Becoming Our Own Elders Workshop Coming Soon
Earlier this month, I wrote a post about somatically exploring adulthood in a culture finding its way back to wisdom. I define healthy adulthood as the skill sets needed to sustainably cohabit this planet—something many of us didn't have modeled well for us as kids. Our parents’ best may have been an improvement on what their parents gave them, but it wasn’t enough to prepare us for the compounded social, political, and environmental crises we’re facing.
This coming Monday I’ll be hosting a 2-hour webinar on the topic, designed to help you stay grounded in the context of the current political and social reality we're facing.
📅 Date & Time: March 24th, Monday. 8:00pm-10:00pm EST/5:00pm-7:00pm PST
🔗 Spaces are still available, you can register here. The cost is $20-75 sliding scale. Please choose the price point that works for you. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
What to expect:
The workshop will include a somatic practices, lecture and group discussion.
Adulting Outside the Domination Model: Instead of an internalized cop, what if we cultivate an internalized elder or mentor?
Letting The Baby Out: getting curious about those young, stuck parts of ourselves that didn’t get what they needed.
Finding the Somatic Tool that Fits: Learn how to stay present with strong emotions, fear, and uncertainty without collapsing or numbing out—because even as adults, our most tender feelings still need our attention.
Treating Ourselves Well: Taking responsibility for the regulation of your own nervous system means: you rest when you need to rest, you ask for support when you need support, and you give your body a voice.
Our democracy isn’t entirely unlike a human body and nervous system; it’s built on interconnectedness. If the relationships we cultivate—inside our bodies and out—are healthy and accountable, we survive and thrive. If there is rampant harm and division, our systems falter and self-destruct.
🔹 Community & Discussion – We don’t do this work alone. You’ll have space to share, reflect, and practice the kind of relational adulthood that actually sustains us.
This isn’t a workshop about getting it right or proving something. It’s about practicing embodying a future that is worth surviving for—together. No prior experience with somatics is needed—just a willingness to listen to yourself and to others.
I hope to see you there.
I’m Sarah Shourd, Somatic Healer, Social Justice Movement-Strategy Coach and Narrative Change Leader. My experiences—surviving solitary confinement, leading social justice movements, and healing from personal, systemic and intergenerational trauma—have equipped me with the tools to support you on your unique healing and empowerment journey. In 2009, I was living in Syria when I was captured near the unmarked Iran-Iraq border and imprisoned by the Iranian government incommunicado in solitary confinement for 410 days. This experience has been a springboard for my work for healing, justice and collective liberation over the last 15 years.
“Sarah has done the needed alchemy to make her life an offering, to use the challenges she has faced to make beauty in the world. I trust her capacity as a guide, knowing that she has, and continues to do the work of transformation, both personal and cultural.” -Aninha Livingstone, P.H.D., Psychotherapy and Soul Activism
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