fit across all dimensions. Actor/writer, multi-sport background, cross-country skiing 3x/week, weekly 60-min mobility/flexibility work, biweekly somatic therapy. Registered 2026-03-31 at full price ($205 USD).

Session 2 (April 11) logistics: James works remotely and will be working from Proto Studio’s common area that day. He’ll arrive ~11:15 AM, work around the session, attend 1:10–~2:40 PM (leaving 5–10 min early to be online by 2:45), and depart ~3:15 PM. Wifi availability at Proto Studio to be confirmed.

Original message (2026-03-31):

Thanks Patrick,

I have time this week so should be able to start tomorrow.

The timing for the 11th has worked out pretty well. The safest thing for me to do would be to arrive at the studio around 11:15 as I have to be online at 11:30 til about noon and then again from 12:30 to 1. I will be able to join the class on time and will have to leave about 5 or 10 minutes before the end as I have to be back online at 2:45. At 3:15, I will probably pack up and go as I have 45 minute to get home before the next one.

James

Response sent (2026-03-31):

Hi James,

That timing works well. Being there for the full session minus a few minutes at the end is no issue at all. As mentioned, we post a detailed session summary to the cohort forum after each session, so anything you miss will be covered there.

Good to hear you’re starting the Primer tomorrow. See you Saturday.

Patrick

2026-04-08 — James Murray — Proto Studio Workspace Incident

date: 2026-04-08
participant: James Murray
channel: email
direction: inbound
language_in: en
language_out: en
status: draft
topics:
  - proto-studio
  - venue-relationship
  - boundary-setting
  - session-2-logistics
cohort: spring-2026

James emailed Proto Studio directly (proto@protostudio.ca, CC events@baseworks.com) asking to use the space from 9 AM to nearly 5 PM as a dedicated workspace on April 11, claiming Patrick had been “asking for a quiet space” for him. This misrepresents what was communicated. Patrick never contacted Proto Studio on James’s behalf — the only outreach was to confirm wifi availability. Patrick had consistently offered staying home as the better option given James’s work commitments.

Two responses drafted: (1) text to Nicholas (Proto Studio co-founder) clarifying the situation, (2) direct email to James setting a boundary.

Full thread, context, and drafted responses: James Murray — Contact Inquiry (Follow-Up 5)

2026-04-19 — Noémie Normandin — Assignment Progress Check-in

date: 2026-04-19
participant: Noémie Normandin
channel: platform-dm
direction: outbound
language_in: fr
language_out: fr
status: sent
response_sent: 2026-04-19 ~23:15 ET
topics:
  - assignment-progress
  - primer-completion
  - in-person-vs-online-balance
  - session-3-contribution
cohort: spring-2026

Context: Patrick-initiated follow-up. Extends existing DM thread Noémie DM thread (5 messages, 2026-03-14 to 2026-04-09). The new message appreciates Noémie’s Session 3 contribution (pain dissolving / sensory calibration), notes she’s currently about three lessons into Segment 3 with the rest of Session 3’s assignment still open, observes she’s been working more from intuition than from Primer content, and flags that the Session 4 assignment is the largest of the program. Offers scheduling tips as done for Caitlin.

Attendance context (see Noémie’s profile): attended Sessions 1, 2, and 3. Session 2 attendance was ad-hoc — she made it work despite an Apr 8 DM saying she might miss it.

English source version (reference only — French version below is what was sent):

Hi Noémie,

Just wanted to follow up after Saturday. It was good to have you in the room. Your observation about arriving from a physically demanding work week, and finding that what first felt like discomfort settled into something you could work with once you engaged the pattern work, opened up one of the richer discussions of the session. Asia’s framing of it as sensory calibration landed directly because you brought that experience in. Your curiosity throughout the session was clear too, and those kinds of contributions add real value to the group.

We’ve also noticed that the assignments haven’t been completed on time for the sessions so far. From what we can see, you’re currently about three lessons into Segment 3, which means the rest of the Session 3 assignment is still open.

It was also noticeable in your practice on Saturday that you were working more from your own intuitive sense of what the material might be asking for, rather than from the specific content we’ve been going through in the Primer. That makes sense given your movement background. With Feldenkrais, contact, martial arts, and so on, there’s a natural pull to meet new forms through what you already know. That’s a real strength in many contexts, but this program is designed a bit differently. A lot of thought has gone into the way the Primer content and the in-person sessions feed each other, so that everyone in the room arrives with the same fundamental backdrop and we can build from there as a group. When that shared ground isn’t in place, the in-person work can’t quite land the way it’s meant to, for you personally and for the group as a whole.

If what you’re really looking for is primarily in-person practice with direct feedback and adjustments, that’s a valid preference, and there are other ways we could work together around that. Within the structure of this program specifically, though, the online assignments aren’t optional. They’re what allows the in-person sessions to do what they’re designed to do.

The assignment for next Saturday (Segment 4) is the longest of the program, at about 87 minutes of new material. Combined with the lessons still open from Segment 3, that’s a real amount to get through in a week. Giving yourself some time each day to work through it should make it manageable.

It would also really help to read through the session summaries we’ve been posting to the forum in full. Each one covers what we practiced and discussed, the forms introduced, the foci, and the specific questions that came up. They fill in a lot of what the Primer content sets up.

If fitting the assignments into your schedule is the main challenge and you’d like some practical tips on how to approach it, just let us know. We’re happy to share what’s worked for others. The deeper the material lands, the more each session can give you, so we want to support you in getting there.

Looking forward to Saturday.

Patrick

French version (sent via platform DM, 2026-04-19 ~23:15 ET; will sync on next cron):

Bonsoir Noémie,

Un petit suivi après samedi. C’était bien de vous avoir avec nous. Votre observation sur le fait d’arriver après une semaine de travail physiquement exigeante et de constater que ce qui semblait d’abord de l’inconfort s’est transformé en quelque chose avec lequel vous pouviez travailler, une fois engagée dans le travail des patterns, a ouvert l’une des discussions les plus riches de la session. La façon dont Asia a cadré cela autour de la calibration sensorielle a résonné directement parce que vous avez apporté cette expérience. Votre curiosité tout au long de la session était également bien présente, et ce type de contributions ajoute une réelle valeur au groupe.

Nous avons également remarqué que les assignments n’ont pas été complétés à temps pour les sessions jusqu’à maintenant. D’après ce que nous voyons, vous avez complété environ trois leçons du Segment 3, ce qui veut dire que le reste de l’assignment pour la Session 3 est toujours à faire.

Nous avons aussi remarqué dans votre pratique samedi que vous travailliez davantage à partir de votre propre sens intuitif de ce que la matière pourrait demander, plutôt qu’à partir du contenu spécifique que nous avons couvert dans le Primer. Cela se comprend très bien étant donné votre parcours de mouvement. Avec Feldenkrais, le contact, les arts martiaux, etc., il y a une tendance naturelle à aborder les nouvelles formes à travers ce que vous connaissez déjà. C’est une réelle force dans bien des contextes, mais ce programme est conçu un peu différemment. Beaucoup de réflexion est allée dans la façon dont le contenu du Primer et les sessions en personne s’alimentent mutuellement, pour que tout le monde arrive dans la salle avec le même socle fondamental et que nous puissions construire à partir de là en tant que groupe. Quand ce terrain commun n’est pas en place, le travail en personne n’arrive pas à prendre de la même façon, autant pour vous personnellement que pour la dynamique de groupe.

Si ce que vous recherchez avant tout est de la pratique en personne avec du feedback direct et des ajustements, c’est une préférence tout à fait valable, et il y a d’autres façons dont nous pourrions travailler ensemble dans cette optique. Cela dit, dans le cadre de ce programme spécifiquement, les assignments en ligne ne sont pas optionnels. Ils sont ce qui permet aux sessions en personne de faire ce pour quoi elles ont été conçues.

L’assignment pour samedi prochain (Segment 4) est le plus long du programme, à environ 87 minutes de nouveau contenu. Combiné avec les leçons encore à faire du Segment 3, cela représente une bonne quantité de matière à passer en une semaine. Vous donner un peu de temps chaque jour pour travailler le contenu devrait rendre la chose gérable.

Il serait aussi vraiment utile de lire en entier les résumés des sessions que nous publions sur le forum. Chacun couvre ce que nous avons pratiqué et discuté, les formes introduites, les foci, et les questions spécifiques qui ont été soulevées. Ils complètent beaucoup de ce que le contenu du Primer met en place.

Si intégrer les assignments dans votre horaire est le principal défi et que vous aimeriez quelques conseils pratiques sur la façon de l’aborder, faites-nous signe. Nous serions heureux de partager ce qui a fonctionné pour d’autres. Plus la matière s’ancre profondément, plus chaque session pourra vous apporter, alors nous voulons vous soutenir pour y arriver.

Au plaisir de vous voir samedi.

Patrick

2026-04-19 — Caitlin Bartlett — Session 3 Absence (Travel)

date: 2026-04-19
participant: Caitlin Bartlett
channel: email
direction: inbound
language_in: en
language_out: en
status: responded
response_sent: 2026-04-19 22:45 ET
topics:
  - session-3-absence
  - assignment-catchup
  - travel
cohort: spring-2026

Context: Response to Email 03 (sent 2026-04-16, reminder before Session 3). Caitlin let Asia know she wouldn’t make Session 3 (2026-04-18) — a trip out of Montreal ran longer than planned. She had also not completed Assignment 3 (Segment 3.9–3.14, ~43 min). Assignment 4 (Segment 4, ~87 min) is the largest of the program.

Original message (2026-04-19, to Asia):

Hi Asia,

I’m actually going to be away this Saturday - a trip out of Montreal is now a bit longer than I’d initially planned, my original plan was to be back in time for the session.

I’ll do my best to catch-up with everyone next week!

Caitlin

Response from Asia (sent 2026-04-19 22:45 ET):

Hi Caitlin,

Thanks for the heads-up, and no worries at all.

We did notice that you haven’t had a chance to complete the Session 3 assignment yet (the rest of Segment 3, around 43 minutes). We’d recommend taking the time to go through it, and to read through the Session 3 summary we just posted to the forum before moving on to Session 4. The summary covers what we went over yesterday: Torsion, the V-Sit, Fixing-Separating-Isolating in the Lunge Extension, the Square Cross Inflection, and the Structure focus. That’ll help bridge what you missed.

https://practice.baseworks.com/groups/montreal-study-group-spring-2026-cohort/forum/discussion/session-3-summary-torsion-v-sit-and-square-cross-inflection/#post-22217

The Session 4 assignment is the longest of the program, at about 87 minutes of new material. Together with the Session 3 catch-up, that’s roughly two hours in total. Since it now falls into a single week rather than two, we know it may put a bit of strain on your schedule. Giving yourself some time each day to work through the material should make it manageable.

If it’d help, we’re happy to share some practical tips for fitting the assignments around a busy schedule. Just let us know. Staying current with the material really does shape the experience, both for you individually and for the rhythm of the group, so we want to support that however’s useful.

Looking forward to seeing you next Saturday.

Asia

2026-03-19 — Noémie — Session Schedule & Travel Planning

date: 2026-03-19
participant: Noémie
channel: platform-dm
direction: inbound
language_in: fr
language_out: en
status: responded
topics:
  - schedule
  - logistics
  - pre-program
cohort: spring-2026

Original message:

Bonjour Patrick Merci beaucoup pour votre message. Je suis très heureuse de faire partie de la cohorte et de rejoindre le programme, j’ai vraiment hâte de commencer et d’explorer le contenu avec vous et le groupe. J’aurais une petite question logistique : pourriez-vous me confirmer les dates prévues pour le présentiel à Montréal ? Étant basée à Sherbrooke, j’aimerais pouvoir anticiper mon déplacement ainsi que l’hébergement. Merci d’avance pour votre aide, et au plaisir de se rencontrer très prochainement Noémie

Context:

Pre-program inquiry; cohort group not yet open on the platform
Noémie is based in Sherbrooke — travel and accommodation planning is her reason for asking
Schedule is on the event page now; full logistics will be posted to the cohort group approximately 5–6 days before the first session, once registration closes
Enrolled participants receive a platform notification automatically when the cohort group is updated

Response sent:

Hi Noémie,

Great to hear from you, and we’re really glad to have you joining the cohort.

You can find the current schedule on the program page: https://baseworks.com/event/montreal-study-group-spring-2026/

We typically close registration about a week before the first session, and at that point we’ll post the full logistics inside the cohort group here: https://practice.baseworks.com/groups/montreal-study-group-spring-2026-cohort/

As long as you have notifications enabled on the platform, you’ll get an alert as soon as it’s up.

Looking forward to meeting you soon.

Patrick