Aligned External Excellence Through Internal Mastery

Cohort One · A Women's Container · June – November 2026

Come home to yourself.

Imagine waking up each day with deep clarity — knowing who you are, what you value, and why you’re here. Not because of external achievements, but because you are aligned with your truth, your most powerful authentic self.

Book a Discovery Call Cohort One begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026 · Eight to twelve women · Enrollment by conversation

What this is

A journey home to your most authentic self.

Aligned is for leaders, creators, and seekers who are ready to stop chasing success and start embodying it from the inside out. This work helps you clear the inner noise, reconnect with your purpose, and build a life and business that feels not only successful, but meaningful, soul-driven, and fully alive.

If you’re here, it’s likely because something inside you knows there’s more — more to express, more to experience, more to give. You’ve achieved, you’ve grown, and yet there’s a deeper layer calling to be claimed. Aligned is that space. A space to shed outdated patterns, expand your consciousness, and step into congruence with the leader and human you were always meant to be.

When you say yes to this work, you’re not just transforming your business or career — you’re becoming the version of you who was always waiting on the other side of clarity, courage, and alignment.

Who this is for

This is for the woman who…

Knows there is more underneath.

  • Has built something real — a business, a career, a family, a life — and senses a ceiling she cannot break through with strategy alone.
  • Is exhausted from operating in performance mode and suspects there is a more sustainable way to lead her life.
  • Sees recurring patterns in her relationships, her leadership, or her body — patterns that no amount of trying differently has resolved.
  • Senses that the external results she is chasing will not deliver the fulfillment she is actually after.
  • Is ready to do real inner work — not just read about it.
  • Wants to do that work in community, alongside peers at a similar stage and level of commitment.

This is not for…

  • Anyone looking for tactics, frameworks, or business strategy.
  • Anyone in acute crisis who needs immediate intervention or therapy.
  • Anyone not yet ready to be honest about what is not working — in themselves.

This is not religious. It is not therapy. It is not “fixing.” It is the slow, honest work of becoming who you have always been underneath the performance.

The shape

Six months. Twelve sessions. Two rhythms each month.

Each month moves through two ninety-minute sessions, designed to work together — one to open the teaching, one to bring it into your body.

1 First Tuesday of the month

Teaching, Discussion, Q&A

Chris leads.

The first session of each month opens a piece of the Aligned Method — the integrated framework underneath every transformation Chris has witnessed in over two decades of this work. A teaching block, group discussion, and time for the questions you arrive with.

Pre-work and reading arrive the week before, so you come into the room ready to engage — not ready to receive.

2 Third Tuesday of the month

Coaching, Embodiment, Practice

Jillian leads.

The second session of each month is where the teaching moves from your head into your body. Live group coaching. Breathwork. Somatic body movement. Hot seats. The tools and practices that make the teaching embodied rather than understood.

The teaching becomes the practice. The practice becomes the change.

The arc

Six months, mapped.

The curriculum moves through the full Aligned Method — the same arc Chris has used to transform leaders, founders, and partnerships for over twenty-three years. Each month builds on the one before.

  1. Month 1

    Foundation

    Seeing clearly where you are, and what it’s costing you.

    The Two Operating Systems. The Four Levels of Consciousness. A diagnostic for the level you are currently leading from — and the level you are reaching toward.

  2. Month 2

    Architecture

    Understanding what is actually running you, and where it lives.

    The Soul Coaching Model. True Self and False Self. The patterns that protect you, and the cost of staying inside them.

  3. Month 3

    Root System

    Going to where the patterns actually live.

    The shaping experiences that wrote the operating system. Tracing the source of what keeps repeating — without staying there.

  4. Month 4

    Integration

    Building a new foundation from the inside out.

    Healing, forgiveness, and the covenants we make with ourselves. The work of letting what was finally be what was — so something new can begin.

  5. Month 5

    Expression

    Living from the True Self.

    The Soul of Leadership. Aligning what you do with who you actually are. Vision, mission, and values from the inside out.

  6. Month 6

    Embodiment

    Carrying the work forward.

    Integration of all six months. Making the work a way of being rather than a season you went through. Forward commitment.

Schedule

Tuesdays. Late mornings. Six months together.

Dates

June 16 — November 17, 2026

Time

11:30 AM — 1:00 PM ET

Cadence

1st & 3rd Tuesdays

Format

Live on Zoom

#DateLeadFocus
1Tue, June 16ChrisFoundation — teaching
2Tue, July 7JillianFoundation — embodiment
3Tue, July 21ChrisArchitecture — teaching
4Tue, August 4JillianArchitecture — embodiment
5Tue, August 18ChrisRoot System — teaching
6Tue, September 1JillianRoot System — embodiment
7Tue, September 15ChrisIntegration — teaching
8Tue, October 6JillianIntegration — embodiment
9Tue, October 20ChrisExpression — teaching
10Tue, November 3JillianExpression — embodiment
11Tue, November 17Chris + JillianEmbodiment — closing

Each session is recorded for cohort members who cannot attend live. Live attendance is strongly preferred — this work happens in the room.

Who is holding this space

Two facilitators. One container.

Chris and Jillian co-facilitate every cohort — together, every month, for the whole six months. The teaching and the embodiment are not handed off to different people in different rooms. They are one practice held by two people who have done the work themselves.

Chris Sarris

Chris Sarris

Co-Facilitator · Soul Coach · Founder of Aligned

Chris is the creator of the Soul Coaching Method and the Aligned program. Over 22 years and more than 20,000 hours of transformational work, he has guided thousands in bridging the gap between outer success and inner fulfillment. But Chris will tell you his greatest accomplishment isn’t found in programs or hours logged — it’s in the ongoing inner work he continues to do each day. He leads from that place.
Jillian Lorenz

Jillian Lorenz

Co-Facilitator · Embodiment Practitioner

Jillian Lorenz co-founded, scaled, and successfully exited The Barre Code, a nationally ranked women’s fitness franchise. Over 20 years in the wellness industry, her work has been featured in Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, and Michigan State recognized her contributions with an honorary Doctorate in Business. What she brings to the room is meditation, breathwork, and somatic movement — the slow, embodied work of helping women reconnect with their voice, their body, and their truth.

The cohort

A small, intentional circle.

Cohort One is capped at eight to twelve women, deliberately. This work requires a room small enough that every person can be seen — and committed enough that no one disappears into the back.

Enrollment is by conversation, not application form. We are looking for readiness, fit, and a genuine sense that this is the right work for you at this moment in your life. The discovery call is a real conversation — no pitch, no pressure. If it is right, you will know. If it is not, we will help you find what is.

Investment

An honest number for honest work.

$600 per month · for six months
$3,600 total · payable monthly

What is included

  • Twelve live ninety-minute group sessions across six months
  • Pre-work, reading, and integration prompts before each teaching session
  • Session recordings for cohort members
  • A small, curated circle of eight to twelve women
  • Chris and Jillian as co-facilitators throughout
  • Membership in Cohort One — the founding circle

What is not included

  • One-on-one coaching with Chris or Jillian (available separately, à la carte)

This is premium pricing for a premium container. The number is honest. The work is honest. The container is honest. We hold no apology for any of those.

How this begins

There is no funnel. There is a conversation.

Thirty minutes. We meet on Zoom. You tell us where you are and what you are reaching toward. We tell you what Cohort One actually is, and whether we think it is the right fit for you right now. If it is, we welcome you in. If it is not, we say so plainly — and point you toward what might serve you better.

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Frequently asked

Questions you might be carrying.

Is this religious?
No. We use the language of soul, spirit, and inner work because those words point at what we mean. There is no doctrine, no denomination, and no requirement that you hold any particular belief. Women from many faiths — and from no faith — have done this work and found it home.
Is this therapy?
No. We are not clinicians. This is coaching and group work. If you are in acute mental health crisis or working through trauma that needs clinical support, we will say so — and point you toward the kind of help you actually need. The two can complement each other beautifully, but they are not the same thing.
What if I miss a session?
Sessions are recorded. We strongly encourage live attendance — the work happens in the room, with the group — but life happens, and the recording will be there when you need it.
How much pre-work is there?
Roughly thirty to sixty minutes of reading or reflection per teaching session. This is not a heavy reading program. The pre-work exists so you arrive ready to engage rather than ready to be lectured at.
Can I bring a friend?
Bring her to the discovery call. Each person in the cohort enrolls based on her own readiness and fit. We have seen pairs of friends thrive together in past circles — and we have also seen individuals do this best alone. We will help you sense which is right for you.
Will there be a men’s cohort?
Yes — but not in parallel with this one. A men’s cohort is planned for a future run, after Cohort One has produced its learning.
What if I need to step back partway through?
Have the conversation with us. We will figure it out together. This is a relational container, not a transaction.

One last thing

This is not a leap. It is a homecoming.

The work has been waiting. You have been waiting. Cohort One begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026. The circle is small, the container is honest, and the door is open — for now.

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