Rooted & Resilient: A Shared Practice of Mindful Sensing
Join us for a grounding 30-minute sensory mindfulness practice in the Empowered Spaces Community Garden led by Laurie Brockhaus. We’ll gently guide our attention through the senses—sight, sound, touch, smell, and even taste—inviting awareness of our natural surroundings and the present moment.
In tuning into nature and the support of community, we’re reminded of our ability to adapt, grow, and renew. This practice offers an opportunity to take a pause from everyday stress and busyness and reconnect with your own inner steadiness.
All are welcome; no experience necessary. Gentle movement, seated (on the ground or in a chair) and walking meditation will be offered, and you will be encouraged to practice in a way that feels right for you.
Join us from 10:00 - 11:30 am join us for gardening in the Empowered Spaces Community Garden, and then the mindfulness practice will begin at 11:30am.
In The Garden are a series of workshops in the Empowered Spaces Community Garden that explore integrative justice driven approaches to embodiment, mental health, and wellness, both individually and collectively.
The Empowered Spaces Community Garden is located at the heart of our holistic healing center. Our community-led garden is rooted in permaculture principles, perennial agriculture, environmental sustainability, and community care. We believe that food is medicine, that land stewardship is healing, and that everyone—regardless of income—deserves access to nutritious, high-quality food. Through our Collaborative Food Share Program we share the harvest with individuals and families in the community who are in need of access to quality food.
These workshops are free to our community garden members, and donation based to the larger community - pay what you can, if you can. 100% of all donations go to supporting the garden and our Collaborative Food Share Program. Donations can be made at the workshop, or via Venmo or Paypal.
More information can be found at www.empoweredspaces.net
Meet Laurie!
Laurie brings together years of experience in education, social work, mental health therapy, and yoga/mindfulness. She has taught yoga since 2004—in school, community, and studio settings—and served as a yoga teacher trainer for over a decade, focusing on trauma-informed and accessible teaching and teaching yoga and mindfulness toward social justice and as a resource for mental health and wellbeing.
She is a compassionate and empowering yoga teacher who offers practical tools through a genuine approach. Laurie co-founded and directs The Oxygen Project: Yoga for Youth, which empowers youth through the tools of yoga and mindfulness by offering low or no-cost programming at schools and youth agencies in under-resourced communities.
As a licensed clinical social worker (since 2012) and a certified yoga therapist (since 2017), Laurie firmly believes in the mind-body connection and integrates somatic practices and talk therapy to help clients navigate strong emotions and the impact of mental health issues.
She is skilled in supporting teens and adults through the experiences of anxiety, depression, and trauma, through an individualized approach using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy, Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).
