Episode #57 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) with Miss Amy's YOGA-2-GO, LLC

<p>Visit autisminactionpodcast.com to subscribe, and like on social media to stay in touch. You can always email us at autisminactionpodcast@gmail.com if you would like to be or recommend a guest for the show</p> <p>Find us on social media at</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/AUTISMINACTIONPODCAST/</p> <p>JOIN OUR FB GROUP at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2433480950016553</p> <p>Instagram is our Jam at https://www.instagram.com/autisminactionpodcast/</p> <p>THIS EPISODE:</p> <p>&nbsp;Amy Starkey has practiced occupational therapy for over 20 years as a school-based and early-intervention occupational therapy assistant. She is the founder of YOGA-2-GO, LLC, a children’s and teens yoga &amp; mindfulness organization that specializes in therapeutic, trauma-informed and special needs yoga and social-emotional learning. Through her work with YOGA-2-GO, Amy has provided yoga enrichment programming for schools, youth organizations, and individual clients since 2007 and currently offers virtual services for students and families.<br> Amy’s mission in starting YOGA-2-GO was to make the many therapeutic benefits of yoga available to ALL children, regardless of any physical, mental, or socioeconomic challenges they may have.<br> Amy loves to share her knowledge in children’s trauma-informed yoga by providing professional development trainings and workshops.<br> She is the creator of RE-MIND©, a therapeutic children’s product line that offers therapy materials and educational games for teaching self-regulation skills and mindfulness to children ages 5+.<br> In addition to her OT degree, Amy has earned certifications as a children’s and adult yoga instructor, Qigong instructor, continuing education provider, Certified Natural Health Counselor, and a Certified Trauma Practitioner (CTP). She recently started CHOOSE2LOVEU Self-Care Healthcare, a virtual natural health &amp; wellness practice with an emphasis on self-care and therapeutic mind &amp; body-based practices for teens and adults.<br> Last year, she combined her OT know