Root Down Low

Image Description: photograph of an old tree in front of a body of water, possibly dead, with roots exposed. The sky is gray and cloudy with little bit of sun poking through as the sun is setting. The dirt that it is on is dark brown. To the left is a beige color block with brown writing that says in “ROOT DOWN LOW.” On the bottom is a beige color block with brown writing that says, “An Access-Centered Movement class utilizing Polyvagal Theory to regulate our nervous systems, heal trauma, and reduce pain.” To the right is ACM logo, a purple triangle with rainbow outline and vertical white letters spelling “ACM.”
Image Description: photograph of an old tree in front of a body of water, possibly dead, with roots exposed. The sky is gray and cloudy with little bit of sun poking through as the sun is setting. The dirt that it is on is dark brown. To the left is a beige color block with brown writing that says in “ROOT DOWN LOW.” On the bottom is a beige color block with brown writing that says, “An Access-Centered Movement class utilizing Polyvagal Theory to regulate our nervous systems, heal trauma, and reduce pain.” To the right is ACM logo, a purple triangle with rainbow outline and vertical white letters spelling “ACM.”

TRANSITIONING TO CLASS SERIES: start date TBD (to be determined)

Join Springlove of Access-Centered Movement® for a class rooted in Polyvagal Theory, which indicates that dysfunction of the two vagus nerves (long cranial nerves that controls various muscles and organs) and the spinal sympathetic chain can be responsible for a myriad of psychological and physical symptoms, including but not limited to: depression, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, insomnia, hypervigilence, chronic pain, TMJ, auditory and visual processing disorders, brain fog, dissociation, MCS, migraines, fatigue, etc. Those of us with histories of trauma can be more susceptible to dysregulated vagus nerves and that toning the dorsal vagus branch/sympathetic chain and stimulating the ventral vegus branch can help us in our journey to heal trauma and pain. For those of us with chronic physical pain (fibromyalgia, etc.), who have histories of trauma, regulating the vagus nerve can help relieve the chronic pain cycle.

Utilizing Somatics, Polyvagal Theory, visualizations, gentle movement, yoga, Internal Family Systems, and Earth-Based Magic, each class will offer tools and support to hopefully leave you feeling rooted and held–helping us out of fight/flight and shutdown and into the social nervous state, where we feel relaxed and embodied. I hope is that you will be able to take his tools home with you to continue regulating your nervous system and healing trauma.

We will be using the “Access-Centered Framework”, which is trauma-informed, intersectional (we work to dismantle oppression and hierarchies at all times), consent-based, and will never expect you to “adapt” to the exercises we offer—we will change the exercise to meet your needs. While we will be offering suggestions to keep your practice as safe as possible, everything we offer is invitational as we believe that you know your bodymind best. We will offer you space to advocate for your needs, and we encourage you and invite you to take up that space.

This ongoing class series will be sliding scale with scholarship options. We humbly ask that you offer as much as you can sustainably, knowing that Springlove is a very low-income disabled teacher and that this is her life’s work.

REGISTRATION

ACCESS INFO

• Class will be recorded
• Closed Captioning Provided
• Access needs that can be met day of can be included in the Registration form
• Ideally this will have ASL *and* we don’t have the budget for it—if folks who have access can contribute generously and community members need this, we can do our best. If you are HOV, Deaf/deaf, would like to join, and need ASL, please contact us as soon as possible.
• WILL ALREADY CENTER ACCESS FOR
o low vision, blind/Blind
o wheelchair users
o folks who need to sit, stand, and/or lie down
o neurodivergence,
o mental illness
o chronic pain
o spoonies
o hypermobile and EDS folks
o limited mobility
o inability to use limbs
o asthma
o PTSD
o Etc.

You will get the Zoom Link after registering, it may take a few days. If you do not receive a link by Tuesday at 4:30PM PST please email us.

CLASSES ARE RECORDED and you will receive a link to said recording whether you attend live or not.

We will be using the “Access-Centered Framework”, which is trauma-informed, intersectional (we work to dismantle oppression and hierarchies at all times), consent-based, and will never expect you to “adapt” to the exercises we offer—we will change the exercise to meet your needs. While we will be offering suggestions to keep your practice as safe as possible, everything we offer is invitational as we believe that you know your bodymind best. We will offer you space to advocate for your needs, and we encourage you and invite you to take up that space.

PAYMENT

This ongoing drop-in class is Sliding Scale $20 – $40+ with Partial and Full Scholarship Options

• We highly encourage people (especially white folks) who have financial access to pay as much as they can (perhaps more than $40) to help fund folks who do not have access

• The only way that this model works successfully is when people give what they authentically can, remembering that we are all conditioned in a model of scarcity and that it is often uncomfortable to give in this framework. For people who cannot afford the sliding scale: we will are offering scholarships to low income folks. Priority for BIPOC. Please remember that Jess is very low income and this is her life’s work.


• Please contact Springlove via email (accesscenteredmovement@gmail.com) to request a scholarship BRIEFLY explaining your situation. If you are Black/Indigenous and accepting the class freely please also email to let us know.

Please submit your pre-payments to:

If paying via PayPal or Venmo, PLEASE send payment as a “friend” vs for a service. I am a low income person with disabilities who does not make much from my offerings and PayPal takes a percentage if not paid as a friend. This allows me to offer more scholarships!


PayPal: via paypal or
Venmo :
email at accesscenteredmovement@gmail.com if you need to pay another way. No refunds as this will be recorded.

Free for Black and Indigenous folks, if wanted.

About the Teacher:
Springlove (white, queer, disabled) began practicing movement and meditation 18 years ago to manage her chronic pain and complex PTSD. She found, however, that most classes were not accessible for her needs. With the support of Disability Justice activists, she created Access-Centered Movement: a trauma-informed and intersectional framework that attempts to dismantle hierarchies of bodies and minds in movement spaces. Springlove received her 200 RYT from Niroga Institute in 2016 and uses her vast knowledge of yoga therapy, dance, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Somatics, Vipassana meditation, earth-based magic, and her lived experience as a sick and disabled queer survivor to offer support for those suffering from trauma and physical/emotional pain. Aware that the ancestors of some of the spiritual traditions she practices are not her own, she is committed to decolonizing her practice.