Tiumaluali'I Jody Hassel, Mfa, E-Ryt, Tctsy-F Email and Phone Number

Jody Hassel, M.F.A., E-RYT, YACEP, TCTSY-F​Fairbanks, AlaskaLicensed 20-Hour TCTSY TrainerSupervisor, Certification ProgramJody is the TCTSY Trainer for Alaska and Hawaii and a Supervisor for the 300-Hour TCTSY Certification program. She facilitates Trauma Sensitive Yoga in small-group and private sessions at Blossom House Healing Arts and to community members in various programs in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is the founder and Executive Director of Blossom House, a nonprofit service organization providing accessible, trauma-informed interventions to incarcerated and in-custody communities. As a headquarters for healing, trauma stewardship, and community gatherings, Blossom House facilitates a collective of artists, teachers, and therapists who work to create access to wellness in order to cultivate a caring and just community. Blossom House's Yoga Service Project Alaska andBreadcrumbs Theatre Company currently offer weekly sessions for men and women at the Fairbanks Correctional Center, and for youth at the Fairbanks Youth Facility, and Family Centered Services Residential Treatment Center. Jody also offers Trauma Sensitive Yoga for clients of Turning Point Counseling. Iyengar-based hatha, restorative, and vinyasa yoga styles add to Jody’s trauma-informed practice in other community classes at University of Alaska Fairbanks and Tanana Chiefs Conference facilities. Jody continues to develop her understanding of personal and community trauma through yoga and the arts. Creating access to an embodied practice of being present and feeling empowered is her highest priority in facilitating yoga. Jody can be reached at jodyhassel@gmail.com.

Blossom House Healing Arts is a collective of teachers, artists, therapists, and general members dedicated to the cultivation of healthy communities through trauma-informed yoga, the arts, and other wellness modalities. Blossom House is a service-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) offering in-house and online instruction in yoga and meditation, facilitation of wellness circles, and therapeutic services including trauma-sensitive yoga, applied theatre, and other healing works. All classes, therapies, trainings, and workshops are offered at a suggested donation rate. A percentage of in-house proceeds fund Blossom House Outreach services. Blossom House is located by the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska on the ancestral hunting, fishing, and gathering grounds of Lower Tanana Dene Athabascans, some of the many First Peoples of Alaska.