Community Resiliency Model (CRM©) for Mindfulness Practitioners:
An invitation to deepen your capacity to cope with, recover from, and respond to personal and collective stress and trauma
Online with Certified CRM Teachers Laura Smallwood and Nicole Carlson
3 Wednesdays in September: September 9, 16, & 23, 2026, 7-9PM (US Eastern)

NOTE: This course will not be recorded.
Course Overview:

CRM© is an evidence-based model for fostering collective resiliency within families, workplaces, and communities. This model has been adapted and taught worldwide in diverse settings including school rooms, boardrooms, remote villages, and war zones.  Created and administered through the Trauma Resource Institute, CRM© aspires to build communities where the collective response to stress and trauma is care, wisdom, and compassionate action.

This training offers psychoeducation on the human brain and autonomic nervous system and a set of practical skills for nervous system regulation that can be used to support personal wellbeing. Participants also learn how to effectively share these skills with others.

This workshop is designed for mindfulness practitioners, teachers, and mindfulness professionals….

Course Objectives:

  • Understand how the brain and nervous system respond to stress and trauma.
  • Learn and practice tracking the nervous system and using resiliency-based skills for regulation.
  • Learn how to share these skills with others.
  • Explore ways to bring what you learn into your mindfulness practice and your life.

Course Outcomes:

  • Expand your understanding of stress and trauma.
  • Learn a skillset compatible with mindfulness that expands both your ability to cope with and respond to stressful situations and your capacity for self-care.
  • Develop the confidence to utilize what you learn to help others in your family, workplace and/or community.

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Laura Smallwood & Nicole Carlson: Certified CRM Teachers

Laura is certified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through East Coast Mindfulness and Nicole is trained to teach Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting through the Mindful Birthing and Parenting Foundation. Both are certified to teach Community Resiliency Model (CRM)© through the Trauma Resource Institute.

In addition to teaching CRM© to mindfulness practitioners through Atlanta Mindfulness, Nicole also teaches CRM© to nursing students at the Emory School of Nursing and Laura teaches CRM© for the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association.  In their work as mindfulness teachers, both have found the knowledge and skills they have gained from practicing and teaching CRM© to be helpful in their mindfulness teaching and in their personal mindfulness practices. They also appreciate that CRM is a doorway into well-being that is accessible to anyone and can be shared with anyone, regardless of whether they practice mindfulness.

What you will need:

  • High-speed internet connection

  • Please, no phones

  • Join on a computer that has a full-sized screen on which you can see at least 20 Zoom participants, without having to scroll

  • Ensure that your computer is situated on a stable surface (instead of resting on your lap, etc.)

  • Video and microphone capability (so that you can be seen and heard)

  • A place for practice that allows for being undisturbed

  • Current version of Zoom installed

This course is limited to 20 participants

Schedule Cost Register

Times are US Eastern:

Dates Times
Wed, Sept 9 7-9PM
Wed, Sept 16 7-9PM
Wed, Sept 23 7-9PM

The fee for this 3-session course is US$80.

To register:

1. Complete the registration form.

2. Receive an email from East Coast Mindfulness containing the Zoom link for the sessions (please check your Junk/SPAM folder in case you do not see this email).

Refund policy: You may receive a refund by emailing info@eastcoastmindfulness by Mon, Sept 7. No refunds will be issued beyond that.

Questions? Please email us at info@eastcoastmindfulness.com

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