Steady in the Storm - Mind/Body Tools for Regulation, Clarity & Connection

10:15 to 11:45 a.m. - Gym - Lower Level

13:00 to 14:00 - Gym - Lower Level

Upgrade your mindfulness and body awareness tools to help your staff and students navigate the emotional storms of life.

In this workshop we'll explore how gentle movement and therapeutic breathwork can rapidly regulate the nervous system and settle emotional overwhelm.

We'll also dive into the brain-researched mindfulness practices that tap into our inner knowing and support healthy decision-making and greater connectedness with ourselves and others.

Participants will receive a handout with accessible practices they can integrate into their work, while also using them to support their own wellbeing.

This session will include some gentle movement. This does not require any fitness/yoga clothing, just comfortable clothes.

Jenny Kierstead, BPE, BEd

Registered Somatic Therapist | Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Educator | E-RYT 1000

Jenny is the founder of Yoga in Schools and the Girl on Fire Empowerment programs. A national award-winning educator and pioneer in the Canadian yoga movement, she co-authored provincial curricula, created programs for diverse learners, and has been recognized with the Women of Excellence and RBC Women of Influence awards.

Blair Abbass, BEd, MEd, MA (Counselling)

Registered Counselling Therapist | Educator

Blair is an award-winning therapist and educator who co-authored Mindfulness in the Classroom and co-developed Nova Scotia’s Yoga 11 program. He has designed mindfulness and trauma programs in partnership with schools and First Nations communities, and brings decades of experience helping youth and adults build resilience.

Together, Jenny and Blair have developed evidence-based programs that transform how schools and communities approach mindfulness, trauma, and empowerment.

Yoga in Schools

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