Creating Safety in a World that Feels Dangerous
Lynea Gillen, LPC, Founder Yoga Calm
Creating Safety in a World that Feels Dangerous
Lynea Gillen, Licensed Professional Counselor & Founder of Yoga Calm
November 16, 2024
9-11am
Live, Online Training
What is Safety?
Students have more to worry about than ever before, and educators are concerned about it. A recent study revealed that 90% of school district leaders have either “moderate” or “major” concerns about students’ mental health. And we know that safety—from both real and perceived danger—is fundamental to health, wellness and learning.
We often use the word safe to describe the environment that is most conducive to counseling, teaching and living life without tension, but we don’t break down the conditions that are necessary to feel “safe.”
Drawing on her decades of work as a teacher, counselor and trauma therapist, Lynea will go beyond typical trainings in creating safe learning environments, to more deeply explore this idea of safety and look at ways that we can develop a greater sense of safety in ourselves, our schools and our families.
Providing additional context, we will also explore the latest in polyvagal theory and how it operates in school settings and counseling offices.
What Else You Will Learn
- The role of instinct in developing safety and how to strengthen this quality in ourselves and others
- Exploring and developing trust through playful games and environmental considerations
- Learning to listen and respond to inner experiences
- Anger, fear, shame and pain – finding safety in identifying and expressing these emotions
- Emotional intelligence and its role in safety.
Clock Hours & CEUs
Documentation of 12 Clock Hours and/or CEUs can be made upon request. (CEUs are provided from Yoga Calm. Please check with your licensing board for applicability.)
Details
November 16, 2024
9 – 11 am PDT (Los Angeles time)
Live, online training format
$75
Purchase orders accepted. Send PO to registration@yogacalm.org along with registrant name and email address.
Learn from Health & Wellness Pioneer
Lynea Gillen, Licensed Professional Counselor, Trauma Releasing Exercise (TRE) Trainer and Founder of Yoga Calm, is a pioneer in the field of health and wellness education for youth. Her heart-centered, creative and effective tools were developed directly from her 40+ years of supporting youth as a school teacher, counselor and clinician.
Lynea’s Yoga Calm for Children program was developed in a behavior classroom in a rural Oregon elementary school 25 years ago and is now being taught by tens of thousands of teachers, counselors and therapists around the world in diverse settings such as urban classrooms, clinics and psychiatric hospitals like the Mayo Clinic.
As a trauma therapist and TRE trainer, she has supported individuals from around the world, including war-torn areas such as Ukraine and Russia. And she provides customized staff trainings for mental health clinics and agencies across the U.S.
Lynea is also an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Lewis & Clark College, and the University of the Pacific, where she has created over a dozen courses in counseling and special education, and has taught thousands of teachers, counselors and therapists. Her books and media have also won nine national awards. Lynea is a current licensed professional counselor with the state of Oregon, holds an MS in counseling in education from PSU, and is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.
$75