BlueskyBBP Colleagues,
We are looking ahead to the promise of a beautiful summer, and we are aware that along with that often comes an intense and devastating fire season. With this in mind, we wanted to offer our Wildfire Workshop in preparation, as wildfire season begins.
As therapists, we know first hand the devastating and debilitating impact of trauma of all sorts. The last several years we have seen devastating fire seasons, both here in Canada, and around the world, with many folks impacted by wildfires, losing their homes, their stability, and their ground. An immensity of destruction for both humans, domestic animals and wildlife.
We imagine that many people that have been impacted by the wildfires, or are feeling anxious about the looming season, will find their way to your clinical practice in the coming days and months. In searching for our best way to respond, we have decided to once again offer an online evening workshop dedicated to working with incident trauma, specifically wildfires, for the BBP community - for current students, those who have completed the two year training, or for those who have completed a workshop with us. For some of you, this will be a deepening of the work regarding incident trauma (with wildfires as a specific focus) and for others who haven't yet completed clinic five, this will be new material. Sitting with the immense loss, terror, and disruption embedded in natural disasters such as this, calls for therapists to inhabit their most stable and expanded selves to bear witness to the enormity of what is being faced, both individually and in the collective.
As you know, BBP is dedicated not only to the education and evolution of therapists, we continue to support animal charity organizations by raising funds. We offered this teach in September 2023 and raised 1775.00 for the BC SPCA, with just about 40 therapists in attendance!!! And, last April 2024 we offered it again and raised $1625 for the BC SPCA with 29 therapists attending!!! The BC SPCA continues to work tirelessly to respond to the ever increasing need to provide safe shelter and care for animals, including those that will be evacuated due to wildfires.
In lieu of a fee, we are inviting you to make a minimum 50.00 donation to the BC SPCA (see specific link below). By donating, this will register you for the workshop and we will send you a zoom evite close to the date. The BC SPCA will send you a tax receipt for your donation.
Monday May 12th, 6:00 - 8:30 pm, PT
To register, please click on the 'Donate' button or call 1-855-622-7722 and mention my (Lisa) Champions for Animals page.
take care, and we're looking forward to seeing you online May 12th!!
Lisa and Stacy
Bringing the Body into Practice, www.bringingthebody.ca
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