As your somatic coach, I will share the Resilience Toolkit, an accessible approach and framework to learn about your own stress and relaxation states.

You will have a menu of mindfulness and movement practices to choose from.

This is meant to complement your existing tools and support systems.

This is slow motion work with potential for deep impacts as you practice regularly over time. The aim is to effort less and center comfort and connection to self and community.

The coaching sessions are meant to provide information, education and support.

The coaching and facilitation services are not therapy, trauma healing or a crisis service.

As with any exercise program, please consult your doctor before starting The Resilience Toolkit practice. If you have been approved to do basic physical exercise, you can safely do The Resilience Toolkit.

You are a tender hearted person who can’t always show it. Sometimes you might feel overwhelmed, exhausted or anxious by the world. Maybe you spend a lot of time in environments where it’s hard to catch your breath or bring your full self.

You want to build some supportive tiny habits in your life by including some body-based tools. You want to learn to settle your nervous system in a way that is comfortable so that you can show up for yourself and the people and things you most care about. You want to feel more authentic, connected and present in your day to day life.

Many of the tools are somatic, so it can be helpful if you have supportive practices in place for mind-body awareness and/or a curiosity to deepen those connections.

As a facilitator, I love to support folks navigating liminal spaces and folks who want to shine their authentic light on this earth.

I love to support performers, writers, creatives, leaders, direct-service providers, marginalized identities in mainstream organizations, DEI practitioners. HSP’s (Highly Sensitive Persons), empaths and changemakers.

This is not a good fit for a person that does not currently have the bandwidth or capacity to commit to attending sessions and trying out some new somatic (body-based) tools.

This is not a good fit for a person actively experiencing a mental health crisis.

The coaching services are not therapy, trauma healing or a crisis service.

For one on one private coaching:

A single individual one on one session has a sliding scale rate of $77 - $175. The session is 60 minutes.

For a series of private one on one sessions, there is a new client package of 3 sessions for $325 total ( $390 value) or 6 sessions for $650 ($780 value). Sessions are 60 minutes each.

For small group offerings:


Group rates are $25/session per individual, i.e. a 4 session series packaged for $100 total; a 6 session series packaged for $150 total. Sessions are 60 minutes each.

Sliding scale spots for group sessions are offered on a limited basis.

Organization rates vary from individual rates based on the scope of the proposal.

I primarily work online with individuals 1:1 and in small groups. I also work with organizations, occasionally in person.

Public speaking engagements, creative writing projects, creative performances and speciality workshop pricing can be discussed based on the project. Learn more here.

When you book a coaching session, you accept responsibility for payment and acknowledge appointment cancellations must occur with at least 24 hours notice to avoid a cancellation fee of 50% of the service cost. This fee does not apply to free or by donation workshops.

Lumos Transforms founder Nkem Ndefo developed the Resilience Toolkit based on evidence-based and promising stress reduction practices.

The core elements include: embodiment and mindfulness and movement practices; stress-relaxation cycle and allostasis; behavior change theory and practice; social ecological intersectional theory and practice; and trauma-informed practice and cultural humility.

The Resilience Toolkit is aligned with the 6 guiding principles to a trauma-informed approach: safety; trustworthiness & transparency; peer support; collaboration & mutuality; empowerment & choice; and cultural, historical & gender issues.

The Resilience Toolkit can be adapted to a range of physical abilities including for bodies that need to remain seated.

The Toolkit includes a number of carefully selected mindfulness and movement practices, including the therapeutic tremor.

As with any exercise program, please consult your doctor before starting The Toolkit practice.

There are no contraindications for the general Toolkit practices, except for the therapeutic tremor.

Typically, the therapeutic tremor will only be taught in a series or coaching package, not in a single one-off session.

The following are contraindications to practicing the therapeutic tremor:

* Brain implants

* Seizures originating from the brain stem

The following are cautions for practicing the Toolkit:

* Low blood pressure

* Hypoglycemia

* Recent surgeries

* Chronic pain

* Pregnancy

* Epilepsy

* Irregular heart conditions (surgery, pacemakers, arrhythmia)

* Psychiatric conditions (bipolar, schizophrenia, PTSD, severe depression, BPD)

* Physical limitations (broken bones, strains, sprains, amputations)

* Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus

If you have any of the above conditions, please let us know before starting The Toolkit practice.

The Resilience Toolkit facilitator certification is an 18-week online, in-depth professional program from Lumos Transforms. The rigorous program includes assignments, clinical practice, 1:1 live support from trainers, plus peer support from the cohort.

The time commitment is 6 hours weekly, plus three 4.5-hour workshop sessions during the 18-week period, plus self study totaling approximately 150 hours.

At the end of the Resilience Toolkit certification, providers can implement the Resilience Toolkit into their professional offerings immediately.

In order to remain Level II Certification, providers are required to complete annual continuing education of 4 hours minimum including supervision with a Lumos Transforms staff.

The Resilience Toolkit can support people to self-regulate in times of high stress.

Self-regulation supports a sense of connection and allows for creativity and collaboration to flow more naturally.

Our nervous systems are in communication with each other.

Co-regulation has a ripple effect on ourselves that impacts the organizations and communities we belong to.