Our Resource Library
Religious Trauma Support Group Guide Volume 1
This guide contains 52 weekly lessons to lead a religious trauma support group through as they work to heal from negative religious experiences.
Honoring Queer Lives Meditations
This 15 minute guided embodiment meditation is written for the queer individual- to honor the struggle of surviving in our societies and to celebrate the miracle that is queer lives.
Look Up (when feeling down or stuck) : 30 Minute Yoga Flow: Beginner/Intermediate Movement Based Flow
This yoga flow is a 30 minute beginner/intermediate yoga flow that incorporates steady movement between poses with some guided meditations around focusing attention upwards on the sky.
Content Cast: Rest and Self Care for Faith Leaders
This video is a conversation with Christie Love and Holly Madden about the importance of prioritizing self-care for faith leaders and those who are working regularly with people in need.
Religious Trauma Guided Art Practice
This guided practice honors how religious trauma, like all trauma, is held in the body. This practices encourages a way to use art as an expression in regards to past religious experiences and connect that to the potential of what religious/spirituality experiences can be.
Kids and Art
This shares some fun ideas on creating with kiddos in a way that helps them express themselves while creating connections.
Poetry Prompts
For those who love to write, these prompts can encourage either poetry or journal writing to recenter you to spirituality, to yourself, and to the world.
Shadow Art
Similar to the Light Art practice, this practices engages with light in an abstract way that connects to the world.
Splatter Paint
Splatter paint is a fantastic way of grounding to the present, expressing emotion, and doing so in an incredibly fun way.
Summer Art Practices
Summer is also a time when connecting to nature can feel much more accessible. This practices centers this energy into connection with the wild world.
Spring Art
This practices honors the growth and energy of this season- connecting to color, all the things that are being born and emerging, and the wildly creative energy that comes in this season.
Fall Art Practice
This practices centers into this season by honoring the color and physical expression of letting go that the trees model for us.
Embroidery Art
Needle art a beautiful form of art that can be so grounding and engage the sense is unique ways that art with paper, brush, and pen.
Sidewalk Chalk
Sidewalk chalk is an accessible way to create in a natural environment, and it is a medium that is often easy to use for all ages.
Music and Art
This practice connects the two, understanding that quieting the mind enough to create is a skill that we often lose as adults (children innately see the world as a world they can engage with and create in), so music can be a centering way we shift our focus.
Art and Social Justice
Art is a powerful social justice tool! This practice is really helpful to 1) connect ourselves to a specific issue we care about or want to learn more about, or 2) serve as a form of advocacy or protest.
Hiking with a Paintbrush
This practice moves beyond simply going out in nature and encourages a deeper connection of the senses to the wild world by encouraging art inside of nature.