Embodied Strength Intensive

ResistanceDojo

Your embodied presence is your most valuable asset.

A six-week intensive in embodied strength—combining resistance training, somatic awareness, and nervous system re-patterning to cultivate greater agency and growth.

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The Problem

Everyone experiences resistance.
Few train their relationship to it.

I believe strength training is one of the most underutilized tools for human development. For too long the fitness industry has treated the body like an optimization project rather than a home and vessel to be inhabited.

Owen Monroy training at the Resistance Dojo

Moving through resistance does more than build muscle—when approached with honesty and presence, it reveals self-deception, dissolves perceived limitations, and builds a capacity for truth that carries into leadership, relationship, and purpose.

The Resistance Dojo framework is the result of two decades of coaching, executive leadership, and over 2,100 client sessions. This intensive goes beyond strength training. It is an initiation into a different relationship with your body—and through it, with your life.

True strength is the capacity to meet the gravity of the moment.

—Owen Monroy
Owen Monroy training at the Resistance Dojo
Common strength training

Develops reactive strength
—built on distraction,
avoidance, and survival.

The Resistance Dojo

Cultivates embodied strength
—built from presence,
intention, and safety.

The experience

Six Weeks.
Deep Work.
Real Strength.

This is not a bootcamp and I am not a drill sergeant. Truth doesn't need to be shouted. This intensive bridges the gap between inner work and resistance training.

Practice is not a performance.

Resistance reveals your patterns. Training provides a place to make the change. Integration gives you greater capacity in life.

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Owen Monroy coaching a client at the Resistance Dojo

How it works:

One-on-One

Every session, every conversation, every protocol is built around you. The cohort is limited to four to ensure the depth of attention this work requires—this is not a group program.

In-Person Training

Twelve one-hour sessions over six weeks—twice weekly, fully supervised, in a private studio reserved entirely for you. Each session is efficient yet unhurried, fully personalized to amplify your progress.

Weekly Conversations

Seven weekly accountability and self-development conversations—to translate what you're learning in the body into how you're showing up in your work, routines, relationships, and life.

Daily Practice

Personalized recovery routines and guided reflection on the days between sessions. You will realize new capacity during the workout—but strength is actually built as you recover and learn to consistently inhabit the expansion.

The Skills

Three Essential Capacities

I

Integrity of Effort

Truth

The ability to be honest with yourself about effort and follow through.

II

Intensity Tolerance

Purpose

The skill of navigating discomfort while remembering your mission.

III

Embodied Strength

Presence

The capacity to meet the gravity of the moment and remain in the body.

The Invitation

A Note from Owen

I've spent much of my life pursuing growth—sometimes getting lost in the performance. Success can feel like safety, but I've learned that it doesn't guarantee fulfillment. I believe fulfillment is rooted in presence. With presence, even struggle becomes truly meaningful.

True strength is the capacity to meet the gravity of the moment without fragmenting into stories of the past or projections of the future.

I want to be stronger—to increase my capacity for life and more fully inhabit every moment. Life gets uncomfortable, but the purpose of exploring life is to experience its fullness.

What I desire more than anything is to be in my body—total in my aliveness. To live this way I must fall in love with my growth edge and journey beyond performance.

This is the path of embodiment—and I would be honored to introduce you to the practice.

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Owen Monroy
DOJO Over 2,100 private sessions guided in the San Francisco Bay Area
COO Chief Operating Officer, Head of Product Development, and Founder in health technology and longevity medicine startups
NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Coach at University of Illinois, Penn State, UC Berkeley, and Saint Mary's College
NIRSA Men's Volleyball National Champion as a player and years later as a coach at Messiah University—the full arc of competitive sport from athlete to leader
The Results

Stronger
in every way.

By training your relationship to resistance at your growth edge, your nervous system has the opportunity to integrate the difference between discomfort and danger. This will fundamentally shift how you process reality. I love hearing clients reflect on how they are:

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    Showing up more grounded in meetings and relationships.

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    Feeling their muscle and metabolism activated on a new level.

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    Finding uncomfortable situations less threatening and more intriguing.

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    Prioritizing clarity instead of chasing motivation.

This practice is transformative. I guarantee results to anyone
willing to enter the Dojo and do the honest work.

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Stephanie Cowan

Stephanie Cowan

Speaker · Artist

Connection Specialist

"I have spent many years injured and feeling disconnected from my body. Owen has the knowledge and the presence that has guided me into a better relationship with myself. I feel more strength, confidence, and connection in my body.

I have been dealing with an injury for 7 years and working with Owen is the first time I feel hopeful that I will be able to return to full expression. Not only is he a professional in resistance training, he holds such a beautiful container for me to explore the emotions present with healing a long term injury as I return back to myself.

Owen's relational presence is his greatest strength."

"Working with Owen helped me get physically stronger and helped me connect my body to my mind and spirit. Owen helped me understand how what was going on for me outside of the training space (corporate layoff, caregiving to a parent, job transition) was showing up for me physically during our sessions.

Most times during or after a session I felt joy, gratitude, sadness, or relief. Owen taught me to understand how my life manifests in my body."

JP Stephenson

Champion of New Theater Works Worldwide | Event Producer

Firuzeh Mahmoudi

Firuzeh Mahmoudi

Founder and President, United for Iran

"Owen is an intuitive and astute coach. Without me having to say a word, he reads my mood, body language, and movement. He knows exactly what to push and when—every time.

Working with him has taught me that it's not about achieving reps, it's about safely finding my edge and staying there even in discomfort. I've learned to be present in my body and notice any avoidance.

These sessions were more impactful than any of my other workouts—CrossFit, interval training, handstand work, aerial arts. I've carried these lessons into those practices too, and into parts of my life that have nothing to do with athletics.

I've learned to actually track what's happening in my body instead of taking shortcuts."

Tyler Fazakerley

Tyler Fazakerley

Technology Leader

"Training with Owen is incredibly productive because of his intentional approach. He sets precise expectations for every exercise and makes sure I understand exactly what I should be doing.

He is deeply present, closely monitoring every rep, offering real-time corrections and explaining why those adjustments matter. The level of care and attention makes training with Owen so rewarding."

The Platform

Curated & Precise.

Evidence-Based

Every protocol is rooted in exercise physiology and behavioral science. No fads, no fluff—just first principles for changing your body and sharpening your mind. Slow, smooth and deliberate movement will keep you safe and provide a potent adaptive stimulus.

Fully Private

Beautifully maintained, distraction-free private studios reserved entirely for you. Conveniently located in Emeryville on the East Bay and at the Embarcadero, in San Francisco.

Premium Equipment

A rare line of MedX, SuperSlow, and ARX machines precision engineered for efficacy, efficiency, and uncompromising safety—calibrated precisely to your body's proportions and range of motion.

Exercise Essentialism

The most efficient and effective exercise you have ever done—guaranteed. You'll wonder why it is not more common and you'll realize how rare an opportunity this 6-week intensive actually is.

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The Investment

Enter the Dojo.

$4,500

or 2 payments of $2,250

If this page resonated with you, book an intro call to discuss whether the Resistance Dojo is the right fit.

I am only accepting a small number of private clients for this six-week Embodied Strength Intensive. We will work on an individually coordinated schedule at the Resistance Dojo in Emeryville, CA.

No previous strength training experience necessary

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Results Guaranteed

In six weeks, you'll be meaningfully stronger and more present—or I'll train you for free until that's true.

— Owen Monroy, Founder · Resistance Dojo