Oriya Pollak

You are not addicted to the substance.
You are addicted to a story.

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Lived experience

Fifteen years studying story. Studying storytelling. Running the ceremonies, and sitting in them.

All of it to find out I was stuck in a story of my own. So I used my own method to get myself out.

I always said I wanted to be the medicine myself.

Two thousand videos later, I finally am.

15 years
studying story
7 years
running ceremonies
2,000+
morning videos

The four addictions

Where you outsourced.

When a relationship goes off, it does not stay quiet. It goes looking for a substitute out there. That is what we call an addiction.

Substances
Approval
Their love
External salvation
remember who you are

Body

Flowing
Health, sleep, presence, vitality.

Off
Smoking, vaping, drinking, no vitality left in the day.

Mind

Flowing
Creativity, identity, decisions.

Off
Waiting to be picked. Anxiety, masks, a career that is not yours.

Spirit

Flowing
The unknown, the mystery, flow.

Off
The next teacher. The next retreat. The next ceremony.

Heart

Flowing
Love, intimacy, community, belonging.

Off
Codependence. Needing to be chosen before you can rest.

What is your go to outsourcing? Do not fix it. Name it, then watch it.

Work with me

I ferry people from one dream to the next.

One season per person. We start with a free reading so you can feel my voice before you decide.

Oriya Pollak teaching his storytelling framework
Free readingby voice note

Tell me what you are stuck with. I will send back a voice note so we can feel each other's vibe. No pitch, no pressure. Keep it under 2 minutes.

Send a voice note

Container

Ongoing support and communication, one season at a time.

Session

Recovery, integration, spirituality, life, love. Bring anything.

Start with a conversation.

Send me a voice note or an email. I read every message myself.

Money should never be the reason. Scholarships are available when appropriate.

Which act are you in

Four acts. You are in one of them.

Which one are you stuck in, avoiding, or endlessly looping?

  1. 01

    Forgetting

    You were born into it. Something is wrong with you, and you believed it.

  2. 02

    Seeking

    You reached outside. Teachers, medicines, jobs, lovers. It worked, for a while.

  3. 03

    Autocorrect

    Life crashed the car. The things you skipped came up.

  4. 04

    Remembering

    You stop looking outside. You take the pen back.

Nothing has gone wrong if you are in act three. That is where the turn happens.

We walk one act a week →

Nobody Skool

Meet Your Nobody.
Every Tuesday. Free.

The Four Acts of the Remembering Journey.

Nobody Skool is a mystery school with a joke in it: you are a nobody dreaming as a somebody. Tuesday is a dharma talk and Q&A about the Remembering Journey, usually inspired by life and the people in the room.

Tuesdays · 8:30 PM ETWhat time is that for me?

How you get in

  1. 01

    Join the talk list

    Name, email, and a line about where you are.

  2. 02

    We talk first

    A short conversation with me. I read every request myself.

  3. 03

    Come Tuesday

    I send the link and welcome you into Nobody Skool.

Free and open to everyone. This is a list of people waiting to talk to me, not a queue for a full room. I am protective about who is in the room, so I require human contact first. I record the teaching. I never record you.

First night: September 22.

The guide and your Tuesday invite arrive in the same email. I read every request and reply personally.

Tuesday is the open door. The rest of the month is the practice.

Also inside Nobody Skool

The Twelve Beats of Remembering

Twelve weeks, one beat a night. You write your own story down.

My own method: traditional shamanism crossed with Hollywood story structure.

Recovery Night

Sober & High. The seven foundations, one a week, on a loop.

The Five Relationships

The wide map. Where the story got installed.

The Facilitators

For guides and integration coaches.

Still being built.

You can listen. You never have to perform. Scholarships are available when appropriate.

Very High Priest, a memoir by Oriya Pollak

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Very High Priest.

My story, serialized one scene at a time. Each scene is a beat of the same method I teach.

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