The Sovereign Soul Group Series
A mindful wellness group program for breakthroughs in awareness, healing, and sustainable connection through the: somatic-embodied self, the psychospiritual self, and the sustained self.
No cost to eligible Maui residents. Three Foundational Groups for skill building & connection. Invitational deeper prolonged experiential immersion may follow.
Begins April 29th, May 3rd, or May 11th.
A Grant-Funded Healing Offering for Maui Residents
For too long, healing has been reduced to a narrow paradigm: fifty minutes, one person, four walls, a diagnosis. A model that mirrors the very fragmentation colonization created — severing people from their bodies, their community, their ceremony, and their relationship with the natural world.
The Sovereign Soul Series is a response to that rupture.
An integrated, community-based therapeutic program organized around three pillars.
● The Embodied, Resilient Self — getting into the body, learning to listen to it, be with it, and draw from the intelligence it carries as a pathway toward resilience.● The Psychospiritual Self — connecting with what is sacred, ancient, and larger than us: spirit, soul, ancestry, and meaning.● The Sustained Self — where the personal meets the political, and we explore how the individual is shaped by the systems and histories we live within — and how to reclaim sovereignty from them.
These three pillars are not separate paths. They are three ways of coming home to the same whole person — connected to their body, their spirit, and their power.
Somatic Skills for Regulation & Resilience: Discover Your Embodied Self
Facilitated by Dr. Haunani Iao, PsyDSundays, Bi-WeeklyMay 3 - July 11, 202612:00 - 1:15pm HST online
This 6-session group is designed to help you build practical, neuroscience-informed skills to regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and feel more grounded in your body.
Healing happens in connection. This group offers a space to experience regulation, safety, and resilience with others, in real time.
Many of us were never taught howto work with our nervous system, especially after stress, trauma, or prolonged overwhelm. This group offers a structured, supportive space to learn and practice somatic (body-based) skills that help you shift out of survival states and into greater balance, presence, and resilience.
You will learn how to:
● Recognize your nervous system states (fight, flight, freeze, and regulation)● Develop tools to calm anxiety and overwhelm● Gently increase your capacity to stay present with difficult experiences● Build awareness of body sensations as a pathway to self-regulation● Practice grounding, orienting, breath, and other evidence-based somatic techniques
Potential Benefits/Gains:
● Improved understanding of your nervous system states (fight, flight, freeze, and● regulation) and have a few maps/tools to understand your nervous system● Develop tools to calm anxiety and overwhelm● Develop tools to upregulate from freeze/collapse/shut-down gently● Gently increase your capacity to stay present with difficult experiences● Build awareness of body sensations as a pathway to self-regulation● Practice grounding, orienting, breath, and other evidence-based somatic● techniques
Top 3 Modalities:
● Somatic therapy● Polyvagal Theory● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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The Psychospiritual Self Group
Facilitated by Jessica Brazil, LCSW
Wednesdays, Weekly
April 29 - June 3, 2026
6:00 - 7:15pm HST online
Whether you're feeling disconnected from yourself, questioning your purpose, healing from past ritualistic, spiritual, or religious harm, shedding the colonial soul wound, or seeking a deeper sense of meaning — this group was designed for you.
This 6-session therapeutic introspective group is designed to support the development of the psychospiritual self — the integration of mind, body, and spirit — through trauma-informed lens and experiential & existential exploration and practice.
This group offers a space to explore the relationship between your personal identity and the deeper, collective nature of the soul and its innate spiritual connection, while building insights and skills for awareness, connection, and healing.
You’ll learn how to:
● Reconnect with the body as a source of truth● Cultivate compassion, awareness, and inner connection● Create sacred space and personal practice● Engage with something greater● Utilize ritual, intention, and prayer as tools for healing● Build capacity for mystery, meaning, and purpose
This group integrates multiple evidence-based, evidence-informed, and psychospiritual modalities, including:
● Jungian / Depth-Oriented Approaches● Meaning-Based / Existential Therapy● Mindfulness-Based Approaches● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This group is grounded in a trauma-informed lens, recognizing the importance of boundaries and consent, cultural and ancestral connection, emotional and nervous system pacing, and engaging both inner and outer worlds with care.
This space is embracing and inclusive of diversity among adults of all races, genders, identities, cultures, religions, places, and backgrounds. Spirituality is approached through universal principles of love, compassion, and truth — not dogma. Religion, philosophy, and past experiences are welcome as part of your story, while the focus remains on your individualized psychospiritual healing and growth within a group container.
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Sovereign + Sustained Skills Group
Facilitated by Natalie Diaz, LSW
Mondays, Weekly
May 11 - June 15, 2026
6:00 - 7:30pm HST online
Whether you're navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, or the cumulative toll of living and working in systems of oppression — this group was built for you.
We live in a time of compounding stress and growing inequity — wealth and power consolidating in fewer hands, political upheaval and conflict, a destabilized climate, culture wars, the rise of AI, and the addiction of social media platforms. These forces compose the world we navigate, and they cannot be separated from the self or the individual experience. This group is a space where the personal and the political are held together, where healing yourself is understood as inseparable from the larger work of collective liberation.
You will learn and practice:
● Mapping the web of oppression — understanding how macro-level systems, historical and intergenerational trauma, and cultural conditioning shape individual mental health, behavior, and well-being● Recognizing how current events — political upheaval, technology, AI, social media, climate instability, and economic precarity — are affecting your nervous system, your relationships, and your sense of self● Psychoeducation on stress, anxiety, and burnout — what they are, how they differ, and how to address them● Strengthening boundaries, choice, and self-trust — practicing values-aligned decision-making from a place of agency rather than obligation, fear, or conditioning● Rethinking self-care from the ground up — centering the foundational pillars of well-being, and creating a new relationship with self-care not as a nice-to-have, but as a serious, fundamental, life-giving practice● Healing that ripples outward — supporting your growth not only as an individual, but as someone whose healing moves into their relationships, family, community, and beyond
Potential Benefits/Gains:
● Improved understanding of how macro-level systems, historical trauma, and cultural conditioning shape your mental health and daily experience● Develop tools to recognize and name symptoms of stress, anxiety, and burnout — and understand how they differ● Develop tools to identify and challenge thought patterns and internalized beliefs shaped by systems, trauma, and conditioning● Increased capacity for emotional regulation and distress tolerance● Build practical skills for setting boundaries and making values-aligned decisions● Develop a sustainable, personalized self-care practice grounded in the foundational pillars of well-being● Increased sense of personal agency, self-trust, and inner authority● Experience the healing power of community and shared humanity through the group process
Top 3 Modalities:
● Solution-Focused Brief Therapy ● Critical Consciousness Theory ● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Who These Groups Are For
These groups are educational, experiential, and skills-focused. They are intentionally designed as a preparation phase, helping you build the internal resources needed for deeper therapeutic work. They are appropriate for adults from diverse backgrounds seeking skill development and group support related to:
● Anxiety and stress● Depression and fatigue● Trauma● Life transitions● Grief and loss● Adjustment-related challenges
These groups are for individuals who are curious about their own healing and are interested in doing group work.
Who They Are Not For
These groups are not appropriate for individuals whose current symptoms require a higher level of care than a skills-based group can provide.
● Severe and persistent mental illness● Active substance use or addiction● History of psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or severe personality disorders● Recent suicide attempts● Current or recent homicidal ideation or violent behavior (excluding self-defense contexts)● Individuals who are not yet able to maintain self-regulation in a group setting
Why Groups?
Groups offer something individual work cannot. They create conditions for healing that go beyond what is possible in a one-on-one setting.
They create space to:
● Be witnessed in your process● Recognize yourself in others● Practice new ways of relating in real time● Experience shared humanity and connection ● The therapeutic factors unique to group — cohesion, mutual support, and the healing power of shared humanity — are core mechanisms of change. There is deep medicine in not being alone with what you carry.
Enrollment & Attendance
Intake assessment required prior to participation.Attending all six sessions is strongly encouraged. Consistency supports your own growth and honors the collective experience of the group.
Ready to find your way in?
The Sovereign Soul Series is grant-funded and available at no cost to eligible Maui residents. Spaces are limited, and an eligibility intake process is required to reserve your place. A treatment summary from your provider may be able to replace your
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Contact: Mindful Living GroupPhone: (808) 206-9371 Text: (808) 378-7678Attention: Faith or Anela
Mahalo nui to our SERG partners & Papa Ola Lōkahi for making this Maui Mental Wellness program accessible.
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