Summit Self-Care Sessions

Please see below for our Self Care offerings for the 28th San Diego International Summit

Self-care means being aware of when we are feeling overwhelmed and taking time to debrief with others, or to remove ourselves from a triggering, or overwhelming situation and access resources that best support and nurture our physical, spiritual and psychological needs. Our San Diego Summit will have a designated space that will allow opportunities for self-care and wellness/healing/support throughout the event. The Encinitas Room will be your space for self-care this summit!

As part of our increased efforts to provide space and opportunities for self-care and wellness/healing/support opportunities, we have reserved the Sorrento Room for anyone who would like a quiet place to go and speak with a therapist. Notify any IVAT staff member and they will have a clinician paged to meet you.

Please note that Self Care sessions are not eligible for CE credit

Hatha Yoga

Presenter: Glenna Tinney, MSW, ACSW, DCSW

Times: Sunday, August 27th, 2023, 6:30am-7:30am | Monday, August 28th, 2023, 6:30am-7:30am | Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, 6:30am-7:30am

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Hatha yoga is practiced at a slower pace, with focus on the breath, controlled slow movements through static postures, alignment, and stretching. The class is designed to increase range of motion and mobility while focusing on strength, alignment, flexibility, and balance.

Through movement and breath, Glenna helps those seeking to increase their strength, stamina, flexibility, and balance while also increasing self-awareness, decreasing stress, overcoming trauma, and becoming their best compassionate and gentle selves

Mindfulness Meditation

Presenter: Mariana Dorian

Times: Sunday, August 27th, 2023, 7:45am-8:15am

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Participants will practice mindfulness of breathing.

Cultivating Calm and Centered States of Being

Presenter: Harry Stefanakis

Times: Sunday, August 27th, 2023, 12:30 pm-1:15 pm

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Participants will be guided through a practice of cultivating and anchoring a calm state as well as centering the three aspects of mind (cognitive mind, body mind, and relational mind). 

Self-Exploration and Practice: A Two-Part Meditation Session

Presenter: Bruce Liese 

Times: Sunday, August 27th, 2023, 6:00 pm-6:45 pm

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: This will be a two-part session. During part one of this session, participants will review and practice box breathing meditation. In part two of this session, Dr. Liese will guide participants through meditation focused on the question “who do I want to be?” Time will also be spent discussing the underlying processes that make meditation so helpful.  

Build a Better Day

Presenter: Mary Jo Barrett

Times: Monday, August 28th, 2023, 7:45 am-8:15 am

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Together we will participate in a morning self-care ritual that will enable us all to use our entire brain and body to build a better day. Through meditation, guided imagery, and journaling, we will create a practice that you can use each and every day to build a better day, a better year, and a better healthier energized you. Please bring paper and a pen.  

Reiki Session

Presenter: Gail Soffer

Times: Monday, August 28th, 2023, 12:15 pm-1:15 pm

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Reiki is an energy healing technique in which a practitioner who has undergone formal training in this healing art places their hands gently on or just above your body to guide a flow of healthy energy through your body to reduce stress and promote wellbeing. No clothing is removed, and you are sitting in a chair not doing anything but receiving a short one-on-one “treatment”.

Self-Care with Art Therapy and Collage

Presenter: Rocio Evans

Times: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, 12:15 pm-12:50 pm and 4:45 pm- 5:15 pm

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: This session will allow attendees to create self-care collages. Attendees will be encouraged to focus on the theme: How can you best engage in self-care? Participants are welcome to engage in creating collages with whatever theme they choose. Poster board, scissors, glue, markers, postcards, glitter, scraps of fabric, and other materials will be provided.  

Emotional Freedom Technique (AKA Tapping)

Presenter: Gail Soffer

Times: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, 7:45am-8:15am

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Participants will be guided through using EFT/Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping to address stress, to stabilize, and to rebalance by gently tapping on acupuncture/acupressure points in a specific sequence through the top part of their bodies. No clothing is removed, and you are sitting in a chair, working on your own body, within a group.  

Mindfulness

Presenter: Gail Soffer

Times: Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, 7:30am-8:15am

Where: Encinitas Room | First Floor

Description: Participants will be guided through a mindfulness practice to foster awareness of present moment experiences, bring clarity, and empower wise responses. This is not meditation or visualization and does not involve any posture, prior experience, thought or breath control. You are sitting in a chair, bringing your attention to what is actually happening under the facilitator’s guidance.