Kintla Striker

the KYT® Approach

The KYT® Approach is an integrative trauma treatment first developed by Kintla Striker in 2009 as a response to the limitations of Western-only, top down, blank slate methods prevalent at the time.

The approach’s mind-body-heart medicine evidence-based outcomes reflect significant improvements in five domains of function: cognitive, psychological, emotive, relational, and physical health and wellbeing in individuals with varied traumatic stress histories.

A socially engaged, heart-centered, bottom-up approach to healing that is also a first and continuing step in the treatment of the origins of chronic and traumatic stress as well as a toolbox for mental wellness sustainability.

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Through opening to deeper understanding we learn that healing is more than the story of what happened; it is the art of transmuting and weaving those experiences into the fabric of who we are, guiding both our everyday living and the dreams we carry forward.

Kintla Striker, creator of KYT®, came to Houston to teach trauma-informed yoga to victims of Hurricane Harvey [and train FEMA Corps personnel]. I learned a series of empowering practices from Kintla, including breathing exercises, mindfulness techniques, and mindful movement. I may have started our session as a hurricane victim, but I ended up a warrior with a new lease on life, my job and my family. I highly recommend Kintla’s trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness program.

-Angela H., Houston, Texas

You won’t meet a more kind and welcoming person than Kintla. In the short time I have been working with her, I have gained several new coping skills. I consider what I have learned invaluable.

-Erin Lunstead, Michigan

[Kintla] opened my eyes to this whole other opportunity for well-being that I didn’t even know existed. I wanted to say it in a simple way: I am very thankful for Kintla and her healing gift in all our lives.

-Logan Stark, Former Marine Scout Sniper/Documentary Filmmaker, Texas

I have been so blessed to have met and worked with Kintla on my healing journey. I have never met such an inspiring and wonderful soul who is so genuine about helping others. I remember telling my family that Kintla is the kind of person who can see into your soul and read you like a book…in the best way possible. She has not only been an inspiration but a wonderful supporter of my healing. She has a caring yet professional demeanor and never pushed me into doing something I wasn’t comfortable with. She truly understands how trauma affects another human being and I have learned so much more about myself and how the human mind and body interact. I highly recommend working with her to anyone, whether you think you like yoga or not, as Kintla is definitely a necessary player on your healing journey.

– Larissa

Kintla has been a great resource and colleague. She is extremly knowledgeable, skilled, and wonderful to work with. She is naturally curious about her practice and the science that could contribute to better understanding of how yoga and related practices work and how they produce salutary benefits many people are now coming around to acknowledging and accepting.

– Jason S. Moser, PhD, Professor, Clinical Science, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Michigan

Gratitude to you and your work Kintla. Your teachings were enlightening on all levels of my life and relationships. Keep shining that light onto the darkness.

-Leslie K. Reynolds, MD, Module I Training Workshop, East Lansing, Michigan

Coming IN 2026: A New Book by Kintla Striker

Minimalist blank book cover held in a bright room with flowers in the background.

Founder of Kintla Mind-Body Global, LLC (formerly Kintla Yoga) and the creator of the KYT® Approach, Kintla Striker brings her expertise, personal experiences, professional work with trauma survivors, and research to the pages of this upcoming heart-centered memoir-meets-handbook of her life’s work.

This hybrid book is rooted in the life of a survivor of traumatic events in early childhood and college who managed to protect her own sensitive heart while also building grit, finding meaning, and being of service to others.

Kintla’s adaptation of ancient mind-body practices, understanding of the neuroscience of trauma, intuition, and focus on the wisdom of the heart culminate in a dance that marries mind, body, and heart comprising a compassionate integrative trauma treatment for all people.

This work offers readers a pathway to better understanding themselves, how to heal the mind-body-heart disconnect at their own pace (or that of their client’s), unique somatic tools and guidance for whatever challenges arise on your own or in a therapeutic setting, and stories of suvivors reveling in agency, finding purpose and meaning.

It contains insightful guidance for both licensed mental health professionals working with survivors, individuals focused on self-healing, helping organizations, and those simply interested in the unfolding of one human being’s story of healing and wishing to help others.

Highlights:

Challenge and choice as the great facilitators of growth
The end of the “blank slate”: provider social engagement as a foundational superpower in trauma treatment, including a step-by-step approach to intuitive compassionate social engagement in trauma treatment
Practical somatic tools and approach for navigating trauma recovery for all
The 5 W’s and 1 H of the KYT Approach
Neuroscience of trauma and mind-body-heart interventions
Insights into the gifts of heart coherence
Real stories and reflections for inspiration
Accessible compassionate and self-compassionate guidance for anyone seeking heartful tools for nervous system regulation and greater equanmity

you HOLD THE POWER.

You hold the power to begin again: to befriend the body, to release the breath, to connect with the heart, to restore calm, to heal.

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the KYT® Approach

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Coming IN 2026: A New Book by Kintla Striker

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Start your healing journey now and regain your agency, peace of mind, sense of safety, and connection with your own heart. A first step toward all possibilities.