The Everything Space

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Somatic Practice for Resilience/Resistance
Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm
10 weeks
February 13th-May 3rd
No class: 2/27 & 4/17
Back-up class: 5/8
Facilitated by Amanda Franz
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A weekly community of practice of gently guided body-based somatic practices to center, presence, move and grow capacity; reshaping ourselves together, within community.

If you, like me, are choosing to live this precious life in the challenging (and beautiful) change work of unlearning colonization and white body supremacy,
Of reducing harm and dreaming collective liberation,
Of building new systems/structures/relationships that are aligned with values of safety, belonging and dignity,
Then you know that we'll need to practice new ways of being, together.
You know that this work is immense and multifaceted, and that our bodies, as fractals, are also a part of that change.
You know that we can't do this alone, and that the repatterning of ourSelves happens with and between others.

This invitation is to join a community of practice.

Together, we'll practice centering our bodies voices and wisdom by making space to slow down, listen and tend.
Together, we'll practice being human, finding movement in stuck places and offering compassion.
Together, we'll co-regulate in the fullness of this time of violence, genocide and planetary destruction.
Together, we'll make space to show up for ourselves, within community, and to grow capacity, so that we may continue to show up for the long haul.

This practice space is for all bodies who are moving and dreaming in big and small ways, towards a future where safety, dignity, belonging and the resources to live are available for all.

QTBIPOC welcome.

Let's practice being bodies together.

More info and to register:
https://www.theeverythingspace.com/somatic-practice-for-resilienceresistance.html

Hey Community!

We wanted to share that we several upcoming in-person trainings for somatics, trauma/resilience education and creating safer, more inclusive, trauma-informed spaces.

All trainings are VSAC approved, so some (if not ALL) of the course costs can be covered for eligible applicants. VSAC grants are first-come, first-serve, so best to apply soon!

Sliding scale and payment plans are available for folks who are not VSAC eligible.

Firstly, our annual course Growing Resilience: Being Trauma Informed is coming right up.

We just shifted the start date to February 1st and extended the deadline to apply to January 13th .

New Dates: GROWING RESILIENCE: BEING TRAUMA INFORMED
Feb 1, 2025 - May 10, 2025
Saturdays, 10:30am-2pm
No Class March 1 & April 19
Application Deadline: Jan 13

This powerful course takes a deep dive into understanding trauma and resilience through a somatic and intersectional perspective while focusing on creating trauma informed spaces. We cap the attendance so it's a small cohort of professionals who are integrating the information through their own businesses/practices/organizations and are then able to brainstorm and support each other in the process. This is currently our only group style professional development course.
> https://www.theeverythingspace.com/growing-resilience-being-trauma-informed-course.html

Our other two professional development courses are 1:1 trainings (more info below) focused on integrating somatics into your specific profession through a polyvagal-informed and justice-oriented lens. As a 1:1 training, there is no pre-set timing; instead, together we'll determine a weekly time that works.
These trainings are offered by Amanda Franz- registered somatic bodyworker and therapist, conflict mediator and trauma educator.
> https://www.theeverythingspace.com/somatic-integrations-professional-development-courses.html

SOMATIC FOUNDATIONS is an 8-week course with a pre-designed basic introduction to somatics, trauma and the nervous system, intersectionality and its impacts on the therapeutic dynamic, as well as profession specific application and integration of these concepts.

SOMATIC PRAXIS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM is a 10 week 1:1 training/coaching program for professionals with a working understanding/practice of somatics, yet looking for more specific education and implementation support, particularly in the realms of experiential anatomy, somatic bodywork, nervous system/polyvagal theory education, anti-racism and intersectional education, conflict navigation, and movement re-patterning. The curriculum for this program is individually created to address the needs and limitations of the student's particular profession and may involve site-visits/shadowing for further implementation support.

We also work with businesses and organizations through consultation and private trainings.
> https://www.theeverythingspace.com/professional-development-courses.html

Please reach out if you have questions: theeverythingspace@gmail.com

We love serving our community to create a more resilient world.