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About the Lindwall Releasing Community The former Lindwall Foundation was established in 1998 and operated until 2009 to further the legacy of Isa and Yolanda Lindwall through outreach work, bringing Releasing to economically disadvantaged communities in the U.S. and throughout the world. Building upon the extraordinary odyssey that began in 1978, this work cultivated Isa and Yolanda Lindwall's vast array of worldwide contacts including laypersons, health care professionals, clergy, educators and community leaders to create a network of trained individuals dedicated to lifting humanity from the often traumatizing and debilitating life experiences. Isa and Yolanda have personally worked in the United States and 38 other countries over the last 25 years, and their work continues and grows through empowering others to learn, practice and teach Releasing. The Lindwall Releasing Community Vision: A world in which people of all races, backgrounds and socio-economic classes have opportunities to heal from trauma, pain and tragedies of war, terrorism and natural disasters, as well as personal, mental, emotional and physical suffering. The Lindwall Releasing Community Mission: Through education and healing with the Lindwall Releasing Process, to empower individuals and communities to overcome the traumas of human rights abuses, political conflict, terrorism, natural disasters and personal trauma in order to experience well-being, self-esteem, constructive relationships, hope and optimism. A New Focus for the Future With the passing of Isa Lindwall in 2007, Releasing has been moving into a new transition phase with a structured emphasis being placed on community healing and international outreach work. Through work in South Africa and with victims of Hurricane Katrina, Releasing facilitators have naturally been drawn to a new involvement with healing and rebuilding communities and lives that have been traumatized by violence, poverty, repression or natural disasters. With rapidly-shifting geo-political, technological and economic forces of globalization, many communities and regions in the developing world are subject to grueling challenges of displacement, ethnic and racial conflict and social instability. These areas are in dire need of viable programs of healing, reconciliation and reconstruction, as well as initiatives that inspire leadership and understanding in communities with extraordinary difficulties and challenges. |