THE ART and heart OF harmonizing MIND, bODY, & SPIRIT.

Worldwide Lectures & Events

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Kintla presenting research on the KYT Approach at Harvard Medical School, 2018 | Movementis

Looking for a dynamic, engaging, heartful, and cutting-edge presentation for your organization? 

Since leading her first workshop in Marrakesh, Morocco in 2011, Kintla’s delivered more than 80 lectures, speaking engagements, workshops, trainings, and continuing education courses worldwide informed, in part, by the thousands of hours she’s spent working alongside individuals and communities learning tools for post-traumatic growth.

In 2018, she presented the latest research on her work at Harvard Medical School. Take a look here. 

Audiences range from licensed medical and mental health clinicians, humanitarian and social service agency employees, academia, judiciary, yoga and mindfulness teachers, U.S. public and private as well as global helping organizations/NGOs, including peer support volunteers in the field. (See Past Events below for the broad range of lecture topics and other offerings.) 

Kintla’s talks are designed to:

  • Motivate and ignite new learning about integrating compassionate socially engaged mind-body-heart medicine tools into trauma treatment
  • Illuminate the power we each hold to help ourselves and each other heal with what we carry within us
  • Emphasize tools for heart coherence and harmonizing mind, body, and spirit
  • Educate audiences about the neuroscience of trauma, the disconnect that trauma causes, and how to reconnect mind, body, and heart/spirit
  • Share wisdom and pioneering trauma-adapted evidence-based tools for integrative trauma treatment success
  • Raise awareness of the prevalence of chronic and traumatic stress worldwide and increase global access to self-driven (and shareable) mind-body-heart tools and education
  • Provide opportunities for experential learning, connection, and Q & A

What We Offer

Calendar

upcoming Lectures & events 

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See below for Past Events

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virtual seva global community circle with kintla

The virtual Seva Global Community Circle with Kintla is a no-cost opportunity to share in intentional online community practice. Check-back soon for more info. 

G100 EVENTS

Kintla Striker is the United States Virginia State Chair for Mental Health, a leader within the group of 100 Global Women Leaders (G100) helping to advance the G100’s mission of empowering women. 

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC FORUM  

Kintla Striker has been an Advisory Executive Council member of the Women Economic Forum since 2017. She is also the recipient of the Iconic Woman Making a Better World for All award issued by All Ladies League and the Women Economic Forum.

NORTHERN USA-INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL

Kintla Striker is also a founding member of the Northren USA-India Business Council 

Check back to learn more about upcoming initiatives.

October 22, 2024 | Master of Ceremonies & Panelist | Hearts of Change 2024 Global Conference | Columbia University | New York City, New York (RESCHEDULED TO A L 

Kintla will be the Master of Ceremonies and a panelist for the Hearts of Change 2024 Global Mental Health Conference, Eradicating the Stigma Against Mental Health: The Next Generation.

March 7, 2024 | Master of Ceremonies | Women Economic Forum | St. Regis Hotel | Washington, DC

Kintla will be the Master of Ceremonies for the Women Economic Forum Redefining the Present: The Evolution of Society for the Common Good conference.

June 5, 2021 | Virtual Lecture | State Bar of Michigan Prisons & Corrections | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will deliver a virtual lecture to the State Bar of Michigan Prisons & Corrections Section on The Neurobiology of Trauma, Mind-Body Interventions & Incarcerated Women. 

January 29, 2021 | Virtual Lecture | Greater Cincinnati Anti-Human Trafficking Conference | Cincinnati, Ohio

Kintla will present at the 14th Annual Greater Cincinnati Anti-Human Trafficking Conference on the topic of Human Trafficking First Contact & Beyond: Understanding & Integrating Mind-Body Interventions.  

May 12 & 14, 2020 | Virtual Lecture | School of Nursing | Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will present to the Michigan State University School of Nursing on Trauma-Informed Yoga & Nursing.

March 27, 2020 | Virtual Lecture | School of Social Work | Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a virtual lecture for the Michigan State University School of Social Work on Integrating the KYT Approach Into Clinical Practice: A Brief Overview.

November 9-10, 2019 | Training Facilitation | Kintla Yoga Studio | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a training for Kintla Mind-Body Global on her approach titled: Foundations for the Mental Health Provider & the Yoga Teacher (Module I).

October 21-25, 2019 | Academic Residency | Michigan State University Residential College of Arts and Humanities | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will participate in a week-long residency, unveiling the co-curated exhibition of her work, facilitate class lectures, and offer trauma-adapted lunchtime KYT yoga classes for the community.

October 17, 2019 | Continuing Education Course (CE’s available) | Michigan State University School of Social Work | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a 6-hour lecture for licensed social workers through the Michigan State University Master of Social Work Continuing Education Program titled: KYT Integrating Trauma-Informed Yoga into Clinical Practice: An Overview.

October 10, 2019 | 5-8 p.m. Exhibition Opening Reception | Residential College of Arts and Humanities | Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will attend and speak at the Residential College of Arts and Humanities (RCAH) Lookout! Gallery Exhibition Opening Reception of “We can begin again: Moving through trauma #beginagainmsu,” A co-curated experiential exhibition by Kintla Striker and Dr. Tessa Paneth-Pollak.

October 7-November 27, 2019 | Lookout! Gallery Exhibition | Michigan State Residential College of Arts and Humanities | East Lansing, Michigan

EXHIBITION: We Can Begin Again: Moving through trauma #beginagainmsu | A co-curated experiential exhibition by Kintla Striker and Dr. Tessa Paneth-Pollak. 

July-August 2019 | KYT Prison Yoga Project | Level 2 Men’s Facility Prison | Ionia, Michigan

Kintla will be facilitating a weekly KYT group class for incarcerated men (originally designed as a trauma-adapted yoga research project).

June 21, 2019 | Speaking Engagement | Therapy Today | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be delivering a presentation to mental health staff on Integrating KYTninto Clinical Practice.

May 23, 2019 | Speaking Engagement | Lansing Institute of Behavioral Medicine | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be delivering a presentation to mental health staff on Integrating KYT into Clinical Practice.

May 18-19, 2019 | Training Facilitation | Kintla Yoga Studio | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a 12-hour training titled Foundations for the Mental Health Practitioner (Module I) for Kintla Mind-Body Global, LLC.

April 19, 2019 | Speaking Engagement | Texas Yoga Conference | Life HTX | Houston, Texas

Kintla will be a featured speaker lecturing on the Therapeutic Efficacy of the KYT Approach in Individuals with Varied Traumatic Stress Histories.

April 18, 2019 | Speaking Engagement | Texas Yoga Conference | Life HTX | Houston, Texas

Kintla will be a featured speaker lecturing on Integrating the KYT Approach into Clinical Practice.

March 27, 2018 | Guest Teacher | Ionia Correctional Facility | Ionia, Michigan

Kintla will be facilitating a KYT Group Class for Incarcerated Men with Michigan State University Academic Specialist Guillermo Delgado.

March 15, 2019 | Lecture | Okemos Center for Therapy | Okemos, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a presentation on Bringing the Body & Breath into Therapy.

February 23-24, 2019 | Training Facilitation | Michigan Center for Functional Medicine | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a 12-hour training titled KYT Approach Training Workshop for Mental Health Practitioner for Kintla Mind-Body Global, LLC.

February-March 2019 | Five-Week Course Facilitation | Van Buren County Drug Treatment Court | Van Buren County, Michigan

Kintla will work on initiating a pilot program with women participants in drug treatment court (the KYT Approach for Women in Drug Treatment Court)

October 12, 2018 | Speaking Engagement | City of East Lansing, East Lansing Hannah Community Center | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a talk for the City of East Lansing titled Self-Compassion: Finding Calm in Chaotic Times.

October 4, 2018 | Speaking Engagement (CE’s available) | Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force | Saginaw Valley State University | University Center, Michigan

Kintla will facilitate a lecture for the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force Semi-Annual Conference titled KYT Approach for Human Trafficking Recovery: Foundations and Resources for Mental Health Practitioners. 

September 20-21, 2018 | International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference | University of Toledo | Toledo, Ohio

Kintla will be attending the International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference and providing information on her cloud-based treatment programs for mental health providers.

August 16, 2018 | Speaking Engagement (CE’s available) | Prosecuting Attorneys’ Association of Michigan | DoubleTree Hilton Hotel | Bay City, Michigan

Kintla will be presenting at the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan 2018 Annual

Victim Rights Conference about The Crime Victim Advocates’ Mind-Body Toolbox: KYT for Crime Victim Recovery.

July 27, 2018 | Lecture (CE’s available) | International Movement and Cognition Conference | Harvard Medical School | Boston, Massachusetts

Kintla will be presenting the latest research on the KYT Approach at the 2018 International Movement and Cognition conference to be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School. | Lecture Title: Movement in Social Engagement: Therapeutic Efficacy of Yoga in Individuals with Varied Traumatic Stress Histories. 

June 15, 2018 | Speaking Engagement | Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force | Mason, Michigan

Kintla will be presenting at the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force monthly meeting on mind-body tools to help survivors in the moment, what to look for in a trauma-informed yoga teacher, and the KYT Approach therapeutic cloud-based tools for mental health providers and organizations.

June 14, 2018 | Speaking Engagement (CE’s available) | National Association of Social Workers Headquarters | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be giving a talk for the National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter titled the KYT Approach: An Overview for Social Workers.

May 4, 2018 | Discussion & KYT Group Class | Journey of Grace Survivors Retreat | Undisclosed Location for Safety | Ann Arbor, Michigan

Kintla will be offering a brief talk and KYT Approach group yoga session for female human trafficking survivors at the Journey of Grace Survivors Retreat.

April 20, 2018 | In-Service Lecture | Women’s Center of Greater Lansing | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be providing an in-service training on the neuroscience of trauma and the KYT Approach for MSW interns from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.

March 16, 2018 | Information Table | Northwestern Michigan University | Traverse City, Michigan

Kintla will be attending the Northwestern Michigan University Human Trafficking Awareness to Action Conference and providing information on her cloud-based programs for mental health providers to implement with survivors.   

March 5 – 6, 2018 | Group Class for Refugees | Refugee Development Center | Woen’s Sewing Circle | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be teaching a KYT Approach yoga and mindfulness session to refugee women at the Women’s Sewing Circle.

March 2018 | Group Class for Refugees | Samaritas Group Homes | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be teaching a KYT Approach yoga and mindfulness session to refugee teen boys in various group homes.

February 16, 2018 | Group Class for Refugees | Halimah Project | Islamic Center of Greater Lansing | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be teaching a KYTApproach yoga and mindfulness session to refugee children and teens as part of the Halimah Project.     

October 17, 2017 | East Lansing Hannah Community Center | East Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will lecture for the community at the City of East Lansing on the topic of Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Brief Overview.

June 22, 2017 | Justice in Mental Health Organization | Lansing Community College | Lansing, Michigan

Kintla will be presenting on Trauma-Informed Mind-Body Interventions and Provider Self-Care at the Justice in Mental Health Organization (JIMHO).

May 8 – 13, 2017 | Speaking Engagements | Women Economic Forum | The Aerocity Hotel | New Delhi, India

Kintla will be presenting three talks at the Women Economic Forum Annual Conference: (1) KYT®: Empowering Healing in Trauma Survivors; (2) KYT® Approach: A New Way Forward in Healing Trauma; and (3) KYT® Approach: Innovations in the Marketplace. 

May 8 – 13, 2017 | Award | Women Economic Forum | The Aerocity Hotel | New Delhi, India

Kintla receives the Iconic Woman Making a Better World for All Award Issued by All Ladies League and the Women Economic Forum in New Dehli, India.  

February 23, 2017 | Break the Chain Film Premiere | Studio C! Theaters | Okemos, Michigan

Kintla will be attending the black-tie premiere of the feature length documentary film Break the Chain in which she participated as a film subject/interview about human trafficking. The film addresses the issue of human trafficking within Michigan and the United States.

Kintla is immensely honored to have facilitated many additional lectures, trainings, and workshops over the years for some of the organizations and entities already mentioned and others, including:

AmericCorps NCCC FEMA Corps: Atlantic Region (Texas)

Athena WIN (Michigan)

Brain Injury Association of Michigan

Ingham County Health Department (Michigan)

29th Judicial Circuit Journey Court (Michigan)

Lansing Public Schools (Michigan)

Michigan State University Sexual Assault Program

Mid-Michigan Recovery Services

New Beginnings Sober Living (Michigan)

YogaMedics, Inc. (Michigan)

Who Can Attend?

Our events and workshops are open to:

Individuals seeking tools for the challenges of daily life and sustained mental wellness

Professionals looking for continuing education credits and wanting to learn how to simply integrate KYT Approach practices and implementaion style in clincial practice as well as prevent or reduce secondary traumatic stress.

Social Service Agencies/NGOs seeking training for their employees in trauma-adapted mind-body-heart medicine techniques for improved outcomes for the populations they serve. Also for organizations seeking to prevent or reduce employee secondary traumatic stress. 

Peer Support training for those assisting survivors in formal and informal settings, taking place in community-based locations like recovery centers, workplaces, or schools, as well as institutional settings such as hospitals, treatment facilities, or jails. Additionally, training includes skills for preventing or reducing peer support employees or volunteers secondary traumatic stress.

Upcoming Events

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  • 🗓️ Bringing the Body, Mind, and Heart into Clinical Practice – Returning Soon
  • 🗓️ Mind-Body-Heart Connection Series – Launching [TBA]
  • 🗓️ Book Signing – [TBA]

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“I wanted to take a minute to let you know how grateful I am for the gift of your time, your energy, and your sensitivity that you have chosen to share with me. It feels like someone finally understands. And it’s not only that it feels like you understand, but that you’ve been through the fire yourself, and yet you are still willing to brave the flames again to offer your help…so I will say both, ‘Thank You’ and a very heartfelt ‘Namaste’.”
“I feel so at ease in Kintla’s class. She reminds us constantly to listen to our bodies and makes so many great suggestions for ways that we can take the relaxing experience into our lives.”
“I have taken several classes with Kintla. *** Each of them was a total gift. *** I walked out of each class more together, more focused and more blessed for the experience. Thank you Kintla. Namaste’!”
“I have attended several of Kintla’s classes throughout the years, and it is always a beautiful, spiritual experience! This is beyond yoga for strength, fitness, peace, or relaxation……her classes bring healing on every level of my Being and transport my consciousness to an expanded place where clarity and One-ness merges with my physicality! Kintla is a gift and a blessing in my life……and she lets Universal Source Energy guide everything that she says and does. Thank you Kintla!”