Supporting LGBTQ Youth with Trauma Informed Mindfulness

Salina Mae and Ursula Elsa

Training Description

Creating a safe container of acceptance, nonjudgement, and belonging is critical for the wellbeing of LGBTQI+ youth. In this workshop you will learn how to support LGBTQI+ youth in processing unaccepting attitudes, cultivating resilience, developing self-awareness, and a strong self-love.  For LGBTQI+ youth, mindfulness can be especially transformative by providing compassionate self-awareness practices. You will gain tools to deepen your allyship to your clients, in a way that truly honors the intersectional layers of identity. 

We acknowledge the complexity of running trainings that seek to foster deep self and community connection in an online format. We are committed to create trainings that provide opportunities for connection, self reflection, embodied practices, mindfulness and that incorporate learning and integration for multiple learning styles. In our training design, we will have space for breaks from the screen, opportunities for participants to engage with the natural…