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OG Yoga Healing Journey for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors

 
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Saturday, February 19, 2022

SPEAKER: JoAnn Jaffe, Yoga practitioner and founder of OG Yoga
JoAnn Jaffe is a Yoga practitioner and founder of OG Yoga, a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing trauma, making yoga accessible to San Diego’s underserved communities, & intervening in the complex processes of trauma. This talk will focus on using Yoga to learn about meeting yourself where you are, cultivate your strengths to move forward, and how to connect with your body and relax.

 

The Importance of Relationship Development Between Survivors and Loved Ones, Caregivers and Therapists

 
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Saturday, January 15, 2022

SPEAKER: Gail Ludwig, M.A.CCC.
Gail Ludwig is a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist with decades of experience serving the San Diego brain injury community, and will discuss the Importance of Relationship Development Between Survivors and Loved Ones, Caregivers and Therapists. Each one of us has important people in our lives who have been a support to us. After a brain injury, relationships with those who are in the position to help us make the most of our recovery are of utmost importance. This talk will focus on sharing tips on how loved ones, caregivers and therapists can develop and maintain positive, supportive relationships that will allow survivors to thrive!

 


15 Years of Celebrating Brain Injury Recovery & Raising Awareness!


THANK YOU ALL for making surviveHEADSTRONG 2022 AMAZING!!!

Please Keep Raising Brain Injury Awareness Through March—
We are So Close to Reaching Our Goal!

There are still a few days left in March (a.k.a. Brain Injury Awareness Month)…so please keep doing just that—raising awareness!!

• Use #sH2022 to SHARE YOUR PHOTOS you took at surviveHEADSTRONG on social media.
• Ask your social media followers to continue to DONATE to your fundraising page.
• But most importantly, SHARE YOUR STORY about your connection to brain injury.

Only as a community can we make it known how brain injury affects so many people, in so many different ways!

 
 

Please Support our surviveHEADSTRONG Teams


 

We Can’t Thank Our Generous Sponsors Enough!

and a big thank you to Windmill Farms, Boba’s Bars and Hippie Snacks
for the in-kind food donation!

Check out the GREAT Exhibitors for the
Brain Injury Health Fair

 
Gomez Trial Attorneys
NeuroRestorative
Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS)
Devore Realty Group
ABI Program
Sharp Rehab Services
PALS
OG Yoga
Farm Fresh To You
South Bay Rehab
Learning Services
Beyond Concussion
NeuroLab360


 

 

Online SDBIF Day of Art for Survivors

DATE: Friday, July 16, from 10am-12pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, July 8

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Our Day of Art event is an opportunity for brain injury survivors to engage with creation of art projects in a variety of mediums. Survivors will learn basic art techniques during Day of Art that they can use even after the event is completed. It will also provide a positive environment where survivors can connect with peers—something that is increasingly important during these times of increased social isolation.

Participants must have registered by JULY 8, because they will be mailed an art kit for the event—this means the participants do NOT have to buy their own supplies!!! Veltz Fine Art and LoveJoy Creations will provide professional art instruction to event participants.

Registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact SDBIF at either 619-294-6541 or info@sdbif.org.

Here is the painting that will be completed during this class

with Veltz Fine Art and Lovejoy Creations


REGISTRATION IS CLOSED…ALL SPACES HAVE BEEN FILLED


If you have already registered, you are all set. You will receive an email with the link to join the meeting.

SDBIF is holding our June 2021 Survivor Peer Support Group via Zoom on Friday, June 25th from 2:00pm to 3:30pm (PST). This group provides a safe forum for survivors to share concerns, challenges, triumphs and strategies with a group of peers. We have a loose topic for this group discussion, but this is NOT a traditional speaker group. Since this is a support group, we will have time to “check in” with everyone and chat about how everyone is doing and coping. Kurt Buske, a social worker and Executive Director of SDBIF, will be facilitating this group.

Space is limited to 15 participants—and we have filled all the spaces!!

Thank you and see you soon!!!

Join us for a Festive HOLIDAY PARTY

it will be held on

Saturday, December 18, 2021 from 10-noon PST

Join SDBIF and a bunch of your brain injury community friends for some fun-filled hours of holiday cheer!
The Zoom link below will be active, but it is yet to be determined if we will have an in-person party. More details coming soon…

Zoom Link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5019416338

Don’t have Zoom? That’s ok!
Download it by clicking the button

 

Online SDBIF Day of Art for Survivors

DATE: Friday, December 11, from 10am-12pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 30

All Spaces have been filled.
There were only 15 spaces available, AND you must have registered by Nov 30 so we can mail you your art supplies. Thank you!

Here is the painting that will be completed during this class

with Veltz Fine Art and Lovejoy

 

Day of Art for Survivors

DATE: Friday, November 13, from 10am-12pm
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 2

**We are taking only Wait list people now**
To register, please call SDBIF at (619) 294-6541 or email info@sdbif.org by November 2 (or until the spaces fill up). Thank you!

Painting “Palm Tree”

with LoveJoy and Veltz Fine Art
Please consider joining us for this fun, FREE event!

 

This is the painting kit you will receive in the mail


Keep Raising Brain Injury Awareness
during the month of March!


Host your surviveHEADSTRONG event by the end of March!!!
And be sure to email your photos and video clips to info@sdbif.org.

The video below is the video that we created and shared during the
Zoom surviveHEADSTRONG event on March 20th…
but an even longer one will be created as more photos/videos come in.

If you haven’t yet, please send your content to info@sdbif.org so it can be included!!!

You can still donate to surviveHEADSTRONG!!
[[CLICK HERE]]


Our sponsors mean everything—Thank you!


 

Serving the Brain Injury Community Since 1983