Cultivate with Gina de la Chesnaye
Five-week Series
25 November - 23 December
Wednesdays at 6pm CT (90 minutes)
As we move into winter, and what may be a very long winter, what skills and tools can you find within yourself to cultivate a greater sense of well-being and resiliency? For thousands of years, humans have been able to do just that by utilizing their conscious connection to the body, the spirit, the natural world and what it means to be alive. These traditions have been passed down from one generation to the next and one person to the next.
During this series, I will share what I know and have learned and am still learning especially as the practices get more fine tuned and subtle when we hone them into our daily lives.
We will practice the art of Cultivating. Literally, gathering the energy all around us and within us, to nourish, refresh, stimulate, and perhaps, entrance with wonder. We will look deeply within which may transform our perception of the outer.
Practices shared will come from the Xing Ming Gong school of Qi Gong, breathwork and meditation from the Buddhist traditions, and a smattering of Hatha Yoga with a deep emphasis on Alignment.
Gina de la Chesnaye offers contemplative based mind/body practices for trauma recovery and resiliency as well as trauma informed trainings for social workers, trauma therapists and caregivers.
She is a core faculty member of Second Response and has worked most recently in East Africa offering to survivors of sex-trafficking, refugees, street-children and the women of the Kampala slums. In 2018, Gina founded the Nachan Project, which focuses on the women and children in the Katwe and Kisenyi slums in Uganda while also training the street couselors, social workers and caregivers in Kampala and Lira.
She serves as key faculty for The Lineage Project bringing practices to at-risk and/or incarcerated youth and their support staff in New York City. Gina has also been a competitive kickboxer for 20 years and is skilled in Western boxing, San Da and Muay Thai.
She lives in Brooklyn with her two teen daughters and has a private practice working with trauma survivors wi The Therapy Collective.
