SUPPORT GROUPS & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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Our Collective Pause Retreats offer a supportive sanctuary, especially for individuals whose bodies have been stigmatized or marginalized. These retreats provide an intentional pause to nurture self-worth, metabolize joy, and deepen the connection with yourself and others.
What You’ll Experience:
Holistic Healing: Gentle movement, mindfulness, and breathwork to release tension and reconnect with your body.
Inclusive Community: A safe, welcoming space where your experiences are honoured and understood.
Joyful Exploration: Activities that celebrate your body and encourage freedom and self-expression.
Empowered Connections: Build meaningful relationships in a community rooted in kindness and solidarity.
Collective Pause Retreats are about honouring your body as it is and reclaiming joy without apology.
Come as you are—pause, breathe, and reconnect.
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TEAO Canada is proud to collaborate with community partners to create spaces for healing, connection, and creative expression.
From wellness gatherings to creative workshops, we love to join forces and team up with like-minded organizations to foster collective care and personal/collective growth.
This section highlights upcoming workshops, outreach programs, and special events with our community partners
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TEAO’s Collective Care & Sharing Circles are intentional spaces for community healing, growth, and support. These circles offer a compassionate environment where participants can process emotions, share experiences, and reconnect with their bodies through somatic practices.
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TEAO is committed to expanding access to quality trauma care and mental health support across Ontario and beyond. Our Virtual Peer Support Groups provide a safe, inclusive space for individuals navigating anxiety, depression, PTSD, and CPTSD to connect, share, and heal together.
Led by Nicole Brown Faulknor, these sessions blend somatic practices, emotional support, and group connection to help participants manage symptoms and rebuild a relationship with their bodies. Whether you're looking for guidance or simply a supportive community, these groups offer a space where you can feel seen, heard, and understood.
What We Offer:
Somatic Practices to support emotional regulation and grounding
Peer-Led Support in a compassionate, non-judgmental virtual space
Accessible Options with free and pay-what-you-can drop-in sessions
Our groups run in ongoing 6-week cycles, allowing you to join when you need support most.
Learn more: Email nicole@teaocanada.com
COLLECTIVE PAUSE RETREATS
A sanctuary created especially for people whose bodies have been stigmatized, marginalized, or overlooked. This retreat is a powerful, intentional pause designed to help you metabolize joy, reclaim your self-worth, and nurture a deeper connection with yourself and others.
What to Expect:
Holistic Healing Practices: Gentle movement, mindfulness, and breathwork—designed to help you release tension and reconnect with your body in a loving and supportive way.
Safe & Inclusive Space: A welcoming environment where you can relax, heal, and thrive with others who understand and honor your experiences.
Joyful Exploration: Engage in activities that allow you to rediscover the joy, freedom, and celebration of living in your body—just as it is.
Empowered Community: Connect with like-minded individuals in a space of solidarity, kindness, and shared healing.
This retreat is not about changing your body—it's about celebrating it. It's about reclaiming the joy that is your birthright, without apology or hesitation.
Where: The Branches
When: 22 March 2025 I 1 pm to 8 pm
This retreat is a deeply restorative experience designed to nurture emotional resilience, foster connection, and promote holistic healing through community care. Through guided practices such as breathwork, movement, bodywork, and reflective journaling, participants will explore ways to release stored trauma and reconnect with their inner strength.
The day features moments of intentional silence, mindful eating, and therapeutic exercises that encourage self-awareness and grounding. Participants will engage in practices that align the body and mind, including fascial maneuvers and soma-focused techniques, all aimed at restoring balance and vitality.
With an emphasis on creating a safe, supportive space, the retreat allows for deep integration of the healing journey. Attendees will leave with a renewed sense of peace, empowerment, and tools to carry forward into everyday life.
IN THE COMMUNITY
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION - OUR STORIES, OUR STRENGTH
When: Saturday, February 15th, 2025 12-3pm
Celebrate Black History Month and explore the healing power of art and movement therapy in building resilience and strength. Together, we’ll reflect on our journeys, celebrate our stories, and embrace creativity in a safe and welcoming space.
HEALING TOGETHER: MENTAL HEALTH IN A DIVERSE WORLD
WORKSHOP
When: Saturday, March 15, 2025 | 1-3 PM
Where: The Community Centre Room, Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Avenue South, Elmira
In this workshop, a diverse panel of experts will explore how racism and discrimination impact mental health, offering insights and strategies for healing, resilience and inclusion.
*Registration deadline is March 11, 2025.
EMBODIMENT FOR TRAUMA RECOVERY
COLLECTIVE CARE & SHARING CIRCLES
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE CIRCLES
Where: Idea Exchange Cambridge Public Library
When: Every Alternate Wednesday from January 22 - June 25
6:45 pm to 8:00 pm
Thanks to the Waterloo Upstream Fund this event will be FREE!
Group processing may be an area deserving of more time in communities, organically through conversations, breathwork and movement, which is how TEAO has begun to address trauma care and trauma health in communities.
TEAO Canada will hold space for participants, led by Nicole Brown Faulknor — as both a trauma consultant/facilitator and registered psychotherapist. Nicole will explore somatic practices as well, as a way to support rebuilding a relationship with our bodies through collective grief, workspace conflict and institutional helplessness as a place to be heard (loved) in/from places of systems and hierarchical powerlessness and why your emotional health is our mental health.
These circles will incorporate psycho-education, somatic health and breathwork to get participants in their somatic bodies to begin to process trauma. We are coming together in somatic movement during the group processing circle so that debriefing, trauma care and systemic care can be processed.
TORONTO COLLECTIVE CARE SERIES
*More info to come.
KITCHENER WATERLOO COLLECTIVE CARE SERIES
Next Session: Friday, February 21, 2025
Time: 7:00-8:00PM
Where: The Branches (9 Samuel Street, Kitchener)
(Sky Studio)
Cost: $10 ($0 for low to no income)
Group processing may be an area deserving of more time in communities, organically through conversations, breathwork and movement, which is how TEAO has begun to address trauma care and trauma health in communities.
Upcoming Dates:
PEER SUPPORT GROIUPS
SOMATIC PEER SUPPORT GROUPS
FOR ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PTSD/CPTSD
Upcoming Sessions: Wednesdays starting from January 15, 2025*
Time: 6:45pm - 8:00pm EST
Cost: FREE & pay what you can drop-ins
TEAO Canada is holding space for virtual somatic peer support groups led by Nicole Brown Faulknor — as both an embodiment coach and psychotherapist Nicole will explore somatic practices as a way to reconnect with your body and find support in a safe, nurturing (virtual) space.
Learn more: Email nicole@teaocanada.com
Next Session starts: January 15, 2025
* Sessions will rollover every 6 weeks
Young Men Thrive is Coming Soon!
This is your opportunity to connect, grow, and unlock your full potential through powerful workshops, mentorship, leadership development, and more.
Whether you're 15-17 or 18-25, join us from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM for activities like golfing, camping, cooking, farming, gaming, and so much more.
Together, we’ll break barriers, build leadership skills, and create a strong community.
Stay tuned for the new date and get ready to embark on a journey that will shape your future.
LET’S CONNECT!
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