Continuing Education
Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis With Karen Clarke, for yoga teachers and MS patients.
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.
Training Schedule:
Saturday, October 4: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 5: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
As part of this training there will be a Free Yoga Workshop for people who have MS on Sunday 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
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 noon
Register with Lynette Coleman, Program Manager,
Connecticut Chapter of the NMSS
Phone: (860) 714-2300, ext. 238
Email: lcoleman@ctfightsms.org
Registration Fee:
$229, includes manual
early bird discount: $209 paid in full by September 24, 2008
Refund policy requests made more than 7 days prior to the
day of the training:
Payments made will be refunded in full (less a $20 processing
fee).
Refund requests made within 7 days of the first day of the
training:
75% of payments will be refunded (less $20 processing fee).
No refund is available if you cancel less than 24 hours in advance or on the first day of the training, if you don't show up, or if you leave the training early for any reason.
Scholarship:
We strive to keep the costs down. A very limited number of partial scholarships are available depending on the number of fully paid participants. Criteria:
Annual income of less than $20,500 for individuals and
$25,500 for couples.
Recipients must agree to provide a free community
workshop within 6 months and provide a written summary
of the experience to Yoga Heals Us LLC.
Recipients must pay their portion in full 10 days prior to the
workshop.
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
Accommodations:
Participants are responsible for their own lodging.
Karen's Bio:
When Karen was introduced to yoga in 1969-70 at the age of 13, it was to a comprehensive system that focused as much on the mind as on the body. Through twice weekly classes, often with students 2-3 times her age, Karen absorbed many of the philosophical principles and tools that shaped her views and attitudes toward life, family, commitment, purpose and much more. In 1996, Karen was graced with the opportunity to share the gifts of yoga as a yoga teacher. A committed student of life, in 2000 she fulfilled one of many quests by receiving her Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Psychology. After her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 1997, Karen experienced a shift in her world view of yoga resulting in a commitment to making yoga accessible and relevant to students who need an adaptive and therapeutic approach to yoga for health and healing. Her interest in yoga that began as a teenager, continues to grow and mature as a lifelong practice of integrating body, mind and spirit on and off the mat.
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