Embodying Safety: Resilience, One by One
Thursday, November 12, 2026
3:30 – 4:30 PM PT · Online via Zoom
Hosted by OLLI @ UC Berkeley’s Vital Aging Forum
Just days after the midterm elections, join Amelia Barili for an hour that meets this exact moment, a living, experiential practice in calming an overstressed nervous system. Drawing on ancient wisdom and neuroscience, you’ll practice simple, embodied tools to reset stress, restore clarity, and rebuild resilience, one person, one breath, one relationship at a time. This is not a talk to sit back and absorb. It is an hour to actually feel steadier by the time it ends.
Because democracy has a nervous system too, made of how we show up for each other.
Leave steadier, clearer, and ready for whatever comes next.
This event is part of OLLI @ UC Berkeley’s Vital Aging Forum and is open to OLLI members.
Amelia Barili, former journalist (BBC, La Prensa) and UC Berkeley educator, blends ancient wisdom and neuroscience to help people reset their nervous systems and build lasting resilience. Her community-based teaching earned UC Berkeley’s Chancellor’s Award for Public Service. She leads Embodying Safety, now in its seventh cohort at the Polyvagal Institute.
This Hour Is Just the Beginning
Both of Amelia’s upcoming OLLI @ UC Berkeley courses go much deeper into the practices you’ll taste on November 12, and an OLLI membership is what opens the door to all of these offerings.
Be the first to know when registration opens for either course.
Finances shouldn’t stand in the way of learning, OLLI’s fee assistance program is available for those who qualify. Learn more.
In the meantime, no membership required: join Amelia’s free Saturday workshops.