Healing for Change March 3, 2007 workshop at CCSF

Evaluative Comments from March 3 HFC Workshop Participants

“I really enjoyed the table set up. The space was very welcoming and safe. Thank you.”

“There was very good interaction and freedom to participate in the workshop I attended. Thank you.”

“Wonderfully organized!”

“Have more at CCSF.”

“Thank you SO SO much! It was a very powerful, healing, fun, touching, and moving experience. Please continue to share the healing work. We need it and you do a fantastic job.”

“I know others who need this help and compassion yet they are still to sick physically to deal with past pain.”

“I loved every minute of this experience! It’s wonderful to get away from your daily situation and come together with others. I learned a lot about myself and my situation and others and their situations. Please continue to have workshops like this!”

“I would like to see more spiritual practices at the beginning. The ending is moving and spiritual, plus healing. I would like to see a follow up the next week. The food was awesome especially the homemade cookies. Powerful day!!!”

“The room for guided imagery was way too hot and stuffy- exhausting. I am so impressed- the instructors, the decorations, the rocks, the breakfast, lunch, and participants- all wonderful. Thank you!”

“Guided imagery- positive: teacher was great. She worked hard. I like to be exposed to new practices, ideas and spirituality. Suggestions: Pace was too fast. Workshop was too crowded for that space. Talking and sharing- positive: facilitator was great, genuine, generous and handled situations well. Suggestions: left room open wounded. Need tools or learns skills to cope with or have an exercise or help prepare us before going home and still have the pain and feelings.”

“Boy, this was great. Could be a whole week with a whole day workshop. Great to get a taste, though. AMAZING to be in a circle with so many women with common focuses. Thank you Trinity for your words. Thank you everyone who organized.”

“This workshop helped me connect with other women who are also healing from trauma. I was able to feel what it was like to be a part of a community of healing.”

“This really came at an appropriate time for me- it is such a gift to the community! Thank you so much! I would love to volunteer with future events!”

“Thanks so much for making this event happen. I really enjoyed being in this space. Thanks for all the good food!”

"Wonderful, Thank you!”

“A place where we can sit on the floor and connect with to earth, instead of sitting on chairs.”

“This was a wonderful experience for me- especially appreciated that there were women of color facilitators and a diverse group- made me feel safer.”

“The touch workshop was empowering as I gave permission for others to touch me in an appropriate, gentle way that felt comfortable to me. The movement workshop, I found, to be a cycle of rejuvenation as I gave and received energy.”

“I love that it was free. There was clearly a lot of thought and energy put into putting things together. Thank you very much.”

“I’m excited about writing- journaling more to let go issues. Thank you.”

“It was a wonderful day. Can it happen twice a year? I wish the sound workshop had been offered twice. I wish I had taken some chances and tried a workshop outside my comfort zone.”

“This day was truly healing. I was raped 3 weeks ago and was unable to get support (counselors, rape centers, etc. not calling me back). Here I started to accept, and choose to deal with this incident and connect with other women who are healing. Every step, I felt held by the organizers and other women.”

“Thank you very much to hold such a beautiful safe and beneficial space for survivors. I learned a lot more than I learned from books or even by words. This year’s big attendance is a big success.”

“Wonderful!”

“Thank you for the pink direction arrows from BART!”

“The workshops were a good length and the offerings were varied enough that they spoke to different needs. I wish I could have done more than 2. Thank you for the food and welcoming atmosphere. The opening was especially good because it got through my affective filter.”

“I took eve’s workshop before and it incorporated an actual healing circle that was very powerful. Though I love singing, the sound workshop was more about singing than healing. I can use some of the techniques that I learned but I feel that the workshop needed more focus and directions in terms of healing work. I enjoyed it but eve’s workshop was much more powerful, life changing and life affirming. The drumming work shop was great. A drum and dance workshop or 2 drum workshops would be wonderful. It’s great to be actively doing something that I know is magical and healing- drumming is very grounding. It would be great to have other resources for women’s drumming (healing) circles or other workshops that Patricia is doing.”

“Workshop organizers did an excellent job of making a safe and welcoming place for me. I would have preferred the talking and sharing group to be more structured to give everyone equal time.”

“Keep up the great work. So little time so much to learn. Thank you.”

“Thank you. Awesome.”

“Have a longer session to attend more session.”

“Extraordinary to be having this experience with large group of other survivors/ thrivers. Appreciate emphasis on self-healing- tools to use to sustain healing; appreciate community; appreciate not too much talking.”

“Better than anticipated. Quite moving actually I now have tools to help me get through the rest of my life. Thank you.”

“Thank you for sharing and acknowledging me.”

“I only we had more time in each workshop. If it could start later, it would help those of us who work nights.”

“I felt full of enlightenment, happiness, and self release.”

“I am so happy. Grateful for the beautiful healing class. I thank you so much for that yummy food and the staff. ”

“Thank you. Attending was truly a gift! I enjoyed being in community with other women, learning tools to take care of myself and obtaining resources. I wish others had attended and I will bring back the information.”

“I was taken aback”

“Thank you, very healing!”

“Thank you so much for the great organization in putting this together. I’m loving what I experienced and learned.”

“It was a wonderful workshop! Thank you so much to organize such a great event. I’ll attend next year.”

“It was amazing, it wasn’t what I expected, and it was bigger and deeper. I loved it.”

“The spread of food was beautiful- the rocks what a welcoming surprise- so nice to have this to come to and meet with survivors, liked the signs to remind me to “Breathe” posted. Thank you for all the support!”

“I wish I could attend more workshops because 2 were not enough! I think I want to come back next year. Please keep me updated!”

“Name tags to know and see each others names. 2 days to allow us to take more workshops. Workshops for telling our stories.”