Cool Under Fire: Self-Defense Against Stress & Anxiety

Fri, May 15, 2026
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  
DESCRIPTION
This workshop is for anyone who is burnt out on anxiety, stress, and tension. All ability levels are welcome and the workshop is appropriate for kids as young as 8 (with a parent in attendance).

Learn practical tools to feel grounded, calm, and centered despite the daily dumpster fires. Whether your daily dose of chaos comes from a demanding job or the news headlines, this workshop is for anyone feeling overwhelmed and at a loss.

Train with an expert with 50 years' experience teaching the Art of Peace: Sensei Raso is a 7th degree black belt in Aikido, AKA the Art of Peace. No martial arts will be practiced in this class...unless you count drop-kicking some stress!

Instead, Raso Hultgren will lead participants through a variety of experiential somatic exercises (feel it in your own skin tactics) on how to feel grounded when a professional trapdoor springs open; how to get centered when the daily teeter-totter tilts; how to generate lasting calm inside that radiates out to those around you. These practices are great for home, the office, or daily life.

This session is especially relevant for:
First responders, public-facing civil servants, community organizers and volunteers, educators, nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals--anyone who regularly navigates tense or chaotic situations

  Not a free event
  Minimum age: 8
  Not dog friendly
  Wheelchair accessible
CONTACT
  Jenny Mason
  (970) 426-5257
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DATE & TIME
Fri, May 15, 2026
5:30pm - 7:30pm
  
LOCATION
VFW Post 4031
1550 Main Ave
Durango, CO  81301
LOCATION
VFW Post 4031
1550 Main Ave
Durango, CO  81301