Frontline Wellness

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Frontline Wellness :  A Yoga Workshop for Care Providers

 see below for more information!

Fall 2014 workshops: TBA

This evidence based workshop is designed to give care providers the tools to cultivate capacity and skillful resilience.  Join with others who understand what it is to work on the frontlines of care every day, whether in a clinic, hospital, shelter, program, or hospice.  Experience the support of a compassionate group setting while you learn to nurture yourself with unconditional self-care.  Yoga is the ideal modality through which to explore wellness.  The teachings and practice of yoga work on the mind and on the body while you learn to follow your own innate wisdom on the wellness path that best serves you.

Whether you have been working in your chosen field for years or are just starting out, this workshop will provide you with practical tools to increase your energy, find your authentic center, cherish your relationships with loved ones and improve your overall well being while bringing your best self to care for those you serve.


Frontline Wellness is offered periodically in Fairbanks, AK as a multi-week workshop series and in stand alone weekend workshop sessions.  

Frontline Wellness is also available in half day, full day or multi-day sessions at conferences, staff development trainings or as an elective workplace wellness program.  Please contact Jasmine  to discuss rates, scheduling, and your staff's unique needs in regards to this option.

Summer 2014 : Frontline Wellness Modules

May 17: Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

June 29th: Breath and the Parasympathetic Nervous System

July 20th: Mindfulness and Meditation

August 24th: Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Join me this summer for 4 individual modules of Frontline Wellness!  Each can be taken separately, or you may sign up for all four!  Sessions will be held at HeartStream Yoga from 11am -1 pm on Sundays.

Find out more about Frontline Wellness: Summer 2014 

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PILOT: Fall 2013: 7 week workshop 

September 29th through November 24th

Sundays 2-4 pm

HeartStream Yoga is hosting this workshop: Sign up here under the workshop tab!

Please feel free to email me  (jjohnsonkennedy@gmail.com) with any questions.

 Pricing

$200 for the series  / $30 per session* for Tier 1

$130 for the series  /  $20 per session* for Tier 2

Tier 1: Physicians; Therapists, Psychologists; APNs; RNs; LPCs, MSW's, DDS, RDH, etc.

Tier 2: Advocates; unlicensed, state and tribal social workers; Hospice workers; PCAs; LPNs; CNAs, Students, etc.

*This workshop is designed to be taken as a series, and each session builds on the ones previous to it.  I highly encourage and recommend that you commit to the entire series.  However, I recognize the realities of life on-call and shift work for 24 hour coverage and therefore I am offering a per session pricing.  

*Workshop sessions are held on Sundays from 2:00-4:00 pm at HeartStream Yoga (behind the Teddy Bear Plaza)

Please plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early to check in.

Water bottle, notebook, and pen are suggested.  Yoga mats and props are provided.

**No prior yoga experience required!**

Each session begins with a one hour gentle yoga practice which is followed by an hour devoted to a specific topic.

September 29^th :  What is Wellness?

· Yoga and Neurophysiology : the stress response and the healing response

· Why Helping sometimes Hurts : Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma and Burnout

· Wellness Techniques

October 6^th:     Breathwork

· Pranayama and the Koshas: Breath from a yogic perspective

· Deep Breathing, Breath Entrainment and the Parasympathetic Nervous          System

· Yogic Breath Practice: Ujayi, Nadi Shodona, Dirgha, Kumbakha

October  13^th:  * Break Week *  Vedic Thai Massage Workshop in the Studio

October 20^th:     Meditation

· Why Meditate?  or, "But I've tried meditation and it doesn't work for me!"

· What is Mindfulness?

· Meditation Techniques: Walking, sitting, breath, mantra and imagery

October 27^th:    Conscious Communication and Co-Listening

· Conscious Communication: Mindfulness Speaking

· Co-Listening: The practice of being heard

· "My word is my bond": How words create thoughts and influence experience

November 3^rd:  Compassion and Gratitude Practice

· Compassion, Witness Consciousness and

· Metta: Compassion practice from the teachings of Buddhism

· Gratitude as a practice for transformation

November 10^th * Break Week * SarahJoy Marsh Workshop at the Studio

November 17^th:   Yoga Nidra : Dynamic Relaxation

·  Yogic healing "Sleep" and the Brain: Neurophysiology and the Parasympathetic Nervous system

·  Experience deep Relaxation and profound Restoration

·  Find out how this effortless practice replenishes your well to increase energy, insight and creativity

November 24^th:  Cultivating Practice

·  What is Practice?

·  Creating a portable and sustainable practice 

·  Integration, Feedback and Group discussion