Sankofa: A Clinician Wellness Experience

You spend so much time caring for others. What would it feel like to intentionally care for yourself? Return to Self. Rest. Renew. Restore. Sankofa: A Clinician Wellness Experience A Return to Self. Rest. Renew. Restore. **Saturday, October 31, 2026** **10:00 AM – 1:00 PM** **Charlotte, NC** You spend so much time caring for others. What would it feel like to intentionally care for yourself? Sankofa: A Clinician Wellness Experience is an intentional space created for healthcare professionals to pause, reconnect, and restore. Inspired by the concept of **Sankofa**—looking back, gathering what is valuable, and bringing it forward—this experience invites you to reflect on where you've been, reconnect with what you need, and move forward with greater intention. This is not another clinical training. **This is time for YOU.** Come breathe. Come move. Come reflect. Come restore. --- ✨ THE EXPERIENCE **10:00 AM — Welcome & Intention Setting** Begin the morning by grounding, connecting, and setting an intention for your experience. **10:10 AM — Restorative Yoga** A 45-minute yoga experience designed to help you release tension and reconnect with your body. **11 AM — Wellness Break with drinks * A brief pause to refresh and reset. **11:05 AM — Sound Healing** Experience 45 minutes of intentional sound designed to support relaxation, grounding, and restoration. **11:50 AM — Guided Meditation** A 10-minute guided practice to quiet the mind and create space for reflection. **12:00 PM — Guided Journaling** Take 15 minutes to reflect, release, and reconnect with what you need in this season. **12:15 PM — Herbal Tea Experience & Closing Circle** Learn about herbs used to make tea, how to prepare them, and ways to incorporate herbal tea into your wellness routine. Enjoy tea samples while gathering for our closing reflection and community circle. **12:30 PM — Experience Concludes** 📸 **12:30–1:00 PM — Photos & Connection** Stay afterward for photos, fellowship, and connection with fellow clinicians. --- ## 🌿 WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE ✨ Restorative yoga/stretching and movements ✨ Sound healing ✨ Guided meditation ✨ Intentional journaling ✨ Herbal tea education and sampling ✨ Reflection and intention setting ✨ Community and connection ✨ Space to slow down and breathe Gifts to take with you. WHO IS THIS EXPERIENCE FOR? Sankofa is designed for healthcare and rehabilitation professionals who are ready to intentionally prioritize their own wellness. This experience welcomes: * Occupational Therapists & Assistants * Physical Therapists & Assistants * Speech-Language Pathologists * Nurses * Physicians * Mental Health Professionals * Healthcare Educators & Leaders * Healthcare Students * Other Healthcare Professionals **You don't have to be burned out to deserve rest.** Whether you're navigating a demanding season, experiencing transition, feeling disconnected from yourself, or simply recognize that you need intentional time to reset—there is space for you here. --- ## 🌱 WHY SANKOFA? Sankofa is rooted in the idea that we can look back, gather what is valuable, and carry it forward. As clinicians, we are constantly moving forward—caring for patients, meeting deadlines, managing responsibilities, learning, leading, and showing up for everyone else. But sometimes moving forward requires us to **pause first.** Sankofa creates that pause. **What do I need to release?** **What do I need to restore?** **What do I want to carry forward?** --- 🖤 SPONSORED BY BLACK IN REHAB Black in Rehab (BIR) is a community for Black occupational, physical, and speech-language professionals, assistants, students, and allies to **connect, grow, and thrive.** BIR creates spaces for community, professional development, wellness, mentorship, and meaningful connection among clinicians. Through experiences like Sankofa, BIR is creating opportunities for clinicians to prioritize wellness, build community, and care for themselves as whole people. ✨ COME AS YOU ARE. You don't need to arrive with everything figured out. You don't need to be productive. You don't need to have all the answers. Just come with an open heart and a willingness to pause. **A Return to Self.** **Rest. Renew. Restore.** Sankofa: A Clinician Wellness Experience 📍 **Charlotte, NC** 📅 **Saturday, October 31, 2026** ⏰ **10:00 AM – 1:00 PM** **20 spaces available. Reserve your spot and give yourself permission to pause.**