Lynea Gillen

Lynea is the co-founder of Yoga Calm for Children, a program to develop self regulation, attention and social-emotional skills that has been used with over 250,000 children in schools, clinics and hospitals. Lynea holds an MS in Counseling and is both a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with Yoga Alliance and an Oregon Licensed Professional Counselor. A decades-long proponent of somatic, body-based therapies, Lynea creatively melds dance, yoga, counseling, music, trauma releasing exercises (TRE) and “active play” into her work through her full-time counseling practice. Parents, teachers and colleagues often refer to her as a “kid whisperer,” observing her love and natural talent for connecting with children. A loving, committed therapist and communitarian, Lynea is one who lives her values, drawing from her rich personal experience to help others live with less pain and more joy.