KINDER INTERVENTIONS
Endorsed by physicians and psychologists, we teach science-supported, nearly magically fast body-based techniques for releasing stress, trauma and unpleasant emotions.
If a single breath could improve your whole life, would you take that breath?
Real Results
As an executive in the technology space for the past 25 years, I had always struggled with stress, and my only way to manage it was by abusing alcohol for years. About 5 years into my sobriety, I took Dr. Gabriel’s classes, and it was life altering. It took my sobriety to the next level because I finally had the tools and techniques I needed to manage the crazy making life at a fortune 5 company. And because stress and constant change is everywhere in life, using these techniques has improved my relationship with my wife, my kids, and my friends.
Craig
Fortune 5 Tech Executive
I walked into my first workshop in order to reduce stress. I didn't expect my whole life to change for the better. But, 10 years later I can tell you that's exactly what happened.
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Ginny B.
Sales Manager
The techniques taught are so timely for our busy stressful lives; simple yet powerful ways to relax, reduce stress and anxiety and bring joy and gratitude into our lives. I do them every day!
Genevieve P., PhD.
Psychologist, Nurse Practitioner
I have struggled life long with social difficulties from being on the autism spectrum, anxiety caused by them, and social awkwardness caused by said anxiety. After years of seemingly interminable anxiety and mental/ emotional pain, these techniques have allowed me to think more clearly, act more deliberately, and have deep emotional clarity. They have helped me have fulfilling relationships by easing social anxiety and helped me be far more socially attentive and competent by giving me the room I needed to breathe.
Maeve E.
College Student
A year ago, I would never have believed I could have changed as much as I have today. The techniques taught in the Kinder Interventions workshop are simple and direct, and yet are so powerful, they have transformed the way I deal with stress and adversity. I can now manage difficult circumstances and people in a much more positive, functional, and successful way.
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Maureen W., PhD.
Retired Psychologist and Psychology Instructor
We look forward to helping you feel better too.
Our logo, HeartSmile®, is also the name of one of our signature techniques that combines elements from western and eastern traditional and contemporary science and knowledge. Using HeartSmile® nearly instantly and effortlessly elevates mood and perception in an objectively verifiable way. You will learn this technique in our Part 1 Class: The Very Big Change.
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that combine Eastern and Western knowledge, tradition, and science in a uniquely harmonious way.
Stress, pain, and fear are inevitable in any human life, but we can make those sensations as brief and productive as possible using techniques evolved from yogic breathing practices, acupuncture, and marma point therapy. Kinder Interventions founder, Dr. Deborah Gabriel, combined knowledge derived from her PhD in Clinical Psychology with the knowledge of ancient yogic traditions and other healing modalities from the East. She then applied that knowledge to contemporary bioenergetic practices, to create a curriculum that seamlessly integrates them all. Interventions are only useful if they can be easily incorporated, that is, integrated, into our daily lives. Many people who sincerely want to feel better, and have a happier life, attend workshop after workshop, read book after book, watch countless YouTube videos, participate in therapy of various kinds, and still don’t experience the quality of life they would like to have, even though they may have left the workshop, or finished the books or other learning experiences full of hope and resolve. The simple truth is that if it isn’t easy to incorporate something new into already busy and frequently over-stressed lives, new learning is unlikely to take hold. To that end, the techniques and practices taught in the Integrated Interventions classes are very easy to learn, very simple to practice nearly anywhere, require no special skills or equipment, take very little time to perform, and have decades to millennia of both research and experiential evidence to demonstrate their effectiveness. For example, the benefits of meditation are now well documented throughout both Western and Eastern scientific medical journals. However, not everyone has the time or willingness to fit an hour of meditation into their daily lives and a complaint frequently heard from beginning meditators is that it is nearly impossible to quiet their busy minds. Our Simple Breath Meditation ®, unique to Integrated Interventions, makes it possible for even the individual accustomed to a very busy active mind to focus his or her attention and achieve a quiet harmony within. In addition to Simple Breath Meditation ®, techniques unique to Integrated Interventions include: HeartSmile ® Fountain of Breath Release ™ Three-Stage Eye Release™ Ujjayi Stress Release™ Ujjayi Memory Release™ In addition, several non-propriety ancient yogic breathing practices collectively known, in Sanskrit, as pranayamas are taught in our classes. Finally, a simple set of practical decision-making and communication skills rounds out a set of tools and techniques that can help you simplify and harmonize even the busiest most complex life.
Kinder Interventions Classes
Part 1: A Very Big Change
In this class, you will be introduced to the ways in which energy, in the form of bio-electricity, works in your body. You’ll participate in a brief but comprehensive explanation and demonstration of how and why nearly magical-seeming body-based technologies work. You will learn how dramatically and profoundly seemingly small actions can impact your life, both for better and for worse. You will see undeniable demonstrations of the power of your own thoughts and feelings on your overall well-being and you will learn very simple breath and body-based tools, many unique to Kinder Interventions, that immediately reduce stress and improve your quality of life.
One of these techniques, Ujjayi Memory Release™ (UMR™), helps effectively and efficiently release the hurtful emotion of even long-held unpleasant memories. We cannot stop unpleasant memories from entering our consciousness; memories are triggered daily, the unpleasant ones often taking us by surprise. UMR™ gives you a concrete, body-based, highly effective, easy-to-use tool to deal with the discomfort of unpleasant memories as they arise.
A complete UMR™ practice most commonly completely eradicates the unpleasant emotions associated with a given memory; typically leaving with you a settled understanding of the value you gained from the experience, however unpleasant the experience may have been at the time. This, and several other profoundly moving techniques, including HeartSmile® await you in this class.
Part 2: Kinder Forgiveness
In Kinder Forgiveness, techniques learned in The Very Big Change class are reviewed and expanded upon. You will learn what motivations cause one to hang on to unproductive anger, guilt, fear, and regret. Next, you will learn the evidence-based impact that continuing to host these emotions has on your physical and emotional well-being. You will then learn very simple, body-based techniques to reliably release even long-held emotions associated with harmful past action taken by you or others.
Finally, all that you've learned in Kinder Interventions Part 1 and 2 will be integrated into a new tool set to seamlessly employ Kinder techniques into your daily life.
Following completion of this class, you will know all of the techniques necessary to join us for free weekly Follow-ups for guided group practice of techniques.
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Prerequisite: Kinder Interventions Part 1
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Kinder Life Class
The Kinder Life Class includes our deepest knowledge and tools. In this class, you will learn techniques that will allow you the opportunity to release even the deepest, most hurtful, longest-held experiences of anger, fear, guilt, and regret. Due to the nature of the techniques, this class includes a discussion of spirituality and religion. Following completion of this class, you will know all of the techniques necessary to join us for Sunday's spiritually-centered Follow-ups, called Satsangs, meaning "In the company of the wise"...of which you will now be a part!
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Prerequisites: Kinder Interventions Part 1 and 2
Kinder Communication
Our daily interactions with others are the most common sources of both stress and joy in our lives. All of us communicate and perceive through the filters created by our own personal experiences.
In this class, you will learn and practice simple communication patterns and techniques to best ensure that your message and intention is clearly conveyed and understood, giving you the best chance of meeting your interactional goals. In addition, you will discover the motivations and filters that may distort your communication and perception, allowing you greater opportunity to perceive yourself and others accurately.
Finally, you will learn how to gracefully and effectively use tools learned in Part 1, during interactions with others, to minimize stressful emotions; allowing communication to proceed effectively so that discussions are productive conversations, rather than anger-filled arguments.
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In this class, special attention and techniques are given for setting limits and boundaries, particularly the ability to say a clear, definite, "no", free from guilt, anger, or regret.
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Prerequisite: Kinder Interventions Part 1
To give you a risk-free chance to get to know us, we invite you to attend one of our always free-of-charge KLIICs* to learn two powerful stress-relieving techniques, including our organization’s own unique Simple Breath Meditation®
KLIICs are always taught in a public format but may be attended remotely. Due to the nature of the techniques offered, our other classes must be attended in person.
If you wish to attend a Kinder Interventions Class, but do not live in the greater Seattle area, consider our CB&B (class, bed & breakfast) option, combining comfortable accommodations at the Kinder Life Center, with delicious vegetarian meals provided.
Serving the Autism Spectrum and Neurodivergent Communities
Today’s world can be a difficult place for anyone to navigate, and it presents additional challenges to the autistic and neurodivergent communities.
Our techniques have been spectacularly effective with this group…so successful, in fact, that certain autistic individuals, who’ve learned the full range of Kinder Intervention techniques, have become Kinder Interventions Process Leaders themselves, so that they can teach others the techniques that have helped them live happier, more successful lives.
As an executive in the technology space for the past 25 years, I had always struggled with stress, and my only way to manage it was by abusing alcohol for years. About 5 years into my sobriety, I took Dr. Gabriel’s classes, and it was life altering. It took my sobriety to the next level because I finally had the tools and techniques I needed to manage the crazy making life at a fortune 5 company. And because stress and constant change is everywhere in life, using these techniques has improved my relationship with my wife, my kids, and my friends.
Craig
Fortune 5 Tech Executive
Random P.
IT Team Lead
KLIIC Manager and Process Leader
One of the classes offered is “Kind Communication”. For someone on the autism spectrum like me, this has been eye-opening because I thought I was a pretty good communicator. When Dr. Gabriel took us step-by-step through the many ways we communicate and how to use them effectively, I came to see how much clearer and kinder I can be in all the many ways I communicate. I can’t say I have perfected them all, but I have learned the skill of asking for and accepting feedback, which, in itself, is a great teacher.
Nancy S.
Retired Attorney
I had spent almost 10 years in traditional therapy since the age of 8 for chronic Anxiety and Panic Disorder. These techniques helped me not only get to a place where I was able to learn that my anxiety was a product of my undiagnosed neurodivergency (ADHD, ASD, OCD), but continued to be so effective that after being told for years that my anxiety had "no real cure," I am now happy to say that I no longer experience panic attacks nor am I living in that constant anxiety. I am now living comfortably, sustainably, and happily despite my neurological challenges thanks to these techniques and couldn't fathom a life without them.
As someone with ASD who has personally experienced the challenges of managing stress, I can attest to the value of these classes. The techniques are practical, easy to implement, and highly effective, while taking into account the unique sensory and cognitive processing differences that can make stress management particularly challenging for people on the Autism Spectrum.
Cameron S.
Database Architect
Jessica L.
IT Support Professional