Julie and I explore the concept of safe spaces. What does safety mean in a school system, what does it mean in a yoga space, in the world? We explain the importance of staying in inquiry and remaining curious as one of the most impactful ways to create safe spaces. We look at what it means to lean into change-making and knowing when to walk away.

We talk about how the systems we’re in are built to oppress and perpetuate the very things we’re fighting against. There’s a need right now to acknowledge the ways in which so many public and private spaces have been systemically made unsafe; so what can we do to change this? What small, yet oh so powerful, steps can we start taking to create spaces that are inclusive, accessible, and a little bit more safe for all?

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Julie Johnson (pronouns she/her/hers) is a Co-Founder of Integrate Trauma Informed Network and the Restorative Pulse Podcast, Accessibility Specialist in the U.S. Public School System  and a Trauma Informed Yoga Facilitator. She is passionate about creating cultures of belonging and social emotional inclusion in the school system and spaces where she teaches yin yoga.

Integrate Trauma Informed Network is a grassroots, intersectional community of trauma sensitive professionals offering opportunities to explore the concept of belonging and social emotional inclusion through a trauma sensitive lens and the framework of universal design.

You can read more about Integrate Network at www.letsintegrate.org and listen to the Restorative pulse  podcast on all major podcasting platforms.

For more information on Universal Design in mind body healing spaces, please check out the work of Natasha Baebler at www.visionablewellness.com