by Jim Gillen | Feb 4, 2017 | Featured Family, Health Professionals Featured, Physical Fitness, Yoga Calm
Low back pain is pretty common. It’s the top cause of disability worldwide. Over 30 million American adults have it right now. Maybe you’re one of them. But it’s not something you normally associate with kids. The conventional wisdom is that children shouldn’t...
by Jim & Lynea Gillen | Jun 4, 2016 | Yoga Calm
Yoga Calm began in 2000 with one counselor in a rural Oregon elementary school – Lynea – striving to meet the needs of increasing numbers of students with extreme behavioral issues. Soon, we were teaching it to others in the Portland Metro area – a program that became...
by Jim Gillen | Jul 6, 2015 | Workshops, Yoga Calm
Our annual Summer Intensive – a training that encompasses our three basic Yoga Calm curriculum courses – is our favorite of the year. Not only do we get to spend time at relaxing studios and beautiful retreats such as Still Meadow here in Oregon; we get to meet and...
by Jim Gillen | Mar 16, 2015 | Health, Yoga Calm
The report from our good friend’s preschool was disturbing. Naptime was creating behavior problems for her daughter, and the school was now considering sending her home each afternoon. We knew she wasn’t much of a napper, but after some additional...
by Jim Gillen | Mar 5, 2015 | Mindfulness, Yoga Calm
As Lynea and I savor our experiences at last weekend’s mindfulness and compassion conference in San Diego, we can’t help but be amazed about how much this movement has grown in the last 15 years since we first started offering Yoga Calm in the public...
by Jim Gillen | Feb 27, 2015 | Yoga Calm
We’ve just arrived in San Diego for our return visit to this amazing conference, where educators. clinicians, researchers and administrators from around the country come together to share ideas, inspiration and knowledge of using mindfulness and compassion to help...