by Yoga Calm | May 14, 2023 | Media, Mental Health
What do you say to a child when yet another act of wild violence dominates the news? How do we help them make sense of the strange and troubling scenes, and so many people saying “never again” even as nothing much seems to change? Working Toward a Positive, Strong,...
by Jim Gillen | Apr 16, 2023 | Environmental Education
It’s not really springtime here in Portland until the cherry trees burst into bloom. And right now, they are gorgeous. Their sudden color, their delicate scent occasionally wafting on a breeze, their promise of warmer days to come – is it any wonder that cherry...
by Jim Gillen | Mar 12, 2023 | Community, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
Three years ago, Lynea was blogging about the importance of loose social ties. Within weeks, the stay-at-home orders began – and went on much longer than any of us could have imagined. Then, as now, we had to smile at the irony of this, even as it put into focus...
by Jim Gillen | Jan 4, 2023
Wisdom of the Belly An Indigenous Framework for Locating Personal Power in TRE Leslie Gray, PhD & Lynea Gillen, LPC, TRE Trainer Photo by Tumay Aslay Wisdom of the Belly | An Indigenous Framework for Locating Personal Power in TRE Leslie Gray, PhD &...
by Lynea Gillen | Oct 2, 2022 | Mindfulness, Self-regulation
Although originally developed in an elementary classroom to be used primarily in school settings, Yoga Calm has come to be used in many different environments: hospitals, clinics, juvenile detention facilities, yoga studios, churches, and, of course, homes. It’s...
