Evidence-based Dyad Work
ReConnect!
“Reconnect with yourself, others, and humanity!”
The ReConnect! courses make the dyad-based mental training programmes developed by Prof. Dr. Tania Singer accessible to the wider public. The name ReConnect! captures the central aim of these courses: to reconnect more deeply with ourselves, with others, and with humanity as a whole.
Following live events that introduce the dyadic practice from both a scientific and practical perspective, participants engage in the so-called dyad practice over an eight-week period. Two people take part in structured partner exercises lasting approximately 15 minutes, in which they each explore specific questions aloud while the other listens in a particular way, without interrupting.
The dyads are practised daily, with partners changing each week. Trained dyad instructors deepen the practice through eight 90-minute online coaching sessions.
Depending on the intensity, topic and target group, ReConnect! offers a range of dyad-based course formats: ReConnect! Masterclasses, ReConnect! Journeys, ReConnect! online courses for companies and individuals, Train-the-Trainer programmes, and a ReConnect! Community where participants can continue practising together for years after completing a course.
Further information is available at: www.tsi-reconnect.com/
Learning and Practicing Dyad Work
6 ReConnect! Formats
Intensive 3.5 day meditation retreat with Professor Dr. Singer and subsequent two-month online dyad training, supervised by Prof. Singer and her team of experts.
A 1.5-day live kick-off with Prof. Dr. Singer followed by a two-month online dyad training, accompanied by our ReConnect! teachers.
Two online onboarding sessions followed by a two-month online dyad training with our expert ReConnect! teachers.
Two-day live kick-off followed by two months of online dyad training with Prof. Dr. Singer and her team.
Training to become a ReConnect! Dyad Teacher with Prof. Dr. Singer and senior trainers with final certification.
After completing one ReConnect! program, our ReConnect! Community enables continued daily dyad practice.
In Germany and France
Selected Cooperation Partners
Since ReConnect! was founded, we have collaborated with international partners who host and organize our masterclasses or journeys. These partners can be foundations, companies, or universities.
Here are a few of our partners:
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Our Current Offers
From September 2nd to 5th, 2027 in Salzburg & Online
With Tania Singer and live retreat
With Heart2Business, we are now offering a ReConnect! Perceptive Masterclass for the first time! This two-month journey begins with a 3.5‒day silent retreat with Professor Tania Singer and Günter Hudasch at the beautiful St. Virgil in Salzburg, Austria, on Thursday, September 2nd, 2027 at 1:00 PM, and ends on Sunday, September 5th, 2027 at 12:00 PM with a shared farewell lunch. This Masterclass will be taught in German language.
This intensive meditation retreat will introduce the Internal Family Systems model developed by Richard C. Schwartz, as well as various forms of meditation and the practice of dyads, with a focus on the Perspective Dyad. The Perspective Dyad will then be practiced daily via telephone for eight weeks. During these eight weeks, participants will receive weekly 1.5 hour online coaching sessions from Tania Singer on the web.
If you have any questions, please call Andrea Strisl on +43 664 1030129
7.5. – 8.7. 2027 in Salzburg & Online
With Tania Singer & live kick-off
Together with Heart2Business, we are again offering a ReConnect! Compassion Journey. The dyad journey starts with a 1.5-day kick-off event with Professor Tania Singer and her team at the beautiful St. Virgil in Salzburg on 7 and 8 May 2027. This Journey will be taught in German language.
This workshop serves as an introduction to the subsequent daily dyad work via telephone over eight weeks. During these eight weeks, participants will be guided by expert dyad teachers Katharina Schacht and Oliver Kirchhof in weekly 1.5-hour online coaching sessions. Prof. Singer will also be present at the final session of each course.
If you have any questions, please call Andrea Ristl on +43 664 1030129
13.5. – 15.7. 2027
Introduction to dyad work
With Heart2Business, we are now offering a ReConnect! online course for the first time.
This 10-week dyadic journey, like the Compassion Journey, focuses primarily on learning the Affect Dyad and cultivating (self-)compassion and empathy, including through the practice of mindful listening. It begins with two 90-minute online onboarding sessions with Julia Darbinjan, allowing participants to join conveniently from home.
These two online onboarding sessions introduce participants to the daily dyadic practice that follows over the subsequent eight weeks, conducted by phone. This regular practice is essential for training the social brain and enables participants to transfer their inner practice into everyday life.
As in our other courses, participants change practice partners each week. The course content is further deepened through eight 90-minute online coaching sessions with Julia Darbinjan.
If you have any questions, please call Andrea Strisl on +43 664 1030129
More than 30 published scientific articles
The Scientific Evidence Behind the Dyadic Work
All six Re-Connects! formats are based on more than three decades of research by Tania Singer and her team in the fields of social neuroscience, cognitive training, and the trainability of social and emotional skills. Daily dyad practice with weekly changing partners was originally developed in the ReSource project and scientifically tested in the three-month Affect and Perspective modules—hence the terms Affect Dyad and Perspective Dyad.
In the CovSocial project, a standalone, low-threshold, 10-week online dyad training program was first compared directly with traditional mindfulness training. The training, based on the Affect Dyad program, consisted of daily 13-minute exercises and 8 weekly 120 minutes online coachings. Edu:Social School and Healthcare are now expanding this research approach with an adapted 8-week empathy-compassion intervention protocol into schools and health care settings.
The results of this research are documented in a number of scientific publications and are listed below with the corresponding references.
From social skills and resilience to mental health
Scientifically Proven Effects of Dyad Work
- Increased Empathy
- Silveira, J., Godara, M., & Singer, T. (2023)
- Increased Compassion
- Silveira, J., Godara, M., & Singer, T. (2023)
- Trautwein, F., Kanske P., Böckler-Raettig, A. & Singer, T. (2020)
- Increased Resilience
- Godara, M., Hecht, M., & Singer, T. (2024)
- Optimism & Positivity Bias
- Godara, M., Hecht, M., & Singer, T. (2024)
- Petzold, P., Silveira, S., Godara, M., Matthäus, H. & Singer T. (2023)
- Interoceptive Body Awareness
- Silveira, S., Godara, M., Faschinger, A., & Singer, T. (2023)
- Cooperation and Altruism
- Böckler, A., Tusche, A., Schmidt, P., & Singer, T. (2018)
- Stress Reduction
- Matthaeus, H., Heim, C., Voelkle, M., & Singer T. (2024)
- Loneliness Reduction
- Matthaeus, H., Godara, M., Silveira, S., Hecht, M., Voelkle, M., & Singer, T. (2024)
- Reduction of Depression and Anxiety
- Godara, M., Hecht, M., & Singer, T. (2024)
- Meta-Cognition
- Kok, B. E., & Singer, T. (2017)
- Improved Understanding of One’s Inner Parts
- Böckler, A., Herrmann, L., Trautwein, F.-M., Holmes, T., & Singer, T. (2017)
- Integration of Difficult Personality Parts
- Böckler, A., Herrmann, L., Trautwein, F.-M., Holmes, T., & Singer, T. (2017)
- Social Cohesion
- Kok, B. E., & Singer, T. (2017)
- Improved Emotion Regulation
- Hildebrandt, L. K., McCall, C., & Singer, T. (2019)
- General Review:
- Singer, T. (2025)
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