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Kintla Striker is a recognized trauma expert, a bridge between East and West, science and spirit, and a pioneer in the adaptation of ancient mind-body medicine for integrative trauma treatment and sustainable mental wellness. 

For the past nearly 17 years since Kintla first started Kintla Mind-Body Global (originally Kintla Yoga, LLC), her work has continued to grow out of her own healing and the seed of a dream to be of service to others in a meaningful way.

Kintla’s approach to integrative trauma treatment began as a response to the limitations of Western-only, top down, blank slate methods prevalent at the time she began her work and the healing power of heartfulness, social engagement, and mind-body medicine in trauma recovery.

Kintla’s offerings include her evidence-based, trauma-adapted, bottom-up integrative trauma treatment, the KYT Approach, available through virtual individual and group sessions, as well as international lectures and trainings, trauma education, trauma research, private and public helping organization advising, case consultations, mentoring, partnerships with academia, and humanitarian efforts. She also offers trauma-informed intutive connection sessions Compassionate Connection with Kintla Sessions. 

Collectively, her research and individual and group session work has included those seeking a more self-compassionate and equanimous way froward through the challenges of daily life, chronic stress, and moreover, survivors of often severe traumatic events (all research subjects), including childhood abuse and/or neglect, sexual assault, military war theater deployment (veterans), college sexual assault, institutional betrayal, rape, mass sexual assault (Larry Nassar), human trafficking (labor and sex), natural disasters, mental health providers (secondary trauma), unexpected loss of a close loved one, prison (men), addiction/substance use disorder (individual and group work including women in drug treatment courts), domestic violence, emigration/ immigration (refugees), auto accidents, medical trauma, and more. 

Beyond, and ideally alongside of or integrated into, traditional psychotherapy lies an approach to whole-person healing—one that offers a safe, relational, and heart-centered space. Here, power dynamics are minimized, choice is prioritized, and the reconnection of mind, body, and heart (spirit) is intentionally supported. 

Additionally, Kintla has a 30-year active special interest in seeing an end to human trafficking. She has extensive experience in this arena ranging from working with survivors to providing educational lectures to advising organizations and being interviewed in the multi-award-winning documentary Break the Chain, which raises awarenss of human trafficking in the United States. The groundbreaking film has been broadly watched by the general public and used as a training film for judiciary, police departments, and other social service organizations. Watch the trailer below.

Learn more about Kintla’s journey of a lifetime and research here

Moving from urban life in East Lansing, Michigan in 2021, Kintla now calls the rural foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains home where she resides with her beloved husband, a loqacious Native American Indian Dog, and a rescued, quirky orange boy cat. 

Currently, Kintla is moving through her own healing yet again from tragedy, injury, and the most profound loss of her life. She hopes to return from hiatus to limited hours in the new year.

Each moment, each day, and this new year we are about to receive is filled with hope. A new beginning for us all perhaps.

Kintla Striker’s dedication to trauma awareness and education, research, and advocacy for survivors has extended beyond clinical work into broader creative endeavors including an co-curated art exhibition of her work at Michigan State University in 2019. She was also interviewed in the award-winning documentary Break the Chain, an internationally recognized film exposing the realities of human trafficking in the United States, raising awareness, and advocating for survivors. 

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Kintla Mind-Body Global was established in 2009 (originally Kintla Yoga, LLC) in East Lansing, Michigan at a time when talking about trauma was not an acceptable part of public discourse. Individually and collectively, we’ve come a long way since then. 

Through opening to deeper understanding of ourselves 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. 

Our mission has always been simple: Empowering post-traumatic growth. 

We also continue to visualize a world where mental wellness is honored as a basic human right. A world where compassion and trauma-adapted mind-body-heart tools are easily accessible for ALL people, everywhere.

Kintla Mind-Body Global is honored to have its founder, Kintla Striker, interviewed in the groundbreaking documentary Break the Chain — an award-winning independent film and educational tool that sheds light on the hidden-in-plain-sight issue of human trafficking in Michigan and across the United States.

Kintla has long been a dedicated advocate for vulnerable populations, particularly survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking. 

Her work has ranged from helping establish new anti-human trafficking legislation to working one-on-one with survivors. She’s a former member of the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force, and most recently joined the Virginia Coaltion Against Human Trafficking. 

This powerful documentary features the stories of two survivors of sex and labor trafficking, revealing how this crime thrives undetected within our communities. Break the Chain challenges widespread misconceptions and invites viewers to recognize their connection to this billion-dollar industry—empowering us to change what we support and how we, together, break the chain.

The film also serves as an educational training resource for students, law enforcement, first responders, social workers, and healthcare professionals. In 2018, Break the Chain received a national grant to tour the East Coast through the MidAtlantic Arts Foundation On-Screen/In-Person Program, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.

If you suspect human trafficking or need help call 1-888-373-7888 | Text 233733 (Befree) | Live Chat

Watch the Trailer