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Join us for weekly yoga classes, a chance to explore movement, breath, and relaxation in a calm and supportive space.
Lauren will guide you through a slow flow vinyasa-style class, focusing on mindful movement and a deep connection to your breath.
These sessions emphasise grounding, gentle movements and are suitable for all levels.
Perfect for anyone wanting to slow down, restore balance, and connect with their body and mind.
A bit about your teacher:
Lauren is a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, trained in Southern India. Passionate about sharing the benefits of yoga, she integrates Eastern and Western approaches in her teachings.
As a trauma-sensitive instructor, Lauren creates a supportive space for all experience levels, working with both groups and individuals.
Proceeds will help fund yoga services for the women we support.
Thursdays
From 5:00pm to 6:00pm
at Motueka Community House
Entry $10
Spaces are limited.
All welcome.
To register your interest, please email Lauren at lauren.mindfulmotion@gmail.com
FB event link: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Zzto1Y3Yu/
Understanding Trauma and Dealing with Family Violence Disclosures Workshops 2025.
A workshop for hairdressers, barbers and bartenders.
Thank you for the work you do in our community!
You are a listener, a confidant, and a friendly face that people trust. You may hear a lot about people’s lives, and sometimes, your chair becomes the place where someone speaks up about a traumatic experience or family violence. At Women’s Support Motueka, we see you. You’re already doing the work, and we are here to support you.
Have you heard of Matt Brown? He started out cutting hair in his shed and became a voice for healing and change through She Is Not Your Rehab.
His barber chair became a symbol of hope in his community. We want to support you to continue the work you do and ensure you have the knowledge and skills to safely support and refer a client if they tell you they are being harmed. You don’t need to be an expert. You already play an important but often unacknowledged role in our community’s support system, and we want to give you the tools to feel supported in return.
We are offering our Understanding Trauma and Dealing with Disclosures of Family Violence workshops, designed specifically to help you when a client discloses something. This is a comprehensive guide to receiving disclosures from any gender. The workshops are tailored to your industry and provide clear and concise information about family violence, trauma, and disclosures. We cover:
Family Violence 101: Understanding and recognising family violence, covering 12 different types of abuse, the cycle of abuse, and why someone might stay in an abusive relationship.
Trauma 101: Understanding how trauma affects the brain, recognising trauma responses, and how to help clients when they are distressed.
Disclosures 101: Everything you need to know about how to handle a disclosure, including creating and respecting boundaries and referring a client for further support.
This course gives you:
- In depth knowledge and skills to respond to a disclosure
- A printed workbook to keep on hand for the future
- Several written scenarios to practice your new skills
- A personal and professional plan of action to use during a disclosure
- A certificate of completion to add to your professional development record
- Free coffee, tea, and a generous spread of food to nourish your body and mind while you learn.
This year we are providing this training to local hairdressers and barbers, who are often the ‘therapists with scissors’ in our community. Thanks to our funders, we can provide this training at a significantly reduced cost of $25 per person. If cost is a barrier please contact me.
We are hoping to run the workshops in September or October, with a flexible date and time to suit your needs. The workshop will be held in Motueka and is limited to 10 participants. If you are interested in attending, please email me for more information or with any questions. I can also come and see you.
Not interested? No worries! Thank you again for the amazing work you do. If you know of someone who might be interested, please share this with them.
Additionally, I would love to talk to you about the stories you have heard and the types of disclosures you have received. If this is something you have time for, I would greatly appreciate it. Please email me: Mikayla Cahill – Community Engagement Coordinator: Women’s Support Motueka community@wsm.org.nz
Did you know that most people don’t disclose incidences of violence or family harm to police? This means they are disclosing to the people around them: friends, colleagues, hairdressers, bartenders, or other community members.
To make sure these people are heard and understood, Women’s Support Motueka have created 3x two-hour workshops, aimed at anyone who would benefit from knowing how to delicately handle disclosures of family harm.
Come and learn how to respond to disclosures and how to create boundaries to keep everyone safe. You will gain the skills to safely refer people on for further support and how to find support for yourself as well. Open to anyone who would like to join. Great for anyone working in social services or any customer facing role.
The $100 ticket covers 3x two-hour workshops, a detailed workbook, a printed certificate upon completion and complementary tea, coffee, and biscuits while you learn! You will leave with a complete workbook which will provide a personal plan of action, many helpful resources and a ‘go to’ page where you can quickly find information to help someone who has disclosed to you.
Come along and learn how to make Motueka a safe place for people to disclose. If you have any questions, please contact the programme coordinator – Mikayla Cahill via email community@wsm.org.nz
Cost: $100 for three of two-hour workshops
In Bloom
Therapeutic Art Group
Come together with other women to share a journey of self-exploration. Art Therapy is a gentle way of tapping into our feelings. When words fail, getting creative can help us work through our problems and grow into the person we want to be.
This safe group is gently guided by a trained professional. It will help you:
- learn about yourself.
- get creative and express yourself.
- explore new ways to deal with life.
- connect with yourself and other people.
- be more in your life.
- be brave.
Cost: Free!
Where: Community House
Time: 2 hours, weekly, for 8 weeks
To keep this healing art group small and safe, each group has only 8 people. Please contact us on 03-528-8161 to register.