Understanding and Healing Trauma through Mindfulness, Embodiment and Connection

This program is eligible for a Hemera Fellowship. Learn more about eligibility here.

IDEAL FOR: All Levels

Join clinical psychologist and trauma-informed mindfulness teacher, Vamsi Koneru and somatics and trauma practitioner, Sandrine Harris, for a weekend retreat to deepen your understanding of trauma. We will engage in experiential practices, sharing and discussion, and engaged learning to enrich the compassion-filled work of healing.  

Attendees will be guided through a collaborative process drawing from work including trauma-informed mindfulness meditation, somatics and body-based inquiry, gentle movement, and deep listening. Whether this topic is new to you or you’re an individual enriching your understanding, this workshop offers foundational learning and practice as a groundwork for being with your, and others, lived experience with more compassionate knowledge.  

Practices we’ll explore: 

1. Mindfulness meditation
2. Body Scan
3. Applications of Somatic Experiencing
4. Embodied practices including Somatic movement and Qi-Gong
5. Walking meditation (outdoors, weather-permitting)

Tools & Skills: 

1. The ability to recognize and grow compassion for trauma in ourselves and others.
2. The ability to identify the symptoms of trauma and recognize them as adaptations.
3. The ability to understand the window of tolerance and be able to track what is happening in our own nervous systems.
4. To experience accessible practices that individuals can incorporate into their daily lives to foster health and well-being.

Program Price (Includes Tuition, Meals, & Accommodation):
$425 – Commuter
$555 – Private Bedroom, Shared Bath
$875 – Private Bedroom, Private Bath

Sample Weekend Retreat Schedule>