Groundswell Collective Workshops
A healthy ocean is a biodiverse ocean and healthy Surf Therapy is breathed into and developed by a biodiverse community of experts in their fields who are actively breaking down cultural barriers to explore the intersection between ocean health, mental health, and community health. The Groundswell Collective workshops brings together professional surfers, licensed clinicians, community leaders, and healers from around the world sharing their experience, tools, practices, and wisdoms to support in the deeper development and application of Surf Therapy for the diverse communities accessing mother oceans waves for their mental, spiritual, physical, and social health.
Each workshop is 1-2 hours of embodied learning which can include movement, art, somatics, reflection, journaling, story telling, and sharing. The learning portal includes the live recording of the workshop along with supporting resources and how to connect with the facilitators for deeper learning.
Surf Therapy & EMDR with Meg Martin
Megan Martin, APCC is a Trauma Therapist for the University of San Diego and Surf Therapy Facilitator for Groundswell Community Project San Diego. She studied Narrative Therapy, Meg has completed her EMDR training course and is currently in her EMDR certification process and will be completed in July 2024.
In this workshop, Meg draws parallels between surf therapy and EMDR therapy. Meg makes a compelling argument how the similarities between these two treatments could be evidence for similar effectiveness in trauma treatment from first hand experience and alongside local research here in San Diego. She guides us through EMDR mindfulness practices (e.g containment and calm brave space) that can be used for your own personal mindfulness and/or to use in your own therapy practices.
Cost: $25
Becoming a Wave Dancer w/ Imani Wilmot
Imani Wilmont is the founder of Surf Girls Jamaica to create welcoming space for girls and women to reconnect with their bodies and the ocean through surfing. She also surfs for Jamaica in the olympics and and comes from a long lineage of Jamaica surfers, musicians, and good vibes that you can visit at Jamnesia Surf Camp.
In this workshop, you will learn how we can create, enriching and empowering community healing through surf healing.
Cost: $15
Duration: 2 Hrs
Surf Therapy and Chronic Pain w/ Tracey Chester
Tracey Chester, LMFT & founder of the Pain Trauma Institute. Tracey is a certified clinical trauma professional, a certified grief counselor, and a surf therapy provider through her training with Groundswell.
In this workshop, Tracey exposes the realities and misconceptions around chronic pain and how surf therapy can be a healing holistic modality.
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hrs
Understanding Sex Trafficking w/ Susan Munsey
Susan Munsey is the Director of Programs and founder of GenerateHope, a comprehensive and uniquely designed residential recovery program for women who have been sexually trafficked. Susan has a Masters degree in social work from Smith College in Massachusetts & is licensed in California as a clinical social worker. She has over 25 yrs of clinical experience in the community, in hospital settings & in private practice. She loves living in San Diego with her troublesome Bassett Hound & working with the survivors at GenerateHope.
In this workshop, Susan pulls back the curtain on the realities of sex trafficking and provides us with tangible tips and tools for identifying those who may be in need of support. Through Education and destigmatization of sex trafficking, we learn how it happens, the trauma that can result & how through holistic community based approaches… healing is possible
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 Hours
Deconstructing Success w/ Sally Harris
Sally, has a back ground in community mental health and development and has been a power house in the Scotland surf scene from helping launch the first ocean safety trainings to girls surf clubs and in 2018 became the founder of Groundswell Scotland.
In this workshop Sally will guide us through embodied practices as we look at our cycles, tides, ebbs and flows as a reflection and reframe towards internal success. Workshop includes somatic practices, journaling, and reflecting.
Cost: $25
Duration 2 Hrs
Exploring our Relationship with Money w/ Natalie Small, LMFT
Workshop includes: exploring our relationship with money, fundraising, abundance and what currencies do we live in and thrive in. Somatic practices, reflection, story telling.
Cost: $25
Duration: 1.5 Hrs
Surfing Moms w/ Amelia Borofsky, Phd
Dr. Amelia Borofsky is a practicing psychologist, mother, and surfer who has combined her passion to parent in supportive stoke filled community through co-founding Surfing Mom’s which started in Hawaii and now has communities around the globe! She has also founded Blue Mind Surf Therapy as a clinical practice holding surf therapy sessions specifically for mom’s overcoming birth trauma, post partum depression, and isolation.
In this workshop Dr. Borofsky sheds light on the current cultural impact on mothers and how surfing and Surf Therapy can be a powerful support for intergenerational healing. Amelia reviews the essential importance to Mother the mother, Surf-care, and barriers for Mom's surf therapy/surf-time. The hope for this workshop is to offer extra surf support and resources for mamas and care-takers
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 Hrs
Moving with Grief w/ J’amie Morrison
Dr. J’amie Morrison is a Professor of Movement at Cal State University, founder of @MourningSurf, and film producer of the film UpWell
In this workshop Dr. Morrison shares about her own journey through grief and guides us through a creative collective movement practice to be seen, heard, and honored in our grief. You will want to watch this recording while you have the time and space to truly engage your whole body in the practice.
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hours
Somatics for Grief Work w/ Sarah Knapp
Sarah Knapp is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Training and offers Grief Circle and Yoga for Grief in San Diego. She studied with Stephen Jenkinson on his farm in Canada and follows humbly in the footsteps of elders such as Martin Prechtel & Francis Weller. Sarah is currently in her 3-year Somatic Experience Training with Somatic Experiencing International.
In this workshop, Sarah de-stigmatizes grief and how it is stored in our bodies. She guides us through Somatic Experiencing practices that can be used for your own personal grief and/or to hold space to honor, witness, and give permission for grief in community spaces.
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 Hours
Identity is Relational w/ Rook Cambell
Rook Cambell is a Professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Campbell created That Day I was the Fastest Boy in the World as a public engagement aimed to build empathy, voice and visibility through storytelling. Across the Los Angeles swimming community, Campbell designed and leads LANEMATE Project which hosts transgender and non-binary swim activations. The motivating vision is to better welcome folks to sport by helping remove the social hurdles that block some, more than others, from coming to experience the beauty and human wonderment that sport can make real.
In this workshop Cambell shares their personal experience around identity in sports and holds space to explore how Surf Therapy programs and beach spaces can be more radically inclusive and honoring of all bodies and athletes. The workshop holds space to explore our own biases and includes story telling, reflection, and embodiment.
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 Hrs
Power of Touch w/ Tess Kelly
Tess Kelly studied Holistic Kinesiology in Australia and practices in Peru and virtually through her company Alma Holistics.
In this workshop Tess teaches us about the power of touch and education around facial acupoints that can be accessed through simple approachable self touch techniques. The workshop includes somatic practices, reflection, and self touch.
Cost: $25
Duration: 2 hrs
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