Tagged With "Afro Flow Yoga"

AVAIYA University is hosting a free online class, Healing From Childhood Trauma, July 29 - August 6, that features 18 physicians, therapists, psychologists & more who share life-changing strategies to heal from childhood trauma. Featured in the course are Dr. Dan Siegel on "Trauma & Mindfulness", Dr. Jamie Marich on "Healing the Wounds of Childhood Trauma", and Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott on "U nderstanding Unresolved Attachment to Heal From Loss & Trauma." I'm doing a session on...

Oregon.gov, July 9, 2019 The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced its intent to award 15 organizations contracts to serve as coordinated care organizations (CCOs) for the Oregon Health Plan’s nearly 1 million members. Eleven of the organizations are approved to receive five-yea r contracts, and four organizations are approved to receive one-year contracts. Awardees will now be evaluated for their readiness to deliver the services promised in their applications. Successful awardees will...

Join us on Friday November 6, 2020 from noon to 1:00 PST as we come together and join Satya Chandragiri MD, Bonnie O’Hern RN, Denise Proudfoot RN, & Michael Polacek RN for a discussion around the tinder issue of suicide. Together we will discuss ways people and providers can support each other and encourage communities to take action to support one another around suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and the layers of culture and structural barriers to care. A special emphasis will be...

Mental health affects all of us. There are different avenues that can be taken to find healing from trauma and to pursue the life we dream of. With mental health, there are a myriad of ways to heal & a "one size fits all approach" doesn't apply. Some of us find healing and meaning in yoga, interpretive dance, art, creative writing, support groups, exercise, psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectic behavior therapy, and so much more! I recently had the pleasure of...

Happy Black History Month! :) This month I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Leslie and Jeff Jones, creators of Afro Flow Yoga! They use dance and music to help people heal, from racial trauma and more! They also work closely with Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Their mission is as follows: Experience live music, meditation, yoga and dance of the African Diaspora. Connect with our Earth, Sky, and Heart in an inclusive and diverse circle of non-judgement. I...

A wonderful new study from the British Medical Journal just confirmed that any amount of exercise helps to alleviate depression. This is good news! As many of you know, people who grow up with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are at higher risk for chronic conditions like depression. The researchers found that exercise like walking or jogging, yoga and strength training were more effective than other kinds of exercise. However, any activity is better than no activity! :) Reducing our...