Oriya Pollak

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

Sober & High: the art of NOT battling your addictions. The foundations to my work.

I will not sell your email or data.

Weekly integration · every Tuesday

Meet Your Storyteller.

Bring the experience you are still trying to understand, or the pattern that keeps repeating. We will find the story underneath it, together. You can listen. You never have to perform.

Tuesdays · 8:30 PM ETWhat time is that for me?
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I am protective about who is in the room, so I require human contact first.

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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.

Body

Substances

Flowing
Health, sleep, presence, vitality.

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

Mind

Approval

Flowing
Creativity, identity, decisions.

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

Spirit

External salvation

Flowing
The unknown, the mystery, flow.

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

Heart

Their love

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.

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Container

from $500 a month

Unlimited access, ongoing support and mentoring. One season at a time.

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Session

$100 · 75 min

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

Book a session

Money should not be the reason.

Scholarships are available based on need and availability. Ask when we talk, or write to hello@oriya.com.

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.

The Studio · on Skool

Keep doing the work.

The private community after Tuesday. We meet live multiple times each month, across different timezones, for a lesson, a dharma talk, and real Q&A.

Inside The Studio

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.

$50 a month.

The price keeps the groups small so everyone has room to participate. Scholarships are available when appropriate.

Very High Priest, a memoir by Oriya Pollak

Oriya Live · the letter

Very High Priest.

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

Coming soon. Grab the free guide at the top and you are on the list for the first scene.

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