Events
JULY 2021
Trauma-informed Fundamentals Workshop
(Online & E-Certification Provided)
This workshop has been turned into an Online Course.
Topics covered will include:
What is trauma really?
Trauma has become the latest buzzword. We will cut through the noise and get to the point.
Where is the intersection of trauma and mental health
Learn when mental health conditions may have origins of trauma and when to dig deeper.
How does trauma show up?
Discover clear markers that indicate possible trauma. We will look at physical symptoms, mental & emotional symptoms & relational symptoms.
Toxic or traumatized?
We are quick to label someone as toxic. Discover how trauma may often be behind someone’s bad behavior
How to relate to a traumatized person
Learn how to relate in ways that have ‘intent not to traumatize’ and may help de-escalate a trauma response.
We will look at three categories:
1) Anxiety attack
2) Silence & disconnection
3) Boundary breaches/misconduct
OCTOBER 2021
Trauma-informed Group Facilitation Workshop with Natalia Rachel and Amber Sawyer.
(Live In-Person + E-Cert Provided)
This live-in-person workshop is now over.
(Online & E-Certification Provided)
This workshop has been turned into an Online Course.
This workshop was filmed live in Singapore, and in this workshop, you’ll learn the essential elements of trauma-informed group facilitation.
This workshop is relevant for any group facilitator, regardless of modality (yoga included), who would like to hold safe, trauma-informed spaces for their participants.
This will ensure that you can:
- Understand trauma.
- Understand the role of the nervous system in trauma.
- Work with intent not to re-traumatize.
- Establish the importance of working with relationships and boundaries in groups.
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Your facilitators:
Natalia Rachel and Amber have co-created this workshop as a response to witnessing trauma come up in groups to either be missed, ignored, or facilitated in a way that causes further re-traumatization.
Both have a passion for creating safe trauma-informed space and supporting other facilitators to do the same.
About Natalia Rachel!
Natalia Rachel is an authority in trauma-informed culture, trauma & abuse recovery, and relational dynamics. Her insights into the human condition are a rare amalgamation of years working as a trauma therapist, educator, and clinic director, as well as a lived experience of complex trauma, recovery & transformation.
Natalia is known to illuminate the darkest aspects of individuals and communities, with an uncanny blend of gentleness and acuity. She is not afraid to dive right into the roots of systemic issues and invite immediate change.
As a consultant, advisor, and NED, Natalia brings an invaluable eye to assess and advise on relational dynamics, trauma-informed culture & policy development, and consumer psychology. As a therapist and teacher, she takes an experiential approach, that ignites a process of empowered self-inquiry and vulnerable expression. Her methods ‘Trauma-Informed Relational Somatics is being taught and practiced by other therapists in and beyond Illuma Health Clinic.
All of Natalia’s work stems from the intention to support a shift from disempowerment and oppression to empowerment and expression, with relationship as the cornerstone for change.
About Amber Sawyer!
As an Embodiment Facilitator, Amber shares the joy of living through holistic practices of yoga, active meditations, and pre/postnatal birth support. With more than 20 years of study and practice in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Meditation, as well as a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in the field of stem-cell tissue repair, Amber brings a unique perspective on healing and self-discovery through the influence of scientific and ancient wisdom. Her life’s journey has included the intensities of academic research balanced by the depths of spiritual practices and the profound rite of passage of becoming a mother. This journey has included the unraveling of spiritual bypassing as a means to directly lean into her personal trauma and the subsequent rebirth into her wholeness as a human being. Amber’s work primarily focuses on empowering women to have a conscious pregnancy, birth, and preparedness for motherhood. Currently, she serves as a birth assistant, pre and postnatal yoga teacher and teacher trainer, and meditation guide. Her living dharma is to continue empowering others to live in their authenticity, confidence, and vibrancy, embracing who they are and the full spectrum of what it means to be an embodied human.
Trauma-informed Facilitation Workshop
(Online & E-Certification Provided)
[For Practitioners]
This workshop has been turned into an Online Course.
You’ll leave this workshop equipped with knowledge in the following areas:
Definitions
Clarify clear definitions of trauma, relational trauma, abuse, neglect
Threat responses & their relational markers
Overview of polyvagal theory – fight, flight, freeze, ventral vagal, miscalibration & the faux window of tolerance and how to identify them in a client
Fragmentation & Dissociation
Learn what happens in the brain, body, and psyche when a traumatic event is not processed
The fawn response
Understand the tendency to seek safety through self-abandonment and how this may show up in a client or group session
Re-traumatization & regression
Understanding and spotting signs of re-traumatization and how to pro-actively avoid these
Relational resonance & boundaries
Understanding transference and the importance of a relational approach in trauma-informed care.
January 2022
Date: Monday 3rd January
20:00 - 21:00 (Singapore)
23:00 - 00:00 (Sydney)
12:00 - 13:00 (London)
07:00 - 08:00 (New York)
Free Live Online Event
THE GREAT CONVERSATION
START THE NEW YEAR WITH INSPIRATION AND INTENTION TO CREATE A NEW WAY OF LIVING AND RELATING.
2022 is the year that we take all our learnings from the pandemic and effect integrated change.
Join Natalia Rachel for this exclusive live conversation.
Leaders, HR, coaches, facilitators, and change-makers are invited to join this game-changing event.
We’ll weave together the crucial topics including:
Mental Health
Sustainability
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Empathy, Compassion & Vulnerability
We will take these buzz words and turn them into concepts that translate into the change we need, now more than ever.
The goal is to ignite compassionate leadership!