Breaking Patterns (Online)

How do we identify the patterns we need to break and create new ones? This workshop consists of creating a pattern, be it with actual items like small stones or with line drawings, or drawn shapes and colors, etc. After some discussion, we then explore creating new patterns out of the old, using all of […]

Becoming Picasso (In Person)

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Through a series of exercises, inspired by theater directors Boal and Stanislavski, and ancient knowledge from the Yoga Sutras, explore the thoughts that think they are facts and that have the most influence in our behaviors. Take an inventory of your consciousness, examine your intelligence, outer mind, senses, and ego. Be in the present moment, […]

Trauma-Informed Chair Yoga (Online)

Why practice chair yoga? We practice chair yoga because we want to reap the many benefits of a yoga practice but getting on the floor is either inconvenient or not possible. We want to relieve our stress, learn to breathe effectively, improve our circulation, increase our mobility and flexibility, strengthen our bodies, and seek an […]

Support Group Body Intelligence for Healing (Online)

This Support Group will guide us in learning how to befriend our bodies as a means of healing. There is an incredible genius held within our bodies. Your body has been with you from the very beginning of time and knows your greatest joys and deepest sorrows This group will teach skills to validate yourself, use […]

Mindfulness Meditation (Online)

A special offering to set you on course for higher well-being in the new year. Join us for a free 60 minute class on April 28th, 2022 from 1:30 - 2:30 Eastern time, and add tools to your well-being toolbox. Mindfulness meditation is a guided technique you can use to develop focus, clarity, and balance as […]

Support Group- Body Intelligence for Healing

Non Linear Movement guides participants in gentle movements designed to release tension, regulate the nervous system, and unite the mind and body.

Trauma-Informed Chair Yoga (Online)

Why practice chair yoga? We practice chair yoga because we want to reap the many benefits of a yoga practice but getting on the floor is either inconvenient or not possible. We want to relieve our stress, learn to breathe effectively, improve our circulation, increase our mobility and flexibility, strengthen our bodies, and seek an […]

Humming for Happiness (Online)

Humming is an internal sound bath and the vibrations you create can be intentionally directed to parts of your body, offering pain relief and healing. In addition, humming is a way to bring your mind into a deeply calming and meditative state. Join Sound Healer Stacy Tarter and learn: Why do we hum? The physiological […]

Moving From Surviving to Thriving (In Person, Part 1 or 4) GROUP IS NOW FULL

Resilient Retreat Office 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, United States

This program is based on the principles of Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT), which has been highly effective for those who have difficulty managing overwhelming emotions and having stable relationships. Some of the skills we will be learning and practicing include coping with painful events, recognizing and managing emotions without reacting and/or behaving in destructive ways, […]

No Rules Art Journaling (In Person)

Resilient Retreat Office 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, United States

This is a 90-minute introductory workshop, which will provide an opportunity to explore and express yourself through a variety of art mediums. Art journaling holds a focus of process, rather than end product, and may help reduce stress, boost mood, help memory, and bring joy.