Functional Yoga Therapy
Your Pathway Towards Wholeness



The Guest House
Being human is like a guest house.
Each morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness
comes as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out for
some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame,
the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Rumi

Trainings

Advanced Assessment Techniques & Treatment Planning
Presenter Names: Maria KaliMa, RN, MS, e-RYT 500, SYT, IYT
One more presenter: TBA
Kripalu Center, Lennox, MA; 8/15-8/20/2010

Register at www.kripalu.org
or by calling 1-866-200-5203

Utilizing the techniques of ancient yoga practices, modern Structural Yoga Therapy techniques, Integrative Therapeutic yoga models and Ayurvedic yoga concepts, this program will delve deeply into hands-on assessment tools and their practical treatment applications. Beyond basic anatomy, physiology and range of motion experience, this class will explore advanced anatomy & physiology and its relationship to specific structural and physiological issues within the body. Neurological re-patterning concepts related to trauma release and its practical uses in a therapeutic client interaction will also be explored. In addition, using the panchamayakosha model of yoga therapy, the human body will be studied as a sacred temple with all of its myriad complexities from both an assessment and individualized therapeutic application.

KaliMa will guide participants in teachings pertaining to advanced postural assessment, range of motion, muscle strength & flexibility testing and practical ayurvedic concepts related to the assessment and treatment process. Specific tools will be taught; from the use of a goniometer, specialized balls for release, sound healing, & Marma point concepts, to the understanding of the client's emotional anatomy and training in practitioner sensitivity & awareness. Most importantly, each participant will gain a deeper understanding of themselves in their own journey of enlightenment.

Each day will involve hands on work related to the specific topics being taught. Participants will both experience and facilitate all assessment techniques taught. Participants will have a more thorough understanding of specific symptomatic presenting issues, while maintaining the greater focus of the client as a fully integrative whole human being. The teachings and work in this program will enable practitioners to branch out with personal sensitivity, grounded skills and the professional approach needed to take yoga therapeutics to its next level.

As the field of yoga therapeutics is beginning to blossom in the Western world, it is moving beyond just the "yoga world" and out into the complementary components of the accepted medical milieu.

This program is designed for serious yoga teachers at the 200 RYT level or greater, yoga therapists who want more hands on experience, PT's, LMT's and other body movement practitioners who have a grounded experience in the world of yoga. If unsure of your qualifications you can contact the faculty to discuss.

NOTE: This course can be applied to one week of the Professional Yoga Therapy training requirements for Integrative Yoga Therapy certification.


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