Educational Tools for Yoga Teachers: Partner, Restorative, Chair, Sun Salute, Lecture Slides, etc

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Finding Inner Peace Educational Tools:
Partner Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Yoga with Weights
Seated Yoga in a Chair
Chair Standing Poses
Beginners Sequence of Poses
Structural Alignment and Yoga Props
Sun and Moon Salutation and Modifications

Lecture Slide Sets:
Yoga for Fibromyalgia
Yoga for Diabetes and Obesity
Yoga, Meditation, Mudra, Bandhas and Pranayama
Yoga Anatomy
Yoga for Cancer
Yoga for Cardiac Conditions
Stress Recess for the Caregiver

DVDs:
Partner Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Yoga with a Chair
Yogassage
Reiki Hand Positions
Yoga with Weights

Childrens Yoga Teacher Certification August 7-8, 2010

August 7-8, 2010   Saturday-Sunday

Faculty: Suzanne O'Daly,RYT, Special Education Teacher, Color Me Yoga Certified Teacher – teaching yoga to autistic children
Michelle Fleming, RYT, Owner, Sanctuary of Plymouth Yoga Studio
Kristin Collins-Dooner, RYT Childrens Yoga Teacher

Location: The Sanctuary of Plymouth
47 Main Street – 2nd Floor
Plymouth, Ma 02360
http://www.findsanctuary.com/
Times: Sat 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sun 10:00pm – 5:00pm
Fee: $195.00 includes course materials and certificate
Yoga helps fine tune motor coordination and can help a child gain more control over a developing body. Many yoga poses massage organs and glands and help them to stay healthy and active. The best part of all is that yoga classes for children are fun! We will teach you how to incorporate games and music to help keep the children engaged. Children who do yoga have an advantage. For example, yoga helps children become
more self-confident and self-aware, as well as more physically fit. And that's just for starters. Yoga has been known to help with many medical conditions, such as asthma, insomnia, digestive problems, ADD and learning disabilities, to name a few. Email Maureen Spencer, RN for a registration form:  yogareikisound@yahoo.com

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Certification - Plymouth

JULY 10-11, 2010
SANCTUARY OF PLYMOUTH
http://www.findsanctuary.com/

Faculty: Michelle Fleming, RYT,

Kristin Collins-Dooner, RYT and other faculty teachers
Location: The Sanctuary of Plymouth, 47 Main Street, Plymouth, MA
Yoga practice during pregnancy may enhance the pregnancy experience and contribute to a shorter, more physicologic labor and a decreased likelihood of operative intervention, including cesarean section and operative vaginal delivery (forceps and vacuum). Because of the physiologic changes during pregnancy and the alteration of the normal anatomy, care must be exercised when teaching yoga to pregnant patients. In this course we will review basic physiologic and anatomical changes in pregnancy that mandate an alternative approach to the usual yoga practice. Participants will learn which postures to avoid in each of the three trimesters and will become aware of the usual postures which need to be modified because of the changes that occur as pregnancy progresses. Postures that enhance the opportunity of normal vaginal delivery will be emphasized and a routine yoga practice for pregnant patients will be emphasized. Teachers of yoga will become more comfortable with instructing pregnant patients to enjoy yoga during this wonderful time of their lives.
15 contact hours for nurses.

TO REGISTER - CONTACT MAUREEN SPENCER, RN FOR A REGISTRATION FORM
email: yogareikisound@yahoo.com

Evening Stretch & Relaxation - Grace Furnari @ HealingMoon Wellness Center

At the end of the day, allow your mind and body to relax… to be in the present moment…


The stresses of everyday life can take its toll and at the end of the day the body needs a chance to stretch, replenish and restore.
Join Grace Furnari, RYT for this class that will explore simple stretching and breathing techniques that can help with mental clarity and relaxation, as well as postures to help release muscle tightness and tension. Grace was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 10 years ago and found that this style of gentle yoga helped her symptoms diminish dramatically.No yoga experience required.

NEW DAY & TIME starting July 1
Thursdays at 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.    -    Special Summer Drop in rate - $12.00 per class.  Please register in advance. To reserve a space contact:
Grace Furnari (781) 267-6109 or sss1030@aol.com.
www.meetup.com/Yoga-with-Grace/

Located at:
The Healing Moon Wellness Center
One Walpole Street, ~ Norwood, MA
(Located Across from Conrad’s Restaurant)
781-769-1121 www.TheHealingMoon.com

Events with Spirit Messenger - Anne Barnes

Events with Spirit Messenger - Anne Barnes

Energy Awareness & Reiki I For Kids
Saturday, June 26th 1:30-6:00 $75. including reiki attunement, manual, and certificate.
The Healing Moon in Norwood.

Angel Card Readings
Wednesdays and Fridays 10:00-2:00 beginning July 7th 15min/$25, 30min/$40, 60min/$80 Call to schedule. Drop-ins welcome! AND Thursday evenings 5:30-9:00 by appointment only.
The Healing Moon in Norwood.
Lunchtime Guide Meditations
every Thursday 12:00-12:45 beginning July 8th. $10.00 drop-in/series of 4 weeks $30. The Healing Moon in Norwood.
Team Angel Readings
 with Kristyn Mazzini & Anna Barnes
Thursday, July 8th 6:00-9:00 $75. for 30 minute reading, including tape recording of session. Please call to book appointment. The Healing Moon in Norwood.
Table Tipping: Connecting with Spirit Workshop
Friday, July 9th 6:30-9:30 $40. In this workshop you will learn all about the physical phenomenon of communicating with spirit through table tipping. Hands-on experience! Bellas Bodyworks in Weymouth.
Chakra & Angel Card Readings
Saturday, July 10th 10:00-2:00. 15min/$25, 30min/$40, 60min/$80 Call to schedule. Drop-ins welcome! The Healing Moon in Norwood.
Journey with the Ascended Master Class Focus: Merlin the Wizard & Buddha
Monday, July 12th 7:00-9:00 $22./class or Wednesday, July 14th 12:30-2:30 $18. The Healing Moon in Norwood
Table Tipping: Connecting with Spirit Workshop
Thursday, July 15th 6:30-9:30 $40. (see description above.)
Heaven on Earth in Pembroke. With Teresa Lally.
Dowsing for Newbies Class
Using the Pendulum & Dowsing Rods. Friday, July 16th 7:00-8:30 $15.
The Healing Moon in Norwood
Table Tipping: Connecting with Spirit Workshop
Friday, July 23rd 6:30-9:30 $40. (see description above.)
The Healing Moon in Norwood.
Psychic Kids Camp
Tuesdays, July 27th, August 3rd, August 10th 6:30-8:00 Topics will include using crystals and pendulums, working with Angels & guides, and chakras & energy. $20. per class
781-974-5130

annabarnes80@yahoo.com

Spending Time in Nature Makes People Feel More Alive, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (2010-06-04) -- Being outside in nature makes people feel more alive, finds a series of studies. And that sense of increased vitality exists above and beyond the energizing effects of physical activity and social interaction that are often associated with our forays into the natural world. ... "Nature is fuel for the soul, " says Richard Ryan, lead author and a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester. "Often when we feel depleted we reach for a cup of coffee, but research suggests a better way to get energized is to connect with nature," he says.

The findings, adds Ryan, are important for both mental and physical health. "Research has shown that people with a greater sense of vitality don't just have more energy for things they want to do, they are also more resilient to physical illnesses. One of the pathways to health may be to spend more time in natural settings," says Ryan. In recent years, numerous experimental psychology studies have linked exposure to nature with increased energy and heightened sense of well-being. For example, research has shown that people on wilderness excursions report feeling more alive and that just recalling outdoor experiences increases feelings of happiness and health. Other studies suggest that the very presence of nature helps to ward off feelings of exhaustion and that 90 percent of people report increased energy when placed in outdoor activities.
What is novel about this research, write the authors, is that it carefully tests whether this increased vitality associated with the outdoors is simply the feel-good spillover from physical activity and people-mixing often present in these situations. To tease out the effects of nature alone, the authors conducted five separate experiments, involving 537 college students in actual and imagined contexts. In one experiment, participants were led on a 15-minute walk through indoor hallways or along a tree-lined river path. In another, the undergraduates viewed photographic scenes of buildings or landscapes. A third experiment required students to imagine themselves in a variety of situations both active and sedentary, inside and out, and with and without others.
Two final experiments tracked participants' moods and energy levels throughout the day using diary entries. Over either four days or two weeks, students recorded their exercise, social interactions, time spent outside, and exposure to natural environments, including plants and windows.
Across all methodologies, individuals consistently felt more energetic when they spent time in natural settings or imagined themselves in such situations. The findings were particularly robust, notes Ryan; being outside in nature for just 20 minutes in a day was enough to significantly boost vitality levels. Interestingly, in the last study, the presence of nature had an independent energizing effect above that of being outdoors. In other words, conclude the authors, being outdoors was vitalizing in large part because of the presence of nature.
The paper builds on earlier research by Ryan, Netta Weinstein, a psychologist at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and others showing that people are more caring and generous when exposed to nature. "We have a natural connection with living things," says Ryan. "Nature is something within which we flourish, so having it be more a part of our lives is critical, especially when we live and work in built environments." These studies, concludes Ryan, underscore the importance of having access to parks and natural surroundings and of incorporating natural elements into our buildings through windows and indoor plants.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100603172219.htm

Anatomy for Yoga for Teachers & Serious Students

Anatomy for Yoga  for Teachers & Serious Students
Three Classes in Anatomy
Taught by Arthur Kilmurray

June 27, July 18, & Aug 22
3:00 to 6:00pm

Location: Charlestown Yoga, 191 Main Street, Charlestown, MA
Cost: $100 for series
$40 per session

Week 1: Feet and legs, Hands, arms and shoulders
Week 2: Spine including ribs, pelvis and skull
Week 3: Major organs

Classes will include:
 Hands on work with skeleton
 Observation of anatomy in relevant yoga poses
 Practice of specific poses to highlight material
 Questions
*These classes will focus mostly on bones, except for the illio-psoas, a key muscle of integration. The last class, on organs, will look at the interior of the trunk and how the organs sit in relationship to each other.

Arthur Kilmurray is one of the leading yoga instructors in the United States . He is currently studying Advaita Vedanta under the guidance of Swami Dayananda, the Non-Dual teachings of Eckhart Tolle, and Dzogchen, and integrating these enquiries into his yoga classes. His asana (yoga postures) instruction is informed by over 29 years of study in the system devised by Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and his annual studies with his primary teacher, Ramanand Patel. Mukesh Desai, master artist and teacher of classical Indian vocal music and Ramanand's partner in "Yoga and Sound" has for 14 years provided Arthur an in depth immersion in the nature of sound and breath. The influence of movement pioneers Emilie Conrad, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and Caryn McHose have greatly broadened his perspective on the classical poses and the relationship between form and flow in them. Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme and Ken Wilber provide a cosmic perspective for understanding the historical moment and the unfolding of human consciousness. Arthur sees the yoga poses as vehicles to embody the spiritual connectedness of our own physical existence with Mother Earth and the Living Kosmos and as an entry point into the Great Awakening.  Arthur is co-founder and co-director of Mystic River Yoga.

Meditation reduces the emotional impact of pain, study finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100602091315.htm

ScienceDaily (2010-06-02) -- People who meditate regularly find pain less unpleasant because their brains anticipate the pain less, a new study has found. Scientists from The University of Manchester recruited individuals into the study who had a diverse range of experience with meditation, spanning anything from months to decades. It was only the more advanced meditators whose anticipation and experience of pain differed from non-meditators.

The type of meditation practised also varied across individuals, but all included 'mindfulness meditation' practices, such as those that form the basis of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), recommended for recurrent depression by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in 2004.
"Meditation is becoming increasingly popular as a way to treat chronic illness such as the pain caused by arthritis," said Dr Christopher Brown, who conducted the research. "Recently, a mental health charity called for meditation to be routinely available on the NHS to treat depression, which occurs in up to 50% of people with chronic pain. However, scientists have only just started to look into how meditation might reduce the emotional impact of pain."