Mindfulness Practices to Support Body Awareness, Self-Regulation & Healthy Relationship Boundaries with System Involved

Ursula Elsa & basha* star

Training Description

Experience of overwhelm and trauma can often lead to disconnection from internal knowing and wisdom. This training will help those who support system-involved youth and families to understand that learning from the body and listening to its cues and clues is key in helping with self-regulation and supporting wellness. Mindfulness practices can support system-involved youth to build awareness of emotions and how to express and process them in healthy ways. In this training, we will explore not only how connection with our bodies and their rhythms can support healthy boundaries and relationships with others but also how this increase in awareness can support improved outcomes for system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objectives

● Participants will acquire 3 mindfulness practices to support emotional awareness and resilience with system-involved youth.

● Participants will acquire 3 tools for bringing body awareness practices into efforts to serve and/or support system-involved youth and families.

● Participants will acquire at least 2 creative activities to support self-regulation in system-involved youth.

Agenda

9:30-9:45am  Welcome, Sign in, Opening

9:45-10:00am  Facilitator and Participant Introductions

10:00-10:15am  Mindfulness Practice

10: 15-10:30am  Self-Reflection and Journaling

10:30-10:45am  What is Body Awareness

10:45-11:00am  Body Awareness Activity

11:00-11:15am  Pair Share

11:15-11:30am  Group Share and Discussion

11:30-11:45am  Breathing Practice

11:45-12:30pm  Lunch Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

12:30-12:45pm  Somatic Practice

12:45-1:00pm  Self-Reflective Practice

1:00-1:15pm  Exploring Self-Regulation and Escalation Cycle

1:15-1:30pm  Pair Share

1:30-1:45pm  Group Share - Challenges w/ self-regulation for system-involved youth

1:45-2:00pm  Customizing Activities for Youth: Partner Activity

2:00-2:15pm  Group Share

2:15-2:30pm  Closing & Wrap-up

Meet Our Trainer

Ursula Elsa (they/she) was born and raised in the beautiful land of the Bay Area, Ohlone Territory. She has been teaching mindfulness and nature connection to youth in the Bay Area for 8 years and is currently leading rites of passage and nature connection programming for Gaia Passages. Ursula is passionate about creating programming for LGBTQI+ and neurodiverse communities. She is also a trained doula and an advocate of parent’s rights in the birth community. 

basha* star was raised and rooted in the Bay Area. She practices as a Priestess supporting ancestral connection and offering spiritual counsel. She has been working in mental health support services for over 20 years currently focusing on DEI work in the mental health non-profit sector in Alameda County.

This course meets the qualifications for (4.25) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.