Highlighted Yoga & Mindfulness Certifications & Trainings:
In-Progress/Approved Yoga & Mindfulness Trainings & Certifications:
Professional & Educational Background/History:
Professional & Educational Certifications & Trainings:
- Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor: Yoga 4 Peace non-profit studio (200hr)
- Yoga for Survivors-Certified Instructor, Oncology Yoga (150hr)
- Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY-F; 300hr); Justice Resource Institute (JRI), Center for Trauma and Embodiment
- Mindful Schools: Certified Mindfulness Instructor
- Mindful, Trauma-Informed Yoga Certification: Yoga Medicine
- Street Yoga Training (Trauma-Informed Youth Outreach)
- Connection Coalition Training (Trauma-Informed Youth Outreach; Level 2 Social Justice in Yoga)
- Yoga 4 Classrooms Training
- Teaching Trauma-Informed Yoga to Children: Yoga International
- Reiki Certified, Levels I & II
- 8-week MBSR coursework via UMass Center for Mindfulness: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- 10-week Mindful Self-Compassion coursework: Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
- Center for Adolescent Studies: Building Authentic Relationships; Mindfulness for Traumatized Youth
- Work specific to Trauma and Social Justice with Off the Mat Into the World:
- Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma with Hala Khouri
- Rituals for the Modern Activist with Michelle Johnson, Susanna Barkataki, and Suzanne Sterling
- Yoga, Purpose, & Action with OTM Founders Hala, Seane, and Suzanne
In-Progress/Approved Yoga & Mindfulness Trainings & Certifications:
- Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness with David Treleaven
- Somatic Experiencing
- TRE and Neurogenic Yoga
- Forest Guide Certified Therapist
- Certified Yoga Therapist, Kripalu
Professional & Educational Background/History:
- Certified School Psychologist, Michigan Department of Education
- Specialist Degree in School Psychology-University of Detroit Mercy (What's a Specialist Degree?)
- Medical Neuroscience Graduate Certificate-Michigan State University
- Applied Educational Neuroscience Graduate Certificate-Butler University
- Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work, Trauma Certificate Track-Michigan State University, In-progress
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, Wayne State University
- Community Mental Health (CMH) Worker: The Guidance Center, Southgate, MI:
- CMH populations served: Center for Excellence Research Center, Youth Assistance Non-Felony Diversion Program, School-Based Prevention, Early On/HeadStart Consultant
Professional & Educational Certifications & Trainings:
- Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner-Clinical (CTRP-C): STARR Commonwealth
- Certified Family Trauma Professional: IATP
- Certified Child & Adolescent Trauma Professional: ITTI
- ACEs Champion Ambassador/Trainer: Michigan MI ACEs Initiative
- Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Trauma Framework Training: ARC Framework
- EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique, or "tapping")