Empowerment Based Self-Defense- a Train-the-Trainer Companion Course

This healing-centered Train-the-Trainer course is designed to equip Xinachtli facilitators and community leaders with the skills, tools, and confidence to lead empowerment-based self-defense workshops in their communities and circulos. Rooted in cultural wisdom and sacred practice, this offering centers the safety, voice, and sovereignty of women, youth, and gender-expansive people — especially in honor of those we’ve lost to gender-based violence and the MMIWGR crisis. Participants will explore a 90-minute, trauma-informed curriculum that integrates: -Awareness Skills (intuition, observation, spatial memory) -Assertiveness Skills (boundary-setting, powerful voice, unapologetic NO) -Physical Response Skills (interrupting harm and escaping) -Cultural and ceremonial grounding to reclaim safety as sacred This training is open to Xinachtli-trained facilitators, youth leaders, circle keepers, and healing justice practitioners. Sliding fee scale available $77-222

Course•By Dr. Patty Ramirez