Changes! Transition to School!
Yoga Class for tweens & teens

Changes! Transition to School! Yoga Class

Lynea Gillen, Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Yoga Instructor

August 24, 2024, 9 – 12/noon
Still Moving Yoga Studio, SW Portland

Let’s Reconnect, with Ourselves, with Each Other, with Nature

Young people have been through several difficult years. Breaks in their education from covid, strikes, weather and a daily diet of negative news and overstimulating material from social media. So what can we as parents and guardians do to counter these influences?

Connecting to the things that are reliable, beautiful and simple help young people find hope and build resilience in trying times. In this yoga class that is exactly what we will be doing.

Digital devices will be set aside for three hours while students will connect to themselves, to each other and to nature and the larger world. This will be done through social games, yoga, relaxation, outdoor explorations and preparing and sharing beautiful snacks from the garden and local producers.

Lynea Gillen, founder of Yoga Calm for Children, licensed counselor and former classroom teacher, will lead the class bringing her years of experience helping youth build resilience, discover their gifts and build joy into daily life. (Her full bio is below).

Changes! Transition to School! Yoga Class

Transitions are another hot topic for this age. There are many transitions, and it can be difficult to hang on to your needs when life is going through major transitions. We will explore how to help our bodies stay grounded when life feels like it’s changing fast. And we will say goodbye to the sessions on our land at Still Moving Yoga for the last time with some time spent in our bonding places.

Class Details

Saturday, August 24, 2024
9:00 am – 12:00/noon
For all youth, ages 12-15. Class limited to 10 students
Still Moving Yoga,10040 SW 25th Ave, Portland, OR 97219 (10 blocks east of Jackson Middle School)
$30

Instructor

Lynea Gillen, LPC, RYT, is an award-winning author, speaker and pioneer in the field of health and wellness education for youth. From its development in a behavior classroom in a rural Oregon elementary school, her accredited Yoga Calm program is used by tens of thousands of educators and therapists each day in diverse settings, such Head Start programs, urban classrooms, occupational therapy clinics, children and teen psychiatric units at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, and at the Mayo Clinic.

Developing emotional literacy, community and resilience are the hallmarks of Lynea’s approach and are exemplified in her award-winning books and media: Yoga Calm for Children, Mindful Moments Cards, Good People Everywhere, Little Banty Chicken and, her latest, Little Book of Healing: A Coloring Book for Grief and Loss.

Lynea is a licensed professional counselor, holds an MS in Counseling in Education from PSU, is a TRE Trauma Releasing Exercise practitioner, and is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.

Teachers and Assistants that Lynea has trained over the years will also be helping to guide and lead experiences. Those will be announced later.

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