Rooting in Self-Compassion
Compassionate Mind Training & 5Rhythms Workshop
with Chia-Ying Chou & Vehllia Tranne
for caregivers: you who take care of others
This workshop is dedicated to those of us who identify as a caregiver in our personal and/or professional life: we can be a parent, a teacher, a therapist, coach, or physician, a light worker, a community leader, a business owner or manager, a volunteer, a caregiver for a loved one…or other roles that serve others.
About The Modalities
This is one of the first workshops incorporating elements of Compassion Focused Therapy
(Compassionate Mind Training) and 5Rhythms.
5Rhythms is a map, a process, a sequence of sounds and movements that starts with Flowing, the discovery and deepening of ourselves, the embodiment of what is truly inside our system. The determination and outward expression of Staccato change the focus of our dance to the center of our hips and the building up of fire and passion. Chaos breaks all patterns. The intention revealed in the first rhythm mixed with the strength built on the second rhythm will be wildly mixed in an uncontrolled release of what is getting in the way of our journey. Lyrical is a celebration of renewed clarity and the expressive realization of our lightness of being. To arrive at Stillness where the breath and silence are the perfect completion to our destination for our unique
intentions.
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is a psychotherapy approach integrating knowledge and techniques from Western psychological studies with Eastern Buddhist philosophy and body/mind practices. Compassionate Mind Training – the application of key concepts and practices of CFT outside of the therapy contexts has been shown to promote different aspects of well-being across diverse populations. This workshop will introduce the evolutionary perspective on the human brain and how this relates to psychological and behavioral difficulties. We will also learn about the three affect-regulation systems linked to threat awareness and coping, reward and resource seeking, and contentment and soothing, and how they form complex patterns within the mind.
Instruction will include compassion-focused imagery exercises and somatic practices that help us cultivate a compassionate self-to-self relationship.
About Your Facilitators
Vehllia Tranne has been a certified Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® Teacher since 2013, Accredited by 5RTA (5Rhythms Teachers Association) for Waves and Heartbeat. She is the Founder of The City Waves™ San Francisco, offering dynamic movement practices in a community of heart-centered individuals. She’s also a certified 200-hr Yoga Alliance Teacher, Art of Feminine/Masculine Presence™ Teacher, and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Somatic Embodiment, and Transformational Coach. She is initiated into the ancient stick divination of Dagara tradition and carries a torch of ancient healing technology from both her maternal and paternal lineage. Vehllia has been celestially dancing before learning to walk. Born in Java, around the Ring of Fire, proud of her mixed heritage and dragon powers. She is a passionate healer, courageous shapeshifter, compassionate community leader, loyal partner, lifelong student, and dedicated teacher. She’s deeply committed to bringing diversity and inclusion to all her offerings. Vehllia’s teaching style reflects her spontaneity, her sincere love for life, and her mesmerizing voice body, expressed beautifully in her inspirational dance offering as inspiration for a deep transformational exploration of self. She is largely inspired by nature and the elements and infused her teaching with intuitive shamanic lineage from her ancestors. She currently resides on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone People and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area and globally.
Chia-Ying Chou, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of the San Francisco Center for Compassion Focused Therapies (@SFCompassion) - a group psychotherapy practice and training hub for Compassion Focused Therapy. As a psychotherapist, Chia-Ying specializes in working with clients experiencing challenges related to trauma, hoarding, and other forms of difficulty in letting go. Her familiarity and expertise in caring for caregivers come from her self-practice and
self-reflection as a helper, as well as her experiences in providing support to clients who care for their loved ones and her role as a supervisor and consultant to other therapists. To Chia-Ying, CFT is not only a therapy approach she applies professionally but also a lens she sees life through and an aid to her self-care. Chia-Ying’s workshop facilitation style is connective and engaging. Her wisdom and gentle strength often inspire participants to go deep with her. Her warmth and compassion promote safeness which is needed for vulnerability and healing. Her approach to caregiving and life, in general, is largely influenced by her Zen Buddhist and 5Rhythms practice. She currently resides in Berkeley, California, and offers workshops to everyone, including therapists globally.
Cancellation Policy
If a participant wants to cancel their registration, they must do so 2 weeks before the workshop to receive a full refund minus a 10% processing fee. If a participant cancels 1 week before the workshop, they receive a full refund minus a 25% processing fee. Less than a week, their refund is subject to participant replacement. If a replacement is registered, participants will receive a full refund minus a 50% processing fee. If a participant does not show up for the workshop without communicating, their registration payment will not be refunded. Credit towards future workshops is possible in individual cases.
The City Waves reserves the right to cancel any workshop in the event of insufficient registration or other unforeseen circumstances, in which case, the full amount paid to register for a workshop will be refunded to the registrants. In the event of cancellation, an attempt will be made to notify registrants no later than 10 calendar days before the start of the workshop. All other expenses incurred including but not limited to flights and accommodation arranged for the purpose of attending a workshop will not be covered.
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