Befriend Your Body; Heal Your Mind group signup due Aug. 24
HealTree will present Befriend Your Body; Heal Your Mind, facilitated by Catrina Stiller, from 5 to 6: 30 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 5 to Oct. 10, at 1632 Savannah Road, Suite 10, Lewes.
Every person has a unique nervous system, much like the uniqueness of fingerprints. The health of one’s nervous system determines the ability to respond rather than react to life's stressors. It determines the level of resilience and the ability to bounce back from adversity. Because of these particular qualities, how to restore their own system to health to will differ for each individual.
Many people have learned to deal with stress by ignoring bodily cues. People begin in early childhood to adapt to external stressors by suppressing physical needs. They carry that survival method into adulthood to cope with school, work and home environments. Many ignore the innate needs for emotional comfort, rest, water, food or other bodily requirements. People may treat their bodies like machines, and as a result, illnesses of many kinds develop.
In this six -week course, participants will build their interoceptive ability. This is needed in order to restore health to the nervous system and heal ailments. Participants will be invited to explore and possibly notice sensations in their bodies, and make choices to move, stretch and breathe based on their own unique needs, wants and/or desires. Each class will focus on a different theme – choice, present moment, taking effective action, natural rhythms, breath and integration. Education, movement and group reflection will be included in each session.
This group is designed to help participants reclaim and befriend their body. The series is specifically aimed to support healing from post-traumatic stress, complex trauma, developmental trauma and all forms of mental health challenges. One does not need to have a mental health diagnosis to participate as this class is beneficial to anyone interested in growing a deeper relationship with themselves. Cost for the series is $275. The registration deadline is Thursday, Aug. 24.
Stiller, the workshop facilitator, is the executive director of HealTree and a licensed professional counselor of mental health in Delaware. She holds multiple mental health-related certifications and has completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training. She has extensive training in somatic-based therapy methods and the neuroscience behind mental health problems.
For more information or to sign up, go to healtree.co or call 302-827-4683.
