WHY WE EXIST

LYOS

LYOS is a community of survivors recovering from life-altering violence, addiction, trauma, and suffering. We hold space with those seeking a way of life worth living. We gather to share, heal, and support each other; we share our experiences living through trauma, abuse, addiction, and war.

Many of us have lived in environments of death, suicide, abuse, neglect, and trauma that infected us then, and continue to affect us now. Many of us have felt and lived spiritually bankrupt and morally lost. We say this in empathy - not in judgment.

We are dedicated to providing a safe, nonjudgmental environment that allows us to grieve our experiences, celebrate our beauty, and engage in a life of health, wellness, and joy. 

Through gatherings and other life-affirming modalities, we conduct an honest inventory of ourselves, our life, the systems we have experienced, and the environments we have survived. All this we do so we may (i) identify and heal core trauma, (ii) experience freedom from guilt, judgment, shame, and abandonment, and (iii) become our loving source of joy, creativity, freedom, connection, and inspiration.