Virtual Conference, April 8 & 9, 2023, with the Justice Resource Institute in Needham, MA. The Center for Trauma and Embodiment’s annual conference presents, yoga, movement, mental health facilitators delivering compelling keynotes, movement breaks, and breakout sessions, covering the application of trauma research in various contexts in which treatment is based in the body.
* Fees apply, registration is required to www.traumasensitiveyoga.com/conference
Workshops offered (according to the event’s registration page)
Day One: Saturday, April 8
- 8:00 – 8:45am || Optional TCTSY Practice
- 9:00 – 9:10am || Opening and Welcome – with CFTE Co-Directors Jenn Turner and Dave Emerson
- 9:10 – 9:50am || Keynote Presentation – with Justice Roe Williams
- 10:00 – 10:50am || Embodiment with Deaf Youth – with Dru Balsley
- 10:00 – 10:50am || Experiences of Intersectional Trauma Care in Israel – with Rachel Oren
- 10:00 – 10:50am || Yoga: Persons and Bodies – with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan
- 11:00 – 11:20am || Movement Break
- 11:30am – 12:20pm || Why Can’t I Rest My Breath? Embodiment is Community Care – with Nicole Brown Faulknor
- 11:30am – 12:20pm || #WeLift: Transforming Trauma With Weight Lifting – with Mariah Rooney and Candace Liger
- 11:30am – 12:20pm || Facilitating Nondirective Embodiment for Gender-Safer Spaces – with LB Moore & Lindsey Harrington
- 12:30 – 12:50pm || Personal Reflection & Peer Conversation
- 12:50 – 1:00pm || Closing
Day Two: Sunday, April 9
- 8:00 – 8:45am || Optional TCTSY Practice
- 9:00 – 9:10am || Opening and Welcome
- 9:10 – 9:50am || Keynote Presentation – with Kenneth Shirley and the Indigenous Enterprise troupe
- 10:00 – 10:50am || Moving Towards Wholeness: The somatic aspect of “unblending” dissociated parts in the body through yoga – with Carolina Const
- 10:00 – 10:50am || ReScripted: Theater-based Trauma Healing for Youth – with Valerie Krpata
- 10:00 – 10:50am || Original Research: Trauma Sensitive Yoga as a New Model of Care in the United States Military – with Dr. Ursula Kelly
- 11:00 – 11:20am || Movement Break
- 11:30am – 12:20pm || TCTSY and Paralympic Athletes: Recovery, Accessibility, and Team Cohesion – with Dr. Margaret Smith
- 11:30am – 12:20pm || Cultivating a Therapeutic Experience in the Gym with the Neurosequential Model – with Martin Simms
- 11:30 – 12:20pm || TCTSY is Embodied Eating Disorder Treatment – with Katie Comeau
- 12:30 – 12:50pm || All Group Indigenous Enterprise
- 12:50 – 1:00pm || Closing. CFTE Co-Directors Jenn Turner and Dave Emerson wrap up day one of the conference with a brief thanks and an invitation to rest before day two
