HOLISTIC ADDICTION & RECOVERY CONVERSATION

Zach Ketterhagen & Lindsey Bessy

Whether you, or someone you love, grapples with substance use issues, anxiety, depression, loneliness, eating imbalances, sex or relationship dependency, control, technology attachments, or another addiction, this monthly meeting is here for you. Facilitators Zach Ketterhagen and Lindsey Bessy will guide the monthly conversation relying on this core truth: There are countless ways to express our suffering by externalizing our power, and there are also infinite ways to heal. Drawing from yoga philosophy and recovery and emotional well-being best practices Zach and Lindsey will support you as you embrace your path back to your True Self.

WISDOM TALK

Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises

September 13 | 10:45-12:00

Katie Doyle

TRE® is a method of safely inducing neurogenic tremors, experienced as shaking or vibrating, which help the body to release tension. This powerful technique can be used as part of healing from physical or emotion pain as well as for self-care and self-regulation. Katie will provide education on the tremors and the TRE® method, and then will guide you through the exercises so that you can experience them yourself.

BOOK DISCUSSION

THE GIRL WHO BAPTIZED HERSELF

November 3 | 6:30-7:45pm

Tracy Traeder

For Meggan Watterson, a Harvard-trained feminist theologian, Thecla’s story in The Acts of Paul and Thecla has everything to do with power. Thecla’s refusal to be controlled, as well as the authority she reclaims by baptizing herself, reads like a lost gospel for finding our own source of power within—a power that allows us to know who we are and to make choices based on that knowing. This hidden scripture suggests that Christianity before the fourth century was about defying the patriarchy, not deifying it. But early church fathers excluded The Acts of Paul and Thecla, along with other sacred texts such as The Gospel of Mary, from the New Testament.