Riding the COVID storm? Try free individual coaching sessions
Free somatic coaching by video conference for BCGEU members
Ready to try free
confidential sessions
with Shayna?
- Early childhood education
- Long-term care
- Community health care and community social services
- Ministry of Children & Family Development
- Corrections
- Hotels & hospitality
Resilience is different from endurance
Resilience is not…
- a substitute for ensuring a safe workplace.
- being cheerful all the time.
- endurance or strength.
- turning our backs on real problems.
Resilience is a characteristic of our nervous systems. The good news is that our nervous systems can change. We can become more resilient than we are today. We can feel greater ease inside, whatever is going on around us.
Read more about resilience vs. endurance.
Choose BCGEU Members (25 minutes) or BCGEU Members (50 minutes) on the booking calendar.
Your privacy matters: You will be asked to provide your name and contact information when booking an appointment. This information is kept strictly confidential, and will not be provided to BCGEU.
Whatever you were handling before… Now there’s COVID-19.
Tools to help you ride the storm
BCGEU members are on a new frontline: You’re navigating unfamiliar safety and distancing protocols. Whether you’re in corrections or long-term care, or caring for children or people who are vulnerable… it’s your job to stay calm and steady when you and people around you are on heightened alert, and we are all experiencing new fears and worries. Or perhaps you’ve been laid off and experiencing anxiety about your job and how to pay the bills.
Uncertainty and rapidly shifting news may be unsettling to our nervous systems. If it’s hard to sleep or your eating patterns are unpredictable, you are not alone. If you’re struggling to settle your own system so you can help people around you, somatic coaching with Shayna can help.
Choose BCGEU Members (25 minutes) or BCGEU Members (50 minutes) on the booking calendar.
Stress lives in the body
The neck tightens, the stomach churns, the jaw clenches. Telling ourselves to ‘let it go’ or ‘just breathe’ often doesn’t calm tense muscles or stop teeth from grinding. Discomfort can make it hard to think clearly and focus. These physical, instinctive reactions need physical strategies.
Using body-centred coaching, Shayna will work with you to find simple techniques that help you settle and find ease inside so you can do what you need to do.
So·ma·tic: relating to the body, especially as distinct from the mind.
Choose BCGEU Members (25 minutes) or BCGEU Members (50 minutes) on the booking calendar.
Initial sessions and follow-up sessions are free to all BCGEU members, across sectors.
Confidentiality: Your privacy matters. All names and exchanges with members are kept in strict confidence and not shared with anyone. BCGEU Learning only tracks the number of members accessing services in each city and component. If you have any questions about confidentiality and privacy, please feel free to connect with Shayna at shayna@shaynahornstein.net or call her at 604-731-4076.
Shayna Hornstein, B.Sc. (Reg.P.T.)
Shayna is an adult educator, somatic therapist and coach. She helps people reduce the physical impact that stress has on our bodies. Shayna will work with you to find specific techniques that relieve your body’s instinctive stress responses.
Shayna’s somatic coaching was well received at BCGEU’s Fall 2019 Occupational Health & Safety Conference, Raising the Bar, as well as the Women’s Conference, From #MeToo to Now What
Ready to try free, confidential sessions with Shayna?
Choose BCGEU Members (25 minutes) or BCGEU Members (50 minutes) on the booking calendar.
Your privacy matters: You will be asked to provide your name and contact information when booking an appointment. This information is kept strictly confidential, and will not be provided to BCGEU.
Contact Shayna
604-731-4076
shayna@shaynahornstein.net
#308 – 4885 Kingsway
(at Nelson, across from Metrotown)
Burnaby, BC