Erin Madden Reed

Instructor

Erin is an experienced educator, healing guide, writer, content developer, trainer, and mentor .Her journey has been shaped by extensive work in public schools, trauma and resilience,embodiment, dance, and healing arts. She is dedicated to creating experiences, and nurturingpractices that serve expanded consciousness and love. Erin created Sacred Being Yoga tohonor the sacredness in all humans through the experiences of yoga, embodied healing,resilience, connection, and mindfulness. Erin is committed to supporting her fellow humans ontheir spiritual journey, and working for social justice and equity. Erin is a passionate holder ofsacred space where wholeness in union of body, mind, and spirit, and the universe is uncovered.Credentials: Trained in school-based mindfulness practice, restorative practices, non-violentcommunication, and trauma-informed yoga therapy.Began studying, practicing, and teaching yoga and mindfulness in 1996.Held an internship at Olympia Community Yoga Center where she served youth, seniors,and brain trauma survivors.Completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Fit in 2005.Earned a 300-hour trauma-sensitive yoga teacher certification from Grand RapidsHealing Yoga in 2018.Obtained an additional 300 hours of training to become a certified yoga therapypractitioner from the Body Mind Being Institute in 2020.Served as a lead teacher for the Trauma-Informed Yoga Educator Certification and the200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Body Mind Being Institute for the past 3 years.Guided trauma-sensitive yoga practices for trauma survivors in group and individualsessions, as well as community yoga classes.Well-being, Resilience, and Healing Educator at Starr Commonwealth since 2017, with anAdvanced Trauma Practitioner Certification.Traveled nationwide training professionals in self-created courses: Mind Body Skills forEmotional Regulation and Practicing Resilience: Creating Cultures of Wellbeing forHelping Professionals.Graduate of The Evergreen State College, specializing in movement, mind/bodypractices, and multicultural counseling.Certified Glasswing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Belonging Facilitator in 2019.Passionate about realizing Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of a beloved community, Erinfacilitates conversations and experiences centered around collective healing and theoneness of humanity.Continues to lead retreats internationally and locally, fostering soulful, connected, andconscious living. Erin remains steadfast in her Sankalpa, the vow of her soul, to hold space for embodiment,transformation, healing, and consciousness for herself and others.