EP 123: Creating calm in the classroom with Lisa Danahy, Founder & Director of Create Calm

Dr. Olivia Kessel speaks with Lisa Danahy, Founder & Director of Create Calm, yoga therapist and author of Create Calm in the Classroom, a book about understanding and supporting children's nervous systems through breath and movement techniques. She talks about why playful approaches work better than verbal instructions for neurodivergent children and: • Why we need to understand behaviours as nervous system communications rather than problems to fix • How to use the "volcano" movement ex...