South Sydney Psychology and Trauma-recovery Service

15/11/2022

See post below!

If you would like a space for you or have been curious about Trauma Sensitive Yoga, then here's the link to register

https://mailchi.mp/40b02143f567/rest-replenish

"Instead of finishing the year strong, why don't we finish the year soft? Why don't we finish the year restful and grateful for
making it through yet another crazy cycle on earth?" -the daily rest

This quote really struck me last week.

Putting into words exactly how I have been feeling.

How many times have we found ourselves in November and feeling this peak of adrenaline and rushing as we head into the remainder of the year?

To tick all the things off the to do list so we can then "start fresh" in the New Year.

And yet we feel tired.

Exhausted.

So I am leaning into this idea of how we can SLOW THE F DOWN and not collapse in a heap by Dec 31st.

Perhaps you might like to join me in this?

Which is why there has been a VERY insistent nudge to offer this FREE space on Thursday night.

REST & REPLENISH

Join me on Thursday 17th November at 630pm AEDT for an hour of Trauma Sensitive Yoga movement practices to support your Nervous System and slow down as we head towards the end of the year.

A time-limited replay will be available if you are unable to make it live.

Head to https://mailchi.mp/40b02143f567/rest-replenish to register

See you there!

23/05/2022

Have you been yearning for some time out?

To reconnect back to yourself and yet a yoga membership, women's circle or scheduling a weekly class isn't available right now?

Then perhaps, Remembrance could be the space for you.

Check out all the info at www.mindfullycurious.org/remembrance

Registrations close tomorrow night and we start Thursday (or via replay) 😍

21/05/2022

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09/05/2022

08/05/2022

Powerful photo from photographer Cassandra Jones, talking about transgenerational trauma: how unprocessed pain of mothers goes through caring for their daughters.

Trauma travels through generations until someone is strong enough to stand through all that pain and heal it.

We carry our mothers and their pains on our backs, just as they carried their mothers and their unhealed pain, just like our daughters, if we don't stop doing our job, they carry us on our backs and our pains.

The pain and trauma pass on like a transgenerational leap: a wounded and suffering mother, traumatized, unconnected and unable to connect to the child. A child without a mother present, connected, will be a child who absorbs all the pain and carries it on.
A lot of us are "strong" women. A strong woman had to become like this because she went through a lot of pain. Often, strong means full of defensive mechanisms, which are the ones that disconnect us from ourselves and those around us.

Cassandra Jones:

“Trans-generational Trauma: A Self Portrait With My Mama ❤

This project has been on my heart and mind for a very long time.
I chose to do this particular image as a self with my mother because she is the strongest person I know. She has rebuilt her life more times than I can measure. She has endured more than any one human should have to endure. I chose to take this portrait with her because I am aware that I carry her experience with me.

I am aware that I carry the experiences of my ancestors in my DNA. I can feel it on a cellular level. I can feel it in my soul. But, I am equally aware that I derive a great deal of my strength, empathy, and resilience from her and the women who have come before me as well.
This is not just my story, but the story of many. It is a story I feel people can probably relate to in so many different facets of life, the world over. A story that transcends geographical location, ethnicity, age, space, and time.
Everyone I have spoken to about this image has interpreted it differently. I cannot help but wonder what you see when you look at it”.

Colli K Christante

11/10/2021

A friendly reminder from our Psychologist/Yoga facilitator, Monique Mindfully Curious

This can be a beautiful complement to the individual therapy you are already doing with your therapist OR perhaps a starting point if talk therapy doesn't yet feel available to you ♥

Traumatic events (whether physical or emotional) often leave a person feeling scared, numb, confused, unsafe and/or distressed. Perhaps you don't even connect with the word "trauma" and instead simply feel highly agitated, on the go, overwhelmed, stressed or - at the other end - disconnected, numbed...

30/08/2021

Hey all!

Trauma Sensitive Yoga can be a beautiful space of co-regulation, reconnection and grounding for so many of us (including me!)
So I want to invite you to a one - off 90 minute online space dedicated to YOU happening THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

A space to come as you are. No expectations. No focus on shapes or flexibility but a chance to be curious and to potentially move towards comfort in your own body.

As so many of you already know, Trauma Sensitive Yoga is a gentle practice with lots of choice given and in this 90 minute class we will focus on nourishing the nervous system, self compassion and anchoring back to yourself.

We all need rest, rejuvenation, grounding and some kindness right now and it is my pleasure to invite you to this offering.

Details

Friday 3rd September at 630pm - 8pm AEST

A replay will be available until 6pm Monday 6th September if you cannot make it live and prefer to experience the space over the weekend.

Click below to register and to reserve your spot (whether attending live or via replay)

https://app.moonclerk.com/pay/4f5pdohn5tq8

As always, no experience is necessary and you are welcome to come exactly as you are and exactly as you need to be. All is welcome.

I look forward to sharing the space with you!

Monique Mindfully Curious