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Gretchen Steidle is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the founder of Global Grassroots, an organization that cultivates mindful social change for women in post-conflict countries around the world. 

She is the producer of the Emmy-nominated documentary, "The Devil Came on Horseback," and co-author of the book of the same name, which chronicles her brother’s time as an unarmed military observer of the Darfur conflict, and resulting genocide.  Her latest book “Leading from Within: Conscious Social Change and Mindfulness for Social Innovation,” is published by MIT Press. She has been honored as a CNN Hero for her work in Haiti to support earthquake survivors. 

Gretchen speaks nationally on topics including leadership, mindfulness, and her experience working with women in post-war Africa. She is a practitioner of the healing modality, Integrative Breathwork and Breath-Body-Mind, which she regularly uses in her work around the world to help women and girls heal from trauma and to find ways to use that self-healing to positively impact their communities.

Gretchen Steidle: How 3 Breaths Can Change the World

Gretchen Steidle is a 1996 graduate of the University of Virginia and the founder of Global Grassroots, an organization that cultivates mindful social change for women in post-conflict countries around the world. She is the producer of the Emmy-nominated documentary, The Devil Came on Horseback, and co-author of the book of the same name, which chronicles her brother’s time as an unarmed military observer of the Darfur conflict, and resulting genocide.  Her latest book “Leading from Within: Conscious Social Change and Mindfulness for Social Innovation,” is published by MIT Press. She has been honored as a CNN Hero for her work in Haiti to support earthquake survivors. Gretchen speaks nationally on topics including leadership, mindfulness, and her experience working with women in post-war Africa. She is a practitioner of the healing modality, Integrative Breathwork and Breath-Body-Mind, which she regularly uses in her work around the world to help women and girls heal from trauma and to find ways to use that self-healing to positively impact their communities.

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