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ESSAYS & WRITTEN WORKS

Gina is a writer, sharing insights from her own experiences, practices, and education.

She has written articles on trauma therapy and contemplative-based healing for Harvard, The Huffington Post, NY Yoga + Life, YogaCityNYC, as well as numerous articles on yoga, meditation, martial arts and Buddhism.

Gina de la Chesnaye

The Body: A Healing Environment

Published January 2018 by the Harvard Program on Refugee Trauma Newsletter Utilization of Mind Body Practices for Survivors of Natural and

Gina de la Chesnaye

Kindness is an Act of Freedom

To choose to respond with grace and kindness is Freedom. “The problem, unstated until now, is how to live in a damaged body in a world...

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Huff post

The Power of Connection: The Resilience of the Sherpas

In April 2015 a massive earthquake hit Nepal killing nearly 9,000 people and wounding 22,000. The Sindhupalchok District was one of the worst affected. Within this district is the tiny village of Phulping Katti about 2 miles from...

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Elephant Journal

The Fine Line

There is a fine line between riding what is hard and making things harder for ourselves. Today, I walked out of a yoga class for the first time ever. Mind you, I'm the kind of person who took an open level class as my introduction to yoga...

Sharon Salzberg

Complete Article Log

Gina has had the pleasure to study with Sharon Salzberg and contribute to her blog.

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