Peer Recovery Coaching

A Recovery Coach's job is to support a participant in pursuing their own goals. A recovery coach is a person with lived experience and uses that experience to meet people where they are at on their recovery journey. 

A coach can help with the following things:

• Helping a person form a plan of action
• Directing that person to the right resources
• Helping them navigate the systems in place
• Providing accountability and support
• Offering guidance in developing new behavior patterns
• Helping them view their progress objectively.
• Assisting in harm reduction for addictive behaviors
• Providing holistic modalities that include acupuncture, reiki and emotional freedom techniques

In other words, a recovery coach helps people with the gritty, day-to-day process of overcoming addiction, codependency & trauma. Recovery coaches are the “boots on the ground" for those needing support during recovery.

RIDES FOR RECOVERY

This program is funded by a grant from the Michigan Department of Human Services. We can transport participants to an array of transportation needs in Flint & Lapeer counties. Whether you're headed to a recovery event, a detox center, treatment facility, hospital, or need support for basic necessities, we have you covered.  

We offer a wide range of transport services to:

• Recovery related events
• Serenity House for classes, coaching or monthly sober socials
• Detox, treatment facility or hospitals
• Basic need support (groceries, banking, job interviews, etc.)
• Recovery related transportation needs (counseling, drops, court, clinics, meetings)

Slow Flow Yoga is a slower paced yoga class. It is great for beginners, has a manageable pace, and its great for those who want a calm more relaxed yoga practice. 

What you will experience in this class:

• Longer holds:  Holding poses for several breaths, instead of moving to each breath
• Fewer transitions:  Fewer transitions than Vinyasa yoga.
• Meditative pace:  Meditative practice that emphasizes peace & calm
• Mindful engagement:  Connects movement with breath, and emphasizes awareness & ease through each pose 
• Gentle rhythm:  Retains the gentle rhythm of a flow yoga class
• Improved strength, flexibility & balance
• You'll do half the poses you would in a faster-paced class

5NP is a set of points located in the outer ear that have been used together to address physical and emotional symptoms related to toxic stress, drug and alcohol detox, chronic pain, anxiety, PTSD, depression, trauma, shock and more. These points can be treated with tiny acupuncture needles or even with “ear beads” or “ear seeds,” that are small pellets attached to a tiny bit of bandage adhesive. 5NP has been used for over 40 years and around the world to support harm reduction, recovery and emergency response work.

We have repeat participants who love what they have experienced and continue to come weekly saying this has helped them in so many ways. 

Reiki is an ancient Japanese practice discovered by Mikao Usui that uses light touch to promote healing in the body, mind, and spirit.  Recovery Reiki ® is a program developed by Tara Moreno-Wallen that specifically targets the pain-body that keeps a person in negative cyclical patterns when it relates to addiction, codependency, and trauma. This class will help you break free of those patterns so you can live a life of peace, love, bliss, and joy. Recovery Reiki® will help you get to the root cause of any addictions, codependent relationships, and any trauma associated with these afflictions. 

What you may experience from this class:

• Alleviation of addiction, codependency, & trauma responses
• Help reduce tension throughout the body, which can help improve mood & boost energy
• Overall sense of well-being
• Mind, Body, & Soul Balance
• Deep relaxation
• Lessen stress & anxiety
• Increased awareness levels
• Greater connection to the spiritual world
• A non-medication option for pain and stress management
• A deeper connection to inner world & others

We provide no-cost doula care for low income women with the help from a grant from Region 6.  This grant provides doula support, breastfeeding & childbirth classes, self-care classes & more.