The Jonas Project
RECONNECTION: Finding your way back to the body and self
Recovery Begins in the Body.
Named for someone we love.
Built for everyone still finding their way back.
Body-based, trauma-informed education that brings the body, the nervous system, and the human story into the conversation about addiction and recovery.
Who it's for
The Jonas Project focuses on transition-age youth, ages 16–25, whose lives have been touched by substance use, including young people aging out of foster care, experiencing homelessness, or living with mental health challenges. We also support their families, and we train the clinicians, counselors, peer-support teams, and program staff who walk alongside them.
Recovery is more than stopping a substance
The body doesn’t forget the war it survived. When stress, grief, and trauma have kept someone in survival mode for years, willpower alone is a heavy load to carry. The Jonas Project helps the body learn that it can finally stand down.
You don’t have to white-knuckle your way to healing. Your body already knows how to settle. We help you remember.
Our Mission
The Jonas Project brings the body into the conversation about addiction and recovery.
Through trauma-informed education, movement, nervous system regulation, body awareness, and Physioenergetic Anatomy® principles, we help young people and families explore the stress, grief, trauma, relationships, and generational patterns that may contribute to disconnection from the body and from self.
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Our mission is to expand recovery beyond stopping a substance and help people reconnect with their bodies, their relationships, their sense of self, and the life they want to live.
What We Offer
Community Outreach & Awareness
Participating in sobriety festivals, recovery events, health fairs, schools, community programs, and public conversations to raise awareness about substance use, trauma, the nervous system, and recovery.
Recovery Program Partnerships
Partnering with substance-use treatment and recovery organizations to bring body-based, trauma-informed education into existing programs.
Body-Based Recovery Programming
Educational experiences that incorporate movement, body awareness, breathing, nervous system regulation, and other Physioenergetic principles as complementary supports within established recovery care.
Professional Training
Education for clinicians, recovery professionals, counselors, peer-support teams, and program staff on how trauma, chronic stress, grief, and nervous-system patterns can influence the body during addiction and recovery.
Workforce Development & Practitioner Training
Helping substance-use programs understand how to incorporate appropriately trained body-based practitioners into their continuum of care.
Family & Community Education
Helping families understand addiction through a compassionate, whole-person lens, with education about the role of connection, relationships, trauma, grief, and the body in recovery.
OUR GOAL:
Expand the conversation from “How do we stop the substance?” to “How do we help the person heal and reconnect?”
Scope of Care
The Jonas Project provides education and complementary, body-based support. It does not replace medical care, detox, or clinical addiction treatment, and it is designed to work alongside licensed treatment and recovery providers.
Our Vision
We envision a more comprehensive approach to recovery, one that recognizes that addiction affects more than behavior and that healing may require attention to the body, nervous system, relationships, family patterns, emotional pain, and sense of meaning.
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We want body-based education and trauma-informed care to become accessible parts of recovery for young people and families, creating greater opportunities not simply for sobriety, but for reconnection, resilience, and a meaningful life.
Crisis Resources
If you or someone you love needs help now:
Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7. For free, confidential treatment referrals, call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357.
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If you suspect an overdose:
Call 911 and give naloxone (Narcan) if it’s available.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES
Programming is launching soon. Join our interest list to be the first to know.
TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS
Treatment and recovery programs: Bring body-based, trauma-informed education to your participants and staff.
CLINICIANS AND RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS
Clinicians and recovery professionals: Ask about professional training for your team.
DONORS
Help young people find their way back to their bodies and themselves.
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VOLUNTEERS
Join our outreach team at recovery events, sobriety festivals, and health fairs.