About Us
Flywheel Resilience provides resilience and wellness programs designed to improve knowledge, build skills, and establish positive habits to contribute to a long and healthy lifestyle. Much like a flywheel provides sustained energy when there is an interruption in power, we help you find your momentum so you can keep going and growing, in all the ups and downs of life.
Tara Jones was born and raised in Savannah, GA. She works in the nonprofit sector promoting physical and mental health in a wide array of populations including students of all ages, law enforcement/first responders, addictive disease recovery patients, private sector, and governments. Her passion for her work led her to create Flywheel Resilience to provide the same programs to individual clients and small groups. Tara holds a Bachelor of Health Science, Master of Public Health and a number of certifications.
Certified Personal Trainer (NASM) - Behavior Change Specialist (NASM) - Nutrition Coach (NASM) - Trauma Informed Weight Lifting - Trauma Sensitive Yoga - Community Resiliency Model - Positivity and Relaxation Training (Benson-Henry Institute) - Pursuing additional education in yoga, tai chi, and qigong.
Yoga and Mindful Movement
Our yoga style is based on the principles of Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TSY). We believe in mindful movement to lean into whatever you need from your practice, whether it be awakening or relaxation.
We meet you where you are with offerings such as traditional mat sessions, chair yoga, and tactical yoga. Sessions can also include or be focused on meditation and breath awareness.
Sessions are offered virtually for individuals or small groups.
Individual sessions are $40 per 45-minute session.
Groups of 3 or more booked together are $30 per person per 45-minute session.
Multiple sessions may be purchased for a discounted rate.
Contact us for more details.
Positivity and Relaxation Training (PART)
This 9-week program will help you develop a self-care routine to help manage stress, improve your outlook and enhance your quality of life.
You will learn:
• How to recognize their personal responses to stress
• Meditative techniques that elicit the relaxation response
• How to change thought patterns and emotional outlook to adaptive and positive perspectives
• Techniques to improve sleep, eating and physical activity
• Ways to harness creativity, humor and appreciations to cultivate positivity and personal wellbeing
PART workshops are offered virtually at a cost of $1,500 for an individual. Groups of 3 or more booked together are $1,200 per person.
Fees include the PART training manual.
PART is a copyrighted curriculum developed by the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (BHI) at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Community Resiliency Model (CRM)
Community Resiliency Model (CRM) helps create trauma-informed and resiliency-informed individuals and communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how resiliency can be restored or increased using a skills-based approach.
CRM Learning Objectives:
- Describe how traumatic experiences affect the mind and body based on current scientific research
- Explain the parasympathetic and sympathetic arms of the autonomic nervous system
- Apply the Resilience, High, and Low zones
- Practice the skills of the Community Resiliency Model
CRM may be offered as a 1-hour Basics session, a 2-hour Core Skills session, or a 3-hour workshop. Trainings can be delivered virtual or in person, for individuals and groups.
CRM workshops are $250 per hour virtually. In person training prices can be provided upon request. Availability depending upon location.
Community resiliency model is a registered trademark program from the trauma resource institute.
MOVE
- Improves cardiovascular fitness
- Improves muscle function and strength
- Helps protect against injury
- Decreases joint pain and improves posture
- Helps achieve and maintain healthy body weight
- Can decrease stress hormones
- Promotes confidence
- Is a form of self-expression
- Improves cognitive function
Movement doesn’t have to mean running or lifting heavy weights. It can for some. For others movement can be soft and supportive like a walk or yoga. Applying mindfulness to your movement, whatever that looks like, can help you achieve a more positive outcome from it.
FUEL
- Add nutrient rich vegetables
- Choose a rainbow of fruits
- Increase lean protein
- Choose healthy fats
- Stay away from added sugar
- Shop the perimeter of the grocery store
- Water! Water! Water!
- Stay away from foods that cause inflammation
Fueling our body with nutritious foods means we have more sustained energy throughout our day. Avoiding things like unnecessary sugars and chemical and adding more whole foods means we are protecting our body, allowing to work at a more optimal level.
MANAGE
- Recognize stress triggers and reactions
- Build skills to stay within our capacity
- Create boundaries to protect ourselves from harm, physical, mental, and emotional
- Build a support system
- Learn adaptive thinking techniques
We have all been impacted by stress. Every day we encounter situations and people that cause our bodies and minds to react. Sometimes, we are the person causing ourselves harm with distorted thoughts that cause us to get on that hamster wheel of stress. Managing stress can be a great start to improving our well-being.
RECHARGE
- Create a calm sleeping environment
- Reduce any unnecessary light and noise
- Keep your room cool
- Avoid any sort of stimulants like caffeine close to bedtime
- Shut off screens as early as possible before bedtime
- Practice some mindful breathing or meditation
- Aim for a consistent bedtime and wake time each day to create a routine
SLEEP! This is our chance for our bodies to repair and recharge and return to thrive another day. Getting adequate sleep can improve our physical, emotional, and mental health and reduce our chances of illness, both chronic and acute.
