Whole Body Health

Whole Body Health

Pension Fund is partnering with the Root Cause Collective to offer a 12 week virtual wellness program designed especially with clergy in mind. Inclusive of all body types and sensitive to chronic illness, injury recovery and those with mobility challenges, this program is one of a kind and accessible in the comfort of your own home!

Click the button below to let us know you’re interested in learning more about our 2025 Whole Body Health Program. This is not a commitment to participate. Once you let us know you’re interested, we’ll send you information about registering for an upcoming cohort.

Whole Body Health & Wellness Virtual Cohort

  • Whole Body Health is a virtual 12-week wellness cohort in which participants work with trained fitness, nutrition, and mental health professionals to improve their overall health. The program includes:

    -12 Virtual Group workout sessions

    -12 Individual personal fitness sessions with a Certified Personal Trainer (Virtual)

    -6 Personal goal setting sessions

    -6 Group nutrition coaching and Q&A sessions with a Certified Sports Nutrition Specialist (Virtual)

    -Individual mental wellness coaching session with a Licensed Mental Health counselor

    -Group mental wellness workshop lead by a Mental Health counselor

  • 1. Physical & Mental Agility

    2. Increased Energy

    3. Nutritional Education

    4. Improved mobility

    5. Bone health with improved muscle strength and tone

    6. Peer support and accountability

    7. Sustainable mind & body wellness

  • To participate, you must register and attend the Pension Fund's Gathering this September 3-5th in Washington, D.C.  and sign up for the Root Cause Collective's offering while in attendance! Register for the Gathering here:  Gathering | Pension Fund

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An intergenerational abolitionist workshop that brings Black women and girls together to discuss police violence while imagining safe lives and communities through the lens of storytelling. 

  • This 2 hour healing workshop that includes (1) a presentation on police violence against Black women and girls, and the role of story-telling in Black culture; (2) a discussion of psychological, emotional, and spiritual tools for transforming trauma; (3) guided meditation, writing, and reflections on Black girlhood, safety, liberation, and solidarity; (4) and a wisdom circle where we craft letters, poetry, and affirmations that centers our visions for the future.

  • For all Black identifying fems, women, and girls.

    Led by:

    Dr. Shannon Malone Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at UNC Chapel Hill where she researches police violence against Black women and girls.

    Dr. Latoya Teague is a critical Black literacy scholar who centers Black stories, histories, and memories in her research on literacy access in African American communities

    AW Shields is a clinical licensed social worker, ordained clergywoman, abolitionist and Founder of the Root Cause Collective; a cooperative of mental health and wellness professionals working to revolutionize mental health care by building therapeutic, trauma-informed community as a liberative method of mental health care and healing in communities of the Black Diaspora.

  • Sunday, May 5th, 2024 @ 1:30-3:30pm

  • The Healing Gardens at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church

    813 Darby, St Raleigh, NC 27610

  • To heal in community, build collective wisdom and create a “police talk” for Black women and girls that affirms our humanity.

A 12-month therapeutic healing cohort for LGBTQ+ people of color who have experienced religious, spiritual or identity-based trauma.  Our aim is to provide a space where participants can explore their unique experiences, reclaim their spiritual and cultural roots, and find solidarity through healing justice and trauma-informed practices. The group will be lead by AW Shields & Kia Davis.

  • Monthly therapeutic healing justice sessions with other like-minded individuals

    Space for peer support and to build authentic connection, and community

    Post session growth work activities & resources

    Three individual wellness coaching sessions

    Religious trauma education & healing resources

    Support developing individual and collective holistic wellness practices and customized personal wellness plan

    Mental health screenings & referrals as need.

  • This program offers education, tools, and support to help individuals navigate the complexities of religious and identity-based trauma and its effects on mental health and well-being.

    Topics covered include:

    Developing sexual, gender, and spiritual identities

    Confronting internalized oppression, socialized shame, guilt, or self-hatred

    Healing from religious trauma, spiritual abuse, or excommunication from familial or religious communities

    Processing grief around the loss of community, family, and friends after coming out

    Experiencing spiritual crisis

    Addressing maladaptive coping skills and sexual/reproductive health concerns

  • Qinfolk is open to adults 18 years of age or older who identify as an LGBTQIA+ person of color and have experienced religious trauma, a form of psychological trauma resulting from experiences related to a person's spiritual or religious beliefs, practices or involvement in a religious or spiritual community that have caused them distress or harm.

  • A year-long cohort that meets virtually once a month for 12 months, on the third Tuesday of each month from 11:30am-1:30pm EST, starting on August 15th, 2023.

    2023 Dates:

    July 31st (Registration Deadline)

    August 15th

    September 19th

    October 17th

    November 21th

    December 19th

    2024 Dates:

    January 16th

    February 20th

    March th

    April 16th

    May 21st

    June 18th

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