Lineage Project

Lineage Project teaches trauma-sensitive mindfulness to young people, ages 11–24, navigating serious challenges and the adults who work with them as a way to develop stress management and resilience-building skills and build community.
Lineage works within the justice, education, shelter, mental health, and foster care systems, and with community organizations. Lineage classes are built around a 3-part program model that weaves together facilitated discussion, movement practices (e.g., yoga/Tai Chi), and guided meditation.
Lineage’s mindfulness-based professional development supports staff in working more effectively and empathetically with young people, and reduces the secondary trauma and burnout that can lead to staff turnover.