Rest & Reset (Mini) Retreat

DATE: October 10, 2020

TIME: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

COST: free

VENUE: Online/Virtual

ADDRESS:

Stressed out, exhausted and overwhelmed? Join this virtual mini-retreat created to help you rest, relax and let go.

This virtual event will include:

• a meditation by Liza Colpa
• restorative yoga session led by Alex Tatis of BK Yoga Club
• a journaling exercise led by L'Oreal Thompson Payton
• a poetry reading by Pam R. Johnson Davis

Proceeds benefit Sista Afya, a Chicago-based low-cost mental wellness center servicing Black women.

FAQs

What will I need?

Your laptop and Internet access

What else should I bring?

• A water bottle
• Yoga mat
• Journal/notebook
• Pen/pencil

Who is this event for?

Any and every body

Learn more about your hosts:

LIZA COLPA

Liza is a 200hr-ERYT yoga teacher here to bring you some meditations for healing, transformation, and deep relaxation. She focuses on giving you tools to bring yoga off the mat and hope you can use these meditations as a tool for your everyday life. For more tools, inspiration, and yoga feel free to connect with Liza via @lizacolpa and www.lizacolpa.com.

ALEX TATIS

Alex is the founder of Refined Inner Being, LLC , a mental health crusader, RYT-200 HR, trauma-informed educator, reiki practitioner, speaker, co-host of Me2RadioZone, a mental health podcast, + a facilitator for a non-profit org providing social emotional + mindfulness in NYC Public schools + Florida communities.

A student of yoga since the age of 21, Alex began consistently practicing yoga for the last four years to alleviate her experiences of depression and anxiety.

About BK YOGA CLUB

BK Yoga Club is a body positive yoga studio growing in community. They aim to be a home away from home where practitioners, artists, and creatives come together to share the gift of yoga, movement, & creativity.

L'OREAL THOMPSON PAYTON

L'Oreal is a Baltimore-bred, Chicago-based freelance writer and motivational speaker who is passionate about uplifting Black women and girls. Her work has been published in Bustle, HelloGiggles, SELF, Shondaland and ZORA, just to name a few. Subscribe to her weekly motivational newsletter at LTintheCity.com.

PAM JOHNSON DAVIS

Pam is a writer, poet, singer, and educator residing in Chicago, IL. She began blogging under the pseudonym "Unapologetically Pam" in 2016. Her blog transformed into an online platform that seeks to explore, understand, and uplift the experiences of ambitious, healing women who are on their journey of wellness. Her first book, Seasons (I'll Be Seeing You): A collection of poems about heartbreak, healing, and redemption, debuted at the #1 spot for New Releases in African-American Poetry and Women's Poetry on Amazon and won the "Best Urban Poetry" Book Award at American Book Fest in August 2020.

ABOUT SISTA AFYA

Sista Afya Community Care, NFP is the non-profit arm of the social enterprise Sista Afya Community Mental Wellness. Sista Afya Community Care provides free individual therapy, community workshops, and professional development to people in the Chicagoland area.

Mission: Sista Afya Community Care builds sustainable mental wellness communities through providing affordable and culturally-centered community mental wellness care and education.