THE RESET JOURNEY

5-Day Artist Workshop in Lisbon

15–19 June | 10:00 – 13:00

For performers who feel there's more truth and aliveness in them than they're currently able to access.

5 days of body-based, experiential work with Jo Kelly.

Designed to undo the conditioning that keeps you blocked, disconnected, and performing for approval.

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"Jo's Reset Journey has been a profound experience to me. I think every actor and artist should do this. We are asked to portray humanity and we have to be in touch with our own humanity in order to do that, so I am so grateful for this experience."

- Ajarae

THE RESET JOURNEY

5-Day Artist Workshop in Lisbon

15–19 June | 10:00 – 13:00
Atelier Carlos Botelho
Rua António Louro, 2775-311 Parede

You were not born blocked.

Repress your impulses. Control yourself. Please others. Look good. Do it right.

That's what they taught you.

And so the very thing that could make you an undeniable artist.
Your truth. Your instinct. Your freedom.
All of it. Buried.

Now you perform what you think they want.

Instead of letting real life move through you.

You know there's more in you. You just can't reach it.

The Reset Journey is not another method to layer on top of what you already know.

It is five days of undoing.

Guided by Jo Kelly. Releasing the conditioning that keeps you blocked, disconnected, and performing for approval instead of creating from truth.


You don't leave with a new technique. You leave having reconnected with the instrument you already are.

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Your 5 Day Reset Journey

The same body-based, experiential work that has helped over 4,000 performers reconnect with their instrument.

Live in a room. In real life. Together.

And that changes everything.

In most studios, comparison is in the air. You're always aware of being watched and judged.

This room is different.


The barriers between people fall. Everybody feels oneness and connection. It's cathartic.
On the individual and on the communal level.

There is no competition. There's only love.

And when that safety exists, something unlocks. You stop performing for the room and start creating from something inside yourself.

That's when the real work happens.

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Here's how your five days will unfold:

Days 1–2: Undoing
Through body-based, emotional, and energy practices, you will discover, explore and move through conditioning that restricts your creativity.

Days 3–4: Re-Awakening
Fear softens into presence. Control loosens into play. You reconnect with instinct and rediscover your natural aliveness, freedom, and truth.

Day 5: Integration
Now you bring it into the room that scares you most. Discover how to bring freedom and authenticity into auditions, rehearsals, and high-pressure performance environments.

"I feel as if I just came back from a trip to the moon. I REALLY stepped out of my comfort zone, ignoring my biggest fears. It's been so long since I was so absorbed and plunged into something, so unable to think about anything else. She has the ability to catch each and everyone at their own level and push them further, making us realise our deepest sensations. LIFE."

- ANINA MUTTER

Who Is This For?

This is for actors, dancers, singers, writers, directors and performing artists who know there is more truth, freedom and aliveness available in their work than they are currently able to access.

Feel blocked, tense or disconnected in your work.

Get stuck trying to be good, impressive or "right".

Find yourself performing for approval instead of being present.

Want to reconnect with your body, emotion, instinct and truth.

Are ready to start trusting your instrument again.

You don't need to arrive confident. You just need to be present to what is.

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The Details

15–19 June 2026

10:00 – 13:00 daily

Atelier Carlos Botelho, Parede (Lisbon area)

€300

Reduced rates available:
GDA Members - €75

Portugal-based artists - €150

Limited discounted spots available

We review every application to make sure the right people are in the room. For everyone's experience.

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"I'm back together again. I can't remember the last time I felt back together again. I have an instrument now. I really do feel I have an instrument... The feeling of being so true to my emotions, the freedom of being happy, of being whole. The joy of being present? You can't put a price on that."

- JOANA MANUEL

About Jo Kelly

Jo Kelly is a non-performance coach and director with over 20 years of experience working with actors, performers, and creatives across the world, including Paris, Madrid, Zurich, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York.

She has coached internationally recognized talents and specializes in helping artists unlock their full potential by working through internal resistance and reconnecting them to their instinct and truth.

As an actress, she received the Best Actress award at the Ibiza International Film Festival. As a director, her film Grace was selected in 11 international festivals and won multiple awards. Currently she is directing and producing a documentary while leading workshops internationally and online.