Healing Ground

07/18/2025

https://www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com/blog/on-the-intersection-of-faith-deconstuction-and-religious-trauma

Written by CTRR Practitioner Kim June Johnson To learn more about working with Kim, click here .

07/18/2025

https://www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com/blog/to-journey-and-be-transformed

My faith, as I knew it, collapsed over twenty years ago, before the word “deconstruction” was a familiar catch-phrase, before “exvangelical” and “deconversion” were popular hashtags. I was part of a charismatic faith community teeming with young artists and musicians, a community I had s...

07/18/2025

https://www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com/blog/on-cultivating-supportive-practices-beyond-religion

I was sitting in the pastor’s office for my weekly mentorship. I had been hired as the youth pastor in a small evangelical church and mentorship was part of my job description. I asked my pastor a question about meditation; I was drawn to it, and wondered why it was not discussed more. The pastor....

07/18/2025

Written by CTRR Practitioner Kim June Johnson To learn more about working with Kim, click here .

07/12/2024

Just sharing an article + audio practice up today over at The Centre for Trauma Resolution and Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery's blog.

What is Embodiment? As a trauma practitioner who works primarily with the tools of embodiment, I get asked this a lot. Stated simply: embodiment is a way of living aware of and informed by the felt-sense of the body. In the years I spent in various religious spaces, I was not taught to honor the f

01/28/2024

Local community . . . I'll be teaching a FREE afternoon Mindfulness Workshop for parents + teens, Saturday Feb 17th, offering tools to help with stress reduction and connecting to the tension in the body for more mindful decision-making and self-awarenss.

09/15/2023

Registration is now open for Mindfulness Tools for Well-Being for ages 14-17.

It’s no secret that teen anxiety and overwhelm are prevalent. Teens need skills and a safe space in which to develop these skills. Mindfulness classes offer this safe space as well as invaluable tools for cultivating emotional regulation and well-being. In my experience as a parent of two nearly-g...

09/14/2023

There's so much teen anxiety these days, and in my experience as a parent, teens often don't want to accept their parents' suggestions for self-care and emotional regulation. I've designed this 5-week online class for teens who would benefit from the tools of mindfulness, yoga and journaling. If you know a teen who would (I think we all do) or a parent who would (ditto), please pass this along.
*Email me for more info and registration details.*
healinggroundyoga@gmail.com
Open to all teens - not just local (as it is on zoom).

07/19/2023

Starts today:
Flow into Yin, with Kim
6-7:30 PM
@ The House of Now
536A Fifth Street, Courtenay B.C

Sliding scale drop-in ($10-$25)

03/04/2023

Recent studies (like this one below) show that office workers are two-and-a-half times as likely to experience low back pain. The good news is that yoga is also a proven remedy, counteracting the effects of sitting at a desk.

Come yoga with us! Monday evening Hatha yoga continues at The House of Now from 5:15-6:30 PM.

Yoga is more effective in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression and improving spinal mobility in computer users with CLBP than physical exercise designed for LBP.

11/12/2022

09/02/2021

Hello friends,
I'm Kim, a therapeutic yoga instructor currently living Courtenay, BC. When it comes to yoga, my passion is mental health and well-being via the body. I teach classes in and around the Comox Valley and work with clients with chronic pain, depression and anxiety. You can find out more about me at my website. Feel free to drop me a message anytime or contact me about classes or one-on-one therapeutic yoga.

Stay well and sane out there . . . .