THRESHOLD
The transformational framework
of Rites of Passage
10 October | with Dr Arne Rubinstein
An Immersion for Leaders, Teachers & Change-Makers
Facilitated by Dr Arne Rubinstein, Founder of ROP Institute
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Tahl Rinsky, Founder of Haum Space
Saturday, October 10th
11:00am – 4:30pm
Haum Space Studio, Byron Bay
You Were Not Meant to
Navigate Change Alone.
Something is missing in the way we lead.
We have the frameworks, the strategies, the certifications. We know how to sequence a class, how to hold space, how to guide a room.
But have you ever walked away wondering: why didn't that land as deeply as I hoped?
The missing piece isn't technique. It's a threshold.
Traditional communities understood that before anything truly transforms — a person, a group, a life — something must be ritually acknowledged. Something must be released. And something new must be welcomed in.
This is the architecture of a Rite of Passage. And it is the single most powerful tool a leader, facilitator, or yoga teacher can learn to use.
Welcome to Threshold.
Threshold is a half-day experiential immersion where ancient rites-of-passage wisdom meets the living, embodied practice of yoga.
This is not a lecture. This is not a workshop where you take notes and drive home with a handout. This is an experience that moves through your body, opens something in you, and gives you the language and the map to create the same transformation for the people you lead.
This is both an educational and experiential training.
You will experience the container first.
Then you will learn how to build it yourself.
WHO IS THIS IMMERSION FOR?
Inside Threshold, you will:
Be Held In A Real Rites Of Passage Container
From the moment you arrive, the space is intentionally designed as a threshold experience — separated from ordinary time, held with care, and guided by two of the most respected transformational facilitators in the world.
Move Through A Transformational Yoga Practice Led By Tahl Rinsky
This is not a yoga class in the conventional sense. Tahl weaves the conditions of a rites-of-passage container — separation, liminality, integration — directly into the arc of the practice. Your body will feel the difference before your mind understands why.
Learn The Rites Of Passage Framework
Dr. Arne Rubinstein unpacks the ancient architecture that makes transformation possible: the three phases of any genuine Rite of Passage, the conditions that must be present for real change to occur, and how to design these elements into any experience you lead.
Discover How To Hold A Transformational Container
You will leave understanding not just what a container is — but how to build one, why it works, and where to begin. Whether you lead yoga classes, workshops, school programs, community gatherings or corporate spaces, this framework is immediately applicable.
MEET THE FACILITATORS
TAHL RINSKY
Founder of HAUM
| Master Yoga Teacher | Byron Bay
Tahl Rinsky is one of Australia's most respected yoga teachers and the founder of HAUM — a community devoted to authentic self-expression, growth, and connection through embodied practice. Trained in Ashtanga and Vinyasa, and having studied with some of the world's most renowned teachers, Tahl brings decades of global practice and a mother's grounded understanding of real life to every class she teaches.
She has headlined the Wanderlust Festival in Australia multiple times, co-founded the world-renowned Byron Bay studio Creature Yoga, and built HAUM as a global community offering daily practice, teacher trainings, and retreats both online and in-person. As an ambassador and teacher for Centr, she reaches a global audience with her dynamic, deeply human approach to yoga.
Tahl is herself an alumna of the Rites of Passage Leadership Training — and it is this shared language between body and threshold that makes her collaboration with Dr. Arne so extraordinarily powerful.
"Haum is an embodiment of the human essence — ageless, vibrant, and deeply connected to life's rhythms."
DR. ARNE RUBINSTEIN OAM
Founder, Rites of Passage Institute
| Medical Doctor | Author | Speaker
Dr. Arne Rubinstein is one of the world's foremost authorities on Rites of Passage and transformational leadership. A medical doctor, counsellor, mentor, author, and facilitator with over 30 years of experience, Arne has dedicated his career to making the ancient wisdom of Rites of Passage accessible and relevant to the modern world.
The programs, camps, and trainings he has developed have reached more than 450,000 people across 20+ countries. Some of Australia's largest schools have implemented his Rites of Passage Framework as a cornerstone of their community wellbeing programs. He is the author of The Making of Men and a passionate advocate for the idea that connected communities — not isolated individuals — are the foundation of genuine human flourishing.
Arne's goal is simple and profound: to make Rites of Passage mainstream once again. In doing so, he believes we can raise healthier young people, build more resilient communities, and develop the kind of leaders the world genuinely needs.
"I believe that connecting with each other on a deeper level and creating genuine human experiences is how we can create and grow healthy humans and communities." — Dr. Arne Rubinstein
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT?
This is not theory. This is experience.
Most leadership trainings tell you about transformation. They give you models, slides, and frameworks to take home and attempt later.
Threshold is different.
You will be a participant before you are a student. You will feel the container before you learn to build it. You will know in your nervous system what genuine rites-of-passage facilitation feels like — and that knowing is something no amount of reading can replicate.
The yoga practice is not decoration. It is the rite itself.
The teaching is not abstract. It is grounded in what you have just lived.
Arne and Tahl will be working in concert to give you both the experience and the map.
THE DETAILS
Threshold: A Rites of Passage Immersion
Saturday October 10th
11:00am – 4:30pm
(30 min break included)
Location: Haum Space Studio, Byron Bay
Investment: $250
Early Bird $199 - Valid Until Sep 1st
Spaces limited
Mats, props, tea included
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
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Not at all. This immersion is open to anyone who leads people — whether you are a yoga teacher, a coach, an educator, a parent, a school counsellor, or simply someone who wants to understand how to create more meaningful experiences for others. If you care about depth and transformation, this is for you.
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This practice has been thoughtfully designed for all levels. You do not need any prior yoga experience. The emphasis is on inner experience, not physical performance.
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This immersion is an introduction to the Rites of Passage Framework — the same framework that underpins the Institute's 3-day Leadership Training. It is a powerful standalone experience and also a beautiful gateway if you feel called to go deeper through the full training.
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You will experience the container first. Then you will learn how to build it yourself.
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Non-refundable. If you can't attend, you're welcome to pass your ticket to another friend.
Every transformation begins at a threshold.
Ancient cultures knew this. They built rituals around it. They gathered communities to witness and hold each other through the crossing.
In the modern world, we've lost that. We expect transformation to happen in isolation, without ceremony, without witness — and then we wonder why it doesn't stick.
Threshold is an invitation to remember what we have forgotten.
To cross a threshold together. To learn how to hold that crossing for others. To bring something genuinely ancient and genuinely powerful into the spaces you lead.