Workshops | Sara Hunter Counseling

intermediate Mountain Biking and Mindfulness Workshop

Location: DuPont State Forest
Date: November 3-5 (Friday noon-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-4:30pm)

At this clinic, we will

Learn and enhance intermediate mountain biking skills (listed below)
Practice living more fully in the present
Increase your capacity for handling stress/fear on your bike while learning to work through fear and the threat response with more confidence
Gain more awareness of your physical body
Learn techniques to find balance in your central nervous system
Practice working the edges of your comfort zone on the bike and reflect on how this can happen in your daily life
Have fun!

The workshop is being held by Sara Hunter, LCMHC, PMBIA Level 1 Coach and Sommerville Johnston, LCMHC, SEP.

For Who: Adults age 21+ (all genders); 6 participant : 2 facilitator ratio
Price: $485 *Includes all facilitation and any park fees. Does not include meals, gear rental, or transportation.
BIPoC Scholarship rate $225

There are 2 BIPoC Scholarships available for this workshop at a discounted rate of $225. With this scholarship rate, we aim to break down barriers that people of color face while getting into mountain biking. We are also able to provide a mountain bike for BIPoC Scholarship participants to use during the workshop weekend if needed. The scholarship rate will be available until September 1st. Please contact us if you are interested in the scholarship.

This clinic is for you if

You are comfortable on blue (intermediate) trails with roots/rocks and tight single track and have the ability to ride at least 5 miles in two hours. Some trails in WNC that meet this criteria include Hardtimes Connector and Explorer Loop in Bent Creek and Ridgeline in DuPont. This clinic is also for you if you ride black diamond trails and want to gain more confidence on sections of these trails. Our final day of this workshop will most likely be working various sections of Big Rock and/or Burnt Mountain in DuPont.

You are ready to learn or get more experience with:

Cornering
Wheel lifts
Climbing and descending steeper and more technical terrain

You have a solid foundation of beginner mountain biking skills including:

Basic Body Positioning
Climbing position
Downhill neutral position
Downhill ready position
Trail scanning and line choice
Braking safely
Shifting

Beginner Mountain Biking and Mindfulness Workshop - spring 2024

At this clinic, we will:

Learn and enhance beginner mountain biking skills
Practice living more fully in the present
Increase your capacity for handling stress while learning to work through the threat response with more confidence
Practice intentionally connecting to your body
Learn techniques to find balance in your central nervous system
Learn the difference between a perceived and actual threat and ways to work through fear while riding
Practice and reflect on the experience of being vulnerable and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone safely
Have fun!

about the workshop

The workshop is being held by Sara Hunter, LCMHC, PMBIA Level 1 Coach and Sommerville Johnston, LCMHC, SEP.

When: TBA for Spring 2024
Where: DuPont State Forest
For Who: Adult women age 21+ (including trans, femme, non-binary, BIPoC, and cisgender women)
Price: $400* Includes all facilitation and any park fees. Does not include meals, gear rental, or transportation.

BIPoC Scholarship rate $150

There are 2 BIPoC Scholarships available for this workshop at a discounted rate of $200. With this scholarship rate we aim to break down barriers that people of color face while getting into mountain biking. We are also able to provide a mountain bike for BIPoC Scholarship participants to use during the workshop weekend if needed. The scholarship rate will be available until March 17th. Please contact us if you are interested in the scholarship.

The clinic is for you if

You are a beginner rider and want to work on your skills or you have some experience riding on paved and/or gravel surfaces and you are wanting to learn to mountain bike. We will be spending all day (with breaks of course) on the bike so some fitness/endurance is required (ability to ride 3 miles in 1 hour).