Upcoming Classes/Groups
If you'd like to register for a class, please contact the facilitator directly.
2025 Class Offerings
Mindful Self-Compassion (8 week online course with LoCal in-person Retreat )
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Join Hanna Kreiner, LICSW & Joel Grow, PhD for the complete evidence-based Mindful Self-Compassion training from the comfort of your home!
Developed by Drs. Kristin Neff and Chris Germer, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an evidence-based program that brings together the skills and practices of mindful awareness, common humanity, and self-kindness. For all of us, life will present disappointments, losses, and limitations. MSC provides skills and practices that enhance our ability to meet these difficulties with more wisdom, resilience, and spaciousness.
Self-compassion can be learned by anyone, even those who feel uncomfortable when they are good to themselves. It’s a courageous attitude that stands up to harm, including any harm we unwittingly inflict on ourselves through harsh self-criticism. Self-compassion provides emotional strength and resilience, allowing us to relate wholeheartedly to others and be more authentically ourselves.
Program activities include meditation, short talks, experiential exercises, group discussions, and home practices. No previous mindfulness meditation practice is needed! The goal is for participants to directly experience self-compassion and learn practices that evoke self-compassion in daily life.
Location: Online via Zoom
When: Wednesdays 11:00am - 1:00pm //. January 21 - March 11, 2026
Hybrid Retreat (online option or in-person at UW Seattle campus)
Sunday, March 1, 2026, from 9:30am-1:00pm
CEUs may be available -please contact UW
All are welcome!
UW offer a sliding scale, scholarships, and reduced UW rates! Note: Please sign up early to ensure class meets its minimum requirement
“Resilience to resist” A virtual group for resourcing and action
These times can be disorienting and overwhelming. The onslaught of horrifying policies and attempts at an authoritarian power grab can leave us exhausted, disheartened, and disconnected, all while wondering how to meet the moment with deep intention. Resilience to Resist was created as a collective space to ground, reconnect, and take meaningful action together.
We’re now offering flexible ways to engage—so you can choose what best supports your life right now. Whether it’s bi-weekly meetings for deeper connection, a monthly practice group to stay steady, or a self-paced track with video excerpts, along with specific ways to take strategic actions, to help you make sense of what is happening —there’s room for you here.
Each tier offers more than information: you’ll find grounding practices, tools to sustain your heart, and companions to walk beside you as we move from overwhelm toward clarity, collective courage, and meaningful action.
Bi-Weekly Live 1-Hour Group:
Meet every other week for a 1-hour group that blends resourcing practices, political analysis, and curated actions. Between sessions, receive weekly emails with resources and action steps to sustain momentum. This tier offers consistent support, practice, and community connection without the pace of a weekly call.
Start date: November 5th at noon.
Once-a-month Practice Group
Join a 1.5 hour session once a month for resourcing, connection, political analysis, and action planning. Stay connected between gatherings with weekly video excerpts and curated actions. Perfect for those who want to recharge monthly while maintaining flexibility in their schedule.
Start date: November 12th, 5 pm.
Asynchronous Practice
Get weekly action emails and bi-weekly video excerpts with political education and resilience practices. This tier provides structure, insight, and tools to stay resourced and engaged—without needing to attend live calls. Ideal for those seeking flexibility at the most affordable level.
We’d love for you to join us. Click here for days/times and more details on ways to engage.
Reach out to annabgriswold@gmail.com with questions.
Meet Your Facilitator
I’m Anna-Brown Griswold (she/her, white identified) — trauma psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, activist, and mother—committed to weaving healing, justice, and presence into all that I do. Living on Coast Salish/Duwamish land, known as Seattle, I have spent the last twenty-five years exploring how to integrate the transformative power of meditation, the depth of psychotherapy, and a strong foundation in anti-racist practice to challenge and dismantle oppression. My work is an ongoing experiment in bridging personal and collective liberation.
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