RETREAT agenda

This informative, and highly experiential session integrates trauma-informed yoga therapy, trauma sensitive yoga (TCTSY), and contemporary neuroscience. We will explore how the practices of yoga can support those living with PTSD. We will focus on current research into best practices, and you'll be invited to participate in an evidence-based, trauma sensitive yoga practice, and learn trauma-informed yoga therapy for toning your nervous system, and building resilience. 

This session is accessible, and inclusive regardless of gender, race, religion, class, physical ability, or body size. Beginners are welcome. No previous yoga experience is required. 

  Trauma is an experience that disconnects us from core needs we all have to feel fully human and fully alive. The survival of a traumatic experience can leave a person stuck in fear, defense, and exhaustion based on how our brain, nervous system and body work to protect us from threat. 

With support to reconnect to our core needs, our nervous system & body shift can out of this constant survival mode. This allows the impact and meaning of our experiences to be transformed toward health, hope, and increased resilience. 

Restore Peace with iRest®

With iRest you will discover that you have an indestructible inner resource of strength, calm and ease, no matter what you have experienced in the past or what challenges you face now.

iRest is an evidence based, system of meditation that is practiced lying down.  

Science shows that spending time in the forest can reduced symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression, boost immunity, and increase your memory and ability to focus.

In Japan, people are encouraged to practice a type of forest therapy called Shinrin Yoku or forest bathing, which translates to ‘taking in the atmosphere of the forest’. Japanese scientists figured out the trees give off an organic chemical compound, called phytoncides, when you go into the forest with all your senses attuned you bathe in these compounds which then provide a multitude of benefits.

There is one glitch, you won’t get the same results hiking, running or mountain biking. It’s a different way of being in nature. By going out with a guide you will be shown how to tap into this simple yet powerful practice.

Once you know how to do it, you can practice it at anytime, anywhere, for free, and reap the benefits yourself.

Drum therapy is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. Recent research reviews indicate that drumming accelerates physical healing, boosts the immune system and produces feelings of well-being, a release of emotional trauma, and reintegration of self.