Reconciling Trauma in the Body with Trauma in the Land

Tuesday, April 22, 2025; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Facilitator(s): Brenda Salgado

$25

Reconciling Trauma In The Body April Instagram Square (2)

Overview

Description
Through storytelling and indigenous teachings, we will explore how healing our human relationships also means healing our relationship with the land. The land includes the web of relationships we share with plants, animals, spirits, ancestors, and the more-than-human world around us. This web holds us, keeps us safe, and cares for us. We steward the land, and the land cares for us in return. We cannot heal in isolation.

In this evening session, Brenda Salgado will share personal stories and indigenous and ancestral teachings about this time of humanity, and how we can work together to create racial, ancestral and land healing, and a deeper connection with one another. Making space to hold, express, and properly honor our history is a vital piece of the journey, and a way to reconcile our individual stories of separation, disconnection, and harm to create a more vibrant future for the land and for future generations.

Dates and Details
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
6:30pm – 8:30pm via Zoom
The cost of this retreat is $25.

This is a virtual retreat offered via Zoom. A basic familiarity with Zoom is expected of participants.

Registration Information
You may register and pay online by clicking the yellow “Register Here” button above, by calling the front desk at 262-898-2590 with a credit card number, or by mailing a check made out to “Siena Retreat Center.” Payment must be received to complete registration. Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for our cancellation policies and other helpful information.

Share This Retreat!

About the Facilitators

Brenda SalgadoBrenda Salgado

Brenda Salgado is a spirituality and mindfulness author, speaker, wisdom keeper, healer, and organizational consultant. A first generation Nicaraguan-American, she has 25 years of experience in transformative leadership development, nonprofit management, traditional healing and ceremony, mindful leadership training, women’s health, and social justice. Brenda holds degrees in biology, developmental psychology, and animal behavior. She is the founder of Nepantla Consulting and the Program Director of the Racial Healing Initiative. In the past she has served as the Director of the nonprofit Thrive EastBay and has received training from elders in traditional medicine and healing ceremony in Purepecha, Xochimilco, Toltec and other indigenous lineages.. She is the author of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time.