we install it for you, once.
respira's team builds your CENTER STUDIO on your own domain — your calendar, your stripe, your forms, connected. no setup for you. no monthly seat fees.
a calm, private space where your tools already speak to each other.
CENTER STUDIO installs a practice operating system on your own domain. one time. no monthly fee.
1:1 SESSIONS · RETREATS & IMMERSIONS · ONLINE GROUP PROGRAMS
↓ 01 / THE PREMISE & THE CHOICE
THE PREMISE
most good practitioners run their work across five or six tools. acuity for scheduling. stripe for payments. google drive for the pdfs. a squarespace site that doesn't talk to any of it. and it's the same whether the work is 1:1 sessions, a retreat, an immersion, or an online group program.
CENTER STUDIO doesn't integrate your tools. it installs an operating system where those tools already speak to each other. natively. in both directions. you log in and everything is already talking.
what's left for you is the work you're actually here to do.
CHOSEN, NOT NEGOTIATED
you shouldn't have to pick. you shouldn't have to learn. you shouldn't have to run evaluations against six competing platforms for the privilege of doing your actual work.
so we picked. we chose the best tool for each job, scheduling, payments, forms, summaries, sessions, and we built the space where those tools already work together. you keep your accounts. you keep what you know. the decisions are already made.
that's the whole idea: the best tool for each job, one calm surface.
02 / THE EIGHT TOOLS
now speaking to each other. still yours.
out of the box, these eight tools don't talk to each other. center studio is the wiring that makes them speak. one system, your accounts, your domain.
- PAYMENTS · YOUR ACCOUNT
- SCHEDULING · SYNCED BOTH WAYS
- FORMS · SYNCED BOTH WAYS
- EMAILS · IN YOUR VOICE
- SUMMARIES · FLOWS IN
- SESSIONS · VIA CAL.COM
- SESSIONS · VIA CAL.COM
- CALENDAR · VIA CAL.COM
03 / THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE
what becomes possible on the other side.
everything your client does happens inside [one space]CENTER STUDIO. no redirects. no forwarded emails. no "check your spam folder." follow maya through seven days inside your portal — every tool she needs, already connected, speaking through CENTER STUDIO, and nothing she doesn't.
CENTERSTUDIO- 01books a sessionMON · CAL.COM
- 02pays for a packageMON · STRIPE
- 03completes intakeTUE · TALLY
- 04meets with youTUE · ZOOM
- 05receives a transcriptWED · FATHOM
- 06fills her guidebookSUN · CENTER STUDIO
01 / 06MONCAL.COM
maya finds you through a colleague. she picks a tuesday from your availability, on your domain. no branded booking page in the way.
she books a session. on your domain.
→ CAL.COM · WHITELABELLED · YOUR.DOMAIN/BOOK
MON
MON
TUE
TUE
WED
SUN
- books a session · MON · CAL.COM. maya finds you through a colleague. she picks a tuesday from your availability, on your domain. no branded booking page in the way.
- pays for a package · MON · STRIPE. she pays directly on your stripe. no third-party logo in the checkout. the receipt arrives from your address.
- completes intake · TUE · TALLY. your intake form lives inside her portal. she fills it between sessions. answers come back to you shaped the way you asked for them.
- meets with you · TUE · ZOOM. tuesday, 3pm. she joins from her session page with one click. no calendar-invite archaeology, no forwarded emails, no "which link was it?".
- receives a transcript · WED · FATHOM. the session transcribes itself. you review it, decide what to share, and pass a clean read-along back to her — only the parts she should see.
- fills her guidebook · SUN · CENTER STUDIO. sunday evening she returns to her portal. you left a prompt in her guidebook — she writes back three paragraphs about the tightness in her shoulders. the work continues between sessions, in her words.
three things at once — held together as one calm thing.
one space for each of your clients.
every client gets their own private CENTER STUDIO on your domain. they book, pay, fill forms, meet you, read transcripts, and reflect — without ever leaving it.
the calm layer above your tools.
cal, stripe, tally, zoom, fathom — you keep owning them. CENTER STUDIO is the quiet orchestrator on top, so the tools stop being the work.
the tools under C, named one by one — and the clutter each one quietly retires from your practice.
- cal.com replaces calendly, acuity, tidycal, and the scheduler embedded in your website. free tier handles solo practice completely. clients book directly from your portal.
- stripe replaces paypal.me links sent over email, manual invoicing, and the awkward moment of asking a client for money they already paid. payments flow straight into your own stripe account, visible in the portal against the right client.
- tally replaces google forms you copy-paste answers out of, and the locked-in forms inside practice better or simplepractice. completed forms land in the client's record automatically. you always know who's filled what.
- fathom replaces otter, fireflies, grain, and the habit of writing session notes from memory. records and transcribes your sessions, then files the transcripts in the client's record. (english, spanish, french, german, portuguese — if you work in a language fathom doesn't cover, this one sits optional.)
- resend replaces mailchimp, kit, and the personal gmail you've been using for client emails. sends everything from your own branded domain — reminders, follow-ups, monthly updates — so clients see your practice name, not a generic newsletter template.
- zoom · meet · cal.com video your choice. zoom pro, google meet (free for 60-minute calls), or cal.com's built-in video room (free, unlimited). they all wire into your session pages the same way.
- your domain replaces the client dashboard on simplepractice, practice better, clarityflow, jane, and every other all-in-one platform. your clients visit your site, not someone else's software. the operating system is yours, on your domain, in your voice.
04 / WHAT THE SETUP INCLUDES
eleven things. all included.
- 01
your portal, on your domain
fully-branded client portal at a subdomain of your site, or one you already own. we adapt your brand, tone of voice, colours, typography, and components into a reusable design system for future landing pages, guides, and client assets. yours to keep.
- 02
scheduling that counts
cal.com wired so bookings, cancellations, and reschedules update your database. package credits decrement automatically.
- 03
payments on your stripe
you remain the merchant of record. money lands in your account. we never touch it.
- 04
forms that land
tally for intake, waivers, reflections, embedded inside the portal so clients never leave.
- 05
session summaries
fathom pushed into the session record. shared with the client only when you choose.
- 06
emails that sound like you
resend with your verified sending domain. branded reminders, receipts, cancellations. kill-switch if you need to pause.
- 07
data brought over
acuity, squarespace, notion, drive. we migrate what's worth migrating.
- 08
90-minute walkthrough
we sit together and cover every corner of the admin. recorded, yours.
- 09
support that never expires
thirty days of small fixes after launch, then the 7% takes over: every bug fix, every adjustment, every piece of custom work that real clients and real sessions surface. no clock-watching, ever.
- 10
payments flow through you first
clients pay you in your own stripe. when a payment clears, stripe connect automatically routes 7% to CENTER STUDIO in the same transaction. no invoices. no reconciliation. you keep 93%, always — and that 7% carries all future custom work, maintenance, and fixes.
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a private portal for every client
each client gets their own space inside your domain — where they book, pay, fill intakes, meet you, read transcripts, and reflect between sessions. whether they see you 1:1 or joined your retreat, immersion, or group program, they see only what's theirs. you see them all from one admin. this is what sits on the other side of every tool above.
05 / A PORTAL ALREADY IN THE WORLD
stephanie canavesio
VISIT HER SITE →somatic psychotherapist. compassionate inquiry practitioner. co-founder of difuso in ibiza.
stephanie's portal replaced acuity, a scattered google drive, post-session emails, and a tally form she linked to from three different places. her clients now log in to one calm space. they see their upcoming sessions, their package balance, session transcripts from fathom when she shares them, and every form she's ever sent. the same portal handles her 1:1 practice and the in-person intensives she co-hosts.
her brand. her domain. her language. CENTER STUDIO built the wiring.
06 / WHAT PRACTITIONERS SAY
the kind of words you can't write for yourself.
- A Bit of Magic
Mihai and I didn't just meet by chance, it felt like fate. I was stuck in the usual marketing noise, talking to people who all sounded the same. Then Mihai reached out, and from our first conversation, I knew he was different. He combines top-notch tech skills, AI mastery, and a creative touch with genuine human connection. There's a bit of magic in what he does, and it shows.
- Transformative Collaboration
As a solo entrepreneur, having Mihai as my producer has been the biggest gift imaginable. My strength lies in coaching and creating, but I often felt overwhelmed by the tech and marketing aspects of my business. Mihai not only handles these with expertise but also introduces my work to a wider community. The fact that we work together as a team, rather than me just 'hiring' him, speaks volumes about building a business with care.
- Ahead of the Curve
Having Mihai on my team over the past two years has been transformative. His intuitive grasp of design and architecture has been essential to our growth. He stays ahead of technological trends and listens deeply to understand exactly what's needed. His insights are always thoughtful, innovative, and aligned with my vision. I am deeply grateful for all he has contributed.
07 / WHAT IT COSTS
€3,000 one-time setup
7% when it earns.
€0 subscription fee forever
your clients pay you first. then stripe connect automatically routes 7% to CENTER STUDIO. that 7% is not just a fee — it covers all future custom work, maintenance, and bug fixes: the things that only surface once we're working together with real clients and real sessions. no invoices. no hourly bills. ever.
WHAT THE ONE-TIME FEE INCLUDES
- 01
a customized client portal
one private portal on your domain, shaped around your clients and your way of working. sessions, payments, forms, transcripts, emails, all in one place.
- 02
your brand and voice inside it
we adapt the interface, copy, colours, typography, and tone so the portal feels like your practice, not someone else's software wearing your logo.
- 03
a reusable design system
buttons, sections, type, colours, and components you can reuse later for landing pages, guides, client assets, or anything else that needs to feel like you.
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BOOK A SHORT CALL ↓
€3,000 SETUP · OPTIONAL +€1,500 LANDING PAGE · 7% OF PORTAL REVENUE, ALL FUTURE WORK INCLUDED · NO SUBSCRIPTION
CURRENTLY BOOKING · TWO SEATS REMAIN
thirty minutes.
we'll know by the end of it.
the first call is €150, and it's risk-free either way. if we decide not to work together, i refund it in full. if we do, it comes off your setup fee.
08 / WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WEBSITE
a front door to your operating system.
CENTER STUDIO is not a website builder. we install an operating system for your practice — the place where your clients actually do the work of being your client.
but if you don't have a website yet, landing directly on a login screen is a strange first experience. so we offer a small add-on: a single landing page, built on the same design system we create for your portal, that describes your offerings and gives clients one clear place to log in or book a session.
if you already have a website you like, keep it. CENTER STUDIO can plug into that site at a subdomain, at /portal, or behind a clear login and booking gate. your existing site stays your front door.
+€1,500 if you need the front door.
one landing page, written from what you tell us about your practice, designed in your portal system, with your offerings, portal login, and session booking path in one place.
OPTIONAL ADD-ON · ONE-TIME · ONLY IF YOU NEED IT
we don't build full websites, blog platforms, newsletter signup funnels, or marketing sites. if that's what you need, keep the site you have or work with a web studio first, then plug CENTER STUDIO into it.
09 / THE MATH
what you stop paying for. and managing.
the point is not that every paid tool is bad. the point is that a practice should not need a paid tool for every small operational job. CENTER STUDIO gives the common pieces one surface. after setup, you manage the practice from CENTER STUDIO, not from eight separate tabs.
TOOL BEFORE CENTER STUDIO CENTER STUDIO Respira
practice management
simplepractice / therapynotes ~€69/month
your CENTER STUDIO portal built-in
personalized dashboard
notion, airtable, spreadsheets, or a custom dashboard usually another system to maintain
one dashboard with your clients, bookings, payments, forms, notes, and links built-in
scheduling
calendly pro / acuity ~€10.31/month / ~€13.75/month
cal.com built-in, free unlimited event types and calendars
intake forms
typeform plus ~€50/month
tally built-in, unlimited forms and submissions
client email
mailchimp standard, 5,000 contacts, no transactional email / kit, 3,000 contacts €86.74/month / ~€50.71/month
resend built-in, free up to 3,000 emails / mo
basic CRM
hubspot starter €49/month
all your client data: forms, payments, sessions, journal, and client-facing portal built-in
website / access gate
squarespace business, if you use it ~€36/month
keep your site, or add the optional landing page optional
video calls
zoom pro ~€15/month
your choice — zoom, google meet, or cal.com built-in €0
recordings + transcripts
otter pro ~€20/month
fathom built-in, free unlimited recordings and transcriptions
EURO-PRICED TOTAL / YEAR
up to €4,073.88/year
€0/year
up to €4,073.88/year hidden in scattered tools.
that total uses the higher euro-priced option where a row shows a choice. after the €3,000 setup, the only CENTER STUDIO cost you carry is 7% of what the portal earns you — and that 7% already includes maintenance, bug fixes, and the future custom work your practice will ask for.
your existing website can stay. the tools underneath stay connected. but clients, bookings, payments, forms, emails, sessions, notes, and journal entries are managed from one portal. paid plans like zoom pro, squarespace, hubspot, or mailchimp become choices, not the price of keeping the practice running.
10 / WHERE THIS IS GOING
TODAY
- one practitioner, one portal, one domain
- the full wiring (stripe, cal.com, tally, fathom, resend, zoom, meet)
- custom branding pass
- thirty days included support
COMING NEXT
- multi-practitioner workspaces for collectives
- a lighter self-serve tier
- template portals for common archetypes (therapist, coach, retreat host, chef, teacher)
- a small directory of portals we've built, with permission
11 / WHAT WE'VE SHIPPED
the release log from the first portal we built and still run in production. names, clients, and private links are scrubbed — what's left is the shape of the work, and the pace it ships at. everything after launch shipped under the 7% — no invoices, no hourly bills, no change requests. this is what "all future work included" looks like in practice.
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v1.5.0 booking links you can send, branded previews
- new "booking links" page: copy a direct link for any session type to send a client so they book that exact call — optionally pre-filled with their name and email.
- send a booking link straight from a client's profile: it drops into a composed email as a branded "book your session" button.
- booking links now carry your branding: shared previews route through your own domain, so a link pasted into a chat shows your card, not the tool’s, then hands the client to the calendar with their details still filled in.
- seo: the sitemap lists only public pages (portal and form routes excluded), and a daily job resubmits public urls for faster re-crawling.
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v1.4.0 correct timezones, no more lost sessions, admin overbooking + reschedule
- booking from the website now creates a portal account automatically, even for a first-time visitor, and counts the session toward any active package. previously an unknown email could book a session that never appeared in the portal.
- times now render in the correct timezone everywhere, with a label: your emails in your timezone, each client's emails in theirs (captured at booking).
- every outgoing email now bccs your inbox and sets it as reply-to, so client replies land with you, while the from stays on your verified domain. pasted links render as tidy buttons instead of raw urls.
- admin overbooking made obvious: a "book any time (override)" button bypasses availability, buffers, and calendar conflicts so you can book directly after a call or outside normal hours — still synced to both calendars.
- reschedule any session from inside the portal to any time. sessions you book yourself can't be rescheduled or cancelled by the client, so you keep control.
- duplicate-account guardrail: email variants (dots, "+tags") resolve to one client across every path a client can be created. merging two clients pulls their sessions into the active package.
- sessions page redesigned into a clean agenda: a date tile and explicit start/end time, grouped into upcoming and past, today highlighted.
- dashboard "awaiting payment" widget: past sessions not yet paid, with the amount owed linking straight to the client file. free intro calls excluded.
- client profile cleaned up: last payment date, unpaid sessions listed with date and time, an accurate pending total, and the active tab kept in the url.
- guidebook resources now play inline: a video or audio link embeds; any other link becomes a clickable "open resource" button.
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v1.3.0 public booking page, hardened security
- every first client-facing email now carries a quiet "your portal" banner with a persistent one-click sign-in link — shown only on the first email a client ever receives.
- new clients get a welcome + booking confirmation on their first session, explaining why a portal account was created and signing them in with one click (link valid 90 days). returning clients get the standard confirmation.
- add session: the date/time picker now shows real available slots aligned to your availability, ending the guesswork and off-grid booking errors.
- forms: a "recent submissions" table where each row links to that client’s profile and scrolls the exact submission into view.
- admin calendar shows upcoming bookings as a clean grouped list (today, tomorrow, by day) with a live refresh from the calendar api.
- new public booking page with distinct sections: free discovery calls, paid online sessions, and in-person sessions. each card opens the calendar directly; booking creates the portal account automatically.
- hardened database security: pinned search paths on every privileged function and revoked anonymous execute access. the security advisor dropped from twelve findings to one.
- hard-separated admin and client portals at the middleware, so neither role can wander into the other's routes.
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v1.2.0 unmatched charges + pay-to-book single sessions
- new "unmatched charges" page: card payments the sync can't auto-link land here for manual review, each row showing amount, date, identifiers, and a link to the payment dashboard. pick a client to link, or dismiss.
- "reprocess all" creates clients and links charges automatically when an email appears anywhere on the charge, including inside the description.
- session types: descriptions round-trip with the calendar — edit in the portal and it appears on the booking page, and vice versa.
- single-session tiles are now "pay €x" buttons routing through checkout; after payment the client is returned with an invitation to book that session type.
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v1.1.0 admin ergonomics + form submissions viewer
- forms page redesigned: square tiles double as tabs; selecting one shows its submissions below. signature and file-upload fields render inline instead of raw data.
- payment link generator: one-click "email to client" pre-fills the composer with a preview.
- session types accept a €0 price, so free sessions are possible.
- email composer: preview the branded message before sending.
- transcript integration auto-imports historical recordings; a new "merge duplicate clients" tool.
- client pages polished: editorial heroes, warmer empty states, gentler typography. clients can change their email and set a password — magic-link still works.
- packages page lists individual session types with prices and duration under "single sessions".
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v1.0.0 portal launch ready
- per-session-type pricing so clients can pay for individual sessions.
- payment sync reliably creates clients for unmatched emails — no more orphaned charges.
- magic-link auth with a dedicated callback handler.
- admin-created sessions route through the calendar so both calendars sync and a branded email is sent.
- emails admin page: kill switch, per-type toggles, test sends, activity log.
- session reminders an hour before, and a daily digest each morning.
- csv client importer with notes and phone backfill; form webhook with full historical backfill; transcript integration with per-session share toggles.
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v0.9.0 packages, bookings, auth portal
- booking webhook wired to sessions and payment status; payment webhook creates packages and payments.
- client portal: book, sessions, packages, payments, guidebook, files, profile.
- admin portal: dashboard, clients, calendar, packages.
- auth with role-based routing (admin vs client) at the middleware.
12 / QUESTIONS WORTH ANSWERING
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who owns the portal?
you do. it lives on your domain. the source code is yours. the design system we build from your brand is yours. if we part ways tomorrow, nothing breaks. -
what if i already have stripe, cal.com, a calendar?
we wire into what you have. you keep your accounts. we don't make you move anything. -
does the first call cost anything?
yes, the first call is €150, and it's risk-free either way. we spend thirty minutes looking at what you use now and what your portal could be. if we decide not to work together, i refund it in full. if we do, i deduct it from your setup fee. either way it's never money lost. -
what does the €3,000 setup include?
a customized client portal on your domain, account wiring, brand and tone-of-voice adaptation, a reusable design system, a recorded walkthrough, and thirty days of small tweaks after launch. after that, the 7% carries all future work — you never buy support separately. -
how does the 7% actually work?
your clients pay you. the money lands in your own stripe first. when the payment clears, stripe connect automatically routes 7% to CENTER STUDIO. one transaction, split at the moment it happens. you never write a check. we never send an invoice. you don't have to reconcile anything. the split happens once, in the transaction your client already made. -
what does the 7% include?
everything after launch. maintenance, bug fixes, and the custom work that only shows up once real clients and real sessions flow through the portal — a new session type, a report you wish existed, an email that should word itself differently. you ask, we ship, the 7% already paid for it. the shipped-work log below the roadmap shows what that looks like over months of a real practice. -
is this only for 1:1 sessions?
no. the same portal runs retreats, immersions, and online group programs. applications and intake forms, deposits and payment plans through your stripe, a shared space for materials and schedules, and each participant still gets their own private view. if your work is a mix — weekly 1:1 clients plus two retreats a year — it all lives in one place. -
what happens if i don't earn through the portal one month?
nothing. there's no minimum, no floor, no retainer. the 7% only applies when payments actually flow. if you take a quiet month, if you take a sabbatical, if you pause sessions for any reason, you owe nothing until clients pay you again. -
is my clients' data private?
clients see only their own information. row-level security enforced at the database layer. you see everything about your clients. no one else does, including me. -
what if the 7% stops making sense later?
we can revisit. the rate is locked at setup but not sealed forever. if the economics shift for either of us, we can switch to a flat retainer, or wind the arrangement down. the portal code and your design system stay yours either way. this is a partnership, not a contract trap.
13 / SAY HELLO
if this feels like the right fit, let's talk.
i read every message myself. mihai
CURRENTLY BOOKING · TWO SEATS REMAIN
14 / THE TEAM BEHIND THIS
CENTER STUDIO Respira is in good company.
we also build Respira for WordPress, an ai infrastructure layer that lets claude, cursor, and other ai coding assistants edit real WordPress sites safely across 16 page builders. since launch it's pushed 4.8M lines of code through over 800 websites for agencies and solo builders who need real work done fast.
the same discipline that goes into that product goes into every CENTER STUDIO portal. we know what it takes to build infrastructure that has to work, every day, under load, for real paying customers.
