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FOUNDATION OF CARE SERIES MONTHLY WORKSHOP

Upcoming Workshop Theme: What Trauma Teaches Us About Survival (and What It Doesn’t Teach Us About Safety)

Friday, December 26 from 12:00pm - 12:45pm

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Peer Support Certification Training

Saturday, January 24 - Sunday, January 25 (via Zoom)

Learn trauma-responsive, body-first approaches to Mental Health First Aid that strengthen safety, care, and community support.

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This space held me when the world wouldn’t.

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What if securing your place in Costa Rica only cost $10 today? We are opening 10 Founding Doors for the next Collective Pause Retreat — and the first ten participants can reserve their space with a $10 deposit & claim your gift 🎁 You ask
What if securing your place in Costa Rica only cost $10 today? We are opening 10 Founding Doors for the next Collective Pause Retreat — and the first ten participants can reserve their space with a $10 deposit & claim your gift 🎁 You asked. We’ve heard you. Accessibility to Care in our travel retreats. A door is opening. Before we finalize the venue for our next Collective Pause Retreat in Costa Rica, we are opening 10 Founding Doors for those who feel called to step in first. At TEAO Canada, our retreats are not about escaping life.
They are about returning to ourselves. Returning to the body.
Returning to breath.
Returning to a pace where healing and community can actually meet. For the past two retreats shared in Costa Rica, we have witnessed something powerful when people gather in intentional spaces of trauma-informed care, embodied practice, and collective rest. So this year, we are inviting 10 founding participants to help open the door. Founding Door Offer 💫 The first 10 people can secure their retreat space with a $10 founding deposit. Once the first 10 doors are claimed, the retreat moves to the standard $100 deposit to reserve your spot. All retreat registrations and travel coordination are being supported through our travel partner IslaBlu Travel @islablutravel We also recognize that accessibility matters.
Flexible payment arrangements are available, because healing spaces should not only exist for those who can afford them easily. 🌿 Collective Pause Retreat Includes • Trauma-informed embodiment practices
• Nervous system restoration & regulation
• Collective care circles
• Time for rest, reflection, and nature
• A small intentional retreat community
• Ocean, movement, and spaciousness 🚪Founding Doors are open now When the first 10 doors are claimed, the retreat container and venue will be finalized. If something in you is feeling the call to pause, trust that. DM “PAUSE” or visit the link in our bio to learn more. Sometimes the most powerful step is simply allowing yourself to slow down — together. — TEAO Canada #collectivepause
#traumainformed
#embodiedhealing
#nervoussystemcare
#communityhealing
One of our most fav videos curated by love letter to Caribbean women @knowyourcaribbean so we thought we’d share it with each of you. 🫶🏾♥️♥️ Happy International Women’s Day! #traumainformed #healing #internationalwomensday #communitycare #somatichealing
BIG NEWS, COMMUNITY… WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN. 📣 In 2022, TEAO officially launched with a simple but powerful belief: healing happens in community. We weren’t just talking about change.
We were gathering it, dancing it, laughing it,
BIG NEWS, COMMUNITY… WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN. 📣 In 2022, TEAO officially launched with a simple but powerful belief: healing happens in community. We weren’t just talking about change.
We were gathering it, dancing it, laughing it, and embodying it together. From samba rhythms to shared stories, that night carried the spirit of what TEAO would become — a living, breathing community rooted in collective care, peer support, and embodied healing. Since then, that same energy has rippled outward through:
✨ youth lead spaces 
✨ trauma-responsive peer trainings
✨ healing retreats
✨ community circles
✨ partnerships across Ontario And now… We are coming back together again. 📣TEAO Celebration of Hearts & Spirit Gala 📣
📍 @storehouse408 Cambridge, Ontario
📅 June 20, 2026
🕔 5:30PM (doors open)– Evening Celebration to Follow A night of humanity, laughter, fashion, music, ceremony, and connection as we gather to celebrate the hearts & spirit of community. This time we are bringing it home locally — while welcoming guests traveling in from across the province. 
Hotel accommodations are already arranged for those joining us from out of town, option. This is more than a gala.
It is a reunion of hearts. A moment to pause, celebrate, and remember: We are one.
We are community.
We are the work. 🎟 Tickets are now available
(Link in bio) or [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/teao-celebration-of-hearts-spirit-gala-tickets-1984088305532?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl] Come alone.
Bring friends.
Bring your partner.
Bring your heart. Let’s gather again. #CelebrationOfHearts
#TEAOCanada
#HealingInCommunity
#CollectiveCare
#EmbodiedHealing
CommunityHealing
I know how to derive a function.... but not how to set clear boundaries What They Don’t Teach in Class is a youth focused evening at Café Clementina hosted by TEAO. Youth teaching youth about their experiences on real-life topics we&rs
I know how to derive a function.... but not how to set clear boundaries What They Don’t Teach in Class is a youth focused evening at Café Clementina hosted by TEAO. Youth teaching youth about their experiences on real-life topics we’re all navigating — work, relationships, money, burnout, confidence, and everything in between. The night will include: • Short, relatable talks from youth speakers • Open conversations and audience interaction • Music + a relaxed café atmosphere • Food and a small giveaway Bring a friend and join us to share honest insights and lived experiences. 📍 Café Clementina (@cafeclementina_)– 17 Benton St, Kitchener 📅 March 21 ⏰ 5–8 PM 🎟 Free Entry (Limited seating available) REGISTER USING LINK IN BIO** Interested in speaking? DM us or reach out to Nicole directly at nicole@teaocanada.com Thank you to this amazing community cafe for hosting this event as support to TEAO Canada initiatives and mission towards community care in the Region, especially for our youth @cafeclementina_ 🫶🏾♥️
This Week at TEAO Canada 🫶🏾♥️ On Wednesday, we gather again in community. Our Trauma-Informed Care Circle is happening this week - a space rooted in trauma-responsive, peer support practice. Cambridge Public Library - Hespeler Branch 5 Ta
This Week at TEAO Canada 🫶🏾♥️ On Wednesday, we gather again in community. Our Trauma-Informed Care Circle is happening this week - a space rooted in trauma-responsive, peer support practice. Cambridge Public Library - Hespeler Branch 5 Tannery St. East, Cambridge, ON Wednesday, March 4 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM These circles are non-clinical, community-based peer support spaces. They are not therapy sessions and not support groups in the traditional sense. They are structured, consent-centered spaces to slow down, reflect, and be in community without pressure to perform healing. If you or someone in your network is navigating stress, overwhelm, or simply seeking grounded connection, you are welcome. Registration is open here: link in bio or https://linktr.ee/TEAOCanada (Trauma-Informed Circles: Peer Support Spaces) We look forward to holding space midweek. #TraumalnformedCare #PeerSupport #CommunityCare #EmbodiedCare #CambridgeON CollectiveHealing
This!!! We #Love This ❤️❤️♥️ Reposted from @jay.kaizen In the 1970s, a teacher named Maharishi Mahesh Yogi proposed something most people would laugh at: That a small group of people sitting in silence could influence the emotional climate of an entire city. So, researchers actually tested it. In several U.S. cities, they gathered groups of people trained in Transcendental Meditation and had them meditate daily for a set window of time. Then they tracked measurable, real-world indicators in the city: • crime rates • violent incidents • accident reports • hospital admissions The prediction was simple: If roughly 1% of a population meditates consistently, the collective stress of the area begins to drop. … during the meditation windows, something strange happened: Crime rates dropped. Reports of violent incidents dropped. Reports of accidental emergencies decreased… all significantly. Now, this isn’t me saying “meditation magically controls society. It doesn’t mean there aren’t other variables. Even the researchers admitted it’s difficult to isolate human behaviour with perfect precision. But the pattern was strong enough, and consistent enough, that it made both scientists and skeptics pause. Because whether you believe in “energy fields” or not… we all know one truth: Humans affect each other. #Stress spreads like a virus. But so does calm. So when you regulate your #nervoussystem system, you ripple that regulation into your home, your relationships, your environment. And when groups of people do that together? The ripple gets bigger. That’s the heart of the Maharishi Effect: Your meditation doesn’t heal you. It stabilises you, aswell as the space you’re part of. It becomes an act of love, quietly benefiting people who may never know your name but will feel the difference in the air around them. You don’t have to believe every claim. You just have to acknowledge what you already feel: A person at peace changes a room. A community at peace changes a city. A city at peace changes a country… And a country at peace? Is free. And it all starts with a single breath. 🧘🏾 ____
He’s Five Years Old. Never too Young to Teach ♥️ #welovethis Learn Black History so We Can Unlearn the History You Were Taught: Collective Healing Edition 🫶🏾 TEAO Canada Educational Corner: ⬇️ If you were raised inside systems shaped by whiteness, the history you were taught was never neutral. It centered comfort over truth, omission over honesty, and control over humanity. To learn Black history is to unlearn the distortions that quietly shaped unconscious bias, stereotypes, and the narrow lens many of us inherited. Embodied Learnings: Unlearning matters because Black History Month was never meant to be a single chapter of pain or a 28-day pause. It exists because Black life has always been full, expansive, and alive-celebrated 365 days a year. When we unlearn, we stop relating to Blackness only through trauma and begin to feel the truth of Black joy, creativity, intelligence, wisdom, love, brilliance, dignity, resilience, and legacy. This is not about guilt. It’s about responsibility. And relationship. And becoming honest about what was kept from us. Black History Month is about Black joy, Black intelligence, Black wisdom, Black strength, Black creativity, Black love, Black excellence, Black hope, Black dignity, Black determination, Black perseverance, Black resilience, Black brilliance, and Blac legacy. And no matter how much people try to erase it-this seems to remain true. Embodied Equity: Unlearning is not a loss. It’s a return to truth. #DecolonizeTheMind #EmbodiedEquity #communitycare #mentalhealth reel content: TikTok @lakeanthonymusic 🫶🏾
This Week at TEAO Canada ♥️ Two opportunities to gather in trauma-responsive, community-rooted peer support spaces. Wednesday, February 18 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Cambridge Public Library – Hespeler Branch 5 Tannery St. East, Cambridge
This Week at TEAO Canada ♥️ Two opportunities to gather in trauma-responsive, community-rooted peer support spaces. Wednesday, February 18 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Cambridge Public Library – Hespeler Branch 5 Tannery St. East, Cambridge, ON Trauma-Informed Care Circle A free, non-clinical peer support space for those navigating stress, overwhelm, grief, or transition. These circles are grounded in trauma-responsive care and nervous system awareness. There is no pressure to share, fix, or perform. You are welcome exactly as you are. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eZJAJRM2 Sunday, February 22 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM The Branches 9 Samuel Street, Kitchener, ON Collective Care Series An embodied, community-based space focused on relational care, regulation, and strengthening how we show up for ourselves and others. Care is not just something we talk about. It is something we practice together. Register here: https://linktr.ee/TEAOCanada or link in bio. At TEAO Canada, mental health support is relational. It happens in community, through consent, and with attention to embodied safety. If this feels aligned for you or someone in your network, we welcome you. #CommunityCare #TraumaResponsive #PeerSupport #CollectiveHealing MentalHealthSupport #TEAOCanada
We Find This Resource by @dashhudson_ So Useful TY ♥️ ⬇️ When you talk to your son about drugs or alcohol, don’t make it a lecture, make it a conversation. Choose a calm moment, maybe while driving or cooking, and let him know you&rsqu
We Find This Resource by @dashhudson_ So Useful TY ♥️ ⬇️ When you talk to your son about drugs or alcohol, don’t make it a lecture, make it a conversation. Choose a calm moment, maybe while driving or cooking, and let him know you’re not trying to control him, you just want him to be safe. Tell him you want to understand what it’s like for people his age, what kind of pressure he sees, and what’s real in his world. Ask questions, listen without cutting him off, and don’t make faces or react harshly. Once he opens up, tell him gently that sometimes it only takes one moment, one pill, one hit, one drink to change everything. Keep it honest but not dramatic. Let him know if he’s ever in a bad situation, he can call or text you with no judgment and you’ll come get him, no questions asked. Give him ways to say no that won’t make him embarrassed in the moment, like “I’m good” or “I gotta be up early.” Keep the energy relaxed and let him know you trust him, because when he feels safe with you, he’ll tell you more than you expect. Your conversation becomes his inner voice, so create a safe space for him to be excited to come to you and talk about anything. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #education #resources #collective #youth #drugsandalcohol
Educational Repost: BURNOUT from @healyournervoussystem 👉 Send this to someone who is dealing with burnout 💌 This could change their life! 🚨 If you’re reading this, you’ve likely reached a breaking point of stress and depletion. I’ve been there too, caught in cycles of overgiving and under-receiving, wearing busyness as a badge of honor while my well-being paid the price. Let me tell you, there’s another way. 👉 What if rest doesn’t have to look like zoning out on the couch or escaping to a spa (though those have their place)? What if true rest is something you cultivate daily through small acts of self-advocacy and nervous system care? Ultimately, rest is an inside job. No one else can do it for you. 🧘 🍃 By weaving these proactive forms of rest into your days, you’re taking responsibility for your well-being and building resilience from the inside out. 🚀 You’re disrupting the cultural conditioning that says your worth depends on your productivity. It’s not easy to choose rest, I know. You are your own best advocate. Moment by moment, choice by choice, you’re building a new story about what it means to rest - and resolve burnout. ❤️‍🩹 📲 Follow @healyournervoussystem for insights and practical tools on nervous system regulation Rooting for you, Dr. Linnea . . . reel inspired by: @marinawrightwellness . . . #perfection #qualities #difficulties #selflessness #oneself yourbestself selfawarenessiskey groundingtechniques vagusnerve acknowledge chronicpainlife chronicpainrelief exhaustion perfectionism hsp anxious
What is Care❔ You can’t support mental health if your nervous system is unchecked. 🧠 Care is not just what we say. It’s how we enter a room. How we respond under pressure. How we hold power. How we regulate ourselves before trying to h
What is Care❔ You can’t support mental health if your nervous system is unchecked. 🧠 Care is not just what we say. It’s how we enter a room. How we respond under pressure. How we hold power. How we regulate ourselves before trying to hold someone else. When we are rushed, reactive, or avoiding discomfort, harm can happen - even with good intentions. DO BETTER means slowing down enough to be safe to receive. Because regulated bodies create safer conversations. And safer conversations create safer communities. When you purchase DO BETTER, you’re helping fund trauma-responsive, peer-led care that prioritizes embodiment, consent, and relational safety. 🫶🏾 Support community-rooted care 🫶🏾 Wear the message 🫶🏾 Share with intention Shop here: https://www.teaocanada.com/shopteao or link in bio. #DoBetter #EmbodiedCare #TraumaResponsive #CollectiveCare
Reminder: Somatic Peer Support - This Evening (Online) A gentle reminder that our Somatic Peer Support space is happening this evening. A peer-led space. Offered biweekly on Wednesdays. When? Wednesday, February 11 6:45 PM EST and every other Wedn
Reminder: Somatic Peer Support - This Evening (Online) A gentle reminder that our Somatic Peer Support space is happening this evening. A peer-led space. Offered biweekly on Wednesdays. When? Wednesday, February 11 6:45 PM EST and every other Wednesdays. Where? Online This is a trauma-responsive, non-clinical peer support space grounded in embodiment, choice, and nervous-system-aware care. There is no expectation to share, perform, or arrive feeling “ready.” You are welcome as you are. If you’ve been feeling stretched, overwhelmed, or simply needing a place to slow down with others, this space is here for you. Register here: https://linktr.ee/TEAOCanada #PeerSupportSpaces #SomaticSupport #TraumaResponsiveCare #CommunityCare #TEAOCanada
Educational Resource Sharing: The thing with grief & let’s put a lens of collective grief on this….. Chloé Zhao - Hamnet Interview From: BBC World Service #grief #collectivegrief #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefawareness
We’re Mentoring a Gem of a Youth! ❤️💫 When young people are given space, voice, and support… they don’t just participate in change—they lead it. At the Healing The Future Leadership Summit: Youth Mental Health and Freedom Roadmap, we’re honoured to be mentoring youth-leader Charlene (with @wounds2wings). This incredible Grade 9 student is the winner of a local mental health project, and she’ll be co-presenting with us at 1:30pm after lunch! 🙌🏾🏅 Through conversations, interactive games, and plenty of prizes, we’ll be creating a space where youth feel seen, heard, and empowered to lead their own healing journeys. Join @rhythmandbluescambridge as we celebrate Black History Month 2026 with the first-ever Youth Leadership Summit—a day designed for Black youth (12+) to connect, be inspired, and be heard. Together, we’re launching the Black Youth Crisis Support System and building a safe, uplifting space for the next generation to grow in confidence, resilience, and leadership. Parents—send your youth out to this powerful day. Their voice matters. Their future matters. Date: Sat Feb 21st 11-4 free Registration: link in bio @rhythmandbluescambridge #BlackYouthLeadership #HealingTheFuture #YouthMentalHealth #BlackHistoryMonth #CommunityHealing TraumaInformed EmbodiedLeadership YouthVoices TEAOCanada RhythmandBluesCambridge FutureLeaders
🫶🏾👏🏾🙌🏾 We’re grateful to Little Mushroom for hosting TEAO Canada to support our community care initiatives. This evening is about: • Joy and connection • Grassroots fundraising • Sustaining trauma-responsive programs &he
🫶🏾👏🏾🙌🏾 We’re grateful to Little Mushroom for hosting TEAO Canada to support our community care initiatives. This evening is about: • Joy and connection • Grassroots fundraising • Sustaining trauma-responsive programs ♥️♥️♥️ — come join us! Repost from @littlemushroomdininglounge • Lots of exciting events in the Lounge this month! 💘🍷 To make a reservation go to the link in our bio or email lounge@littlemushroomcatering.com. #funactivities #community #trivia #love #collectivehealing
What if securing your place in Costa Rica only cost $10 today? We are opening 10 Founding Doors for the next Collective Pause Retreat — and the first ten participants can reserve their space with a $10 deposit & claim your gift 🎁 You ask
One of our most fav videos curated by love letter to Caribbean women @knowyourcaribbean so we thought we’d share it with each of you. 🫶🏾♥️♥️ Happy International Women’s Day! #traumainformed #healing #internationalwomens
BIG NEWS, COMMUNITY… WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN. 📣 In 2022, TEAO officially launched with a simple but powerful belief: healing happens in community. We weren’t just talking about change.
We were gathering it, dancing it, laughing it, I know how to derive a function.... but not how to set clear boundaries What They Don’t Teach in Class is a youth focused evening at Café Clementina hosted by TEAO. Youth teaching youth about their experiences on real-life topics we&rs This Week at TEAO Canada 🫶🏾♥️ On Wednesday, we gather again in community. Our Trauma-Informed Care Circle is happening this week - a space rooted in trauma-responsive, peer support practice. Cambridge Public Library - Hespeler Branch 5 Ta
This!!! We #Love This ❤️❤️♥️ Reposted from @jay.kaizen In the 1970s, a teacher named Maharishi Mahesh Yogi proposed something most people would laugh at: That a small group of people sitting in silence could influence the emotional climate
He’s Five Years Old. Never too Young to Teach ♥️ #welovethis Learn Black History so We Can Unlearn the History You Were Taught: Collective Healing Edition 🫶🏾 TEAO Canada Educational Corner: ⬇️ If you were raised inside systems shape
This Week at TEAO Canada ♥️ Two opportunities to gather in trauma-responsive, community-rooted peer support spaces. Wednesday, February 18 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Cambridge Public Library – Hespeler Branch 5 Tannery St. East, Cambridge We Find This Resource by @dashhudson_ So Useful TY ♥️ ⬇️ When you talk to your son about drugs or alcohol, don’t make it a lecture, make it a conversation. Choose a calm moment, maybe while driving or cooking, and let him know you&rsqu
Educational Repost: BURNOUT from @healyournervoussystem 👉 Send this to someone who is dealing with burnout 💌 This could change their life! 🚨 If you’re reading this, you’ve likely reached a breaking point of stress and depletion. I&r
What is Care❔ You can’t support mental health if your nervous system is unchecked. 🧠 Care is not just what we say. It’s how we enter a room. How we respond under pressure. How we hold power. How we regulate ourselves before trying to h Reminder: Somatic Peer Support - This Evening (Online) A gentle reminder that our Somatic Peer Support space is happening this evening. A peer-led space. Offered biweekly on Wednesdays. When? Wednesday, February 11 6:45 PM EST and every other Wedn
Educational Resource Sharing: The thing with grief & let’s put a lens of collective grief on this….. Chloé Zhao - Hamnet Interview From: BBC World Service #grief #collectivegrief #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefawareness
We’re Mentoring a Gem of a Youth! ❤️💫 When young people are given space, voice, and support… they don’t just participate in change—they lead it. At the Healing The Future Leadership Summit: Youth Mental Health and Freedom
🫶🏾👏🏾🙌🏾 We’re grateful to Little Mushroom for hosting TEAO Canada to support our community care initiatives. This evening is about: • Joy and connection • Grassroots fundraising • Sustaining trauma-responsive programs &he

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