518 Stress Management With Warriors At Ease Founder, Molly Birkholm

Molly Birkholm is a speaker, consultant, yoga and iRest Yoga Nidra teacher trainer, trauma educator, published author, and international show host. Mollys stress management programs, resilience training, and trauma treatment programs are used by leaders and top organizations around the world, including the US Department of Defense, JPChase, McKinsey & Company, and the Young Presidents' Organization. She is the co-founder of Warriors at Ease, which has trained over 2000 teachers who share yoga and meditation to 65 military bases and VA Centers. She helped pioneer evidence-based trauma-sensitive yoga and meditation programs for PTSD in the military and other communities affected by trauma, including human trafficking survivors and homeless communities. She is also an iRest Yoga Nidra teacher trainer. Molly teaches trainings and retreats around the world, online on The Great Courses, and as a Featured Teacher & the host of the Womens Empowerment Initiative on Yoga International.

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Contact Info

• Website: www.MollyBirkholm.com
• Company: www.WarriorsAtEase.org
• Podcast: Conversations Matter

Most Influential Person

• Richard Miller

Effect on Emotions

• “Made me feel emotions with openness and curiosity.”

Thoughts on Breathing

• “Breathing is everything.”
• “Breathing consciously has taught to how to really be alive and to connect to the life force of the universe.”

Suggested Resources

• Book: Recognition of Your Own Heart by Joan Ravinsky
• App: Insight Timer, Great Courses

Bullying Story

• “When I was a kid, I moved 10 times before I graduated from high school. Every single time, I got bullied because of the culture from where I came from.”

“I kept changing to fit in. I became a people pleaser.”

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