About Core Connections
Core Connections is committed to empowering people of ethnicities, ages, and ranges of ability with the healing practices of mindfulness. These practices can be restorative as they are powerful bringing transformative insight and profound well being to a world often defined by burnout, stress and depression.
Core Connections offers a secular approach with stress reduction practices to create unity in communities which will transmit to a unified compassionate world. Our teachers have complied over 10 years of experience facilitating mindfulness and other contemplative practices. We are based out of the greater Baltimore area but have worked nationally and internationally.
Our Services
What is mindfulness?
Being aware of thoughts, actions and emotions from a non-judgmental standpoint. Through this process you create greater compassion and empathy for yourself as an individual and for those around you. With this increased awareness we practice, steers us away from being attached to a specific outcome and places our attention to the present moment. With this clarity we will me more observant to what may need to place as an individual or with navigating and empowering our communities.
- Keynote/ speaking engagements. Topics discussed within this scope are adaptable to the client’s needs. Our approach will remain mindfulness based to exercise unrivaled wellness.
- An Introductory mindfulness/yoga workshop. This is a train the trainer model. From there we can conduct monthly check in sessions to maintain effective implementation of the initial practices instructed.
- Yoga classes (These exercises are mat based and take place for an hour per session.)
- Mindfulness (self-care) classes. These practices are chair based exercises that are adaptable to every setting.
- Trauma Informed yoga/mindfulness training. We will discuss neuroscience and how to approach stressors from a trauma sensitive viewpoint.
- Staff trainings on self care to deal with the stress of everyday workplace. Through these practices we focus on reducing employee burnout and secondary trauma.
- Life Coaching classes. This approach provides support tailored to the individual modeled from our instructors certified through the Integrative Institute of Nutrition.
- Restorative practice training. With this tool, individuals can state perspectives in a healthy productive structure. We can additionally certify an appointed company representative to facilitate on-going practices through IIRP’s institutional program.
What We Do
School Based Initiatives
Core Connections administers a teaching module that is easy to carry out, fits into a wide range of contexts and is enjoyed by both students and teachers. Core connections practices will improve the mental, emotional, social and physical health and well being of children.
Mental Health Awareness
Many people with disabilities carry a lot of stress, frustration and depression around how a disability can affect their lives, without necessarily having the tools to deal with these feelings. Ultimately these feelings can translate to aggression, self injurious, destructive and disruptive behaviors.
Corporate Training
We offer facilitation on creating a mindful company culture. These practices can be carried out before board or staff meetings. Employees on an individual level can utilize these practices when in need of a reset.
Why Core Connections?
Our Background
- Conducted a workplace stress reduction training for the anesthesiologists department at University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center.
- National Kids Yoga Conference (Alexandria VA) October 13, 2018.
- Conducting mindfulness sessions with incarcerated inmates at Howard County Detention Center.
- Week long training in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Trained Syrian social workers, educators, psychologists and NGO leaders on mindfulness and stress reduction practices.
- Resilience panel discussion at the University of Baltimore Angelo Law Center.
- Experienced in working with disadvantaged communities and youth.
- We have worked with all age demographics from pre-k children to senior citizens.
- Experienced providing training for corporations to create a mindful culture creating innovation and collaboration throughout the company.
- Track record of successfully developed training models for individuals of all ages with mental and physical disabilities.
Proudly serving Baltimore, MD and surrounding counties.
Phone : (301) 259-4997
Email : info@coreconnectionsllc.org www.coreconnectionsllc.org
