Pineapple Workshops

Nearly every aspect of life requires us to have finaly tunes skills for relating and a large part of relating is communication. Because our communication styles are learned in our families, often from parents that have learned unhelpful ways of communicating from their parents, many of us come to navigate relationships with the best of intentions yet a lack of useful communication skills to convey our intentions.

Join Charlie Nicely in a workshop on the five parts to communicating empathetic understanding where we will learn the anatomy of empathetic communication as welll as skills in non-violent communication.

This workshop will explore the use of present moment awareness in our day-to-day lives to reduce stress, regulate emotions, increase feelings of wellbeing, and facilitate a more intimate and spacious relationship with ourselves and our lives. The workshop will include a 30-minute guided meditation.

Presented by Charlie Nicely

During this workshop we will be using Dungeons and Dragons to explore gender identity. Expression is one of the key components of any good TTRPG session. The expression of your character and who they are. Their personality, their traits, their individual identity. This expression also allows for the opportunity of expression for gender and gender-identity in the roleplay environment that is free from judgment as it is the character you control. Many TTRPGs allow for exploration, both directly and indirectly. In D&D 5e* Elves can readily and willingly change their gender. Or perhaps a spell has been created that allows for this transitional effect. Exploration of how it affects the party, or other factors of their lives can be explored through a safe and natural progression of the role-play environment.

Regardless of where you are in your personal journey; the utilization of TTRPGs provide a safe and welcoming environment in which to explore the expression or understanding of gender-identity. These environments can help teach effective coping skills, and strategies for expression, discussion, and ultimately coming out in a safe and effective manner tailored to the needs of the individual.

Therapist Nicki Line and Sara Mercier Kennedy will be your guides to this experience. The workshop will be held online through zoom and we will be utilizing Shard tabletop, DnD Beyond, and Hero Forge for the experience.

website links:

https://www.shardtabletop.com/

https://www.dndbeyond.com/

https://www.heroforge.com/

Presented by Nicki Line

This vinyasa flow yoga class will focus on the chest and heart opening. Anxiety can and often does manifest in the chest. This class aims to release tightness in the chest and leave you feeling grounded. This vinyasa flow yoga class will focus on the chest and heart opening. Anxiety can and often does manifest in the chest. This class aims to release tightness in the chest and leave you feeling grounded.

Presented by Sarah Kelleher

Suicide is a widespread epidemic influenced by systems we live within. Here we will discuss warning signs of suicide, the reality behind suicidal thoughts, and seek to normalize and uplift those who live with these experiences in order to promote a value-driven life and the opportunity of a future.

Presented by Rachael Wells

Exploring sexuality is a necessity in understanding our desire, pleasure, and sexual templates. This helps us increase our confidence, satisfaction, and understanding of our own bodies in a sexual context. Therapist Nicki will teach you how to explore yourself in these areas using the latest sexual health research and debunking myths that have plagued society for decades.

The main goals of this class is to learn how to explore and have fun doing so, because sexuality and sex is one way to play and connect with ourselves and others.

Presented by Nicki Line

Breathwork is a simple, effective way of calming and teaching the nervous system a new way to do things. It is a language we use to speak to our body and mind and promote peace and restoration. This workshop will allow you to experience many times of breathwork to find the one that empowers you to experience a well-deserved pause.

Presented by Rachael Wells