classes & trainings

Morning Cup of Qigong… Mindfulness, Meditation & Movement….You are invited.

We will begin classes again when renovation to our online space are complete! Soon:)

Dates for September 2024 will be provided July 1, 2024

Each morning circle, we will take time to pause, connect to our wise body and restore whole-body health through the healing practice of Qigong (chee-gong). Somatic Qigong brings together the body wisdom of somatics with gentle, easy-to-learn body movements and breathing of Qigong that still your mind, move your emotions and restore the flow of life-energy or “Qi” to your body. Our circle offers a compassionate, body-oriented and trauma-informed experience.

Dates & Times

Coming in July 2024

Everyone Welcome

Qigong’s simplicity and Elisa’s warm, welcoming approach makes this a class for everyone to experience. No experience needed… only your Presence!

Payment

A sliding scale is open to all. If you want to be part of the circle, simply Get in Touch with Elisa.

Description

The class is delivered live as an Online Zoom Class. Once registered, you will be sent simple instructions to connect to Zoom and join the class.

Body Speak… 

A weekly somatic practice series for women

Our BodySpeak series offers a warm, welcoming circle for women to celebrate their body as a sanctuary for wisdom and healing… to explore being bodyful.

To build your unique “somatic” or body-centred practice, we will take time to listen and connect with our body using contemplative exercises such a mindfulness, meditation, journaling, body-scanning, breathing & movement … with wonder, curiosity and patience.

Our circle offers an inclusive and trauma-informed approach that respects our body cues and limits as our teacher.

Benefits of Contemplative Exercises

• Supports self-regulation and resilience
• Reduces symptoms of stress
• Enhances our capacity for empathy
• Builds awareness of our body cues
• Helps us feel grounded and think clearer

What Does it Mean to Be Bodyful?

• Being gently present in your body: noticing its wise cues
• Finding space in your body to feel again, with patience and respect for your limits.
• Discover safety in your body
• Exploring what it means to be compassionate with yourself.
• Discerning the choices that support feeling settled and comfortable in your body.

Facilitator: Elisa Peterson, MEd, RMT, SEP

Dates & Times | In-Person

• Wednesday Evenings I 6:30pm-8:00 PST I April 2024

Class Investment

• 6 weeks : 120 +GST
• A sliding scale is open to all. If you want to be part of the circle, simply Get in Touch with Elisa.

Everyone Welcome

An inclusive, warm, welcoming approach makes this a class for everyone to experience. No experience needed… only your presence!

Venue

Location: Hollyburn Family Services

Address: 267 Esplanade West, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V7M 1A5

Becoming Trauma-Informed I FOUNDATIONS:

Safety, Trust & Self – Regulation in Manual Therapy

For All Manual Therapists: Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Naturopaths, Personal Trainers, Physiotherapists

2 -DAY- 16 hour,  Evidence-based Practice, Continuing Education Workshop

FACILITATOR: Elisa Peterson, MEd, SEP, RMT

• All workshops meet new RMT, Quality Assurance (QA) program requirements
• Certificate of Participation and Workshop Notes provided
• REGISTER HERE

“A Trauma-Informed Practice fosters an environment where the diversity of each patient’s lived experience is met 

with compassion, humility, and empathy to provide care and service safely, effectively, and respectfully.”

ABOUT Becoming Trauma -Informed

Becoming Trauma-Informed I FOUNDATIONS: Safety, Trust & Self-Regulation in Manual Therapy is a unique training that integrates cognitive, contemplative, and body-oriented learning to support manual therapists in building safety, trust, and self-regulation within the therapeutic relationship, the practice environment, and through touch. The presence of trauma in all communities makes it such that clinicians are both knowingly and unknowingly supporting patients who have experienced trauma, past and present. Becoming trauma-informed begins with exploring and embodying principles of relationship, communication, and response-ability that build connection, safety, and trust.

HOLISTIC Learning Approach

Our training acknowledges the whole person in learning – the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual elements of how we can experience ourselves as people.

With an integrative approach, students are offered the opportunity to learn with:

• Current Evidence-based Research
• Contemplative Reflection and Somatic Inquiry
• Body-oriented Practice such as Movement and Mindfulness

VANCOUVER 2025  I Training Schedule I IN-PERSON

REGISTER HERE

2 Offerings for 2025

@ Bodhi Tree Teaching Centre, Surrey, BC

WORKSHOP Investment

• $425 + GST
• Payment: Credit Card & E-transfer to elisa@elisapeterson.ca

CURRICULUM At-A-Glance

FOUNDATIONS – Building Safety, Trust &  Self- Regulation in Manual Therapy

I .Trauma through the Lens of Relationship

• Neuroception: The Unspoken Conservation of the Nervous System
• Your Brain and Trauma: Dysregulation and Regulation
• Sources of Trauma: Shock Trauma

II. Polyvagal Theory:

• Getting to Know Our Evolved Vagus Nerve
• Safety and The Social Engagement System

III. Building A Felt Sense of Safety: Noticing Body Cues

IV. Physiological Symptoms of Safety and Trauma in Our Patients

V. Scope of Practice and Patient Referrals

Possibilities for Dialogue…

• What does meeting a patient with compassion and humility feel like inside my body?
• What are the factors that define “the diversity of our lived experience”?
• How does the story of a patient influence my own nervous system?

ALL WELCOME I Bursaries and Student Rates are available

If you would like to be part of the training,  Get in Touch with Elisa.

HEALING as a Community I  Donated Class Fee

10% of your registration fees will be donated to support Indigenous Communities of Canada:

• Tsleil-Waututh Nation Residential School Survivors Fund

VENUE Details

Location: Bodhi Tree Teaching Centre

Unit #212 – 17696 65A  Avenue,

Surrey, BC, V3S 1Z8

Venue Phone: +1 778-688-6824