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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Learners who complete this 1.5-hour course will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy.

DESCRIPTION

In Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions, participants will learn how harmful conditions impact our ability to offer care to ourselves and others. Facilitators will share new and emerging research on healing intergenerational trauma, in order to identify practices to center care at work and at home.

Together, participants will deepen their understanding of how trauma and harm persist in communities and learn helpful tools for reducing stress and centering care long term. We will practice grounding breath and movement for intense emotions and identify rich and diverse tools we all hold to support physical and emotional wellness.

Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions is provided as a starting point to explore the burden of stress and reduce its impact on interactions at work and at home. The course will close with guided reflection and ongoing care practices. Through ongoing practice, learners will cultivate a deeper understanding of how to center care and compassion at home and in their community.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Instructor-led presentation of new and emerging research on trauma and healing
• Experiencing guided nervous system centering practices together
• Reflection and discussion on diverse practices to support well-being, including in one's own communities and lineages
• Tools to develop or strengthen an ongoing personal care practice

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will:

• Increase awareness of the link between self-care and compassion for others
• Identify many strategies available to support physical and emotional wellbeing
• Learn specific practices to move through intense emotions
• Reduce stigma around accessing care for oneself and others
• Create a personal care practice plan

ELIGIBILITY

This special session of Seeding Change is open to any NYCHA resident.