Protest 101 Virtual Teach In
Learn. Create. Take Up Space.
Ready to make your voice heard but not sure where to start?
Join us for Protest 101, a beginner-friendly workshop designed to help you feel confident, informed, and empowered to take action in your community.
Whether you’ve never been to a protest before or you’re looking to brush up on your rights, this class will cover:
- Your legal rights as a protester
- How to stay safe and prepared during a demonstration
- What to bring, what to wear, and how to stay grounded
- How to use nonviolent resistance effectively
This is a space for community, courage, and creativity — open to all experience levels. Let’s organize, make art, and remind the world: we’re still here.
Have you have ever been too intimidated or just don’t feel safe enough to join a self defense or martial arts class?
Then join us and Mike and Lindsey walk you through some easy to use self-defense maneuvers that will help you build confidence and strength in your body and mind. With more than 20 years of martial arts experience, they will be able to guide you into building greater autonomy in your movements.
We hold a safe, trauma informed space for participants of any fitness level. You will learn dynamic bodyweight techniques designed for real world challenges. You will also be offered a small meditation to ease integration and calm your nervous system.
This class allows our Peaceful Warriors to grow stronger as a community as we treat each individual with dignity and self respect. A safe container is held so everyone can have the ability to grow at their own pace.
Together we will overcome the barriers that block all the rich layers of strength and courage within us.
Tin Man Tune-Up: Rewiring the Nervous System from the Inside Out
A 6-Week Practical Tune-Up for Mind and Body
Ever feel like you're walking around with rust in your gears? Like you're doing everything “right,” but something just feels… off? Whether it’s from a high-impact moment like falling out of a perfectly good airplane, or years of carrying quiet stress, your nervous system remembers what your mind tries to forget.
We call this the Tin Man Tune-Up — because even the toughest guys get stuck, and everyone deserves the tools to loosen the bolts and move freely again.
In this 6-week series, Lindsey Knapp, veteran, advocate, and trauma-informed instructor, will walk you through a process that connects the dots between your brain, your body, and your recovery. You’ll learn how trauma lives in the nervous system — and more importantly, how to release it.
No trust falls. No group sharing. No need to talk about anything you don’t want to.
You’ll get:
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Straightforward education on how your body stores trauma
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Tools to help calm your nervous system and respond rather than react
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Breathwork, movement, and meditation techniques that actually work
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A no-pressure, judgment-free space where your experience is respected
This isn’t therapy — this is practical, science-backed training for your nervous system, grounded in the research of:
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Dr. Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score
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Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn – Full Catastrophe Living
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Dr. Bruce Perry – The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
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Dr. Ida Rolf, Dr. Richard Miller, and others whose work has reshaped how we understand trauma recovery
You’ll leave with real tools, not just theory. And you’ll know how to use them — on the job, in the car, at home, or whenever you feel off-center.
Bonus:
Registration includes one
month of unlimited yoga at Sanford Yoga & Community
Center. Use it to supplement your healing, or just show up and
stretch.
Scholarships
available:
Cost shouldn’t keep you from getting the support you need. Email us
at sanfordyogaandcommunitycenter@gmail.com to
inquire about available scholarship spots.