Showing posts with label Self Care Tip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self Care Tip. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

The Basics of Meditation

 http://communityboards.org/

The classes are offered in the  summer, fall and winter of this year, along with that you can also apply for a scholarship for the cost of the class. The coordinator said that the application must be in a month ahead of the time you want to take the class. It's a short application with just basic information that is asked.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Building Your Self Care Toolbox: Feldenkrais clinic for parents and teachers

Low-Cost Feldenkrais® Community Clinic hosted by Project Commotion

Offering 1-on-1 Functional Integration® (FI) lessons to members of our community. This service is targeted towards parents, caretakers, mothers-to-be, and teachers of young children.

Summer clinic hours: Tuesdays, June 7 through July 26

Times: 12:15pm and 1:15pm. Sessions generally run 40 minutes – 1 hour.

Sliding scale fee $5 - $40. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Location: Project Commotion, 2095 Harrison Street at the corner of 17th Street, San Francisco.

Please call 415-252-8059 or email susan@projectcommotion.org to schedule an appointment.

Please wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move and bring a pair of socks!

The Feldenkrais Method® is a mind-body approach to learning, developing awareness, and discovering comfort and fluidity through movement. FI sessions are hands-on individual lessons that use gentle, guided touch and verbal instruction to explore movement, reveal habits, and discover new possibilities and choices that can help you:

Increase body awareness, comfort, mobility, balance, and flexibility. • Relieve stress. • Improve sleep and breathing. • Reduce pain from injury or repetitive stress. • Address challenges that can result from neurological conditions, chronic pain, arthritis, and other conditions.

This clinic is made possible by Project Commotion and a group of Guild Certified Feldenkrais PractitionersCM from the Institute for the Study of Somatic Education San Francisco IV training.

Project Commotion (PC) is a community space where children, families and educators are invited to learn and grow together through movement, sensory experiences, and play. We aim to impact the community through our work by offering free or low-cost services to children and families in financial need.

PC offers classes that incorporate movement, tumbling, music, play, dance, and martial arts as a means of fostering healthy development, self-awareness and self-expression. Private, semi-private and small group classes are available for children, and community workshops are offered for adults. PC serves as a foundation of support and information for parents, educators, and other professionals working with children, by providing seminars, workshops, and hands-on experiences in movement. By increasing the level of awareness throughout our community, Project Commotion brings about a vital change in the way that adults can support children's learning and development.

Please contact us if you have questions.

Project Commotion 2095 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Ph 415-252-8059 Fx 415-252-9829 www.projectcommotion.org

Thursday, April 14, 2011

FREE: SF Refresh: Amazing Event!


SF Refresh's goal is to create six daylong citywide events that enable San Franciscans to receive free whole body care in community garden settings in 2011. Activities include: gardening classes, yoga, life coaching, meditation, trauma care, nutrition classes, massage, acupuncture, tea and coffee cuppings, movement classes, preventative health care information and more.

http://sfrefresh.blogspot.com/p/2011-events.html

Dates
Saturday, April 16th (in Hayes Valley and the Western Addition)
Saturday, May 21st
Sunday, July 24th
Saturday, August 20th
Sunday, September 25th
Saturday, October 15th

Monday, April 11, 2011

Free EFT workshops

If you are interested in a great self-help tool, come learn how to do EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) for FREE. On Monday evenings, I now offer a free monthly workshop, and a new weekly ongoing group. Please scroll down to register. Please post or forward this announcement.

FREE workshop last Monday of the month 6:15-6:45pm

Monday evenings weekly ongoing group 7:15-8:45pm

1/2 CEU available for workshop for MFTs and LCSWs for $5

Exact address and directions sent upon registration
near El Cerrito Plaza BART station

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Self Care Tip: Free Classes at Sports Basement

http://community.sportsbasement.com/free-classes/

Sports Basement has FREE classes like Yoga, Bike Maintenance, CPR and Running! Check it out if you need some FREE self care!!!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Tap Into Your Creativity and Spirit: An Introduction to SoulCollage

Join me in for a one-day workshop, Tap Into Your Creativity and Spirit: An Introduction to SoulCollage®.

Are you stressed about finding the answers and solutions to pressing issues in your life?
Are you a coach or therapist who is looking for a creative and intuitive tool to use in your practice?
Are you looking for a safe, non-judgmental way to tap into your creativity or reconnect with it?
Are you passionate about social justice, but stuck with how to find balance in your life?
SoulCollage® is a powerful, creative process for accessing your intuitive wisdom and engaging your soul. By making a unique set of collages, you will tap into the wisdom of your psyche, community members, and the archetypes that are present in your life. Explore your deep and pressing questions in a supportive environment. At the end of the day, you will have a set of SoulCollage® cards to take home.

This workshop is for non-artists and artists, coaches, therapists, and anyone who wants to do deep soul work.

When
Sunday, August 8, 2010
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Snacks provided. Bring your own lunch or lunch money.
All other materials provided


Where
Humanist Hall
390 27th St.
Oakland, CA 94612


Registration
Workshop cost is $75
Free gift for the first 3 people who register
$10 discount if you bring a friend*
Register here


*When your friend registers, have him or her mention that he or she was referred by you. I will then refund you $10 via PayPal. One $10 discount per person.


For more information, call (253) 449-9525. To learn more about SoulCollage®, click here.


“It’s a very enriching and inspiring workshop that one should not just try, but leap into. It won’t only soul search us, but soulfully feed our spirit.” - Maria Dinah Espaitero Asiatico

“Soulcollage brings you closer to yourself, helps you to uncover your concern in a calm way. It brings meaning to you. The workshop is fun, creative. The facilitator is very efficient, fun, kind, deep, very knowledgeable.” – Athiporn Sareebutr

"This is a wonderful visual window into who you are and what is important to you. Fun, enjoyable, insightful, and uplifting. And you don't need to know how to draw or "be an artist." Nourish your soul, you deserve it." - Mimsy S.J.

"SoulCollage helped me to remember what I've forgotten about myself. I'm more aware of my goals and dreams. Thanks to Lydia and her SoulCollage workshop." - Viva

About the facilitator

Lydia Cabasco is a certified Life Coach at Kabuuan Koaching and a SoulCollage® Facilitator. She has been doing SoulCollage® for two years and facilitated workshops in the Philippines. Lydia trained as a facilitator with Seena Frost, the founder of SoulCollage®. As a Life Coach she works with 1.5 and 2nd generation Filipinas to unpack the baggage of overwhelming cultural pressure and expectations around success, shame, guilt, and other issues inherited from immigrant parents. For more information, visit her website.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Yoga in The Women's Building!

Just a reminder that TWB offers donation based yoga classes. Two new classes begin this week sponsored by Laughing Lotus Yoga Studio. Here is a list of the yoga classes here in the building.

Free class for women Thursdays 2:30-3:30

Suggested donation $5 with proceeds to TWB

Monday and Wednesday 6-7:15

Bring your mats and enjoy!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Declaring Our Erotic

Declaring Our Erotic
Eight Tuesday eves. Begins April 13.
An erotic writing workshop open to all
Ever read through a sexy short story and thought, "I'd like to do that!" This writing workshop is for anyone who's considered writing erotic stories or writing about sex, or who'd like to get more comfortable doing so! No previous writing experience is necessary.

We each need safe space in which to be our whole erotic selves -- to delve into the fantasies and imaginings that we've learned or been told don't "go with" our public sexual identities. In this workshop we'll celebrate and struggle with the fullness of our erotic expression.

Each evening, you'll have the chance to try your hand at some explicit erotic writing. We'll write in response to exercises designed to tap into different aspects of our sexual selves: memory, fantasy, experience, relationship with the body, and more.

Don't be surprised if you find, as have previous participants, that you're more comfortable discussing your own sexual desires after practicing writing about fictional sex!

Write Whole: Survivors Write

Write Whole:
Survivors Write

Eight Monday eves. Begins April 12.
Open to all women survivors of sexual trauma!

Transform your relationship with your writing -- and with yourself. For survivors in particular, writing freely in supportive and attentive community opens us up to the possibility of being fully heard in all of our expression, creative and otherwise!

In this workshop, write in response to exercises chosen to elicit deep-heart writing, and deal with such subjects as: body image, family/community, sexuality, dreams, love, faith, and more. We create new art and new beauty out of the difficult and complicated realities of our lives.

You'll be encouraged to trust the flow of your writing voice, and receive immediate feedback about the power of your words!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Self Care Tip: FREE Massages at SFWAR!

Hazel Frost, our extern from a local massage school, is providing FREE massages to our volunteers and staff! We've been really enjoying her massages over here and we think you would enjoy them too! The following slots are open, rsvp with Lisa at the office to sign up for a slot!!

3/11
2:30p, 3:10p, 3:45p
3/16
2:30p, 3:10p, 3:45p
3/18
2:30p, 3:10p, 3:45p
3/23
2:30p, 3:10p, 3:45p
3/25
2:30p, 3:10p, 3:45p
3/30
2:30p, 3:10p, 3:45p

Self Care Tip: FREE Yoga Fridays at SFWAR!

Every Friday from 12-1p come enjoy Yoga during your lunch break. Indira Allegra (see below to hear more from her) is providing this amazing service FREE of charge to SFWAR staff and volunteers. Volunteers/interns Kirsti and Sharon have attended regularly and have found it to be very beneficial for them! Teresa attended and felt completely relaxed afterward and that's hard to come by these days!

Please RSVP to Lisa & Teresa if you plan on attending FREE yoga on any of these days below.

The upcoming sessions are:
3/12 12p
3/19 12p
3/26 12p
4/2 12p
4/9 12p
4/16 12p
4/23 12p
4/30 12p

Huffington Post: Indira Allegra, another health fellow, is committed to helping the disability community as well as survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Her goal, she says, is to "use yoga as a tool [enabling] survivors to re-inhabit their bodies."

Pacific School of Religion: “The issue with that separation between mind and body is that it is a lie.” The practice of yoga, on the other hand, strives to unite the two. “After all, the word yoga means to yoke or to bind, and in this practice, we create a space that the mind and body will want to be in partnership with each other,” Allegra says.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

JOURNEY TO EMPOWERMENT: A Transformational Workshop for Women of Color

JOURNEY TO EMPOWERMENT
A Transformational Workshop for Women of Color
In this 13-week journey, we will explore:
• How You Define Your Own Empowerment
• How Power Has Become a “Four-letter word”
• How Power Without Love Is Abuse
• How To Reclaim Your Power In An Embodied Way
We will also delve in to:
• Body Image and Self-Esteem
• Shame and Silencing
• Healthy Expressions of Anger and Rage
• Reclaiming Yourself As A Fully Embodied Being
• Learning to Love Yourself Through Self-Care
• Creating Healthy Boundaries
• Authentic Communication
Together we will be creating sacred space and building community within which to REMEMBER who we are as powerful beings, RECLAIM the power we have lost, and REJOICE in celebration of that power. With reverence, creativity, freedom of expression, mindfulness, movement, playfulness, joyful curiosity, and somatic resourcing we shall support one another as each woman discovers her own heroic journey to Empowerment.
Space is limited to 10 participants per group

When: Sundays 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Starting
March 21 – June 20, 2010
(Full 13-week Commitment required)

Where: Terra’s Temple
654 Oakland Ave, Oakland CA.

Cost: $20 per session (Full Payment of $260 at
time of registering encouraged)

Call: ilahi ehieh at 510-260-5998 or email at
ilahiehieh@gmail.com


ilahi ehieh CMT, CYT, has been co-leading support groups for survivors of sexual assault for the past 4 years with San Francisco Women Against Rape. Although she is dedicated to the empowerment of all women, she has created this workshop for Women of Color because of the particular challenges to personal empowerment that we face as minorities in this society. She draws from her education in somatic psychology, embodied spirituality and shamanic practices. Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s in Somatic Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Her focus is psycho-spiritual approaches to healing trauma.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Free Massage!

Contact Lisa if you want to get hooked up with a free massage!!! They're filling up fast!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Workshop: Emotional First Aid: Soothing Somatic and Energy Healing Techniques

Emotional First Aid: Soothing Somatic and Energy Healing Techniques

Saturday December 19: 4:00-6:30 pm

At this workshop we will learn and practice simple techniques for soothing, calming and centering yourself or another when one of you is very triggered (anxious, panicking, angry, shutting down, etc). The focus will be on how to increase the internal sense of safety, options and spaciousness when you are triggered, so you can take care of yourself and connect better with others.

The workshop will include:

* how trauma due to violence and oppression shows up in the body
* reflection on situations that trigger us,
* practice noticing--early on--when you are getting triggered.
* verbal interventions
* breathing techniques
* energy healing
* somatic containment practices
* being an ally for another

suggested donation: $25-$45 sliding scale

space is limited
to register or ask questions, contact
Vanissar (510) 594-6812
or vanissar@cs.com

Friday, November 13, 2009

Emotional First Aid: Soothing Somatic and Energy Healing Techniques

Emotional First Aid: Soothing Somatic and Energy Healing Techniques

Sunday November 22: 3:30-6:00 pm

At this workshop we will learn and practice simple techniques for soothing, calming and centering yourself or another when one of you is very triggered (anxious, panicking, angry, shutting down, etc). The focus will be on how to increase the internal sense of safety, options and spaciousness when you are triggered, so you can take care of yourself and connect better with others.

The workshop will include:

* how trauma due to violence and oppression shows up in the body
* reflection on situations that trigger us,
* practice noticing--early on--when you are getting triggered.
* verbal interventions
* breathing techniques
* energy healing
* somatic containment practices
* being an ally for another

suggested donation: $25-$45 sliding scale

space is limited
to register or ask questions, contact
Vanissar (510) 594-6812
or vanissar@cs.com

Friday, October 30, 2009

Fall 2009 HFC Drumming Circle

The event will take place THIS coming Thursday, November 5.
We will share a meal from 5 PM to 6 PM.
At 6 PM we will have our Drumming Circle, led by Dr. Sal Nunes. Sal's groundbreaking work in trauma recovery through the ancient rituals of drumming is exciting to witness and experience.
I've attached a flyer for you to share with others.
Please join us and bring friends! RSVP to this email address if you'd like to join us.
We'll see you on Thursday!
Patrick Barresi
Co-Coordinator, Healing For Change

Trinity A. Ordona, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Healing for Change
healingforchange@yahoo.com
(415) 452-4895

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Check Out the Volunteer Quilt!

Hi all,

Just a love note to encourage folks who come by the office to peak into the far back room and enjoy the volunteer quilt. It's really growing a lot and is incredible and inspiring!

We really appreciate you!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Traditional Chinese Medicine to Assist in Healing from Trauma

Traditional Chinese Medical Secrets of Health and Longevity
Friday, October 23, 6:00-7:00pm at The Sacred Well
536 Grand Ave. Oakland, CA 94610
Talk is FREE, but please RSVP to 510-444-WELL

Also upcoming is a talk/workshop about why and how acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can be a very effective way to address the effects of trauma on our bodies. Those of you who have known me for a while know that I have worked with trauma survivors for years, and that a quest for modes of deeper healing eventually led me to the study of TCM. This talk/ workshop is targeted towards survivors, but everyone is welcome to participate. After a grounding exercise led by Rev. Ordona, I will give a brief talk, followed by an acupuncture-enhanced guided meditation session. Attendees will have the opportunity to receive on-site acupuncture treatments afterward (workshop fees can be applied towards treatment cost).

Traditional Chinese Medicine to Assist in Healing from Trauma
Saturday, December 5, 9:30 am – noon (acupuncture sessions offered until 4 pm) Hosted by Rev. Trinity A. Ordona, PhD in San Francisco
Cost: $20 RSVP
(class size is limited!): tordonahealing@yahoo.com, (415) 626-6441


Hope to see you at some of these upcoming events, Prajna Paramita Choudhury, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.
Perfect Wisdom Acupuncture and Herbs -because the wisdom of the body is perfect-

510-832-2605
perfect.wisdom.medicine@gmail.com
www.perfect-wisdom-acupuncture-and-herbs.com