Every Tuesday

Join us in learning about SMART recovery and how this group can support you in recovering from trauma, relationship abuse, and/or substance use.  We will share wellness tools with you that you can incorporate into your daily life and provide a space to work with the tools. This first workshop will give you an understanding, introductions to the group, and a chance to take rules. Following this, we will have a weekly group where each of us can share and work through issues in a safe peer support space.

Facilitator: Ryan Hildebrant

I am Ryan Hildebrandt! I love to use yoga, reading and painting as pathways to recovery. I learned how to feel empowered in my body through yoga. I feel empowered by the knowledge in reading. I also have a deep love for expression and art is one of my favorite outlets. I believe life is meant to be lived, and those are just a few things that make me feel alive. 

Every Wednesday

This class is for anyone who would really like to spend more time safely feeling their bodies. We will be focused on building somatic intelligence so that you have increased awareness around emotions. 

Join us in embodying authentic feelings, actions and values. We will begin class with some light warm up movements to allow you to settle into your body. After each small sequence or held posture, you will be invited to journal about your experience connecting more intimately with their own bodies and feelings. 

Facilitator: Ryan Hildebrandt

Ryan Hildebrandt is a 200 hour experienced yoga teacher in Colorado Springs, CO and is registered under the Yoga Alliance. Ryan uses yoga as a tool to cultivate community, understanding, and gentle discipline. Ryan’s yoga class gently leaves his students with a stronger sense of community, where it’s okay to laugh and never take anything too seriously. Using art, asana, pranayama, and more, Ryan works to change the world for the better, providing tools for individuals and communities to heal through yoga and self-expression. 

Every Thursday

Find some balance, energy and movement to carry you through the rest of your day. Come join me for a lunch break of mind body connection through breath and movement. This will be a gentle flow to settle the energy and time for stillness to relax before you finish.

Facilitator: Janine Reed

Hi my name is Janine and I am a 500 hr Yoga teacher trained in Trauma Informed Yoga. Yoga as a whole has allowed me to connect my breath with movement which in turn allowed me to calm my mind. Yoga has taught me that I can make a connection between sensation, breath, and movement which empowers my soul. Through this empowerment I have learned to listen to my body and always feed it what it needs. Even if that means just lying on a mat during class.

First and Third Saturdays

Join us for mindfulness classes designed to help participants develop effective coping skills. Each session will explore different topics such as anxiety, depression, breath work, and yoga, offering a variety of approaches to support mental and emotional well-being. These classes are structured to provide a diverse range of techniques, allowing attendees to discover and practice strategies that best suit their individual needs. 

Facilitator: Anique Herbst

Anique started her yoga journey as a cancer survivor
 searching for healing movement. After taking her first yoga class, she signed up for yoga teacher training. She graduated in May of 2017 and has been an instructor since. Her desire is to provide students with a safe space to breathe and move on their mats. She has experience in teaching vinyasa, yin, and restorative classes. She has lived in Colorado Springs since 2002 and has 3 children. Anique is currently a social work student working towards her master’s degree. 

Therapy Group

This experiential group invites you to participate in real time with new tools. We will help you explore and identify parts of yourself, fostering connection within and with other explorers. We strive to respect and honor parts of you that have experienced distress and trauma. We approach with sensitivity, creating a safe and nurturing environment to express yourself, heal, and integrate for a new way of life. 

Facilitators

Sylvia Schyberg, LCSW

Originally from Germany, Sylvia Schyberg moved to the US in 1997 and became a citizen in 2002. After a successful career with Delta Air Lines in Administration and Employment Services, she returned to school to major in social services/mental health. A graduate from Auburn University with her Bachelor in Social Work in 2001 and from the University of Alabama with her Masters in Social Work in 2002, Sylvia is licensed in Colorado (CSW1262) to provide Clinical Services as an LCSW, with an inactive license in Alabama and Georgia. She is a Certified IFS Therapist and Approved Consultant through the Internal Family Systems Institute, and holds a Certificate in Animal and Human Health Connection through Denver University.

Her experience includes working with the military and their families, and crisis work. She now specializes in working with adults who feel stuck, who possibly have done some therapy but fall back into old patterns, and want to achieve lasting results. Her work is trauma informed and holistic. Her passion is also helping other parents with their children through the lens of IFS.

She loves music, animals, especially cats and wolves, and sunshine.

For more please visit https://reconnectingtherapies.com/

Erin Wallis, Clinical Intern

Erin Wallis is a clinical intern at The BBMC and is preparing to graduate in Summer 2024. Using both talk therapy and experiential interventions, she collaborates with clients to develop mindfulness, self-compassion, and curiosity. She loves art, games, and travel.”

Rekindling our Light

We invite you to a rejuvenating workshop focused on caring for yourself as well as experiencing new ways to connect with your loved ones. This workshop will be led by Suzanne Costello, who has facilitated caring for the caregiver workshops for 1000’s of caregivers throughout the USA and internationally since 1992. 

Suzanne Costello

Suzanne is a leader in the field of Arts and Health, recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for best practices for her “Caring for the Caregiver” program. 

Peer Support Group

This peer group is here for you if you want support with chronic physical or emotional pain. We offer a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore gentle movements that help us balance our energy and relieve pain in the presence of those with shared experience. We are here to support each other in our wellness – emotionally, socially, spiritually and physically. Group members are welcome to bring prayers, poems and other ways of finding your Center. 

Facilitator

Carrie Ann Baatz, BA, RYT-200

Hello! My name is Carrie Ann, and my passion is to support people in making peace, inside and out. I love using practical tools that respect the body and draw out compassion, communication and self-advocacy skills. I work with people impacted by relationship abuse, disability, brain differences, and/or mental health conditions. I have been practicing peer support and community training since 2018 and teaching accessible yoga since 2021. To me, peer support coaching is a space of mutual aid. We teach each other and help each other heal and grow. I have a BA in Communication, a 200-hr certification in yoga teaching, and am always continuing my education.

Ongoing and open to all!

Open Heart Sangha is an ongoing dharma meditation practice group. “Sangha” means a community of people who are on the same path. We are a dynamic group, seeking to know ourselves better through the study of the teachings of the Buddha, as interpreted by many great people, such as His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hahn, Pema Chodron, and Ajahn Chah.

Our primary form of meditation is shamatha vipashyana, mindfulness, and insight meditation. Each meditation session typically begins with one 20-minute meditation, sometimes guided by our teacher, followed by a dharma talk, and concludes with a 10-minute silent meditation.

We welcome everyone to participate – you do not have to be or become a Buddhist to benefit from this practice. You can incorporate the teachings and philosophy into your own personal beliefs, whatever they may be.