workshops & trainings.
Fall Equinox Reiki + Intention Setting
We often see Fall as a lead into the harsher winter months, but the fall and winter seasons are a time of great growth. This is where we are called to sow the seeds that will root us for the coming year, and tend to anything we’ve left unfinished throughout the spring and summer seasons.
We’ll begin with journaling, reflection, + intention setting, followed by hands on Reiki Energy with Jen. We’ll end with a ritual sealing our intentions for the Fall Equinox, capturing this transformative energy for the growth season ahead.
This workshop will be held at Brooklyn Yoga Project.
Handstand Workshop
This workshop will explore handstands, we working away from the wall AND using the wall as a tool for strength (NO KICKING UP!). Proven exercises will teach you to stack up your joints, engage your core, + leverage FLOAT as a way to fly.
You must have a strong foundational practice to take this workshop. Requirements include basic understanding of inversions, as well as strong chaturanga or plank pose.
This workshop will be held at Brooklyn Yoga Project.
Arm Balance Workshop
This workshop will explore advanced variations on arm balances from their “basic” options (crow, side crow, + flying pigeon). You’ll learn to leverage your personal alignment to take flight!
You must have a strong foundational practice to take this workshop. Requirements include strong basic balances like crow, an understanding of flight, + a strong chaturanga.
This workshop will be held at Balance Arts Center, 151 W. 30th Street 3rd Floor.
Trauma I: How to Heal
When we have the knowledge to meet ourselves + each other as we are, we create a kinder, more compassionate world for all.
This 3-hour crash course teaches you everything you need to know about the body's protective responses to trauma, their long-term effects, and the ways trauma shows up in our everyday lives (and the lives of those we love).
This course includes:
• trauma: a definition
• ptsd + c-ptsd: a definition
• this is your brain on trauma: neurological science
• the 5 Fs: fight/flight/freeze/flop/fawn
• this is your body on trauma: biological science • trauma-informed yoga: therapeutic science
A 3-hour Trauma-Aware certification will be given upon completion.
If you work for the DOE, you may submit this coursework for CE credits.
Inversion Workshop
This workshop will explore 3 inversions as we work away from the wall. Proven exercises will teach you to stack up your joints, engage your core, + leverage FLOAT as a way to fly.
You must have a strong foundational practice to take this workshop. Requirements include basic understanding of inversions, as well as strong chaturanga or plank pose.
This workshop will be held at Balance Arts Center, 151 W. 30th Street 3rd Floor, Room 5.
All Practitioner Reiki Share
Anyone attuned to Reiki Energy of any degree is welcome to come + share their healing vibrations. We'll dive into peer support for + from other practitioners, create a sense of balance, community, + introspection through practice.
Advanced Somatics: Trigger Mapping
A 6-week course for advancement in Somatics Practice, Trigger Mapping will:
• teach therapeutic tools for fleshing out triggers
• map a trigger cycle to identify interruption points
• apply previously learned somatics exercises to interruption points for disruption of triggers
Meets every Saturday, 11-12:30p at Balance Arts Center + virtually. Should you need to miss a session, recordings will be available immediately after each session. Each registrant will also schedule a single virtual 45-minute Somatics Mentorship session with Jen, included in the course.
You must have completed Trauma II || Intro to Somatics to take this course.
All Practitioner Reiki Share
Anyone attuned to Reiki Energy of any degree is welcome to come + share their healing vibrations. We'll dive into peer support for + from other practitioners, create a sense of balance, community, + introspection through practice.
Trauma II: Intro to Somatics
This course completes 25-hour Trauma-Informed Training; prerequisite is Trauma I or an equivalent 4-hour certification.
This course runs on June 7th, 5-8p and June 8th, 12-3p. Over 2 days, we’ll dive into:
i. What is Somatics?
ii. The Science Behind Somatics: A Refresher on Trauma Response
iii. The Senses: Feeling // Hearing // Seeing // Touch
iv. Deep Dive into Somatic Therapeutics
v. Trauma Informed Techniques
vi. Trauma Informed Language + Command
This is a 25- hour certificate course. Once finished, your certificate will be provided by be(YOU)nd YTT.
This course is DOE-approved for continuing education credits in NY, NJ, CT, AZ + UT.