Healing in Community: Walking the Path of Ancestral Strength
February 26–27, 2026 | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Northwest Indian College — 2522 Kwina Road, Building 21
A culturally grounded, ceremony-based training exploring intergenerational trauma, delayed grief, and collective healing.
About the Training
Healing in Community is a two-day immersive gathering designed to help participants understand how trauma moves through families and generations—and how communities have always carried wisdom for healing.
Led by Indigenous facilitators, this training centers Indigenous knowledge systems, ceremony, and embodied practices. Participants will explore historical and multi-generational trauma, community-based pathways of care, and tangible tools for nervous-system regulation, reflection, and personal integration.
Each day closes with movement, breathwork, and meditation to support experiential learning and bring teachings into the body.
What Participants Will Explore
• Intergenerational and historical trauma
• How trauma is transmitted across generations
• Delayed grief and family systems
• Strength-based Indigenous healing frameworks
• Ceremony-based approaches to restoration
• Community-centered healing practices
• Embodied tools for grounding and self-regulation
What’s Included
✔️ All Indigenous Facilitators
✔️ Daily Brushings, Movement & Breathwork
✔️ Lunch Provided
Facilitation
Morning and afternoon workshops will be led by trauma-informed facilitator Lisa Robinson, with opening and closing ceremonies guided by Vina Robinson, Stan Matthew, Anna Leigh Brady, and Vina Brown. Daily Flow (Tentative)
9:00–10:00 AM — Opening ceremony, song, welcome & introductions
10:00 AM–12:00 PM — Workshop
12:00–1:00 PM — Lunch
1:00–4:00 PM — Workshop
4:00–5:00 PM — Embodied integration (Day 1) or Closing ceremony (Day 2)
Who This Is For
This training is open to:
• Community members
• Frontline workers & advocates
• Educators
• Wellness practitioners
• Cultural leaders
• Anyone interested in healing work grounded in Indigenous worldviews