Workshops
Equip Your Community with Trauma-Informed Tools
Trauma is a universal experience and in a post-2020 world, “business as usual” is no longer an available strategy to lead humanity and our organizations.
It is imperative that organizations today understand what wellness means and consider how trauma affects the body. To properly support their teams and ecosystems, organizations must partner with professionals who have the cultural understanding and lived experience that allows them to relate to oppressed, compromised and traumatized populations. This connection builds trust and makes training more effective.
Sága’s CEO and Chief Wellness Officer Ivor Edmonds, MHA is qualified to support your success in this way.
Ivor’s experience building trauma-informed systems and using traditional modalities to serve his clients’ healing over the past two decades is unmatched. Ivor also partners with a collaborative network of healing and wellness practitioners, activists and educators to deliver powerful services, modalities and content on panels and in sessions, workshops, lectures and presentations.
Your community needs tools to successfully address their personal reactions to trauma
Healing from the Trauma of Racism
In “Healing from the Trauma of Racism,” Ivor Edmonds, MHA facilitates a deep understanding of wellness and trauma in the body that is reverent to lived experiences of race and identity.
Ivor shares the indigenous perspectives and wisdom that he has studied for two decades—a tapestry of alternatives for organizations and groups—and then leads a community conversation about healing from the trauma of racism.
This content can be delivered as a lecture or workshop series.
Cultivating an Equitable Environment
In “Cultivating an Equitable Environment,” Ivor Edmonds, MHA equips organizational leaders with the knowledge and tools to cultivate a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment.
After summarizing of the history of racism, Ivor delivers a deep understanding of trauma and the physical effects of microaggressions. Participants then workshop their own DEI statement and plan.
This content can be delivered as a lecture or workshop series.
““The way you approach this content is unique, thoughtful and without shame. I am so grateful. I also appreciate the focus you gave each of us. I have many, many notes and look forward to developing a DEI statement and plan for my business.””
““This whole series was so powerful and beyond words. I’m so thrilled to hear what my community is working on!””
Tending to the Nervous System
In this workshop, Ivor and healer Sarah Aborn explore the ways in which our nervous systems are hard-wired for survival. Through a slow, meditative practice that includes both trauma-informed yoga with Ivor and yoga nidra with Sarah, participants discover ways to release this programming and tension throughout the deep tissues and nerves.
This combined practice promotes mental and emotional resilience, leaving attendees feeling deliciously rejuvenated and equipped with revitalizing breath exercises, empowering poses, and strategies for reconnecting with their true selves. Attendees receive a recording of the yoga nidra practice following the workshop.
Group Movement Workshop
All of Ivor’s movement or meditation classes are available in a group format in retreat, corporate or community environments. Choose from:
Yoga (Healflow, Powerflow, Trauma-informed, Chair and more)
Mat Pilates (or Yoga-lates, a blend of yoga and pilates)
Qigong
Reiki Meditation
Kemetic Meditation
Or, Ivor can design a customized blend of the above to meet your individual needs.
