Embodied Agency: Liberating Our Choices with Cait Ference-Saunders

Embodied Agency: Liberating Our Choices with Cait Ference-Saunders

Saturday, May 11, 6–8PM

@ Studio A Dance, Magnolia Studio:

2306 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Cost: $10, no one turned away for lack of funds — please email us at info@fccwla.org if payment is a barrier.

Max participants: 12

Join trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator Cait Ference-Saunders, TCTSY-F for an evening of community learning and non-coercive, body-based exploration. We'll begin by claiming our practice space as our own and developing a definition of trauma and agency for ourselves. We will then explore a yoga practice that centers your experience and offers you the opportunity to move on your own terms. There will be a time to reflect about the experience individually and as a group. Participation in the group discussions is always optional, as you feel comfortable.

All bodies and abilities are welcomed and affirmed. There will be no hands-on adjustments. We will have yoga mats and blankets for those who need them. You are welcome to bring your own as well. Please bring a journal (or another reflective tool like paper/coloring pencils) and any other items that would feel supportive to you (blanket, socks, water, snacks etc). 

TCTSY (Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga) is a clinically studied modality of yoga facilitation that centers the choices, desires, and voices of participants. 

Cait Ference-Saunders (she/hers) is a trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator, RYT-500, and community storyteller. As a practitioner and trauma-survivor, she knows first hand the realities of a fragmented relationship to self and the wide spectrum of life experiences that undermine individuals' connection to their own bodies and agency. She believes that humans heal together; and providing space for folks to explore their own relationship to self and build body-trust is foundational to birthing a more compassionate world.