Elevate

03/13/2026

Happy anniversary to our Founder, Stephanie Brown Legg!

We have come a long way🩵💚

After finishing her first degree Stephanie returned to West Virginia with a new perspective and renewed purpose to help youth. While working on her second degree she began developing a program and curriculum, and Elevate was born! In a few months we will be 20 years old🎉

What started with a few youth in Charleston, has grown to a statewide program. We evolved from a youth ministry to a student outreach to a student enrichment program to an integrative wellness program.

This evolution was fueled by several factors. Stephanie’s continuing education in counseling, childhood trauma, and healing centered approaches. Working with countless students, listening and observing, cultivating a knack to pinpoint individual and community needs and how to best serve for optimal outcome. As well as her own healing journey. Many of the tools we teach are the very tools she’s used along the way.

Every student that has been a part of the Elevate experience has contributed to our success and legacy. It is your trust, transparency, and strength that has made us what we are today!

And it all started with one women on a mission to heal one child at a time, starting with her inner child.

Thank you all and congratulations Stephanie!

WV Kids are the lucky ones- luck is not found, it is made with help from YOU🫵

We need your help to reach 2500 followers for our 25th Anniversary!

It’s the easiest way to support ChildLaw Services and our mission to advocate for the well-being of WV children!

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03/02/2026

Yoga is at its simplest, Sanskrit for yoking. One of the beautiful things about this practice is it can be many things to the practitioner.

You can show up for a good workout, good for you. The physical layer needs us to show up and get stronger.

If that’s the only reason you show up it’s a high probability you’re only showing up at that depth in the rest of your life. Deep breath. That’s typically correlated with the amount of trauma hove experienced and the walls you’ve built to protect yourself.

You’re gonna be ok.

Most classes are safe spaces to explore beyond the surface, through your breath, inviting you into the present, where you can erode the walls, and go deeper.

In a world that rushing, busying, distractions, avoidance, denial, numbing, and disassociation are not only a way of life, but celebrated. Where connection, authenticity, accountability, and empathy are becoming a rarity. When people are carrying the weight of their life experiences and generations before them.

Take pause

Change begins within. Peace begins at our core

The world desperately needs us to show up fully, for our Light to shine brighter as a beacon, and our Love to glow freer as a reminder to return to themSelves, the Divine within

Otherwise the divide will only expand

Sure showing up in some classes will help, like all education, it’s not created equally or delivered effectively. Weekly, even daily classes can only take you so far. Workshops/Masterclasses will help deepen your practice. The deepest dive you can take is yoga school.

If you are ready for a life changing experience, one that not only changes you but has a profound ripple effect, changing your family, your relationships, your reach, and ultimately the world…we start Sunday!

Radiant Soul School of Yoga, WV’s first, and only, trauma informed yoga school. We are a hybrid of in person and virtual making it possible for even the busiest person to show up.

Stop making excuses. Stop running from the pain . We are here, you are ready💖

02/18/2026

02/11/2026

Meet me on the mat✨

THIS Sunday @12:30 at during Radiant Soul School of Yoga

For 💖Love Flow: The Practice of Self Love 💖
💕 Sacred path to heart center, clearing obstructions and creating expansion for your Light to shine brighter and your love flow freer✨

At St. Albans Yoga & Fitness Co-Op 808 B Street Suite 201

OR

From the comfort of your own home virtually, let me know and I’ll add you to our virtual class list

Stay for RSYS Q&A immediately after

02/03/2026

We carry so much pain and harbor resentment towards those who hurt us. Forgiving others is not about them its sabout freeing yourself

Pain and suffering are inevitable in this life but the prolonging of it is in our own hands.

Often even after we forgive we still aren’t free….that’s when we need to forgive ourselves! These are powerful words to say to yourself, maybe while looking in a mirror!

01/02/2026

The more you know

THE DIFFERENT “TYPES” OF PTSD (AND HOW YOU “CATCH” THEM)
By R. Trent Rose — The Writer

Let me break something down in a way people can actually feel.

PTSD isn’t just “one thing.”
It’s what happens when your nervous system learns a lesson the hard way:

“The world is not safe… stay ready.”

And depending on what you lived through, you can “catch” PTSD in different ways.

Not because you’re weak.
Because your alarm system did its job… and never turned off.

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1) Single-Event PTSD

This is the one people think PTSD always is.

One major moment. One incident.
A wreck. A shooting. A robbery. An assault. A medical scare.

You “catch” it when your brain stamps that moment as:
LIFE THREAT. NEVER FORGET THIS.

Then you get:
• flashbacks
• nightmares
• jumpiness
• avoiding reminders

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2) Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)

This comes from repeated trauma, not one incident.

Years of:
• narcissistic abuse
• childhood chaos
• domestic violence
• coercive control
• emotional torture
• living in survival mode

You “catch” it when your nervous system never gets a real reset.
It learns:
Danger isn’t a moment… it’s a lifestyle.

Then you get:
• shame that feels like identity
• emotional swings or shutdown
• trust issues
• feeling “broken”
• difficulty bonding
• feeling like peace is unfamiliar

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3) Fight/Flight PTSD (Hyperarousal)

This is the “wired” version.

Your body is always:
• ready to argue
• ready to run
• ready to react
• ready to defend

You “catch” this when you had to stay ready constantly.
Street life. Prison. War zones. Chaotic homes. Toxic relationships.

Your system learns:
If I relax, I get hurt.

Then you get:
• insomnia
• irritability
• racing heart
• panic attacks
• can’t sit still
• always scanning people

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4) Freeze/Shut-Down PTSD (Hypoarousal)

This is the “numb” version.

You’re not panicking… you’re flat.

You “catch” this when fighting back didn’t work…
and escaping wasn’t possible.

Your system learns:
The safest move is to disappear inside myself.

Then you get:
• numbness
• exhaustion
• depression-like symptoms
• “I don’t feel real”
• disconnection from life
• low energy, low motivation

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5) Dissociative PTSD

This is when you mentally “leave” your body during stress.

You “catch” it when the pain was too much to stay present for.
So your mind protects you by disconnecting.

Then you get:
• feeling outside your body
• time gaps
• “I watched it happen like a movie”
• things feel unreal

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6) Relationship PTSD (Betrayal / Narcissistic Abuse PTSD)

This is the one people don’t take serious… but it can wreck your whole nervous system.

You “catch” it through:
• gaslighting
• hot/cold cycles
• cheating + lying
• silent treatment
• humiliation
• love bombing then devaluing

Your system learns:
The person I love is also the person who hurts me.

Then you get:
• voice tone triggers
• fear when the phone rings
• panic when they pull away
• trauma bond withdrawal
• paranoia and self-doubt
• walking on eggshells even after you leave

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7) Secondary / Vicarious Trauma

This is trauma you absorb from being close to someone else’s trauma.

Caregivers. Nurses. Coaches. Therapists. Kids raised around chaos.
People who grew up with parents who were unstable.

You “catch” it by being near danger long enough that your body starts living like it’s yours.

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The truth about “catching” PTSD

You don’t catch PTSD because you “couldn’t handle it.”

You catch it when:
• the danger felt real
• you felt powerless
• you didn’t get closure
• it lasted too long
• you didn’t have safety afterward

PTSD is your body remembering what your mouth stopped talking about.

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The last thing I’m going to say

If you’re calm in real danger… but falling apart in quiet rooms…

That doesn’t mean you’re broken.

That means your nervous system knows how to survive chaos…

But it hasn’t learned safety yet.

And that can be healed.

Question for the comments:
Which one hits you the hardest — fight/flight, freeze/shutdown, or relationship PTSD?

R.Trent Rose- The Writer ✍🏾

If your spirit resonated with this message, go to the comments.
There’s something there that’ll sharpen your intuition and shift the way you see people. 🖤

👇 Check the comments

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!!!

Set intentions not resolutions✨

Let this be the year that you reclaim your life! Whether your are just starting your healing journey or ready for the next level, Radiant Soul Yoga School is WV first and only trauma informed yoga school. This is so much more then becoming a yoga teacher, in fact you may never teach yoga, you may have never even stepped on a mat!

This is a deep dive into yourSelf, learning holistic tools for regulation, growth, and healing. Bonus you will be certified to teach yoga IF you want.

Next session coming soon, secure your spot now! This is the best investment you will ever make in yourself💖

Your growth matters. Your healing matters. Your impact matters. Join us at Radiant Soul School of Yoga! Start your healing journey today.

11/01/2025

Join the Identity Blueprint Mastermind on November 2nd at 1pm!

Step into a transformative experience designed to help you uncover your authentic self. In this immersive mastermind, you'll engage in a guided meditation to explore your core values, gain insight into the science of neuroplasticity, and how it shapes your identity.

This class empowers you to:
- Set healthy boundaries with clarity and confidence
- Align your daily choices with your deepest values
- Cultivate a mindset of abundance and purpose

Discover what truly makes you tick—and find freedom in knowing yourself on a deeper, more intentional level. Your blueprint is waiting. Register now at radiantsoulguideyoga.com. Space is limited!

10/19/2025

Now that this first season of Radiant Soul School of Yoga is well underway we will be opening a portion of our in-person session to those wanting to take a deeper dive within themselves and their wellness practices and get a feel for what WV’s first trauma informed yoga school is all about!

We will be offering Mastermind Classes, for everyBODY; non yogis, beginners, and longtime practitioners, that will also provide CEU’s for those in need!

We are rolling out our first installment two weeks from today!

09/08/2025

Calling all Yogis, Wisdom Seekers, Changemakers, Therapists, and Healers looking to step into a transformative journey that blends ancient yogic wisdom with modern trauma-informed practices.

This training isn't just about teaching yoga--it's about becoming a compassionate guide for healing, resilience, and embodied presence!

The fall cohort begins on September 21st. You still have time to sign up at radiantsoulschoolofyoga.com. Flexible payment plans are available!

09/07/2025

Two weeks from today WV’s first trauma informed yoga school launches….and there is a few spaces open just for YOU! There is also room for someone who is looking for their next step of their healing journey, so be sure to share, because sharing is caring!

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08/03/2025

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