Price: $25 members, $40 non-members

Registration: Open through Wednesday, November 12, at 3:00 p.m. CT. Register here! >
 

Through a blend of education, guided practices, and discussion, you will: 

• Understand how the nervous system responds to stress and why burnout is so common in mission-driven work.
• Explore embodied tools like orientation, resourcing, and tracking that you can use anytime to restore balance and clarity.
• Recognize the signs of dysregulation and develop strategies to rebuild capacity, rather than override exhaustion.
• Discover practical ways to apply these tools in your organization and community to strengthen collaboration, restore balance, and build long-term resilience.
• Learn simple, sustainable practices that you can integrate immediately into your professional and personal life, shifting from survival mode into resilience, presence, and connection. 

• Main Street organization directors and managers seeking tools to prevent burnout and lead from a grounded, sustainable place.
• Coordinating Program staff supporting multiple communities and balancing competing demands.
• Local Board members and volunteers navigating high-stress decision-making or change management.
• Community and economic development leaders working in mission-driven, people-centered environments.
• Team leaders and facilitators who want to create calmer, more resilient workplace and community dynamics.
• Anyone in the Main Street network ready to build personal and organizational capacity for resilience, balance, and long-term impact. 

Juliana Allen is Executive Director at Downtown Oregon City Association, a somatic practitioner in training, and founder of Reclaim with Juliana. Drawing on years of nonprofit leadership, trauma-informed somatic training, and her own journey of reclamation, Juliana helps people reconnect with their bodies as a compass for authentic living and sustainable leadership. Her work weaves together nervous system regulation, breathwork, energy guidance, and community-based practices to create spaces where both individuals and systems can thrive. 

Cancellations communicated more than 14 days in advance of the course date will be refunded in full. Cancellations occurring less than 14 days in advance of the course date will be offered a 50% refund. Please note that there is a $25.00 processing fee for any cancelled registration. Once the course has begun, we are unfortunately unable to offer a refund. To cancel a registration, please email academy@​mainstreet.​org.