**REGISTRATION IS CLOSED**

Who: For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color: Femmes, Women, GNC, Enby and Trans Folx who are not white presenting.

When: February 13, 20, 27, March 6  // 11:00am-1:00pm CST

Cost: $168 (for all 4 workshops)

Format: Live online workshops through Zoom

Payment plans are available without interest. If you would like a full or partial scholarship through my BIPOC Healing Fund, please email me. If you are white or a BIPOC supporter, consider contributing to my BIPOC Healing Fund.

“color study - inner child edition” DESCRIPTION:

Key words for this series are: JOY, PLAY, REST. Personally I always find myself swinging in-between seasons of deep heaviness and then remembering to give myself permission to have fun or pursue joy, play, and rest. The challenge is to integrate joy, play, rest in every season. Every season have different intensities of grief and healing from layered traumas. It is so necessary and helpful to give those deep elements attention and support, but practicing to take breaks is important. Being in this for the long haul journey resisting white supremacy and it’s systems of oppression means that we need to individually and collectively practice doing this work in a sustainable way. We are not alone even though it might feel like we are - with the burden of the world on our shoulders.

In this workshop series, I’m going to structure the space where we can come as we are and give ourselves space and permission to fulfill our needs. And we are going to practice tapping into those needs through being attentive to our inner child/children. I’m going to share my perspectives of our inner thriving and wounded children. Another element of creating gentle structure is posing a color for us and our inner child to explore - allowing curiosity, playfulness, and opportunity for each participant to tap into their own embodied medicine.

An important part of all my workshops is approaching it from a trauma informed lens meaning that at ever step there is agency and an honoring of that agency. You will never be forced to face something you don’t want to or share something that doesn’t feel like a full bodied yes. So when the invitation to share with the group, the container feels consensual and hopefully nourishing.

YOU CAN EXPECT A COMBINATION OF THESE ELEMENTS:

  • A centering talk about the focus of the week

  • Guided meditations

  • Journal prompts

  • Time of creating - painting/drawing/writing/moving.  This is not an art tutorial, but I will share how to approach creating art for the purpose of healing and being embodied.

  • Optional sharing time through video/chat box

  • Simple breath work

As to minimize pressure or performance, you will not be required to show the group what you are creating.

If you can’t make the live session, you will have access to the recording. The first meeting is mandatory - to cultivate trust among the group.

*Note: I am not a licensed (art) therapist. Although I believe that healers do not have to have institutional degrees to do healing work, this is not a space where I can provide you personalized guidance.  This practice isn’t designed to replace therapy of any kind. Please consult your personal therapist/psychiatrist/healer for mental, emotional, spiritual support.