BARBOURSVILE - Celebrating its one-year anniversary in May, The PeaceTree Center for Wellness has aimed to help folks heal by creating a wide range of mind, spirit and body connections.

This week, PeaceTree owner Katrina Jefferson and the teachers at the Center, located 5930 Mahood Dr., Huntington, will celebrate PeaceTree in the Park, a community wellness week at Barboursville Park with some additional events at the center.

PeaceTree in the Park runs Monday through Saturday, June 19-24, with a wide range of yoga classes, behavioral health

screenings, art, music, massage, mediation, mindfulness, and belly and ballroom dancing.

Activities will be offered two different times, in the morning/early afternoon (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and evening (4 to 7 to 8 p.m.)

"PeaceTree in the Park is a community wellness week in Barboursville Park, and the the point of it is to provide a little snapshot of all the things that we do at PeaceTree but to also improve the wellness of the community - that is the whole point," Jefferson said. "We are inviting individuals, children and families to have fun, enjoy being active and connect with wellness. It is our hope to make this an annual event in addition to offering pop-up activities monthly."

A licensed therapist with a private practice that specializes in trauma in children and families, Jefferson said PeaceTree has been been adding services as well as classes and workshops in everything from yoga and massage therapy to nutritional support groups, mindfulness, and belly and ballroom dancing.

"We do all kinds of alternative types of activities to help provide healing and connection for individuals for themselves and for their families and to connect with others in the community," Jefferson said. "To see people actually partake in the services and start the healing is one of the most exciting things I have seen in my life. What I have realized is that we have a lot of stressed parents and a lot of stressed kids; everybody is going everywhere, and our culture is so high expectation and high performance that this is a place of sanctuary. That is what I am hoping for them to find when they come to the park and want to partake in the services."

Jefferson said she hopes there will be a lot of children who can come to the events.

"It is our goal to promote health and wellness for all individuals and target the importance of childhood development and self care for all," Jefferson said. "Children are our future, (and they) learn from what they see. If the community supports their parents, they see a community that cares and is available to support their development, health and wellness. Promoting wellness in our community is a choice that impacts the present and future of the children, families and individuals who are the community."

Jefferson said she is looking for sponsors to cover supplies for activities, support for the instructors, food and water for those providing services and activities, and marketing. Folks wanting to help or who want more information, can call 304-955-5111; or email peacetree2healandhope@gmail.com or TLC4change@gmail.com.

Here's a look at the schedule for PeaceTree in the Park. Activities are at Barboursville Park unless otherwise noted.

n 3 to 7 p.m.: Behavioral health screenings for adults and children

n 3 to 4:30 p.m.: Inside Out Kids Group

n 3 to 4:30 p.m.: Inside Out Faces (face painting)

n 3 to 4:30 p.m.: Parent support group

n 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Kids yoga

n 5:30 to 7 p.m.: Family activity

PeaceTree Center Location (5930 Mahood Dr., Huntington)

n 5 to 6:30 p.m.: Healing in Huntington

n 5:45 to 6:15 p.m.: Kids drumming

n 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.: Adult drumming

n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Behavioral health screenings for adults and children

n 10 a.m. to noon: Maternal mental health activities

n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Activity tables, including solution squeeze balls, calm down balloons, 3D hand prints and power sticks

n 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Tic tac toe emoji fun

n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Massage demos

n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Face painting

PeaceTree Center Location (5930 Mahood Dr., Huntington)

n 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Ballroom dancing

n 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Ballroom dancing

Wednesday, June 21: International Day of Yoga

n 9 to 10 a.m.: Family yoga with Victoria

n 10 a.m. to noon: Activity tables

n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Behavioral health screenings for adults and children

n 10 a.m. to noon: Massage demos

n 10 to 11 a.m.: Hatha yoga with Gloria

n 11 a.m. to noon: Meditation with Cindy D.

n 5 to 8 p.m.: Coloring mandalas for kids

n 4 to 5 p.m.: Sloth yoga with Jennifer M.

n 5 to 6 p.m.: Yoga with Bobbi

n 6 to 7 p.m.: iRest with Dawn Brock

n 3 to 7 p.m.: Behavioral health screenings for adults and children

n 3 to 7 p.m.: Good Vibe Tribe Teen Group - What's your handprint on the world? (3D Hands), Tic tac toe emoji fun

n 4 to 7 p.m.: Face painting

n 4 to 7 p.m.: Picture booth

n 3 to 4 p.m.: Make your own masks

n 4 to 5 p.m.: Make your own mandala

n 5 to 7 p.m.: Community rock painting

n 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Intro to mindful based stress reduction

n 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Behavioral health screenings for adults and children

n 10 to 11 a.m.: Barboursville Library: Story, music parachute.

n 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Face painting, Inside Out Faces and coloring mandalas for kids

n 10 a.m. to noon: Art with Linda (Painting with parents; sunflowers on old barn wood)

n 5 to 6 p.m.: Belly dancing with Ariane

n 6 to 7 p.m.: Community drumming with Sheila M.

n 6 to 8 p.m.: Painting in the park with Kelly

n 10 to 11 a.m.: Community yoga for cancer awareness

n 11 a.m. to noon: Meditation with PeaceTree Meditation Group

n 2 to 4 p.m.: Behavioral health screenings; mental health first aid Zyto Scans with Michelle C.; essential oils with Michelle C., Fire Truck Tour with Jamie D.; community rock painting, face painting and picture booth PeaceTree Song Circle - Music

n 6 to 8 p.m. Chris Sutton (http://chrissuttonblues.com/). A locally based, internationally known blues artist who has toured around the U.S., Europe, India and Nepal.

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