Wellness Workshops
We provide a wide variety of psycho-educational and group therapy based experiences for communities and organizations. The most common community requests are related to the following issues:
- Addictions
- Unresolved trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Exploring how these challenges stem from historical and ongoing colonization
It is important to note that our focus is to strengthen participants understandings of the issues, as well as, explore coping strategies and healing pathways from holistic perspectives.
Also, Makwag has the capability to develop workshops in collaboration with communities that meet the unique needs of our clients. Typically, the workshops are two to five days in length.
Workshop: Indigenous Perspectives on Self Care: Diabetes, Addictions, Lateral Violence, and Unresolved Trauma
“Taking the time to reflect on how our past shapes our present and physical and mental health all comes together in John’s work, and the work of the group. Engaging and well worth the time. Go check it out!”
Workshop: Indigenous Perspectives on Self Care: Diabetes, Addictions, Lateral Violence, and Unresolved Trauma
“A well-meaning workshop that exceeds expectations, highly recommended facilitation by John Swift (No relation to Taylor Swift). Simply too good.
“Thank you for a different perspective on opening my way of looking at healing my life, but it is still looking at the same issues of Aboriginal people.”
Thank you for your kindness and gentleness, and calm and relaxing schedule. The knowledge we learned was big and stressful but I am glad we balanced it with laughs and meditation and yoga.”
“Awesome, got so much out of the workshop. Hope to have more.”