Olivia Mead

Olivia is a lifelong yoga practitioner, and has been a yoga instructor since 2003. While living in Los Angeles, she taught weekly trauma-sensitive yoga classes at the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Training Center, and presented continuing education workshops on yoga and the neurological system for LAFD. She also led special workshops for high-ranking command staff of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). It is at LAFD where the Yoga for First Responders curriculum and approach was first born, in conjunction with Dr. Robert Scott. Olivia currently teaches yoga for the Carlisle Fire Department, Des Moines Veterans Association and the Des Moines Police Academy. Watch the video: Yoga for First Responders at LAFD. In addition, Olivia writes for and is an Assistant Editor ofLA Yoga Magazine. Her writing for other yoga publications and blogs includes the inaugural issue ofYoga Iowa, with her article on the benefits of yoga in the military being the cover story.