One spot left — spend your summer in Martha's Vineyard! Do you love working with kids and want a summer that's actually meaningful? We're looking for passionate, energetic interns to join our team on Martha's Vineyard — and we have one spot remaining in our intern house (shared cottage). This is a hands-on opportunity to learn, grow, and make a real difference — all while living and working on one of the most beautiful islands on the East Coast. HOUSING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - Must be 18 years of age or older - Must have completed your freshman year of college - Only 1 housing spot available — apply soon! We are particular looking for folks interested in film, media and communication or arts and craft and kids programming. ALREADY ON THE ISLAND? Don't need housing? No problem — we also have positions open for those who are already on Martha's Vineyard for the summer. We'd still love to have you on the team! If this sounds like your kind of summer, drop a comment below or send me a message. Tell us a little about yourself and why you'd be a great fit — we can't wait to hear from you! 👇 #internship#marthasvineyard @Z Coley @Stacey Coley https://www.camp-ace.org/chilmark-community-center-programming

Today in our Somatic Mentor call our mentor said "Folks change only when their is a compelling enough reason to change" This is really resinating for me and thinking about how to both allow that to emerge in me and the clients that I am coaching and the student and intern therapists that I am training. People come to us because they want to change or they want things to be different how can we create the conditions and find what is compelling enough for them to do the hard work of transformation? Would love to hear your thoughts in the chat.

Community practice happening in 2 hours 8:30 PST. Join me for 15 minute somatic centering practice and today I plan to do some rowing practice which is intended to help us stay centered in transition and change.

I have struggled most of my life oscillating between hypervigilance and collapse. Both kept me safe and were useful for survival. Years of really good therapy have helped me to identify these experiences and patterns. What this looks like today is hypervigilance in work, and collapse in personal life. Difficulty looking at parts that need tenderness, care, attunement, attention - the health of my body, of my emotional and spiritual life, of my relationships with family, friends, community, planet. At work I was putting one foot in front of the other to meet the task - burnt out from 2+ decades of tireless, unrecognized work and holding boundaries and accountability with insecure leadership through significant chronic health challenges until I had to step down to slow my nervous system down. Now in my new career as a therapist I realize more than ever how these extreme patterns leave me unbalanced and depleted, and oftentimes not fully present and available for the important work I am called to do. I’m in the overlapping moment in the spiral of my life where I have an opportunity to integrate all that I have learned and am learning to make small shifts. Within the neuro-somatic framework, engaging in practices that invite and allow for regulation begin to gradually shift our brains out of default mode network to build new pathways of being, of relating, reflecting and reimagining. The practice doesn’t have to be big or intense or strict. I want to highlight a micro practice I have been engaging in for a few months that seems to be scrambling my default network of patterns and unfurling for me ways in which I want to show up for myself, for my community and for the planet. For a few months I have been Earthing. In my backyard which is huge and not cared for. I walk bare feet on the grass for about 5 minutes. At first it just started out without any intention. The more I did it the more I was called to do it. Whether it was a sunny morning or a cold dark wet one, the sensations my feet felt when I walked on the grass, the communication the mycelia were having with my body and nervous system, led to an awakening of the connection I have felt with nature all my life. With putting my fingers in the dirt..smelling it, playing with it, eating it as a child. My renewed connection with nature through this micro practice is creating shifts that might seem small but are huge feats for me!

A powerful and unique voice speaking to the time. Healing through art both making and consuming is the way for me.