Warrior Trapped Within
Warrior Trapped Within
Workshop Series
The most comprehensive one-day workshop series for Veterans looking to take control of their healing through a wholistic and neuro approach.
Warrior Trapped Within will give you a better understanding of the brain, body, and pain connection while teaching you exactly how to recognize pain in yourself and your partner, use healing touch to cultivate intimacy, and simple drills and techniques to fuel and stimulate your brain.
Are You a Veteran or Spouse of a Veteran Experiencing…
- Headache & Neck Pain
- Low Back Pain
- Reduced Performance & Mobility
- Symptoms from a Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Syndrome
- Hopelessness
You’re in the right place!
This one-day workshop is designed for you and your spouse or intimate partner. It is open to all Veterans, members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, or Special Forces (Active Duty, Retired, or Reservist Veteran), including individuals of all abilities and their service animals. Priority is given to Special Operations.
Warrior Trapped Within will give you the tools, knowledge, and unparalleled support on your journey to healing.
The Results You Want. The Relief You Need.
Our understanding of the brain-body connection has changed tremendously over the past ten years as brain mapping technology has given us insight into brain function and function movement.
Many veterans navigating pain or injury have limited results based on what medications or referrals their primary care provider can access within the military treatment facility list or if the tempo of the mission even allows time to slow down to go to appointments.
As the Veteran’s spouse, watching your loved one experience the physical and mental effects of their job can feel helpless and hopeless at times. Unlike many other programs available to veterans, we believe including the couple in classes together will increase the application of what you’ve learned. We will teach you how to recognize pain in your partner based on how they walk and move.
Remember when you first met your partner, when all you wanted to do was be near each other so your hearts could talk to one another, speaking a language that transcends words? Then, life happens, and the strain of military lifestyle or injuries interfere. You embrace the suck, and it changes you. Imagine learning to use healing touch to cultivate intimacy when words fail and opening your hearts to one another in a new connected way.
This program is designed to challenge your understanding of your mind, body, and pain connection. Through hands-on demonstrations, you will learn how to recognize movement patterns in your partner and simple drills and techniques you can use at home.
Meet the Experts
Dawn Ramsden
Founder of Wholistic Healing Experiences | Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist
For more than two decades, Dawn has worked with thousands of people to access healing energy within. She shares innovative wellness tools from her lifelong learned experiences through intuitive individual massage and bodywork sessions and training groups.
Her direct experience with loved ones experiencing combat-related injuries, post-traumatic stress, and finding solutions has deepened her compassion and desire to empower others through their healing process.
Knowing that healing begins within, Dawn shares insights and relatable stories of triumph that challenge hopelessness for those stuck in the referral-based health paradigm. Her natural ability to speak the truth in love to vulnerable topics creates a safe space for her audience to get uplifting education in alternative healing methods and how to access their warrior trapped within.
Kris Gieske
Owner of Cerebral Edge Performance | Strength and Conditioning Specialist
After serving in the U.S. Army, Kris dedicated his life to helping people like you feel better and live happier lives. He is one of the few strength and conditioning specialists in Colorado Springs who uses functional neurology approaches to offer life-changing fitness training to his clients.
Through his own healing journey, Kris overcame many obstacles that inspired him to do more – to bring to light the instrumental techniques to his success that weren’t being taught in rehab therapy.
With a vast knowledge of neuromechanics and biomechanics, Kris Gieske has the tools to help you reach the pinnacle of your performance. This brain-based approach is exactly what sets him apart from the rest. The ground-breaking techniques that Kris provides grant clients instant results.
I love helping people move, feel, and perform better! Whether it be strength, coordination, flexibility, balance, or pain reduction, I help my clients accomplish their goals.” – Kris Gieske
Feel Better. Move Better. Live Better.
We know that access to care is one of the biggest barriers you are faced with as a Veteran. Warrior Trapped Within will equip you with the skills to care for yourself or your partner at home so that you don’t have to wait days, weeks, or even months for an appointment or referral to get relief!
At this workshop, you will be placed in a group based on your specific needs.
- Headache & Neck Pain
- Low Back Pain
- Optimized Performance
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Your body has incredible potential to heal itself. With the right tools and techniques both through a neuro and massage therapy approach, you will see an improvement in your overall wellness and performance.
By the End of the Day, You Will Have Learned…
- How to Reduce, Limit, and Prevent Pain While Strengthening and Conditioning the Body
- How to Bridge the Gap Between Rehab and Fitness
- The Root Causes of Your Pain and How to Reduce Pain Signals to the Brain
- How the Environment and Your Movement Affect Your Brain Function
- Simple Massage and Touch Techniques to Help with Pain, Stress, and Ailments
- How to Perform an Hour Massage at Home Without Being Tired or Hurting Your Hands
- How to Reset Your Body From Survival Mode and Into Performance
- Drills to Shift Your Body Out of Harmful Compensation Patterns to Reduce Pain, Increase Flexibility, and Help Your Body Become More Resilient to Injury
- Methods to Overcome and Identify Mobility in the Body, Increase Your Performance, and Calm the Nervous System
Warrior Trapped Within
One-Day Workshop
Thanks to our generous community sponsors, there is no cost for you and a partner to attend this workshop!
Join the waitlist, and we will reach out to you with all registration details to let you know your group and which day you will be attending the workshop. Based on your specific needs, you will be placed in one of four groups, determining which day you will attend the workshop.
Healing is Possible
And we are here to help you.
Join us for this one-day hands-on, intensive workshop where you truly take control of your healing.
Here’s a Sneak Peek Into Your Day
8:30 – Registration
9:00 – Group Session with Dawn Ramsden, where you will learn…
- How to cultivate intimacy with your partner
- Simple touch techniques to alleviate muscle tension in the body
- Scalp massage to reduce headaches
- The root causes of neck and back pain and the secrets to relieve it
- How to give a one-hour massage without your hands getting tired at all
12:00 – Lunch
- Lunch break
- One-hour lunch featuring four guest speakers
2:00 – Group Session with Kris Gieske, where you will discover…
- Neuro 101 – How the brain processes information and assesses threats
- Why joints have more authority than muscles
- Reflexive Performance Reset and how it can produce immediate results
- How to retrain your muscles for proper breathing
- Joint mobility drills you can do at home
- Vestibular drills and techniques to increase your performance and calm the nervous system
- Why simple eye movement drills can rewire brain function
5:00 – Closing
What’s Included
Couples
When you attend this live, in-person workshop series, each couple will receive…
- Access to a private Facebook group for support, tips, tools, and training videos.
- Take home tools and techniques to continue your healing process at home.
Sponsors
We’re actively searching for sponsors to help provide you with even more items that will truly make healing possible. These could include…
- Your own massage table
- Follow-up therapy sessions
- Massage Therapy gift cards
Warrior Trapped Within
One-Day Workshop
Thanks to our generous community sponsors, there is no cost for you and a partner to attend this workshop!
Join the waitlist, and we will reach out to you with all registration details to let you know your group and which day you will be attending the workshop. Based on your specific needs, you will be placed in one of four groups, determining which day you will attend the workshop.
You Can Change a Life
Injury and chronic pain have a profound impact on every area of your life. This one-day workshop is designed to help Veterans in your local community live better, feel better, and move better.
Your gift will keep hope alive that healing is possible.
Above all, it will…
- Allow Veterans and their partner to attend the workshop at no charge.
- Give Veterans access to the support they deserve without having to wait for referrals.
- Help to educate and create an understanding of how to care for themselves AND their partner at home.
- Alleviate feelings of helplessness by the spouse as they are empowered with proven methods to reduce pain and stress for their veteran.
- Improve the quality of life for veterans in your local community.
- Present the opportunity for follow-up care even after the event is over.
Sponsor the Warrior Trapped Within Workshop Series and make a lasting impact on your community.
Here’s How You Can Help
Silver Sponsor
Unlimited Sponsorships
$1,000
- Allows two couples/partners to attend the workshop
- Your logo will appear on the event flyer and be displayed on a slideshow during registration and lunch
- Receive a ¼ page ad in the participant workbook
- Option to include an item or coupon in the participant swag bags (We will announce all sponsors during the event to allow space for value-added items that may not have your logo on them
Gold Sponsor
Four Sponsorships Available
$2,500
- Allows five couples/partners to attend the workshop
- Opportunity to speak during lunch, or invite your favorite non-profit organization to speak
- One 30-minute morning show interview on Mountain Country Radio
- Your logo will appear on the event flyer and be displayed on a slideshow during registration and lunch
- Receive a ½ page ad in the participant workbook
- Option to include an item or coupon in the participant swag bags (We will announce all sponsors during the event to allow space for value-added items that may not have your logo on them
Platinum Sponsor
One Sponsorship Available
$5,000
- Allows five couples/partners to attend the workshop
- Opportunity to speak during lunch, or invite your favorite non-profit organization to speak
- Option to include collateral on the lunch tables
- One 30-minute morning show interview on Mountain Country Radio
- Your logo will appear on the event flyer and be displayed on a slideshow during registration and lunch
- Receive a full-page ad in the participant workbook
- Option to include an item or coupon in the participant swag bags (We will announce all sponsors during the event to allow space for value-added items that may not have your logo on them
Thank you for your kindness and generosity! Your contribution will help make a positive impact on the lives of local Veterans right here in our community.
If you have any questions or would like more information on how you can help, please contact Dawn at [email protected] or Kris Gieske at [email protected].
