Yael Calhoun

Yael Calhoun, MA, MS, E-RYT is an long-time educator and author with a background in teaching yoga as a tool to address trauma, stress, pain, special needs, and compassion fatigue. She is a writer and series editor of over 20 books and training manuals. In 2007, she cofounded GreenTREE Yoga, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing the benefits of yoga to underserved populations and to those who serve them. Yael started the trauma-informed yoga program at the Salt Lake City Veterans...See more

Yael Calhoun, MA, MS, E-RYT is an long-time educator and author with a background in teaching yoga as a tool to address trauma, stress, pain, special needs, and compassion fatigue. She is a writer and series editor of over 20 books and training manuals. In 2007, she cofounded GreenTREE Yoga, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing the benefits of yoga to underserved populations and to those who serve them. Yael started the trauma-informed yoga program at the Salt Lake City Veterans Adminstration in 2010, which then expanded to pain management. The programs for refugees have been translated into six languages. She has presented nationally including at the United Nations Global Summit and the Trauma Resiliency Council. Yael runs continuing education training and workshops for yoga teachers and clinicians. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. See less