E19 - The Body in the Classroom: TRE, YogaCalm & Why Youth Need Somatic Education with Lynea Gillen

⏱ KEY HIGHLIGHTSLynea's Journey — From Yoga to YogaCalm to TRE00:00 — Welcome & Introductions: Alex in Boulder, Lynea in Portland03:00 — "It Worked With My Body": Finding Yoga at 15 and a Nervous System That Didn't Respond to Talk05:00 — When Yoga Opened the Trauma: Why Practitioners Didn't Know What to Do, and the Gap Between Body and Story06:30 — Building YogaCalm: Combining Yoga and Counseling in Behavior Classrooms — and Writing the Book Teachers Tried to Censor09:00 — Grassroots Growth: Why Seeding One Teacher at a Time Worked Better Than Mandating It School-Wide10:00 — Finding David Berceli Online: One Client Who Slept Better Than He'd Slept, and a Workshop in Canada12:00 — The Evidence Base Is Growing: Presenting TRE at the IVAT Trauma Conference in Honolulu14:00 — Adapting TRE for Youth: Culture First, Adults First, and the Mistakes That Taught Lynea to Slow Down18:30 — A Mother-Teen Study in China: 140 Dyads, Eight Weeks of TRE, and Why This Design Matters21:00 — David Berceli's Question: Can Somatic Practices Reach Youth Where They Actually Live — On Social Media?24:00 — "Find One Thing in Your Heart": Why Counseling Works Better on the Floor25:00 — "It Takes a Village, but the Villages Don't Exist": The Nervous System Availability Crisis in Schools26:30 — Relaxation vs. Distraction: The Boy Who Checked His Heart Rate and Realized Video Games Weren't Calming Him30:00 — Dopamine Too Fast, Too Often: Why Digital Reward Cycles Hijack What the Body Needs34:00 — "TRE Is Faster at Bringing People Into the Body Than Any Other Modality I've Ever Used"38:00 — The Boy Who Never Learned TRE: A Middle Schooler with Panic Attacks, a Wall, and Snapping Fingers42:00 — Yoga Was Strange in the '80s Too: Why the Path to Normalizing TRE for Youth Looks Familiar44:00 — Coming Out of Freeze: Why the Arch of Activation Can Scare Everyone in the RoomClosing53:00 — Closing Reflections: Building a Global Community That Shares Ideas Instead of Prescribing Answers🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONEDConnect with Lynea GillenLicensed Professional Counselor, Global TRE® Trainer & co-founder of YogaCalm, Portland, OregonWebsite: yogacalm.orgYogaCalm Resources• Yoga Calm for Children by Lynea Gillen & Jim Gillen — https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Calm-Children-Educating-Heart/dp/0979928907• Good People Everywhere by Lynea Gillen, illustrated by Kristina Swarner — https://www.amazon.com/Good-People-Everywhere-Lynea-Gillen/dp/0979928982• YogaCalm Summer Immersion Retreat — https://www.yogacalm.org/courses/summer-immersion-2026/Lynea's next TRE Certification Training:  https://www.yogacalm.org/courses/tension-trauma-releasing-exercises-module-1-certification-training-sept-26-27-2026/Her next Continuing Education, for existing providers: https://www.yogacalm.org/courses/moving-out-of-freeze-with-tre-may-23-2026/Contact email: [email protected] person, Summer, Yoga Calm Training: https://www.yogacalm.org/courses/summer-immersion-2026/Her book, Good People Everywhere: https://www.amazon.com/Good-People-Everywhere-Lynea-Gillen/dp/0979928982/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q0L8LDYWT2N0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5zQ46nUrYY4NOu1djVIaTjdTwYGxWkqN7RixdKVG3K2fjUvULURTt8v-Dg_OJqEm37GZDxeeFY0A7w55SY3ASgst-W19jwVDlXPt0MFjpLntoJeIMcQ9umsZxzzudmiVis6c8yhfnrjep31AD8jkYjM6z0Fn0s7Zs5MDVPE-x2AMsb4QOvnfNzWycdFRjiANd7_46X0cD3aVHkSyk4jZRIakJu6uTZQaFzCgZBbJvw8.CIBfNvAw2RcHU4J3l2y87V8yl08FTlIjK_DtE58E_c4&dib_tag=se&keywords=good+people+everywhere+book&qid=1775673677&sprefix=good+people+everywh%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1Research and People Mentioned• Dr. David Berceli — Creator of TRE®: https://treglobal.org• IVAT — Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (Hawai'i Summit): https://www.ivatcenters.org/• Dr. Stephen Porges — Polyvagal Theory: https://www.stephenporges.com• Špela Potočnik & Katja — TRE pilot study with youth in Slovenian educational settings (referenced by Alex; study details pending)• China RCT — Randomized controlled trial of TRE with 140 mother-adolescent dyads at a psychiatric hospital (currently recruiting)• Still Face Experiment — Dr. Edward Tronick's foundational research on caregiver emotional availabilityContinue Your Journey with Neurogenic Integration🔗 Join our live weekly classes → https://neurogenic-integration.com/webshop/#classes🎓 Explore our Online TRE® Certification → https://neurogenic-integration.com/webshop/#cert📍 FIND US ONLINENeurogenic Integration: https://neurogenic-integration.com/Instagram: @neurogenicintegration