**Masks are required. N95 masks will be available**
Holding Hope in Grief is an act of care and love to our community. These sessions are intended to provide a space to explore grounding practices to regulate your nervous system, as well as a space to build community and discuss concrete ways to foster resilience. While therapeutic, this is not a traditional therapy group and is not a replacement for therapy. Whether you consider yourself a seasoned activist or have felt unsure how to take action as of yet, we invite anyone who wants to work towards building a more just world together.
Our third session in the grief and hope series will incorporate ear acupuncture and a guided Somatic Experiencing meditation. Stimulating specific points in the ear can help with nervous system regulation and relaxation. Combined with Somatic Experiencing, we invite you to more deeply connect with your inner healing intelligence.
Dr. Peter Levine, psychotherapist and developer of Somatic Experiencing, believes that humans possess the same ability as other mammals to release physical energy from stress but often thwart it by “keeping it together” following trauma. We can all probably relate to “keeping it together” through the recent months. Our ability to override what is an innate mechanism for self-care is often what sets the stage for PTSD. By stopping this natural cycle of release, the energy becomes stuck, in effect keeping us in a perpetual state of fight-or-flight so that we are unable to return to our relaxed, balanced state.
Without a space for this healing work, we become numb, apathetic, and hopeless. From the book Rebellious Mourning edited by Cindy Milstein, "We can bear almost anything when it is worked through collectively. Grief is generally thought of as something personal and insular, but when we publicly share loss and pain, we lessen the power of the forces that debilitate us, while at the same time building the humane social practices that alleviate suffering and improve quality of life for everyone."
Sliding scale as low as $0
Accessibility: Group will take place on a 2nd floor accessed via stairs
For more information or to register email: Hope@fivepointholistic.com