Somatic First Aid
With Caroline Contillo
Mind-body tools & community for the long haul
We are living in a time of both acute stress and chronic crisis. Many of us live and work in fields where we have to get through both chronic instability and the sudden stressors that arise in our lives.
Somatic First Aid provides tools and connection for the purpose of being able to manage some of the more sudden and acute stressors. Gain resilience so that we can continue to do the work of changing the systems responsible for these ongoing crisis conditions, and/or resource these tools to help navigate the micro-climate of your own life.
About the course:
Somatic tools include mindful awareness of our bodies, movement strategies, and physical approaches that help us expand our capacity for safe and social connection with ourselves and others. Each class will include facilitated check-ins, time for learning and practice, as well as time to connect with other participants and find strategies for putting what we’ve learned into practice.
No experience is necessary to participate. Please feel free to drop in for one or two of the series. Those who can participate in all three will benefit from check-ins about how they have been able to implement practices throughout the week, and help troubleshooting obstacles.
Course Content:
Three 60 Min LIVE Virtual Classes every Sunday, 11:30am EST (1/19, 1/26, and 2/2)
30 Days Recording Access
Facilitated Check-ins During Classes
Two ways to join
Join the whole course!
Access the 3 LIVE Virtual Classes and their recordings for 30 days
Drop in to just 1 Class!
Want to try out Somatic Aid just one time? Drop in for just 1 LIVE Virtual Class
About your teacher: Caroline Contillo
Caroline Contillo (MSW, MS-Disaster Resilience) is a mindfulness teacher and somatic facilitator living in the Hudson Valley of New York.
She has trained with the Interdependence Project and the Focalizing Institute, as well as receiving her MSW and MS in Disaster Resilience from Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy.
Caroline has created and facilitated contemplative and somatic workshops for artists and activists, including working with organizers during Occupy Wall Street and currently with Climate Mobilization.
Caroline also created the curriculum for and trained the New York State Disaster Mental Health Response teams, and regularly facilitates workshops in Mental Health First Aid and Psychological First Aid.