INITIATIVE : SUSTAIN
POLLINATING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Supporting youth activists & young-at-heart
c h a n g e m a k e r s
with self-sustainability education,
holistic health care,
& mentorship
TO CREATURES WIDE AWAKE & TAKING AIM:
We see you.
We feel your love for the Sacredness of life, of nature, of each other. We feel the heat of your desire for change. For justice, for equality. We honor your effort and action as we sense your strength, the power of your purpose. Amid everything- we hear the brightness of your Hope screaming and singing through dark times.
We see your light & we know that which gives light must endure burning.
It is our Mission to empower all activists who carry the torch of transformation with tools to create personal balance and dynamic resiliency, so that conscious change continues to burn brightly and change makers do not burn out.
As a nonprofit program initiative, we work to make wellness support accessible to Earth Guardians in need by freely providing self-sustainability education and therapeutic services.
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WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS
Initiative : Sustain offers workshops and trainings to share holistic tools to foster wellbeing and increase resiliency, as well as to provide supportive after care for Change Makers on the front lines of today’s revolutions.
Elemental Alchemy: Introduction to Ayurveda Workshop
November 1, 2020 (3:00-5:00 PM PST) Via Zoom
LAUNCHING AUTUMN 2021
INITIATIVE SUSTAIN FELLOWSHIP:
9 Month Interactive Online Study. 2 In-Person Camp Gatherings.
3 Month Coached Integration & Implementation of Elementally Balanced Badassery.
Initiative : Sustain weaves together a cutting-edge curriculum comprised of both ancient wellness teachings and modern evidence-based therapies to support the health and wellbeing of Earth Activists and
the work they whole-heartedly give themselves to.
YOGA & MEDITATION
HOLISTIC HEALING & AYURVEDIC MEDICINE
FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT TRAINING
INDIGENOUS EARTH TEACHINGS & PERMACULTURE
AUTHENTIC RELATING & CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION
MEDIATION, FACILITATION, & COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put the foundation under them.”
-Henry David Thoreau
UPCOMING OFFERINGS
Elemental Alchemy: Introduction to Ayurveda Workshop
November 1, 2020 (3:00-5:00 PM PST) Via Zoom
with Sascha Nicole, AP CYT
What is Ayurveda? How can it amplify health and alchemize life? Ayurveda translates to “the science of life” and is the traditional medical system of India, often referred to as the sister science of Yoga. It has the ability to identify and uproot elemental causes of disease to create and maintain health on a personal level, and can also contribute to shifting collective consciousness to operate in a more holistically considerate way. At over 5,000 years old, it is an ancient technology that’s still profoundly useful today, in our world filled with cruelty and crisis stemming from a lack of holistic perspective and connection. Systemic societal problems presently harming humans and our environment scream a lack of reverence and respect for life.
In this workshop, we’ll dive into how Ayurveda can give the knowledge, strength and broader perspective that enables us to act in ways that honor life while exploring how this ancient medicine can be applied to optimize our health and transform our engagement with the world. We will overview the history of Ayurveda as a traditional system of medicine, discuss five-element theory, and discover how this information can be immediately applied to your own life. This workshop will include Ritual for deepening connection with your body and environment, as well as a meditation practice that can be integrated into your life to create enlivening change.
Sponsorship opportunities available. We are grateful for your support!
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Our Origin Story
Initiative : Sustain was birthed through the bodies and hearts of many people. I was a freshly-minted adult in 2011, when the Occupy Wallstreet Movement made its way from New York to California, igniting community engagement across our nation. A dear friend, artist...
OUR TEAM / TBA
Our curriculum development and teaching team is comprised of doctors, therapists, educators, and activists- visionary movers & shakers who are passionate about meeting our fellow Earth Guardians where they are at, and offering distilled teachings and practices that can help each individual create peaceful and resilient foundations.
Founder & Director
Sascha Nicole, AP, RYT is a clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Birth / Postpartum Doula, and ordained Interfaith Minister. She operates a private practice in her native Los Angeles, CreatureDivine.com. Utilizing Ayurveda’s understanding of how to harness the healing power of Nature within each unique individual, she blends personalized nutritional, herbal, and mind-body coaching support with traditional Eastern treatments to correct elemental imbalances and restore dynamic health. She honors the inherent opportunity for soulful transformation within life transitions, birth, death, and both personal and environmental health crises. Sascha is deeply committed to empowering individuals and families to take charge of their health and create sustainable foundations for passionate, purpose-driven lives: this is her Holy Mission. When not “working,” she can be found wandering in a forest, getting down on a dance floor, or in a kitchen, cooking for people she loves. Groove along on the Insta @Creature.Divine
Chief Curriculum Development Specialist
Heidi Erhardt has been a teacher, writing coach and editor for over twenty-five years, supporting students and clients to conceptualize, write and bring their projects to completion. From non-fiction to memoir writing with elders, from fiction writing with clients to hero’s journey adventures with youth, Heidi has a wide repertoire of writing prompts and activities to engage and guide people in the writing process. Decades of experience facilitating workshops and teaching writing to mixed aged groups gives Heidi the unique skill to attend to each person’s needs while serving the whole. Heidi’s greatest passion is in working one-on-one with people as well as hosting groups where she can create a safe container that generates trust and the freedom to express oneself authentically. TeachingfromtheHeart.net
Creativity & Collaboration Catalyst
Brittney Bergeron, MBA is a multi-passionate entrepreneur in the fields of creativity, community and consciousness. Her passion for helping jumpstart new collaborations, projects & businesses often takes the form of support in web design & creative business development consulting. She earned her MBA from Bainbridge Graduate Institute, with a focus on Sustainable Community Development and design of centers for community, creativity, wellbeing, education, and culture. An advanced facilitator of Dynamic Governance and member of The Sociocracy Consulting Group, Brittney’s work has brought her to organizations & projects in Europe, South America and the USA. Also a multidisciplinary artist, she specializes in contemplative, participatory installations, and co-creating international artistic collaboration. CreativityChrysalis.com
“holistic Living, through thought and action, is a revolutionary act in a world divided”
Sascha Nicole
WORDS FROM THE FOUNDER
The Creative Sherrie Rabinowitz once said:
“Artists Must Create on the Same Scale that Society Has the Capacity to Destroy.”
This rings true today, as we dance with environmental and social crises essentially brought about by a lack of connection: connection within ourselves, amongst each other, and to our Earth environment. Communities and nature are in need of reparations and restorative justice; balance is needed both within the ecosystems of our bodies and the systems of human society. However, great visions of environmental regeneration and social equality cannot be actualized without foundations strong enough to support the process of creation.
Ancient wisdom teachings and modern sustainability sciences can guide us with developing the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and interpersonal skills needed to adapt to challenging circumstances- to become fortified, to remain resilient, to persevere. To thrive. Holistic living, through thought and action, is a revolutionary act in a world divided, and it is our intention to assist with the awakening of this inherent ability so that those artists, the activists among us, are able to create change with astounding effectiveness and foundations of personal wellness- with ease and grace, supported by the rhythm of nature, that poetic pulse beating life. death. new life.
In Love and Service,
Sascha Nicole, AP, CYT
