Sacred Gifts, Resilient Kids (10-12)

ZOOM | 6 WEEKS | MONDAYS 6 - 7:15 PM | AGES 10 - 12 | 11 SPACES

Honoring the gravity of what it means to be a young one during these times, this group container is an initiatory experience for children to be held in community + called into the inherent “original medicine” that they carry as a part of creation. This experience is for children of all backgrounds, heritages, and faiths.

Sessions run from Nov. 3rd to Dec. 15th, with a break on Nov. 24th

Week 1, Intro: You Are a “Sacred Gift of Original Medicine” | Group Kinship Weaving

Week 2, Air, East: Learning, Intention + Creative Power | Breath-work for Multiple Uses

Week 3, Fire, South: Interconnectedness, Kinship + Collective Strength | Self-Awareness + Somatic Basics

Week 4, Water, West: Courage, Discernment, Resilience + Repair | Practices of Attunement

Week 5, Earth, North: Relationship with Land, Life + Cycles | Elemental Grounding Practices

Week 6, Integration: Anchoring These Knowings Within Daily Life | Token Making

Each week we’ll integrate healing pan-indigenous life-ways while practicing foundational tools of nervous system regulation

The heart of this program is to empower children with a functional framework to meet these times with strength, compassion, and resilience for life

Each child will be mailed their own personal practice kit including a journal, cedar, and more

Our Zoom sessions will be recorded and shared within our cohort for playback in case of any missed weeks

Alyx Somas' is formally educated in Experiential Education and Developmental Psychology, and carries 13 years of experience within the K-12 school system and community youth initiatives. Being raised in a family of 200+ folks, they deeply carry what it means to love and honor children as precious and unique gifts for the collective.

It is an honor to be considered in working with your kin in this way.

This cultural healing work is emerging as part of my life path as a Native Northern American person who carries these prayers and practices from my lineage and deeply within my bones

Accessibility in this work is important to me, as is disrupting the historic dynamic of indigenous people sharing their gifts and receiving little to no reciprocity in return

I appreciate working with sliding scales to support both accessibility for others and sustainability for my work

Use this "Green Bottle" image to consider where your family falls on the scale for accessing and fairly compensating this exchange -- with the first bottle placing you within the Reciprocity Tier, the second within the Sustaining Tier, and the third within the Supported Tier

*After reviewing the Green Bottle sliding scale, if the recommended tier feels out of reach for your family, please message me to tell me about your situation and what amount feels doable for you through emailing thecollectivityproject@gmail.com—accessibility is important to this work

Aside from buying a ticket here, you may also Venmo @AlyxSomas with the event title in the description for no fee

*Two Half-Scholarships are available for this program -- click here to apply