Margaret Kirschner, CADC, CSES-I, C-IAYT, CPSS, E-RYT, E-RPYT, CD (DONA), is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), Clinical Spiritual Emergency Specialist-Intern, Certified Peer Support Specialist, plus Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Therapist C-IAYT (Certified with International Association of Yoga Therapists), who specializes in guiding individuals’ mindful emergence from addiction and trauma through yoga.
With 20 years experience as a yoga teacher, she offers an integrated approach to thriving in recovery. Margaret has worked as a yoga therapist in group settings with young women at risk, as well as with individuals in numerous alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, and men and women recovering from eating disorders. She safely supports individuals in learning to listen to and trust their bodies’ limits while also bringing an attitude of curiosity toward reaching higher possibilities. Margaret is an experienced prenatal yoga teacher (E-RPYT), birth doula (CD (DONA), Doulas of North America), and is co-owner of A Mindful Emergence, LLC (amindfulemergence.com).
Margaret’s Class:
Trauma-Informed Gentle Yoga (All Levels*)
Wednesdays from 3:00 to 3:45 pm
Come home to yourself and begin to reconnect to your breath and your sensations. We move slowly, with curiosity rather than judgment. We connect to a felt sense of being in the body rather than in the head. The movements are generally simple but may offer a challenge to your mindset and to your physical habits of posture and movement. The mindset is nudged toward compassionate attention to the natural wisdom of the body with an intention of nourishing the nervous system back to resiliency. Tons of options are made available to allow you to control if, when, and how to move your own body, when to stop, when to move ahead into challenge, and when to honor the signals from your body that indicate your particular limit. If you live with pain, experience sleep difficulties, are in recovery from addiction, have digestion discomfort, and/or lived through interpersonal trauma, this class may offer help and hope
