• Creative Pause – Needle Felting (in-person) – PROGRAM FULL

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths

    Needle crafting is the process of creating 3D shapes out of wool.  Using a repetitive motion, we agitate the wool fibers which causes them to bond together to create a unique piece of art. Call 941-343-0039 or e mail (info@resilientretreat.org) to register. The deadline to register is Tuesday, February 11th to prepare supplies. The retreat will provide all […]

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths
  • Empowerment Journaling Peer Support Group (online)

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Meaning-Making Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths

    Join us as we discuss and journal.The facilitator will share prompts and will provide opportunities for us to share our lived experiences. Each month we explore a different topic. Please have paper (or your journal) and a pen available. Register by calling 941-343-0039 or e mailing (info@resilientretreat.org).

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Meaning-Making Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths
  • Steampunk Jewelry Crafting (in-person)

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Meaning-Making Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths

    Join us creating unique jewelry. Crafting with our hands is an effective tool for emotional regulation and mindfulness because it lowers stress hormones and directly forces the brain out of anxious overthinking. When you engage in tactile, manual projects, your brain shifts away from the Default Mode Network—the region responsible for negative rumination and worry. Instead, […]

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Meaning-Making Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths
  • Free your Mind Peer Support Group (online)

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Meaning-Making Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths

    Join the Foundation for Sarasota Performing Arts Center, Teaching Artist and Theater and Meditation Specialist Maria Schaedler-Luera in a series of experiential and self-reflective exercises inspired by techniques of Rainbow of Desire, created by Brazilian activist and director Augusto Boal. In this monthly offering participants will be supported in learning to identify and transform the […]

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Meaning-Making Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths
  • Yoga for Thriving (in-person)

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths

    A trauma-informed, mind-body experience combining gentle movement, breathwork (pranayama), and meditation to process stress and build emotional strength. An empowering mind-body practice that moves beyond simply exercising or managing stress. Call 941-343-0039 or e mail info@resilientretreat.org to register.

    • Building Interpersonal Strengths
    • Building Regulatory Strengths