Heal the Healers
At Nexus, we believe all people deserve joyful and abundant lives filled with the rest that our bodies, minds, and spirits need.
For generations, community healers have supported us through times of joy and times of grief by holding and teaching rest practices. And at ROOT, we are committed to supporting them.
After listening to and engaging healers in our community, ROOT is creating spaces for healers to come together for new rest practices to emerge. Our healer convenings are opportunities to learn, grow, and, most importantly, rest.
Becoming a healer is a profound journey that begins with a calling.
This journey is marked by a commitment to lifelong learning, self-improvement, and service to others. Rest is crucial along the way. Constantly providing care can be emotionally and physically draining. These sacred pauses let healers maintain their energy, support their mental health, and foster creativity.
Join us
ROOT is offering a series of engagements including a listening session, two virtual workshops, and a three-day, in-person convening. This series of offerings will craft distinct spaces tailored to our healers in different ways.
This three-day, in-person convening is designed for all healers, wherever they find themselves on the healer’s journey. A transformative sanctuary of rest, reflection, and rejuvenation amidst workshops on holistic care and professional growth, attendees will immerse themselves in sessions advocating the necessity of self-care, from meditation techniques to stress management.
Experts will share insights on how creating portals of rest and nourishing rest practices prevents burnout, fosters resilience, and nurtures mental health.
REGISTER NOW: Registration is open! Register here by Feb. 10.
A session designed for healers working in any capacity within large systems, we offer a panel discussion—Reclaiming Our Own Time in an Anti-Rest System: Addressing Burnout for Medical Providers—featuring community experts and leaders:
- Hadija Steen Mills, MPH (Healthcare Reparations)
- Ndidiamaka N. Koka, MD (Hennepin Healthcare)
- Nicole Winbush, MD (Sankofa Healing Arts)
- Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH (Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity)
Watch the recording HERE
We lead with community, and your voices are important to help us craft these spaces. Our listening session took place on Sept. 26, 2024, to help shape and inform the series details.
For those who are tending to others in the community, we offer, “Bearing Witness to the Wounded Healer: Pathways to Well-being and Rest.” This session integrated storying our journey as healers with somatic practices, led by Dr. Casandra Clark Mazariegos and Felicia Sy on Oct. 19, 2024.
Community-designed and led offerings supporting ancestral practices. Our healers have been holding the important work of caring for community in grief, joy and growth. We honor your call to support these sacred spaces.
