Grounding can look small on the surface, a week without a phone, but it can feel like exile inside. A feature on what isolation-based discipline actually does to children, siblings, and families and how those wounds follow people into adulthood. By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher 
 The Old Rule That Keeps Wounding New Generations 
Grounding is one of those parenting tools that feels like a rite of passage. It’s simple: a phone taken away, a weekend

Movement is the body’s daily oxygen boost, the fuel your brain depends on to stay sharp, energized, and alive. And Why Movement Is the Ultimate Anti-Aging Medicine By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher 
We talk a lot about movement being “good for you,” but most people don’t realize just how quickly the body and brain start to shift when exercise disappears from daily life. The truth is, it doesn’t take weeks or months. It takes just ten days for scie

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher When the truth cracks open, the light gets in. 
There’s a moment in certain long-term relationships—marriages, partnerships, supposed forever-love stories—when reality crashes through the door wearing steel-toed boots. Sometimes it arrives in the form of a message you weren’t meant to see. Sometimes it’s an emotional coldness that creeps in like mold. And sometimes, it walks back into the house after a three-week

By Leslii stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher When leaders dine with predators and no one asks why, that’s not politics anymore. It’s a national reckoning 
Some stories break the news cycle. Others break something inside us. 
Every so often, a headline surfaces that reminds us how deep corruption can run, not just in politics or business, but in the quiet spaces where power hides. When names like Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump appear together in the same br

The scapegoat walks alone, but in the silence, they start to hear their own truth. by Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher | CoyDog Chronicles   
There’s a silent role that shows up in a lot of families, the one nobody volunteers for, nobody thanks, and nobody ever really talks about. The scapegoat.   
Every toxic, narcissistic, or chaotic family system needs someone to absorb its pain, to carry its dysfunction like a lightning rod. It’s not random. It’

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Smear campaigns are one of the most painful and confusing tactics narcissists use. They’re quiet assassins of character, often launched without warning, and leave the target scrambling to explain, defend, or even understand what just happened. If you’ve ever found yourself on the receiving end of one, you know it doesn’t just hurt your reputation, it shakes your nervous system, your confidence, and your trust in p

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher 

 Corrosive behavior doesn’t leave bruises, it leaves people fading from their own lives. 
 It starts quiet. It always does. 
The text that says “I miss you already.” The call that lingers too long. The subtle correction about what you’re wearing, “I just like you better in jeans.” The check-ins that feel like affection. The flattery that feels like oxygen. 
Then, one day, it doesn’t. What starts as care curdles

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Gaslighting starts quietly, not with shouting, but with doubt. 
 “Maybe I...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher The courtroom becomes the new battleground. For many survivors, the abuse...

by Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Abuse doesn’t always leave bruises. Sometimes it shows up in cracks we...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher “Oh, I can’t do yoga, I’m not spiritual.” “Isn’t yoga just stretching?”...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher From the roar of the crowd to the quiet hum of the yoga mat, the gig...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP  Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Yoga is for everybody. And every body. 
“Oh, I can’t do yoga—I have bad...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher (because the Moon doesn’t rise without a little attitude) The Sturgeon...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher...Independent Contractor Your car is your studio now—get used to packing...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher They guide us through downward dogs, cue deep inhales, and remind us of...

by Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses topics related to sex...

Power thrives in silence. But silence is no longer an option. Content Warning: This blog discusses sexual assault, rape, child abuse, and...

By Leslii Stevens  ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher You are not too much. You are just too real for the wrong people. 
You...

By Leslii Stevens ERYT500, YACEP, Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Fitness on the road. When you’re on the road, constantly moving from one...