Upcoming events.


Wild Roses Festival
Jul
5
to Jul 7

Wild Roses Festival

Wild Roses is the largest gathering of its kind in Canada, offering a spectrum of experience from workshops, live music, nourishing food, a nordic spa, a healer’s village and an artisanal market. Tickets available here: https://www.wildrosesfestival.com/buytickets

Tara will be giving one presentation and facilitating one workshop during the festival. Her presentation “Your Body is a Revolution: an Exploration into the Intersections of Social Justice and Somatic Healing” will be at the Rosehip Stage at 11:30 am Saturday, July 6th.

She will also be co-leading a workshop with Kade Bailey. This will be a journey of somatic movement and embodied portraiture to guide participants to strip away the trauma and expectation of the male gaze and the societal gaze to see themselves through their own eyes. Limited seating available. Sign up here: https://www.kadebailey.com/sessions/p/healyourgaze/wildroses

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Banyan Books
Sep
17

Banyan Books

Join Tara Teng live at Banyen for a launch of Your Body Is a Revolution: Healing Our Relationships with Our Bodies, Each Other, and the Earth.

RSVP here.

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Live Podcast Recording: Stupid Cute + Russell Books
Aug
18

Live Podcast Recording: Stupid Cute + Russell Books

Join Tara Teng and Stupid Cute hosts Haley and Erin for an evening of raw, unscripted and intimate discussion during this live podcast recording and facilitated circle.

Inspired by Chapter 8: Pleasure in Tara's new book, Your Body Is a Revolution: Healing Our Relationships with Our Bodies, Each Other, and the Earth, this discussion will centre around themes of sensuality, empowerment, and coming home to oneself.

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Underdog Bookstore
Aug
13

Underdog Bookstore

Join authors Arielle Estoria, Tara Teng & Alma Zaragoza- Petty for a conversation on coming home to your body, healing trauma, and reclaiming your full self.

Hosted by Underdogs Books in Monrovia, CA.

Sunday, August 13, 1-3 PM

Drinks will be available from Terraform Cold Brew.

This event is FREE and seating is limited. Please RSVP to claim your free tickets.

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Beyond the Wound
Jan
15
to Feb 5

Beyond the Wound

  • Beyond the Wound: Freedom and Connection after Religious Trauma (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Beyond the Wound Summit is made up of 3 weeks pre-recorded interviews with thoughtful leaders in the field of religious trauma recovery. All weekly videos will be available after each live, so that you can watch them at your own pace.

This event addresses religious trauma in an embodied way, focusing on healing the integrated self: body, mind, heart (soul/spirit/emotion/psyche).

Our speakers are leaders in their fields and come to you as guides, not gurus, because they know you are the kind of people who don’t want another list of rules to follow but instead want to feel empowered to chart your own path with confidence, freedom and joy.

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Confessions of the Radically Saved
Dec
4

Confessions of the Radically Saved

Josh Harris and Tara Teng will examine the impact of their religious upbringing, illuminating the confusion and trauma that many former evangelicals are still grappling with. Moderated by VPL Writer in Resident, Harrison Mooney.

Josh Harris is an American former Evangelical Christian pastor. Harris' 1997 book I Kissed Dating Goodbye helped shape purity culture for many Christian millennials. Harris was lead pastor of Covenant Life Church in Maryland from 2004 until 2015. In 2018, Harris disavowed I Kissed Dating Goodbye and discontinued its publication. The following year, Harris announced that he had "undergone a massive shift in regard to my faith in Jesus," and had given up on his Christian faith.

Tara Teng is a writer and Embodiment Coach who helps people heal trauma and dismantle purity culture. She is also a TEDx Speaker, a former Miss Canada and one of the Globe and Mail’s “Top 25 Most Transformational Canadians.” Teng received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for her advocacy work which advanced the socio-economic status of women. Her first book, Your Body is a Revolution: Healing Our Relationships with Our Bodies, Each Other and the Earth, is forthcoming from Broadleaf Books in May 2023.

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