This program benefits both educators and students, helping teachers to manage their own triggers while providing leading-edge techniques for dealing with students who have experienced trauma.
DurationThis program benefits both educators and students, helping teachers to manage their own triggers while providing leading-edge techniques for dealing with students who have experienced trauma.
This program was initially designed for and delivered to the First Nations School Board with overwhelming positive feedback and success.
Being trauma aware today is crucial for all educators and leaders because these are such unprecedented, stressful times.
With technology that is stealing our attention and disconnecting children from their basic needs, to climate change that's worsening anxiety and depression in youth, to the recent detailed exposures of oppression against marginalized communities, to a global pandemic, not to mention the unstable political climate that's threatening nuclear warfare, our systems are bombarded with toxic, violent information.
Without the proper tools, teachers who implement any kind of contemplative practices into their classroom, be it breathing, mindfulness or yoga, will inevitably trigger or even re-traumatize their students due to lack of knowledge and understanding.
Our unique training program is designed to restore wholeness, by re-integrating body and mind, known today as interoception.
Trauma-informed somatic practices include breathing, movement and self-massage to gently foster a reconnection with the body.
The mindfulness practices train the mind for dealing with intrusive thoughts, and provide strategies for dealing with flashbacks and overwhelming triggers.
In the end, this experience empowers individuals to approach life in a way that promotes self-care, compassion, patience and self-advocacy.
Topics Include:
Trauma-sensitive terms
Factors that influence the impact of trauma
Signs and symptoms of trauma
Dealing with the traumatized brain
Why mindfulness for healing trauma
Trauma-sensitive language
Trauma-sensitive classroom setup
Trauma-sensitive mindfulness and movement practices
Post-traumatic growth
As a visionary in the yoga movement, I was honored to receive the prestigious Women of Excellence Award and the RBC Women of Influence Award for my Yoga in Schools initiative (that was back when yoga wasn't really well known, so that was pretty neat). After teaching Physical Education in Vancouver for 8 years, I traveled to India (a number of times), returned to my maritime roots and designed a Yoga Grade 11 course for the Nova Scotia Department of Education, the first ever PSP yoga program implemented in Canadian public schools.
Through Thompson Publications Inc, I designed yoga posters (with manuals) for both Elementary and Secondary levels, which are used by teachers around the world. Autism Consultant Catherine Rahey and I co-authored a Yoga for Autism Program, and then I created a Yoga for Diverse Learners Program, with the support of Jason Williams at CEC in Truro. Drawing from my profound journey through anorexia and teen trauma, I wrote the revolutionary Girl on Fire Empowerment Program for teen girls. My daughter Sophia and I are soon to launch an affiliate podcast called SPARK: A Mother - Daughter Journey. Speaking of family, my dear husband, Blair Abbass and I designed the evidence-based Mindfulness in Schools Manual, which is changing the way teens and teachers relate to life.
To support these school-based programs, we run a highly reputed, life changing Yoga Teacher Training Program and Annual Summer Conference, which attracts educators and health-care professionals from every pocket of the world.As a dedicated educator, practitioner, and innovator, my teachings are rooted in over 10,000 hours of study with leading authorities such as the legendary Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, Deepak Chopra and Michael Lee.
Beyond inspiring others to walk the path of health, healing and wholeness, I cherish family time with my work and life husband Blair and our two extraordinary daughters. I hope you find on these pages, some guidance or inspiration that contributes positively to your life and those you influence.
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