- Beginners / New to Yoga -- even if you can't touch your toes, these sessions are a perfect introduction to yoga's potential to help aid the treatment of physical and mental ailments.
- Practitioners/Teachers/Professionals: Intensive study with master yoga therapists presenting the latest research in the yoga and medical community. Explore classes for cancer, back pain, grief, pregnancy, repetitive stress, Alzheimer's and more.
Mukunda Stiles Robin Monro Sherri Baptiste
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OPTIONAL PROGRAM
- FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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Introducing IYTC and Yoga Therapy - Panel Presentation
ELLEN SALTONSTALL - NINA PRIYA DAVID - ANTONIO SAUSYS
Join us for this special event as IYTC teachers Ellen Saltonstall, Nina Priya David and Antonio Sausys offer a free and open to the general public panel presentation on the emerging field of Yoga Therapy and the history and development of IYTC. This will be a great opportunity to ask questions and get information about the One Day Event that follows on Saturday the 6th.
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- FRIDAY, MACRH 5, 2010 CLASS -
6:30 Pm - 7:30 Pm
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Yoga for Energy Flow - (Pawanmuktasana 1) - ANTONIO SAUSYS
Allowing the Pawan (Divine Wind, the breath and the vital force associated with it) to freely flow throughout the system is essential in accomplishing a sense of well-being, and most importantly, to gain and maintain good health. It is known that all energy blockages lead to illness and all illness implies a certain level of energy blockage.
This practice offers a set of very simple yet powerful exercises intended to unblock the energy reestablishing the natural flow. At the same time this practice provides an opportunity to reach a deeper contact with your body improving your knowledge of yourself.
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7:30 Pm - 8:00 pm
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SOCIAL MIXER
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ONE DAY EVENT
- SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010 WOKSHOP 1
8:30 am - 11:00 am
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Alignment and Healthy Joints: Supporting and Enhancing the Flow of Prana for Good Health - ELLEN SALTONSTALL
Yoga practice yields benefits in many aspects of our lives. Prana ( the life force) is always moving within us, and yoga helps the Prana to expand and flow optimally, freeing our joints, strengthening our inner organs, and clarifying the mind. When we align the body precisely, Prana flows more freely through all the connective tissue, enlivening the body from the inside out. This process helps any injury to heal, whether it is acute or chronic in nature.
In this 2.5 hour workshop we will learn and practice the fundamental alignment principles that protect us from injury, heal existing problems and maximize the effects of yoga. We will primarily address the hips joints, the knees, the spine, and the shoulders, learning practical yoga techniques to align these joints in the best possible way. The class is appropriate for beginners and experienced practitioners alike, and will be very practical. Students can apply the material to any style of yoga. A handout will be offered, and there will be ample time for questions.
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- SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010 PANEL PRESENTATION
11:30 Am - 12:30 pm
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Yoga Therapy - Principles and Applications
ELLEN SALTONSTALL - NINA PRIYA DAVID - ANTONIO SAUSYS
The fact that the different branches of science are now acknowledging that everything in the universe works together with absolute, intimate and exquisite interrelationship is part of the basis of the increasing success and respect that Yoga Therapy is gaining among mainstream medical practitioners. As more clinicians use these techniques either for themselves or their patients, and as more masters design specific applications of yoga, the spectrum of Yoga Therapy grows exponentially while it follows certain general principles related to its applications. This panel presentation will address a brief history of Yoga Therapy and its relationship to research, a description and analysis of those principles and a its practical application.
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- SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010 WORKSHOP - 2
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Creative Yoga Therapy for Pain Managment - NINA PRIYA DAVID
Many times the experience of pain results in disconnection from the body, too much attention on the pain, maladaptive breathing, depression and/or anxiety, poor confidencem, tight muscles, motor control imbalances… So it's no surprise that regular pain and chronic or "ongoing" pain can and often does seem hopeless and intolerable for those experiencing it. While maintaining physical health is an important aspect of pain management, there are ways to focus on all aspects of the the human experience (instead of just the tissue that was injured) within the context of body-mind-spirit connections. By doing so we can better learn how to better cope with and alleviate the experience of pain. In this workshop we will consider the experience and impact of pain from a Yogic perspective and how this relates to current allopathic pain management We will then together participate in an "Adapted Yoga for Pain Management" sample class engaging body, breath and mind for a more Easeful ... Peaceful... Happy ... and Useful... pain-managed Life.
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- SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010 WORKSHOP 3 -
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Yoga for Grief Relief - ANTONIO SAUSYS
Specific Yoga practices can assist in the transformation of grief into a resource of personal growth. Every condition, mental or physical, implies a certain degree of grief since it involves loss, either functional loss due to the condition itself, or the loss of the illusion of an absolutely healthy life. In recent years and thanks to our unconsciousness while developing the present state of our society we have created the perfect conditions for granting sure loss in the years to come. Even though grieving is thought to be mostly emotional, it also has specific physical symptoms and psycho-neuro-immunological bases that this workshop will explore. A comparative analysis of the Western and Eastern models of the psyche will illustrate the importance of the psychic centers’ (particularly the ‘Heart Chakra’) involvement in the grieving process, especially in regards to the Yogic theory of attachment. This combination of theoretical lecture and experiential work can help the heart of anyone who is grieving a loss or those working with them.
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