RCWMS

Ministry of Black Womens Self Care, October - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2020-10-20 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love, communal love, Womanist Ethicism, it is multi-generational, multicultural and is not finite, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness. Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry, in church and community.
October: In the Safety of My Sisters: Healthy Concepts of Sisterhood in Action
November: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting for
December: Ethics of Community Care: I am My Sister’s Keeper
Leader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve not walked in my purpose.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget. Sign up for one or all four sessions in the series.
Register for October below.
Register for November HERE.
Register for December HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Homegrown: NC Women's Preaching Festival 2020 (via Zoom)
2020-10-15 15:00 - 2020-10-16 16:00
Mark your calendar and plan to join us October 15-16, 2020 for the 9th annual Homegrown: NC Women’s Preaching Festival.
This year’s preachers and presenters include Donyelle McCray, Chelsea Yarborough, Karen Ziegler, Nicole Williams, Margie Quinn, Chelsea Yarborough, Deborah Williams, Grace Hackney, and Angie Hong.
Our Vision: We believe hundreds of clergywomen in North Carolina are faithfully and creatively engaging in ministries where they proclaim the Word of God, week after week. In an ecumenical spirit of love and collegiality, we will lift up the voices of local clergywomen to encourage and inspire; share and learn; and to hone our craft. Together we will hear wonderful preaching from conference attendees and have time for casual group conversations on the art of proclamation in all its forms. We will pray, worship, and celebrate together.
In addition to an incredible line-up of presenters, we are excited about the gifts and wisdom, joys and challenges that each of you bring to this festival every year. In addition to the workshops and worship, we will offer several opportunities for being in communion with each other. Learning in community for two days, even virtually, is the heart of who we are. We hope you will plan to join us!
Learn more about the festival: www.ncwomenpreaching.com
Cost: $75 – Regular price ticket and help someone else attend
$50 – Regular price ticket
$25 – Limited income/student
Questions? Contact RCWMS: info@rcwms.org
Zoom links for Homegrown will be sent in October prior to the event. Individual workshop registration details will be available once we finalize the schedule.
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Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
2020-10-13 11:30 - 14:00, 2020-09-08 11:30 - 14:00, 2020-08-11 11:30 - 14:00, 2020-07-14 11:30 - 14:00, 2020-06-09 11:30 - 14:00 | via Zoom, Durham, NC, United States
During the pandemic Art of Conscious Aging is meeting via Zoom.
Contact info@rcwms.org to join the group.

Coffee & Conversation #2: Living in the Moment with Lisa Baron
2020-10-08 11:00 - 12:30
We continue our Coffee and Conversation series with Lisa Baron this month. Feel free to join even if you didn’t have a chance to be part of the September session.
October 8: How Can I Get Better at Living in The Moment?
This is easier for some of us than others. Getting better at this requires us to be more flexible, lower our expectations of ourselves and others, and go with the flow more.
November 12: Holidays During A Pandemic
For many of us, the holidays this year will look very different than previous years. Travel plans may be changed, the loss of not seeing loved ones may be more strongly felt. Let’s talk about how to navigate this season, developing ideas for new traditions and ways to embrace what we are thankful for.
Pertinent article links and “tip sheets” relevant to each workshop in the series will be sent prior to each class. Each workshop will include time for conversation, reflection, and writing.
Cost: $25 per session (individual registration required for each workshop)
Leader: Lisa Baron, skilled group facilitator, will present the topic and will then invite the group to share their collective wisdom. Lisa is a social worker and writer; she co-led the program for RCWMS “How Did I Get Here and Where Am I Going?” in January of this year.Lisa is a social worker and writer; she co-led the program for RCWMS “How Did I Get Here and Where Am I Going?” in January of this year.
Register for the October conversation below.
Register for November HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Poetry Across Borders with Linda Ehrlich - 4 sessions (via Zoom)
2020-10-06 14:00 - 15:00
With a special emphasis on Japanese, Chinese, and Middle Eastern poetry, this four-session workshop offers a chance to explore, read, and even try your own hand at poetry from outside of familiar European traditions. The class will include a look at tanka, haiku, and zuihitsu (“follow the brush”) from Japan, landscape painting and poetry from China, and Ghazals from the Persian/Urdu tradition. For each tradition there will be a particular focus on women poets, and on the ties between poetry and the visual arts. Each class will include informational talks, break-out sessions, and readings. The final week will be case studies of famous poets from those non-European traditions. The instructor is happy to read participants’ writings related to the course, for comment.
Cost: $40 (includes all sessions)
Leader: Linda Ehrlich, Ph.D, has more than 25 years experience teaching and writing about world literature, cinema, and theatre. She has spent years in Japan and southern Europe, and has travelled extensively in other parts of Asia and the Middle East. She has a new collection of writings inspired by the Japanese Noh theatre (Yamamba’s Mountains). Her latest book is on The Films of Kore-Eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Learn more about Linda here.

Cost: $40 – this covers all 4 sessions

Dates: October 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2020, 2:00-3:00 pm EDT

Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Keep on Keeping Track: Writing Toward Resilience in Challenging Times, with Carol Henderson - 4 sessions (via Zoom)
2020-10-02 11:00 - 12:30
The online weekly writing workshop Carol taught in the spring will start up again in October. This fourth series of live online writing workshops, taking place on October 2, 9, 16, and 23, will offer a safe place and time to explore our fast-changing world and the rush of feelings that are constantly rising within us during this time of pandemic and social upheaval. Through carefully selected prompts and exercises, Carol will invite participants to pay attention, consider patterns in life that have been disrupted, find hidden gifts, and get in touch with what is essential. Come prepared to write a lot. The workshop is open to those who participated in the spring and to any others who wish to join in October.
Cost: $75 (sliding scale available)
Leader: Carol Henderson is a writer and workshop leader. More about Carol here.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Play On! - A Reading by Judy Dearlove (via Zoom)
2020-09-17 19:00 - 20:30
Dearlove’s Triangle-area readings have been a huge hit! Join her for this virtual live reading for more fun as she brings to life PlayOn!’s hero Maxine, who gathers an eclectic band of bridge buddies from her retirement community and a few eccentric young people for an adventure that becomes part cat-and-mouse caper and part soul-searching quest.
First published last November, Dearlove’s novel has been named a finalist for the INDIES Book of the Year award; was featured in Shelf Unbound’s recommended reading list, Summer issue (pages 62-63); and was the focus of Dearlove’s interview in Allison Kirkland’s Creatives in Conversation series. She was also featured in an interview with Durham’s Indy Week.
Play On!, a stand-up-and-cheer tale of epic rivalry and deep friendship, has been lauded as “the funniest book . . . in years” (Frank McNair), and “a brisk and joyful first novel by a wise woman” (Georgann Eubanks).
Dearlove has enjoyed a variety of careers: English professor, technical writer, manager of ergonomic engineers, director of a college tutoring center, and novelist. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, where she is working on a sequel to Play On!
Play On! is available in softcover and as an e-book for both Kindle and other devices.
Order a copy of the book HERE.
Please REGISTER by selecting a free ticket below. Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Ministry of Black Women's Self Care, September - with Kim Gaubault (via Zoom)
2020-09-15 19:30 - 20:30
Kim Gaubault recognizes that self-care is often the component that remains a form of intervention (after the break or the medical emergency) rather than a preventative measure. When we allow our bodies, minds and/or spirits to break down in the course of doing this work, we are not only putting ourselves at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of the work for which we are laboring. This work is a work of self-love, communal love, Womanist Ethicism, it is multi-generational, multicultural and is not finite, but is instead as infinite as the beauty in the divinity that is Blackness.
Come and share in this life’s work! This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black women-identified individuals doing all forms of ministry, in church and community. Topics for the fall include:
September: Take me to the Water: Renew, Restore, Refresh
October: In the Safety of My Sisters: Healthy Concepts of Sisterhood in Action
November: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting for
December: Ethics of Community Care: I am My Sister’s Keeper
Leader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve not walked in my purpose.”
Cost: $10, $25, or $40 per session. Choose the price that fits your budget. Sign up for one or all four sessions in the series.
Register for September below.
Register for October HERE.
Register for November HERE.
Register for December HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Introducing the Nine Enneagram Types: An In-Depth Panels Workshop - with Sandra Smith
2020-09-13 14:00 - 17:00
On September 13, 20, and 27, 2020, Enneagram expert and beloved workshop leader Sandra Smith will host a Zoom workshop to explore the Enneagram System through learning from panels of the nine types speaking for themselves.
This method of teaching makes the Enneagram come alive as we discover the parts of ourselves that can relate to each type. People of the same type behave differently. This is because the Enneagram is a map of our inner landscape, our motivations, fears and strengths–NOT behavior!
Understanding the nine different filters and motivations allows us to be more patient with differing points of view, cultivate more curiosity and lessen our judging.
Through dyad exercises, self reflection and didactic, participants will learn more of the inner dynamics of each type and how these dynamics shape and influence behaviors. This workshop is an introduction to this system, therefore participants need not know their Enneagram type.
Leader: Sandra Smith, MDiv, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition who consults and teaches throughout North America. Learn more about her work here.
Dates: September 13, 2:00 – 5:00 EDT
September 20, 2:00 – 5:00 EDT
September 27, 2:00 – 4:00 EDT
Cost: $75 (includes all three sessions)
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Coffee & Conversation #1: Introverts and Extroverts with Lisa Baron
2020-09-10 11:00 - 12:30
As Fall arrives, let us take this time to engage in conversation with each other. Pertinent article links and “tip sheets” relevant to each workshop in this three-session series will be sent prior to each class. Note that you can sign up for one or two or all three!
September 10: What Can Introverts and Extroverts Teach Each Other During A Pandemic?
As we continue the challenge of living in a pandemic, what can we learn from our relationships? How can we grow, and what changes can we commit to maintain?
October 8: How Can I Get Better at Living in The Moment?
This is easier for some of us than others. Getting better at this requires us to be more flexible, lower our expectations of ourselves and others, and go with the flow more.
November 12: Holidays During A Pandemic
For many of us, the holidays this year will look very different than previous years. Travel plans may be changed, the loss of not seeing loved ones may be more strongly felt. Let’s talk about how to navigate this season, developing ideas for new traditions and ways to embrace what we are thankful for.
Cost: $25 per session (individual registration required for each workshop)
Leader: Lisa Baron, skilled group facilitator, will present the topic and we will then share our group’s collective wisdom. Each workshop will include time for conversation, reflection, and writing. Lisa is a social worker and writer; she co-led the program for RCWMS “How Did I Get Here and Where Am I Going?” in January of this year.
Register for one or all three!
Register for the September conversation below.
Register for October HERE.
Register for November HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Angels and Animals: Creatures of All Kinds with Bryant Holsenbeck (via Zoom)
2020-09-09 13:00 - 15:00
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! This three-session workshop on September 9, 16, and 23, 2020, is about making art out of the STUFF of our everyday lives. Nothing bought, nothing ordered-only what you can find! Holsenbeck is excited about this new teaching adventure. She says: “I want to teach this class because I am curious about what we will find and then what we will be inspired to make. The techniques I have to teach are simple. Twisting, tying, wrapping, and more!”
A participant in the first series had this to say: “Bryant’s generous sharing of her creative process was fun and very accessible. Creativity looks different for each of us and this workshop make ample room for that. I loved the creative re-use of bits and scraps that I had around my house to make quirky critters.”
What to bring: found objects, cloth scraps, something to wrap with.

Leader: Bryant Holsenbeck is an internationally known environmental artist who lives in Durham, NC, and makes art out of stuff that other people throw away.

Cost: $75 – this covers all 3 sessions

Dates: September 9, 16, 23, 2020, 1:00-3:00 pm EDT

Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Creating Your Own Council Circle - with Sherylyn Pitt (via Zoom)
2020-08-23 13:30 - 15:30
An intergenerational workshop designed to help you create your own safe and nourishing council circle of support. This workshop is an opportunity to experience virtual council circle. We will dive into ways to engage the relational aspects of the sacred feminine within the framework of virtual platforms. We will entertain questions like: How do we engage with each other deeply during social distancing? What are the elements of communal connection and healing within a sacred council circle and how can we enliven those elements within a virtual platform? These are the questions of our time. Let’s gather together to learn to create a healing and sustaining council.
Cost – $35
Leader: Sherylyn Pitt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Eco-therapist, a Telemedicine provider, a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, a Certified Trauma Specialist, and a Laughing Yoga and Meditation Instructor.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

The Ministry of Black-Women's Self Care with Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) - via Zoom
2020-07-26 14:00 - 16:00
How do you tend to your daily mental/emotional/spiritual/physical well-being in the grips of a pandemic and a nation divided by racial disparity? Do you give yourself permission to feel the weight of the responsibility of Black womanhood? Who takes care of you and what does that look like? When Black women are not holistically cared for, we are not only at risk but we are putting at risk the integrity of all of the work for which we are laboring. This program is specifically designed to offer practical tools for everyday self-care to Black woman-identified individuals living in a world that often makes it challenging to balance high demands and never-ending expectations with a very human need for care. Come explore self-care as part of your new normal!

Cost: $10-40, sliding scale.
Leader: Kimberly Gaubault (McCrae) is an intentional lover of humanity and actively lives the self-care life about which she teaches and advocates. Her personal philosophy of interpersonal interaction is, “If I’ve not positively influenced someone everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve not walked in my purpose.”
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Flash of Silver: Writing Workshop with Laurel Ferejohn - Back by Popular Demand
2020-07-19 13:00 - 16:00
Flash: it’s crystalline and compelling. Many literary journals look for it, many writers want to know what it is and how to write it. In this three-hour online workshop for beginning to seasoned writers of memoir or fiction, you’ll learn about the form that stands proud in its brevity and that can boost all your other writing. Enjoy creating to prompts, with readings and discussion. And enjoy a virtual gathering in celebration of our diverse experience of creativity and resilience. Ahead of class, the instructor will email examples of flash fiction and memoir (including one in-the-making!) and a list of thirty or more flash-friendly journals to read and to submit to.
Cost: $25
Leader: Leader: Laurel Ferejohn is a writer and independent editor with publications of flash fiction, flash memoir, a Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize–winning short story, essays, and poetry. She’s a believer in the power of writers coming together.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

The Enneagram's Spiritual Dimensions with Sandra Smith: a Two-part Workshop via Zoom
2020-07-14 14:00 - 16:00
On July 14 & 21, 2020, for two hours each session, Enneagram expert and beloved workshop leader Sandra Smith will host a Zoom workshop to explore the spiritual dimensions of the Enneagram.
We read and hear a great deal about the psychological traits of the Enneagram types, but the spiritual dimension of the Enneagram, it’s “Holy Ideas” and Holy Virtues,” is less discussed.
As we know, each of the nine type structures has specific fears that bind us and filters that blind us to the abundance and loving nature of reality. Automatic responses replace mindfulness and how we perceive reality through the lens of our type diminishes our experience of the sacredness of life.
In this advanced two-part Enneagram webinar, Sandra will discuss the Holy Ideas and Virtues of the nine types and offer ways to use the Enneagram Map as a guide on the path toward wholeness.
Cost: $65 (includes both sessions)
Sandra Smith, MDiv, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition who consults and teaches throughout North America. Learn more about her work here.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Letter Writing with Stuart Horwitz
2020-07-12 13:00 - 15:00
This workshop will introduce writers to the art of letter, a practice which can help a writer both communicate truths and uncover material that can blossom into independent pieces.
Attendees will experience the process of:

choosing the right addressee, such as a child leaving for college, a person with whom there may be a difficult legacy; or a once intimate connection who has passed away/moved away—storytelling has always thrived on having (at least) one particular person in mind;
finding the scenes that ground the discussion through sensual detail and point-of-view;
using recovered memorabilia to jog the memory into recall of specifics;
handling the emotions of grief, anger and shame that might arise during true confessional moments;
using an overall message—the theme—to select elements from your draft to construct a finished product that is a unified whole.

Writing a letter can often put into perspective material that is usually kept secret. Whether the letter is ever sent, the opportunity to not only tell your side of the story (and how your addressee might have another side of that story) can unlock forgiveness, delight, and rebirth.
Cost: $30 (sliding scale available)
Leader: As founder and principal of Book Architecture, Stuart Horwitz has spent over fifteen years helping writers become authors, signing with top literary agencies, sealing deals with coveted publishing houses, or forging a successful path through indie publishing. Stuart’s approach is a synthesis of academic theories of narrative structure and his hands-on experience as an independent editor, book coach and ghostwriter. Learn more about Stuart here.

Mindful Journaling for Transformation with Jen Johnson - 4 Thursdays via Zoom
2020-07-09 13:00 - 14:30
This 4-session mindful writing for transformation workshop explores the depths of neuroscience findings with the power of narrative. You will learn mindful journaling practices to transform fear and cultivate deep calm and connection. Experience how mindful journaling can help you to rewire your brain, reset your nervous system, and cultivate inner peace, happiness, and resilience. Please bring a journal and a pen.
Dates: July 9, 17, 23, 30, 2020
Cost: $95
Leader: Jen Johnson, MS, MS, MFA, LCMHC, BCC is a mindfulness coach and therapist, photographer, and writer. Her writing has been published in book chapters, magazines, literary journals, and professional training manuals, and she has taught writing at the college level. Jen is the creator of Invisible Wounds of War project that offers mindfulness, writing, and photography workshops for healing. Learn more about Jen here.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

The Still Place: Mindful Journaling with Jen Johnson (via Zoom)
2020-06-11 13:00 - 15:00
Discover your inner still place in this women’s workshop that blends the depths of neuroscience findings with the power of narrative. You will learn mindful journaling practices to transform fear and cultivate a state of deep calm and connection. Experience how mindful journaling can help you to rewire your brain, reset your nervous system, and cultivate inner peace, happiness, and resilience. Please bring a journal and a pen.
Cost: $25
Leader: Jen Johnson, MS, MS, MFA, LCMHC, BCC is a mindfulness coach and therapist, photographer, and writer. Her writing has been published in book chapters, magazines, literary journals, and professional training manuals, and she has taught writing at the college level. Jen is the creator of Invisible Wounds of War project that offers mindfulness, writing, and photography workshops for healing. Learn more about Jen here.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Enneagram: Wings and Resource Points
2020-06-04 13:00 - 15:30
In this time of uncertainty and stress, knowing how to use your type’s resource points (wings and connecting points) can be quite helpful. We’ll explore how each type can receive grounding and balance through the dynamic relationships between your type and your resource points. This advanced workshop takes our Enneagram understanding deeper and places us in a larger context than our Enneagram type.
Cost: $45
Leader: Sandra Smith, MDiv, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition who consults and teaches throughout North America. Learn more about her work HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Keep on Keeping Track: Writing with Carol Henderson - 5 Sessions
2020-06-01 11:00 - 12:30
In this third series of live online writing workshops taking place on June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Carol will create a safe space and time to explore our fast-changing world, and the rush of feelings that are constantly rising within us. Through carefully selected prompts and exercises, she will invite us to reflect, pay attention, consider patterns in life that are being disrupted, find hidden gifts, and help us get in touch with what is essential. She will work with several aspects of craft and will encourage us to keep a daily written account, even if only a list, a moment, a paragraph. Each session she will provide fresh material. Feel free to sign up again. New participants welcome.
Cost: $90 (sliding scale available)
Leader: Carol Henderson is a writer and workshop leader. More about Carol here.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation

Flash Of Silver: A Writing Workshop with Laurel Ferejohn
2020-05-31 13:00 - 16:00
Via Zoom.
Flash: it’s crystalline and compelling. Many literary journals look for it, many writers want to know what it is and how to write it. In this three-hour online workshop for beginning to seasoned writers of memoir or fiction, you’ll learn about the form that stands proud in its brevity and that can boost all your other writing. Enjoy creating to prompts, with readings and discussion. And enjoy a virtual gathering in celebration of our diverse experience of creativity and resilience. Ahead of class, the instructor will email examples of flash fiction and memoir (including one in-the-making!) and a list of thirty or more flash-friendly journals to read and to submit to.
Leader: Laurel Ferejohn is a writer and independent editor with publications of flash fiction, flash memoir, a Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize–winning short story, essays, and poetry. She’s a believer in the power of writers coming together.
Cost: $25
Participants will receive a Zoom link in the ticket confirmation.

Reading: Prize-winning Short Story by Laurel Ferejohn (via Zoom)
2020-05-28 19:00 - 20:30
Join Laurel for the first full reading of her short story “That Other Story,” winner of the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize, in which Tomby, a young Marine, risks entering an off-limits dive that turns out to be far more risky than he’d imagined.
The story became a chapter in her novel-in-progress, “Art of the Sextant” (working title), a tale of seeking belonging and home.
Leader: Laurel is a writer and independent editor with publications of fiction, memoir, essays, and poetry. “That Other Story” is published in the Thomas Wolfe Review (vol. 36) and served as the writing sample for her Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Award from the Durham Arts Council.

Introduction to the ENNEAGRAM with Sandra Smith
2020-05-21 13:00 - 15:30
Via Zoom.
The Enneagram (“ennea” is Greek for nine) is a clear map revealing nine distinct ego structures the connections between them, and the direction for individual growth and transformation. The uniqueness of this system lies in its ability to clearly identify motivations beneath behaviors. It brings to consciousness “why we do what we do” and brings awareness to where our minds focus when we live life on automatic. As we deepen our self-awareness, we become less reactive, more curious and compassionate. Understanding the nine different filters and motivations allows us to be more patient with differing points of view, cultivate more curiosity and lessen our judging.
This workshop will help us better understand the following: each type’s first placement of attention and the associated blind spots; the world view and ego ideal of each of the nine types; inherent strengths of the types that include drawing from the resource points; and the three centers of intelligence.
Cost: $60
Leader: Sandra Smith, MDiv, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition who consults and teaches throughout North America. Learn more about her work HERE.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Coming Home to Yourself, Again: Life Beyond Fight or Flight
2020-05-16 14:00 - 16:00
Via Zoom.
Do you want to feel more connected? More energetic? More “in the flow?” Are you calm and peaceful even when those around you are not? The somatic experiencing process helps clients build resiliency, not by telling the story, which often retraumatizes, but by touching into the trauma without going into overwhelm. In this 2-hour workshop you will learn tools and information about your nervous system to grow your capacity by touching into your sensations, feelings, thoughts, and perceptions without becoming activated. As with most things, the way out is the way through. This workshop is about how to take the way through.
A participant who took Jane’s workshop in April found it very helpful. She noted: “I learned some helpful things I didn’t know about how our central nervous systems get activated. I was able to immediately use the techniques Jane taught us and put them to work helping me calm myself when I get anxious, which is happening alot in these anxious times.”
Leader: New to Durham, Jane Austin is a coach, spiritual director, and somatic experiencing practitioner (SEP). Jane has been working as an SEP since 2011 in many different settings.
Cost: $25
Contact: RCWMS, 919-683-1236, info@rcwms.org, or Jane Austin, jaustinsd@msn.com.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

Embracing Uncertainty with Jen Johnson
2020-05-14 13:00 - 14:30
Embracing Uncertainty: Mindfulness for Developing a Resilient Inner Core (Via Zoom)
This workshop offers a deeper exploration of several practices and concepts explored in the Mindfulness for Resilience workshop in April. We are all facing a lot of uncertainty about the coming months as we move toward an unknown new normal. This workshop teaches practical skills for cultivating a resilient and unshakable inner core to sustain you through uncertain times. You’ll learn mindfulness practices to help you to develop self-trust and the capacity to be present with whatever arises.
Leader: Jen Johnson is a mindfulness teacher, coach and therapist. She has been working in the field of trauma throughout her career and is trained to teach resiliency skills following natural disasters. Learn more about Jen HERE.
Cost: $25 (scholarships and sliding scale available)
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.

The Women's Room: Reflection and Support with Lisa Baron - Canceled
2020-05-14 10:00 - 11:30
The Women’s Room: A Time for Reflection and Support During Challenging Times
Via Zoom
Imagine a virtual space where you can share your feelings and thoughts, in confidence, with other women. It is possible, even virtually, to feel more connected. You will be welcomed, respected, and heard. This is a time to reach out, even if it’s out of your comfort zone to do so. Join us in the Women’s Room, facilitated by Dr. Lisa Baron, who has over 25 years of experience working with women and facilitating workshops, groups and classes. In addition to discussion, Lisa will provide exercises for journaling and reflection within the context of the group setting. Our group will be a place to explore our feelings and thoughts. We will also think about how we can discover personal meaning through this reflective time of being at home. Enter the Women’s Room…we will welcome you.
Cost: $75
Leader: Dr. Lisa Baron is a social worker, writer, and workshop leader
Dates: May 14, 21, 28, 2020, Thursdays, 10:00-11:30 am
Registrants will receive a Zoom link in the automated ticket confirmation.
