Grounding, group agreements, cultural safety, and the right to pass, pause, or step out.

Session 1 Practice: Grounding and Group Agreements

Session 1: Opening Circle - Grounding, Orientation & Safety

Reclaiming Voices, Restoring Safety is a guided 12-session workshop for Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit people, and gender-diverse kin. It offers a respectful space to build voice, grounding, boundaries, practical safety planning, community connection, and cultural belonging at a pace that honours each participant.The workshop moves through four parts:1. Grounding and safety2. Storytelling and naming harm3. Reclaiming voice, boundaries, and personal safety4. Community support, accountability, Elder-guided teaching, and aftercareYou will work with a companion workbook and leave with practical reflections, a personal safety plan, and clear next steps for support. Every participant has the right to pass, pause, or step out. Confidentiality and cultural safety are part of the group agreements.The 12 sessions include:• Opening Circle: Grounding, Orientation &amp; Safety• Listening to the Stories of Our Sisters• Naming the Roots of Violence and Pain• Reclaiming Our Voice• Boundaries, Assertiveness &amp; Safety Planning• Weaving the Web of Support• Collective Action &amp; Resource Mapping• Opening the Dialogue with Men as Allies• Commitments &amp; Accountability• Honouring the Wisdom of Our Grandmothers• The Seven Generations Teaching• Closing Circle, Evaluation &amp; AftercareThis is a facilitated educational and support workshop. It is not a guarantee of healing, a substitute for emergency help, or a replacement for individual counselling or medical care. If you are in immediate danger or crisis, contact local emergency or crisis support.Workshop dates and participation details are confirmed directly with registered participants.

A 12-session, trauma-informed Indigenous healing and empowerment workshop focused on voice, personal safety planning, community support, and Elder-guided teaching.

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Reclaiming Voices, Restoring Safety

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