COLLECTIVE CARE SERIES

*TORONTO SESSIONS*
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Next Session: Saturday, December 16, 2023
Time: 4PM-5PM
Where: Central Neighbourhood House (349 Ontario Street, Toronto)
Cost: $5 ($0 for low to no income)
TEAO Canada will hold space for participants, led by Nicole Brown Faulknor — as both an embodiment coach and psychotherapist. Nicole will explore somatic practices as well, as a way to support rebuilding a relationship with our bodies through these symptoms and a place to be heard and loved in places of systems and institutions and why your emotional health is our mental health.

Upcoming Dates:
Saturday, January 13, 2023
Saturday, February 17, 2023
Saturday, March 16, 2023
*KITCHENER WATERLOO SESSIONS*

Next Session: Friday, December 8, 2023
Time: 7PM-8PM
Where: The Branches (9 Samuel Street, Kitchener)
Cost: $10 ($0 for low to no income)
Group processing may be an area deserving of more time in communities, organically through conversations, breathwork and movement, which is how TEAO has begun to address trauma care and trauma health in communities.
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Upcoming Dates:
January 12, 2024

ART FROM THE HEART PROCESSING

'X-PRESS' YOURSELF EVENT
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When: Sunday, December 3, 2023
Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Where: Kitchener Public Library (85 Queen Street N)

This is an invitation to come and explore the powerful and healing benefits of art and movement therapies on building mental health and resilience. You will be inspired and uplifted as we discuss confidence and courage, and take time to appropriate the holiday season for our own wellness.

TEAO’S COLLECTIVE PAUSE RETREAT

When: December 2, 2023 from 8am-5pm
Where: Oakville, ON

TEAO Canada will be hosting our 4th Collective Pause Retreat for mental health care professionals, parents, teachers, leaders and everyone in bodies that have experienced any forms of oppression in ALL bodies.

REST FOR RACIALIZED FOLKS

CANDLELIT RESTORATIVE YOGA

When: November 24, 2023
Where: The Branches Yoga (9 Samuel Street, Kitchener)
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Cost: $18 (Standard Price)
$30 (Supporter Price)
$5 (Low Income/ Subsidized Price)

Rest for Racialized Folks is an affinity space for those who identify as Black, Indigenous or Racialized to land and restore together. Restorative yoga can help the body, mind, and breath to calm and relax. Co-led by an Indigenous and a Black teacher, this class is an opportunity for slowing down, deep rejuvenation, and self-care. After the teacher’s fee, any additional proceeds from the class will be donated to the Trauma and Embodiment Association of Ontario for their work with racialized communities.

EMBODIMENT FOR TRAUMA RECOVERY

Next Session: November 12 - December 17
When: Sundays from 11:30am - 12:30pm
Where: The Branches Yoga (9 Samuel Street, Kitchener)
Cost: $145 +HST (Community Supporter Rate)
$120 +HST (Standard Rate)
$95 +HST (Subsidized rate)

This unique class is for anyone who is on a path to recovering from physical or emotional trauma. The class aims to give participants tools to understand how trauma affects the body, to move through embodied trauma (trauma stored in the body) through very gentle movements, simple postures from hatha yoga, and breath awareness. The classes are aimed at building a trauma survivor’s sense of empowerment and cultivating a more positive relationship to one's body. The class focuses on internal sensing and reclaiming choice in your body, and is less about form or technique. Absolutely everything in the class is optional, and the practice is beginner-friendly.

Upcoming Sessions: January 14 - February 25

​This course includes 6 interactive, weekly sessions offered in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format