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Rootsupjulie

We offer classes, trainings, and an emotional wellness video curriculum. Based in Denver, CO and Portland, ME

✨Mind-body tools to help children and the grown-ups who love them manage big emotions
✨Video library, classes, workshops & childrens book
✨Neurodiversity affirming

02/19/2026

POV: One friend during guided imagery.

The other day, after I cued,
“See if you can get as comfortable as possible…”

I looked over and saw:

Onesie? ✔️
Arms snuggled in? ✔️
Zero plans to move? ✔️

Soft body.
Slow breath.
Nowhere to be.

We’re not lazy.
We’re regulating. 💛

02/09/2026

Grateful for the opportunity to spend time with the incredible staff at 💛

✨I had the privilege of leading a training for some of their team, where we explored gentle, nervous-system-informed tools to support emotional regulation, co-regulation, and connection, for both children and the adults who care for them.

✨I’m especially grateful that their entire staff will now have access to the Roots Up video library, and that families will be able to bring these tools home through tablets available for parents to borrow.

✨This means children and caregivers can practice calming strategies together, in real time, in real life, when they need them most.

✨This is the heart of the work: accessible tools, supported caregivers, and children who feel safer, seen, and at home in their bodies and minds.

✨So much gratitude to the compassionate team at the Center for Grieving Children for your trust, your openness, and your commitment to nurturing healing, resilience, and hope in our community. 🌱

02/05/2026

There is no one-size-fits-all tool for self-regulation 💛
Every child’s nervous system is different.

What helps one child calm, focus, or reset might feel frustrating or ineffective for another.

That’s why kids need a variety of tools:
🧠 movement
🎵 rhythm + music
🌬️ breath
💛 connection
🤍 rest

Regulation is about helping each child discover what works for their unique body and brain.

When we offer choices instead of prescriptions, children:
✨ feel empowered
✨ build self-awareness
✨ develop lifelong coping skills
Because flexibility, not perfection, is the foundation of emotional resilience.

I created a 5-minute evidence-based video library that is being used in schools, hospitals, and youth organizations. Link in bio ♥️

02/03/2026

Lately, when I’m teaching, I’ve been noticing how much children are asking for rest, moments to soften, be by themselves, and go inward. “Miss Julie, can we do a loooonnnnggg guided relaxation today?”

After we move, wiggle, shake, and play to regulate, it’s amazing how quickly their bodies settle, especially the wiggliest ones.

Taking just five minutes to soothe the body and mind can completely shift behavior, focus, and even kindness (to self and others).

Regulation first. Everything else follows.

🎥 Here’s a clip of 5th-grade students using one of our evidence-based 5-minute self-regulation videos.

01/30/2026

It’s never lost on me what a privilege it is to be invited into communities to teach.

But this one, during this tender time feels extra potent.

I was at Reiche during the pandemic and now during the horrific events happening to our immigrant community.

The attendance is low but the spirits are high. The teachers are incredible. Taking such good care of their students. Creating normalcy and stability. One teacher shared she delivered 7 meals to her students.

I will be here teaching regulation strategies for the kids and teachers to help balance their nervous systems until May.

Giving students time and space to participate at their own pace and settle back into the routine after the trauma of 🧊 will be our slow and steady process.

Watching small businesses, neighbors, schools and strangers come together to support the community is something that will stay with me forever.

01/26/2026

Right now, in many communities across Maine, children and caregivers are carrying fear, uncertainty, and grief tied to immigration enforcement and ongoing community trauma.

Tiny Co-Regulation Strategies for High-Stress Moments 💛

When the body is in stress or survival mode, small, gentle actions can help both adults and children feel steadier. These are not about “fixing” behavior, they are about connection, presence, and calming the nervous system.

Evidence-backed strategies to try:
• Back-to-back breathing: Sit back-to-back with a child, friend, or coworker. Notice each other’s breath and allow it to slow naturally.
• Shared rhythm: Roll a ball back and forth, clap hands, or tap a gentle rhythm together.
• Gentle movement: Rock, sway, or walk slowly, alone or with someone.

✨ You don’t have to be “perfectly” calm. Your presence, attention, and steady body already help regulate nervous systems around you.

🤍 This moment is heavy, your nervous system is working hard♥️

01/23/2026

🌿 Meltdown vs. Tantrum — there is a difference

Tantrum
• Child is overwhelmed but still able to access some control
• There’s usually a goal (attention, a toy, avoiding a task)
• Can briefly pause, negotiate, or shift

Meltdown
🌱 Nervous system overload
🌱 No goal
🌱 No manipulation
🌱 Survival mode

A helpful lens:
Can this child access language, logic, or choice right now?

• Yes → More likely a tantrum
• No → More likely a meltdown

During a meltdown, a child can’t access coping skills
even ones they’ve used before.
The brain is focused on safety, not behavior.

🌿 Tantrums respond to:
• clear limits
• consistency
• follow-through

🌱 Meltdowns respond to:
• connection
• co-regulation
• time + space

When a meltdown is labeled as “bad behavior,” we miss the message:
💛 This is too much for my nervous system right now.

During a meltdown:
• fewer words
• calm presence
• safety first
• teaching later

Supporting a meltdown isn’t about fixing or stopping it.
🌿 It’s about helping the body settle enough to feel safe again.

Understanding the difference changes how we respond
and how much compassion we offer
to children and to ourselves.

If you’ve responded to a meltdown like a tantrum (me too),
you’re not alone.
Most of us were never taught the difference and
we’re learning as we go.

01/21/2026

💚Co-regulation lives in our nervous systems first.
And if staying calm feels really hard right now
you’re not failing and certainly not alone!
You’re human.

Most caregivers I work with are
• overwhelmed
• burnt out
• running on fumes
• and still showing up anyway

Co-regulation isn’t about being calm all the time.
Often, it shows up in small, real moments when emotions get big.

✨ Even a pause counts.
✨ Even showing up imperfectly matters.

You don’t need to feel fully regulated for your presence to matter.
I’m learning it’s less about getting it right
and more about finding the way back
through our bodies, breath and play.

This work is tender.
It’s messy.
And you are not doing it wrong. 💚

01/20/2026

2016: Moving four times this year. Denver, CO to Englewood, CO to Danvers, MA to South Portland, ME♥️

01/13/2026

🌿 These voices reflect what happens when kids are given simple tools and the space to regulate their nervous systems, slow down, and listen to their bodies.

Connection, relationship-building, and play always come first.
🌱 From there, we layer in self-soothing strategies kids can access anytime, anywhere. (Inner resources they already have.)

Grateful for this group of kiddos and the adults who guide them 💛

01/06/2026

✨ Over the break, I kept reminding myself of something that really helped regulate my nervous system:

🌿Two things can be true.

Ever get advice when you’re so dysregulated you can’t even use it, and just end up more frustrated or anxious?

This tip is for when you’re regulated enough to notice your feelings.

(If you’re not there yet, that’s okay ♥️ sometimes we can’t feel both, or any.)

Here’s what it can look like in real life:
🌿 I can feel happy for someone else’s success and also wish I had that for myself.
🌿 I can look forward to a fresh start and nervous it won’t work out.

Both feelings can exist.
Both are real.
Both are valid.

When we allow ourselves to hold both (when we’re ready), our nervous system gets a chance to soften, settle, and recharge.

As an “all or nothing” type of thinker, this has been a practice that doesn’t come easy. If that’s you too, you are not alone.💜

Any tool that helps us feel calmer helps the children around us feel safer and more regulated, too. ✨

11/21/2025

🌿 What do we do with the mad that we feel?

Anger can show up fast and loud — a stomp, a scream, a sharp tone, a slammed door, or a meltdown that feels like it came out of nowhere.
Anger isn’t “bad.” It’s human. It’s part of learning, growing, and understanding ourselves at any age.

This month, we’re exploring what to do when anger shows up. We’re practicing simple, playful strategies while we’re calm, so children feel more prepared to use them when the big feelings arrive.

✨ Anger Release Practices We’re Using This Month

Squeeze & Release
Make tight fists for 5 seconds, then open and shake it out. A gentle way to help the body release tension.

Stress Ball Pass
We pass a stress ball around the circle. Each child gives it a strong squeeze and imagines putting their frustration into the ball.

🌱 Building emotional tools early helps children and adults grow into more confident, connected humans.

More resources coming soon 💚

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Portland, ME
04101

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.OurRootsUp.com/

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Since 2010 Radiant Beginnings has been committed to changing lives through high quality yoga/mindfulness programming, teacher trainings, audio guided relaxations and stress management video curricula.

Our products and services are data-driven and suitable for all ages throughout schools, homes, hospitals and therapeutic environments. We envision a world where people have tools to manage stress and develop lifelong healthy coping strategies.