Peace & Presence is a Columbia SVR initiative that introduces diverse holistic wellness tools and techniques for survivors of sexual trauma to experience and adapt to their own wellness needs. The program envisions a space where survivors feel held, understood without having to explain themselves, and given space to breathe and connect with one another in profoundly spiritual and experiential ways. Through its multi-faceted approach to mindfulness, movement and nurturing of one’s body, this program hopes to aid survivors to recognize and cherish their innate capacity to transcend trauma while being connected to a caring community of allie
Working within trauma-informed prompts, this poetry workshop creates a safe space starts with grounding, and connecting to participants with a brief discussion of poetic possibility, and is followed by prompts that are put in a specified amount of time for participants to write.
Music is provided during writing phases, and affirming connections to participants provided throughout. A brief poetry reading would complete the workshop.
To register for this event please visit: https://columbiahealth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SP5neddiQHqKjrZYKLpPPg
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