188 Laura Sygrove: What is trauma-informed movement?
Mindful Strength · Kathryn Bruni-Young
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Show Notes
Laura Sygrove is the co-founder and executive director of New Leaf Foundation, a Toronto-based organization that supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of youth in underserved communities through mindfulness-based programs. She has more than 13 years of experience developing & leading program/training curriculum, learning about the impacts of trauma on individuals and communities, and cultivating programming partnerships with schools, community organizations, and youth justice settings. For 10+ years, Laura facilitated frontline programming with youth who were incarcerated, and over the past two years has been building her therapeutic skills through counseling work with children, youth and families. Laura holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto. She credits mindfulness, yoga and other forms of movement, like dance, as playing a major role in her own process of working through the impacts of chronic and traumatic stress.
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