About this Event
This mini-retreat is open to folks at all levels of mindfulness, dance, or yoga experience; beginners or folks returning to their practice are especially encouraged to join! During our time together, Amanda and Stephanie will guide our group through a facilitated healing experience that weaves together concepts from Somatic Experiencing Therapy, Decolonized Non-Violent Communication, and gentle accessible movement through Nia Dance. Plenty of breaks and modification options will be offered throughout the day.
Welcome & Guided Moving Meditation (30 mins)
Intro & Facilitated Discussion on Non-Violent Communication (1 hour)
Nia Healing Dance, Stretching, and Restorative Rest (90 mins)
Reflections & Closing
(Breaks included throughout the day)
Bio:
Amanda Jude is an Empathic Leadership Coach. She helps people find meaningful engagement with their world and reliable tactics for secure connection. Her work examines the interrelated influence of power, society, and personal paradigms on the ways we meet our needs. She’s a queer femme living in the East Bay Area of California. In her personal time, she adores cooking and long hikes with her dog, Poppie.
Stephanie Parker (she/her) is a Black intuitive somatic healer, licensed Nia movement instructor, and anti-oppression facilitator based in Oakland, California. She creates safe, affirming, sacred, decolonial spaces, guiding in a nonhierarchical way that allows collective wisdom to emerge from the group. Stephanie is initiated in Afro-Cuban spiritual practice, and weaves sacred ritual into all of her offerings. She was called to the path of ancestral healing by her own body’s divine act of refusal in the form of severe upper body nerve pain, a condition that led her to step away from her movement organizing and career in tech. Stephanie’s search for relief led her to Bethamie Wyatt’s Nia Dance class, where she experienced the physical release of trapped emotions, loving intergenerational community, and the embodied sensation of feeling both freedom and safety at the same time. It was this spirit-led encounter that served as a catalyst for her decision to walk in her purpose as a healer. You can learn more about Stephanie and her offerings on her website and follow her on Instagram at @catchlight27.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
339 15th St suite 202, Oakland, CA, USA, United States
USD 75.00