http://www.freedom-center.org/pdf/TraumaAwarenessWorkshops2-07.pdf

The Icarus Project and the
Bay Area Radical Mental Health Collective present

Trauma Awareness
Training and Skillshare

Sat, Feb 10th 10am-1230pm Portland Oregon, 3717 SE Washington St
Sun, Feb 28th 7-10pm Berkeley California, Long Haul InfoShop, 3124 Shattuck @ Woolsey

When we have violence and abuse in our past, we can get "˜stuck' with overwhelming emotions that intrude on the present. What do the lives of wild animals have to teach us? Awareness practices can help us regain control and make our bodies safe again. Come learn innovative concepts and concrete skills for healing trauma.

About the Facilitator:

Will Hall is co-founder of the award-winning Massachusetts peer advocacy group Freedom Center (freedom-center.org), and staff with the radical mental health organization the Icarus Project (theicarusproject.net). Will is diagnosed wth "schizophrenia" but rejects this label and uses alternative approaches for healing. He has worked closely with trauma survivors for more than six years, and is an activist organizing to transform the mental health system.

Will's trauma awareness work draws on Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi Integrative Somatics, and Process-Oriented Psychology, and he is a longtime practitioner of yoga and meditation. Will has given presentations across the US, including working with hurricane survivors last summer in New Orleans, and has been interviewed in the New York Times, Forbes magazine, and on National Public Radio.

You can listen to Will's 7-minute talk on "Trauma and the Body" at
snipurl.com/traumapresentation
$10-25 sliding scale
Workshop is open to all, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Please call with access concerns.
Because of chemical sensitivities, please do not wear scented body products of any kind.
for more info contact
will@theicarusproject.net
413 210 2803