SURREAL SELF-CARE

WHO WE ARE

Surreal Self-Care cultivates safe space for marginalized communities to realize their self-care needs and develop personalized toolkits rooted in mindfulness, self-advocacy, and community wholeness. Through the use of workshops, programs, and community events, people of all ages are provided space to dig deep into narratives of insufficiency, rewrite those narratives into stories of power and worthiness, and develop a personalized mindful practice and self-care toolkit. Our curriculum centers the specific experiences and needs of the population being served, focusing all programming on supporting communities in tapping into their innate power and wisdom.

SELF-CARE DURING COVID-19

We are thinking about you during this time. Here are three offerings we are providing during COVID-19 to support communities of color during this pandemic.

VIRTUAL SELF-CARE WORKSHOP

Host a virtual workshop for your community to help them find ease in the midst of panic. Each workshop lasts between 60-90 minutes.

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1-ON-1 SUPPORT

Schedule a one-on-one session and build a personalized self-care plan for well-being during COVID-19.

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(YOUTH EDITION)

Schedule (3) one-on-one sessions for your child to build a personalized schedule and gain tools to practice self-care and mindfulness.

THE SERVICES WE OFFER

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This professional development equips educators, community leaders, and service providers with self-care tools and strategies for responding vs. reacting, navigating in-the-moment challenges in their work/school environment, and advocating for themselves inside and outside of their work/school environments. Over the span of 1-3 workshops, participants will learn and practice mindfulness techniques, explore their current habits (self-care, self-soothing, or self-sabotaging), identify the root beliefs behind self-sabotaging habits, build a personalized self-care toolkit, and engage in a 20-minute yoga/meditation/journaling practice.

LEADERS ON THE GROW YOUTH PROGRAM

Over the span of 10 weeks, youth will learn how to use mindfulness to decrease toxic stress, increase social awareness, and respond vs. react. They will explore and reflect on the stories and beliefs that they carry about themselves and their community. They will then have the opportunity to rewrite those stories to center their power and the power of their community. We utilize yoga, mindfulness, discovery-based learning, urban gardening, and social justice curriculum to engage youth in the practice of self-care, self-advocacy, and social activism.

1-ON-1 SELF-CARE SESSION

This session focuses on the specific soul needs of the client. You will have the space to share what's on your heart and mind, release feelings and stories that you may be holding on to, and imagine new ways of relating to your emotions and thoughts.

In this session, you can expect to be (1) heard without interruption or judgment, (2) offered tools that build self-compassion, (3) write, draw, or verbally share what's on your heart and mind, (4) develop a self-care plan that includes action steps and tools to practice, and (5) connect to the answers already within you.

Note: Sessions are not a substitute for psychotherapy or counseling

COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS

This hour-long yoga experience engages community members in the practice of meditation, yoga asana (poses), and self-reflection. Participants are invited to breathe deeply, let go, and lean on those around them through community poses and mindfulness practices. This class is for all levels, including people who have never practiced yoga before.

TESTIMONIALS

Ashlee Gutierrez, Founding Principal at Caliber Beta Academy Upper School

Professional Development

I once read a statistic that claimed teachers make more decisions in a day than any profession second to air traffic controllers. With that demand, it is no wonder that teacher burnout results in thousands of teachers leaving the profession each year. That is where Surreal Self Care comes in. Keonna is an exceptional facilitator who partners with your teachers in a process of reflection to identify potential triggers before they happen and self-care strategies before they are needed. She also positions teachers to gently hold each other accountable creating a collective of self-care. I highly recommend Surreal Self Care for any and all school communities.