by Jim & Lynea Gillen | Mar 16, 2018 | Trauma, Yoga Calm
Through the years, we have been blessed to work with so many amazing teachers, counselors, social workers, therapists, and other helping professionals who dedicate themselves to helping children and families thrive in an ever more challenging world. One of those is...
by Jim & Lynea Gillen | Feb 17, 2018 | Trauma
For many of us, these past few days have been a tangle of grief and anger. Seventeen human beings were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida – 14 students and 3 faculty members. At least 15 more were injured. It’s not just the degree of bloodshed...
by Jim & Lynea Gillen | Jan 29, 2018 | Mental Health
Though Yoga Calm began in elementary school classrooms and student counseling groups, today, a wide variety of organizations and facilities have incorporated our program in their service to children and families. One of these is Frontier Behavioral Health, a...
by Jim & Lynea Gillen | Jan 13, 2018 | Yoga Calm
If you teach older adults – or have thought about teaching seniors – you may want to check out the new book by Kimberly Carlson and Carol Krucoff, the amazing instructors of our Teaching Yoga to Seniors certificate training. Managing the emotional and physical...
by Jim & Lynea Gillen | Dec 2, 2017 | Mindfulness
Considering how popular mindfulness has become, it’s no surprise that we’ve begun to hear more people challenging it. Some simply caution against all the hype and the idea that mindfulness is some kind of cure-all. Others slam it as just another superficial self-help...