What to Expect

If you are feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, or have difficulty coping due to stress in our current political climate, please know that you are not alone. Action is the antidote to despair, and we invite you to join us as we take action together to find calm in these times in a supportive space.

We are hosting a gathering focused on education and healing. During this session, we will explore what happens to the nervous system during distress and discuss practical tools to manage it. We will provide a nourishing space to share feelings while staying grounded, ensuring everyone feels heard and seen. The session will include an hour of soft, calming body movement and breathwork designed to help you leave with a regulated nervous system.

We will provide carefully curated snacks and teas specifically chosen to calm the nervous system and help eliminate inflammation in the body and brain.

We look forward to supporting each other in this healing space.

Facilitators

Jennifer Barber, LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker), CCTP (Certified Clinical Trauma Professional), CMHIMP (Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider)

Jennifer worked 16 years in the emergency medical field and now 14 years in private practice as a mental health therapist specializing in trauma and life transitions. She is also newly certified in mental health integrative medicine, embracing that therapy and medication may not always be the way to find relief.

Heather Jolma Fray has been teaching and leading movement and awareness practices for over 25 years. She is recognized as a certified teacher through Yoga Alliance (Zenality Yoga 200 hour, Street Yoga 200 hour) and uncertified through her formal apprenticeship with Sundari SitaRam (Shanti Yoga Center).

She uses she/her pronouns.

She is currently a student in the Nursing Program at Clark College and works in a local emergency department as a technician.

She teaching uses a trauma informed lens with the goal of befriending the body, while listening to your own inner cues + urges.