Events & Classes
Light snacks and refreshment provided!
Why this workshop?
Many parents and caregivers struggle with talking to their children about puberty and sexuality. Despite this difficulty, thoughtful communication with children about sexuality is critical, as it allows us as parents to effectively impart our values to our children, which in turn profoundly influences their ability to make informed decisions with far-reaching implications for their safety, health, and happiness. By learning how to engage in effective conversations with our children about puberty and sexuality, we not only provide them with security and confidence, but also form a closer parent-child relationship built on love and mutual trust that yields stronger self esteem, increased body awareness, and the ability to communicate feelings, advocate for their health, and stand up for themselves.
Objectives:
Parents/caregivers will be able to identify healthy sexual development/behaviors
Parents/caregivers will explore their values about sex and sexuality
Parents/caregivers will explore resources to support their ongoing conversations
Outline
Introductions, quick overview of research about talking with your child about sexuality
Healthy sexual development: we will review 9-12, 13+ and discuss what is healthy and possible concerns
Defining values, values clarification: opportunity to clarify your values about sexuality and identify what you want to communicate with your tweens/teens
Tips for communicating with your child based on their development
Resource share: we will review favorite books for parents and tweens/teens, as well as share a few additional online resources
Hosted By: Elizabeth Greenblatt
Elizabeth Greenblatt (she/her) has been teaching about sexuality for over 25 years. Elizabeth found her passion at 14 years old, when she helped to organize fellow students in Cornwall, NY to expand their school’s sex education curriculum. After graduating with a specialized major in Human Sexuality from Ithaca College, Elizabeth continued working as a community health educator and education manager at Planned Parenthood in northern California for 12 years, earning her MPH from San Francisco State. Working with the Sea Change Program, Elizabeth worked on the first stigma scale for young parents and helped to create a storytelling card game that increased connection and fostered conversations about sexuality. Elizabeth provides ongoing classroom education, workshops, professional development, program and curriculum development, and other consulting support individually and with Sex Savvy Hudson Valley.
Experience Healing and Community at the Helix Healing Clinic
The Helix Healing Clinic
Sunday, February 9th 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Join us for a special event where healing, connection, and community come together. The Helix Healing Clinic invites you to join us for a transformative 4-hour healing experience featuring a unique blend of 1:1 healing sessions, Reiki, energy work, massage, psychospiritual counseling, and group healing circles. Pre-registration is encouraged.
The theme for this clinic is "Clearing the way for the return of the light within", aligning with the energy of Imbolc— a time of rebirth and renewal. This event offers profound healing and support, sparking your inner light as we clear and create new pathways for transformation, liberation, and empowerment. Helix integrates diverse gifts and modalities to cultivate connection, renewal, and community care within a nurturing, supportive sanctuary.
Event Format
Opening Circle: Set intentions and receive community healing support.
Breakout Sessions: Experience personalized healing through two 45-minute or three 30-minute 1:1 sessions (in-person or via Zoom) while group and partner exercises continue in the shared space.
Closing Circle: Reflect on your experience and explore teachings on community care and integration.
Theme and Vision
Inspired by Imbolc’s energy, the February clinic centers on clearing, weaving, and igniting the blueprint for rebirth.
Accessibility and Pricing
To ensure accessibility, we offer sliding scale pricing:
$30 – Solidarity
$50 – Sustainable
$70 – Supporter
Your contributions fund scholarships for the Helix Training Program, creating opportunities for future holistic practitioners to grow and serve.
1:1 Private Sessions:
Sliding scale available for these additional experiences: $30, $50, or $70.
Limited spots – Pre-registration is highly recommended. On-site sign-up will be available only if spots remain open.
Register for thisHelix Healing Clinic today to access the booking link for the additional experience of 1:1 sessions with our expert healing practitioners. Pre-registration is required for these limited 1:1 spots. Onsite sign-up will only be available if any 1:1 sessions remain open.
Why Attend?
The Helix Healing Clinic is a community service platform rooted in the same compassionate, volunteer-driven holistic care that Helix was founded upon. By participating, you are not only embracing healing for yourself but also uplifting our communities and supporting the next generation of Helix healing practitioners.
Together, we are creating a sanctuary of renewal and growth. Join us to ignite your inner light and weave a stronger community.
Additional Details:
Amenities: Sauna, dry cold plunge, nourishment, and post-clinic showers.
Logistical Info:
Nearby train station (5-minute drive from New Hamburg station, Hudson Line).
Free parking available at the train station.
Taxi and Uber service recommendations TBD.
This Helix Healing Clinic is more than just an event – it is a space for community, healing, and transformation. Together, we continue the volunteer-driven legacy of Helix, uplifting our communities while supporting the future of holistic care.
The Helix Healing Clinic: Bringing healing to those who need it most, while fostering the growth of future practitioners.
Tending to your Center - Part 1
A four hour workshop introducing the transformative power of Maya Abdominal Massage. This is a manual and energetic medicine practice for you to incorporate into your self care and preventative care practices supporting balance within the five channels of flow (arterial, venous, nerve, lymph and chi) within your belly and womb.
These practices enhance your body's self healing capabilities by restoring flow to the physical and energetic organic functions promoting balance and harmony within.
Digestive Harmony: Bring balance back to the belly by supporting healthy digestion and metabolism.
Conception Support: For those who are feel the call to conceive a child, these practices will provide you with tools to naturally support and enhance your fertility.
Pelvic Health: Clear pelvic congestion and promote ease. Practices support the healing of menstrual imbalances, fibroids, endometriosis, cysts and prolapse as well as postpartum recovery via vaginal birth or c-section.
Urinary Care: Ease symptoms of incontinence and frequent urinary infections.
Hormone Balancing: Relieve and ease symptoms due to an imbalance in hormones by stimulating the endocrine system.
*Energetic Support: Release emotional tension in the abdomen and pelvis. In part 2 we will explore belly and pelvic energy in depth.
Relaxation and Stress Relief: Unwind tension and contraction in the belly and pelvis, supporting a sense of ease and fluidity.
You will receive support and knowledge in understanding the physical and energetic processes of your belly and womb to empower you to take initiative into your orwn self and preventative care practices. These teachings and practices eliminate places of confusion and powerlessness in abdominal and pelvic health. There will be many “aha moments” as these practices make sense once you gain the understanding of how your body functions and flows creating body sovereignty.
Learn how and when to apply castor oil packs to the abdomen and pelvis to support healing and flow.
Build a relationship with and explore applications of common herbs to bring into your care practice indicated by your cycle and current state of wellbeing.
Tending to your Center - Part 2
Abdominal and Womb Energetics
In this 4 hour workshop we will move deeper into the exploration and teachings
of your sacred energy centers within the belly and womb. This workshop will support your emotional and spiritual healing and wellbeing as well as ignite your creative fire.
*The prerequisite for this workshop is Part 1
Beyond the fascia and matter of the belly and womb exist the energetics - the soul expressing itself through each organ and function. We will explore and touch the energetic layers as they express themselves through the abdomen and pelvis.
The Abdomen: The energetics of nourishment, digestion, metabolism and assimilation. Here we will explore how we are nourishing ourselves not with food, but with our chosen experiences that we invite into our lives. Each experience we encounter hold an energetic exchange, much like the food we eat. How we energetically choose to receive, digest, metabolize and assimilate these experiences is key in our overall energetic and spiritual wellbeing.
The Pelvis: The pelvis is a sacred resonant structural bowl that sings much like a crystal healing bowl. When the energy within the pelvis and womb are in balance, our lives are in balance. When there is disharmony here we may often feel our life is out of control or that we are unable to deeply feel into our emotional body. We will explore and identify the energetic frequencies of the pelvis and the womb and will learn foundational practices on how to locate imbalances and restore them back into harmony.
You will learn how to map the energetic landscape of their womb space through the lens of the four elements—earth, water, fire, air—understanding how each element corresponds to different aspects of reproductive health, emotional well-being, and spiritual vitality. The workshop will also cover the energetic dynamics of ovarian energy, exploring how this life-force energy manifests in the body and shifts through various stages of a woman’s life.
In addition, we will explore the energetic cycles of menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause, providing insight into how these transitions can be viewed as sacred and natural passages, each with its own rhythm and wisdom. Through practical tools, guided meditations, and reflective exercises, participants will gain deeper insights into how to honor and balance their womb energy throughout these life phases, fostering a greater connection to their body’s innate wisdom and cyclical nature.
This workshop is ideal for women seeking to reclaim their womb energy, deepen their understanding of their body’s natural rhythms, and cultivate a deeper sense of empowerment and harmony with their own energetic cycles.