May is Mental Health Awareness Month – Dazzle is proud to present our Non-Profit of the Month:
CALMING KIDS offers mindfulness training, self-regulation strategies and mental wellness support to school age students, teachers and parents. These invaluable techniques are currently in high demand due to our fast-paced technological world. CK teaches workshops to teachers & adults and does in-classroom student instruction using breathing practices, movement, meditation, mindful behavior and non-violent communication strategies.
Since 2004, CK has addressed the epidemic of community and school shootings. Even after 22 years, our work is more important than ever. The funding needed to support CALMING KIDS is ongoing. We appreciate your support in bringing more peace and harmony to our school systems. Our evidence-based programs are proven to increase mindfulness and self-regulation while decreasing bullying and violence. Your donation makes a big difference for this heartfelt non-profit to continue doing our work and expanding into more educational settings.
The CK team and Dee Marie, a Boulder resident, conducted 5 years of research (2004 – 2007) in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health, the American Medical Association and the Colorado Medical Society to prove that a comprehensive yoga & mindfulness program could increase behavioral health. After the statistics reported a 95% improvement in mental wellness, Dee launched CALMING KIDS (CK): Creating a Non-Violent World. This evidence-based program has been presented locally throughout Colorado, nationally and globally to school age students, parents and school staff.
Dee Marie, MA, CYT has a master’s degree in child & motor development from New York University and is a certified health educator from the American College of Sports Medicine. She is a certified yoga therapist working with all ages and abilities for the past 40 years under her yoga therapy business, Energy Source. After CALMING KIDS demonstrated consistent positive mental health benefits, Dee was awarded the title of SAVE Representative (Stop America’s Violence Everywhere) for the state of Colorado by the American Medical Association Alliance.
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