Resilient Retreat

Humming for Happiness (Online)
2022-06-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Humming is an internal sound bath and the vibrations you create can be intentionally directed to parts of your body, offering pain relief and healing. In addition, humming is a way to bring your mind into a deeply calming and meditative state.
Join Sound Healer Stacy Tarter and learn:
Why do we hum?
The physiological and psychological benefits of humming
How to hum in a variety of ways in order to activate your own personal prescription for wellness
Dr. Goldman writes, “People hum when they are happy, could the opposite be true… can humming lead to happiness?
*Note: This is a sound based treatment. We encourage you to use headphones or set up adequate sound for this workshop.

Collaborative Performance (Online)
2022-06-16 17:30 - 19:00
This program is led in collaboration with Van Wezel Artworks Anywhere and Resilient Retreat. Led by theatre artist and director Logan Gabrielle Schulman, Collaborative Performance is a space for just that: digital gathering and collaboration! This workshop provides a low-stakes social and creative space to gently explore process, expression, and improvised creation in community together. With compassion and joy—and without judgement—we will work together on numerous bite-sized process-focused artistic exercises leading to a culminating creative revue at the close of the 1.5 hour workshop! This workshop is truly unconcerned with a “final product,” but instead is most interested in building a shared artistic space where we may each try, fail, succeed, and share as individuals, supported by one another.

Movement, Memo's & Meditation (Online)
2022-06-15 16:30 - 17:30
The power of Yoga honors the shifts and qualities of the season. In this quarterly gathering, we will look to the transitions of the new season to support your health and healing journey.
Movement – basic Yoga vinyasa practices (movement aligned with breathing) to be truly present & attentive to the physical body. Memo’s – plan to have a notebook & pen nearby to create a simple seasonal mantra & to jot down encouraging messages to help you embody your steps of healingMeditation – quieting of thought is easier now as we have moved our body and mind and can settle in.
Thoughts will rise and fall – observing/ witnessing this activity provides a meaning-filled opportunity to safely move forward incrementally. Over time, steady and sustainable shifts support ease and alignment of Mind, Body & Spirit.

Chair Yoga (Online)
2022-06-14 12:00 - 13:00
Why practice chair yoga?

We practice chair yoga because we want to reap the many benefits of a yoga practice but getting on the floor is either inconvenient or not possible. We want to relieve our stress, learn to breathe effectively, improve our circulation, increase our mobility and flexibility, strengthen our bodies, and seek an overall sense of calm.
The only thing needed is a chair without wheels, comfortable nonrestrictive clothing and an open mind to try something new.
We begin each practice focusing on our breath with clues to deepen our breath to get the most out of this life-giving force.
This is followed by a brief meditation where we simply focus on our breathing.
We then move into series of poses that activate our feet, legs, arms and hands, torso, back neck region and eyes. We learn to coordinate each pose with our breath. Some of the poses are done while seated and some poses will be done standing while using your chair for added stability.
We end each class with a brief meditation.
Yoga is noncompetitive. Not even with yourself. Some weeks you may move into the different poses easily and some weeks not so easily. That is fine. We learn to listen to our bodies and if we need to back off, we do so.
When we focus on our breath with each movement, it leaves no room for our minds to wonder into past situations nor projecting our minds into the future.
We stay present and a wonderful sense of calm, inner strength and courage take over our whole being both during and after class.

Survivor Strong Support Group (Online)
2022-06-13 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-05-23 17:00 - 18:00
This is a peer support group focused on how your trauma is currently affecting your life. We will also be discussing and sharing resiliency strategies and how our lived experience has given us the opportunity for growth.

Foam Rolling (In Person)
2022-06-07 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-04-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Prana Yoga, 3840 S. Osprey Ave, Sarasota, FL, 34293, United States
Addressing the impact of trauma on the body, Foam Rolling is a form of self massage that can loosen the muscle and fascia that can be impacted by chronic stress. The information you learn from this workshop can also be applied from the comfort of your home to promote stress reduction and well-being.

Mindful Meditation (Online)
2022-05-31 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-05-24 16:30 - 17:30
A guided technique you can use to develop focus, clarity and balance as well as to keep our positive self-compassion thoughts on track and at the forefront of our minds.

Nonlinear Movement (Online)
2022-05-26 12:00 - 13:00
Non Linear Movement guides participants in gentle movements designed to release tension, regulate the nervous system, and unite the mind and body.

Moving From Surviving to Thriving (In Person, Part 4 or 4) GROUP IS NOW FULL
2022-05-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Resilient Retreat Office, 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
This program is based on the principles of Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT), which has been highly effective for those who have difficulty managing overwhelming emotions and having stable relationships. Some of the skills we will be learning and practicing include coping with painful events, recognizing and managing emotions without reacting and/or behaving in destructive ways, building and maintaining healthy relationships, setting boundaries, and mindfulness so that you may experience life fully and in the moment.

Zen Tangle (Online)
2022-05-19 13:30 - 14:30
Zen tangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. We call these patterns tangles. You create tangles with combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs. These patterns are drawn on small pieces of paper called “tiles,” which can be assembled into mosaics. Zen tangle art is unplanned and more about the journey than the end result.

Moving From Surviving to Thriving (In Person, Part 3 or 4) GROUP IS NOW FULL
2022-05-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Resilient Retreat Office, 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States

Trauma-Informed Chair Yoga (Online)
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-04-19 12:00 - 13:00

Moving From Surviving to Thriving (In Person, Part 2 or 4) GROUP IS NOW FULL
2022-05-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Resilient Retreat Office, 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States

Nutrition for Trauma and Stress Relief (Online)
2022-05-06 12:00 - 13:00
This virtual workshop will explain the relationship between nutrition and stress. There will be education and discussion on using nutrition to support the effects of stress and trauma. This workshop will also include practical ways to implement using nutrition as a tool for self-care as well as eating to nourish our whole selves.

No Rules Art Journaling (In Person)
2022-05-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Resilient Retreat Office, 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
This is a 90-minute introductory workshop, which will provide an opportunity to explore and express yourself through a variety of art mediums. Art journaling holds a focus of process, rather than end product, and may help reduce stress, boost mood, help memory, and bring joy.

Moving From Surviving to Thriving (In Person, Part 1 or 4) GROUP IS NOW FULL
2022-05-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Resilient Retreat Office, 1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States

Humming for Happiness (Online)
2022-05-04 12:00 - 13:00
Humming is an internal sound bath and the vibrations you create can be intentionally directed to parts of your body, offering pain relief and healing. In addition, humming is a way to bring your mind into a deeply calming and meditative state.
Join Sound Healer Stacy Tarter and learn:
Why do we hum?
The physiological and psychological benefits of humming
How to hum in a variety of ways in order to activate your own personal prescription for wellness
Dr. Goldman writes, “People hum when they are happy, could the opposite be true… can humming lead to happiness?

Support Group- Body Intelligence for Healing
2022-04-28 18:00 - 19:15

Mindfulness Meditation (Online)
2022-04-28 13:30 - 14:30
A special offering to set you on course for higher well-being in the new year. Join us for a free 60 minute class on April 28th, 2022 from 1:30 – 2:30 Eastern time, and add tools to your well-being toolbox.
Mindfulness meditation is a guided technique you can use to develop focus, clarity, and balance as well as increase inner peace, resilience and happiness.
This experiential session will be facilitated by Julie Burch trained Unified Mindfulness coach, L2.

Support Group Body Intelligence for Healing (Online)
2022-04-26 12:00 - 13:15
This Support Group will guide us in learning how to befriend our bodies as a means of healing. There is an incredible genius held within our bodies. Your body has been with you from the very beginning of time and knows your greatest joys and deepest sorrows
This group will teach skills to validate yourself, use your body as your ally, learn to love yourself through partnership with your body, and come home to your body to increase energy, joy, expression, and safety. There will be short, gentle movement exercises, writing, and discussion.

Becoming Picasso (In Person)
2022-04-18 11:00 - 12:30 | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
Through a series of exercises, inspired by theater directors Boal and Stanislavski, and ancient knowledge from the Yoga Sutras, explore the thoughts that think they are facts and that have the most influence in our behaviors. Take an inventory of your consciousness, examine your intelligence, outer mind, senses, and ego. Be in the present moment, break the habitual cycle of thinking and step into the space of infinite possibilities.

Breaking Patterns (Online)
2022-04-14 17:30 - 19:00
How do we identify the patterns we need to break and create new ones? This workshop consists of creating a pattern, be it with actual items like small stones or with line drawings, or drawn shapes and colors, etc. After some discussion, we then explore creating new patterns out of the old, using all of what is already there and creating something totally different.

Becoming Picasso (Online)
2022-04-13 17:30 - 19:00

Sound Bath (In Person)
2022-04-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Resilient Retreat, 13010 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL, 34240, United States
Unwind your body, mind and spirit with a sound bath! As you relax on your mat, a meditative acoustic sound concert will “wash away ” stress, bring you to a state of deep relaxation and an expansion of consciousness that can activate your body’s own natural system of self-healing. As you melt into a guided meditation, Crystal Singing Bowls, Tuning Forks, drums and chimes will be played.

Book Group (Online, Part 2 of 2)
2022-04-06 17:30 - 19:00
Please join us for a two-part virtual Book Group for Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly. We ask you only sign up if you can make a commitment to attend both sessions. A limited number of books are available on a first come first serve basis for pick-up at our office (1207 Sarasota Center Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34240). We look forward to discussing this book about vulnerability and courage with you!
”One of the tragic ironies of modern life is that so many people feel isolated from each other by the very feelings they have in common: including a fear of failure and a sense of not being enough. Brene Brown shines a bright light into these dark recesses of human emotion and reveals how these feelings can gnaw at fulfillment in education, at work, and in the home. She shows too how they can be transformed to help us live more wholehearted lives of courage, engagement, and purpose. Brene Brown writes as she speaks, with wisdom, wit, candor, and a deep sense of humanity. If you’re a student, teacher, parent, employer, employee, or just alive and wanting to live more fully, you should read this book. I double dare you.’‘ –Sir Ken Robinson, New York Times bestselling author
