My exploration of trauma began with birth trauma because that is what I was observing with my students and clients ... and myself.
TRAUMA INFORMED YOGA, 2017, Ireland
Yoga Mandala Project
ROLE OF TRAUMA IN ADDICTION & CHRONIC ILLNESS, 2018, Ireland
Weekend Workshop with Dr. Gabor Mate
PROJECT LETS, online, USA
Anti-Carceral Approaches to Suicide, 2021
Anti-Carceral Altered States, 2023
PRE- & PERINATAL EDUCATOR TRAINING, 2019, 2024-present, Online
Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, USA
I am deeply grateful to my teachers for their generous sharing of knowledge and wisdom that have educated and guided me along my circuitous path of curiousity and passion. Because of them, I am able to offer you a wide range of services.
However, I cannot vouch for their commitment to learning about and divesting from supremacism (colonialism, patriarchy, capitalism, wellness industrial complex, racism, genderism, ageism etc.).
Please use your discernment, intuition, and common sense if you are seeking training or support. Ensure that their values are aligned with yours.
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Celeste RobergeAlongside trauma, I also learned about resilience and the practices that support resilience as I navigated my own trauma and explored ways to metabolize it into growth and resilience.
An important fact to keep in mind, is that trauma has been ever present in humanity and each culture and tradition have their own ways to process individual and collective trauma. Healing is innate in living systems.
What has happened is that structures and systems of dominance (patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism) has disrupted community and the transmission of these practices. However, we have the wisdom within, and the land holds this wisdom to. Together, we can remember and heal.
Below is a link to a short article on trauma.
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Vlada Karpovich on PexelsTrauma-informed Yoga
It took 4 heart-centered teachers to hold space and to share how provide yoga that supports humans navigating trauma. This training was based on their on-the-ground experience of delivering yoga to the refugees in Jordan. However, it is applicable to every-day, every-yoga class, every-human interaction.
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Mishal Ibrahim on Unsplash Trauma In Addiction & Chronic Illness
This weekend workshop with Dr. Maté was a remarkable experience because so many things fell into place. He presented a compassionate perspective of addiction & chronic illness that integrated the science with the lived experiences of his clients. it was an invitation to re-examine our lives and question our beliefs so that we could being to connect with our wounds and trauma so that we can begin to heal.
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@jannerboy62 on UnSplashSuicide Prevention & Altered States
“Project LETS is a national grassroots organization and movement led by and for folks with lived experience of mental illness/madness, Disability, trauma, & neurodivergence.” LETS stands for Let’s End The Stigma. They provide education and peer support training so that humans in distress can receive non-carceral, compassionate care while navigating challenging times. These two workshops were taught by people with lived experience who shared their perspectives and insights into their challenges. Hearing their stories helped me better understand how to support people experiencing distress.
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Alicia Petresc on UnsplashBirth Psychology
I was aware that I was pregnant even before we could do a pregnancy test. As a vegetarian, it was my inexplicable craving for meat that informed me that I was eating for two.
Early on in my pregnancy, I came across Thomas Verny’s book “The Secret Life of the Unborn Child”. And I loved it. I cherished the opportunity of developing our relationship as soon as possible.
16 years later, there is so much more evidence from different fields of science such as epigenetics, biodynamic embryology, developmental neurosciences, and prenatal psychology to support that this earliest relationship are “formative for both babies and parents, and tend to establish patterns of intimacy and sociality for life.”
In 2019, I was excited to begin this training so that I can support parents in developing and nurturing this essential relationship. However, I paused this training because I wanted to be able to address the underlying patriarchal and supremacist foundations. While these foundations are inherent in all academic institutions and in society, I wanted to be able to identify and discern these perspectives so that I can honor the humanity of my clients and be respectful of their autonomy and their cultural traditions. I have now resumed this training in 2024.
