LYNEA GILLEN, MS, EYRT-200

Lynea Gillen was introduced to yoga as a teenager and found it the ideal tool for coping with emotional challenges she was then facing, as well as her general health and well-being. As a teacher, counselor, author and co-founder of Yoga Calm, she has given that same gift many thousands of times over.

Lynea holds an MS in Counseling and is both an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (EYRT-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 exercise (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.

She has been a featured speaker at national education, counseling and mindfulness conferences and is the award-winning author of Yoga Calm for Children, Good People Everywhere, Little Banty Chicken and the Big Dream, and creator of the highly regarded Mindful Moments Cards and DVD Kids Teach Yoga: Flying Eagle.