Christie Barron

About Christie

Expertise | Consent Oriented Trauma-Informed Educator & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

Guest Instructor, Newburgh Yoga Shala

I am a consent oriented trauma-informed educator and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner who believes deeply in our essential need for connection- to our own hearts, to nature and to each other. I hold space for people to sense into, and stay curious about, the various parts and pieces that make us all tenderly human.

My work is a tapestry of somatic inquiry interwoven from many fields including: education, yoga, meditation and mindfulness practices, subtle body and energy work, grief counseling, parts work, dance and authentic movement, feldenkrais, ecosomatics, addiction and recovery, harm reduction, nonviolent communication, poetry and visual art. These tools have been offered to me on my own journey toward greater acceptance and wholeness, and so I offer them to you on yours. We are equals in this work as it is not not a diagnostic tool nor a cure, but rather a way of being met to allow for you to hear your own inner wisdom.

I am currently enrolled the final module of Somatic Experiencing (SE™) three year training, hold a M.A. Ed in Emotional and Behavioral "Disorders" and have over fifteen years of experience as a progressive educator serving a variety of diverse communities. Working with the individual as well as the community has gifted me the fortune to wonder about how we learn, unlearn, experience belonging and grow in our capacity for life to move through us.