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by Dana Faulds (Go In and In: Poems from the Heart of Yoga)
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The Soul of Yoga
What is the soul of yoga?
Follow your heart into the
center of the pose and find
in the midst of detail and
precision, in breath, alignment,
balance, bliss, fear and sadness -
at the very core of all of this
is love. Touch upon your
truest nature even once and
the experience of what you
really are sears the psyche
like the surface of the sun.
The soul of yoga, the gift
within the pose is the
moment of communion,
resting in pure essence,
the awakening as if from
sleep to the face of
unmistakable divinity;
the ineffable wonder and
living reality of spirit - oh,
yes - the soul of yoga is love.
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Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis Yoga Teacher Training
There are many potential students who would love to do yoga. Mainstream yoga classes often present too many obstacles for students who have limitations, impairments and even disabilities. Adaptive yoga looks at accessibility, appropriate class levels and the use of props to create safety and a meaningful experience.
While the focus is on multiple sclerosis, this skills based workshop is applicable to other student populations who need an adaptive approach.
Topics to be covered include:
What is MS?
Adaptive Asana
* Modifications for students who attend traditional yoga classes
* Modifications for chair and mat classes
* Modifications for chair only classes
Class Design for students with limitations
* When and how to assist
Private lesson how to's
Practicum
* Community workshop for people who have MS and other health challenges
Teachers who take this training will have additional knowledge, skills and confidence to assist their students and to creatively address the many different stressors and limitations that can result from having MS.
Pre-requisite:
* 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification
* PTs, OTs, LMTs, nurses & other licensed health care professionals who work with clients who have MS may also participate. Must have a minimum one year direct yoga experience in an ongoing class with a certified yoga teacher.
CEUs:
* Earns up to 15 CEUs for Yoga Alliance RYTs
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April 17-18, 2009 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Sponsor:
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The North Central States Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Sioux Falls office, is hosting this continuing education program for yoga teachers and licensed health care professionals who have an interest in working with people who have MS and other challenging health conditions.
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Location:
- Holiday Inn City Centre, 100 W. 8th Street in Downtown Sioux Falls, SD 57104
- Training Schedule:
- Friday, April 17 & Saturday, April 18: 8:30 - 5:00 p.m. both days
- As part of this training there will be a Free Yoga Workshop for people who have MS on Saturday morning. People who have MS discuss their challenges and what they need in terms of a Yoga experience. Yoga teachers will have the opportunity to work one-on-one or in small group with workshop participants.
- Free Yoga Workshop for people who have MS
- Saturday, April 18, 2009
- Time: 10:00 - 12:00 noon
- Register with Nancy Larsen, Program Manager, North Central States Chapter of the NMSS
- Tuition
- $229, includes manual
- early bird discount:
- $209 paid in full by April 10, 2009
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May 29 - 30, 2009 in Birmingham, Alabama
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Sponsor:
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Location:
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Lakeshore Foundation, Fred Sington Room, 4000 Ridgeway Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
- Training Schedule:
- Friday, May 29 & Saturday, May 30: 8:30 - 5:00 p.m. both days
- As part of this training there will be a Free Yoga Workshop for people who have MS on Saturday morning. People who have MS discuss their challenges and what they need in terms of a Yoga experience. Yoga teachers will have the opportunity to work one-on-one or in small group with workshop participants.
- Free Yoga Workshop for people who have MS
- Saturday, May 29, 2009
- Time: 10:00 - 12:00 noon
- Register with Taylor Lander, Director of Client Services and Communications, Alabama Chapter of the NMSS
- Tuition
- $229, includes manual
- early bird discount:
- $209 paid in full by May 22, 2009
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Chakras and Koshas at Breathe Yoga Studio, Pensacola, Florida - May 24, 2009
Save the Date! Still working on the details. This will be a 2-part workshop, morning and afternoon. RYTs can request CEUs.
Details will be posted here in March
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About the presenter
I think everyone can benefit from yoga. While not all yoga is right for everybody, there is a yoga practice for everybody. As a person who has MS and a yoga practitioner for most of my life, I know that I would not be as healthy as I am without the benefit of yoga.
I developed this workshop to educate yoga teachers about MS - what it is, how it affects people, what to look out for and how to work with students who can have very different symptoms from time to time and different from other people who have MS. Some students who have MS don't need a modified class. Some do. Some must not get onto the floor because they may not be able to get back up or risk injury, etc.
This workshop and parts of it have been presented at Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association annual conference, Yogaville, Divine Yoga Center and Breathe Yoga Studio. This workshop has also be sponsored by local chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society from Connecticut to New York to Texas to Georgia and more.
Please contact me if you have any questions about these or future workshop opportunities.
Contact:
Karen O'Donnell Clarke
yogahealsus@yahoo.com
860.204.0797
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