Brain Disorders and Yoga Workshop - October 23-24, 2010

OCTOBER 23, 2010
Workshop Day 1
10:00 am -5:00pm


OCTOBER 24, 2010
Workshop Day 2
10:00 am -5:00pm


Faculty Teachers:

• Michelle Fleming, E-RYT                                                              
• Muhammad Absar, MD Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
• Sara Gutekunst, Certified Brain Gym Therapist.

WORKSHOP DAY 1
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Neuro-Anatomy Session: Basic structure of the central nervous system; Parts of the brain, cortex and subcortex; Simplified outline of the Neural circuitry & the effects of Yoga and exercise on neural pathways and  Neurotransmitters.  Neuro-Chemistry Session: Chemistry of neuro- transmitter system; Dopamine, Serotonin, Norepinephrine,  Acetyl Choline, GABA & Glutamate system. Pathways of pain, pleasure, rewards, emotion, memory, movement and perception.
Feeling Good Session: Neuro-biology of LOVE; Neural  pathways of pleasure; neuro-anatomy & neurochemistry of love, drugs, gambling & sexual addiction.
Practice of yoga as therapy in neurological disorders.

Workshop Day 2
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Practical Aspects of Yoga as a Therapy in Brain Disorders. Combined session on overview of neurological diseases and yoga as a therapeutic modality.
Brain Gym and neurological disorders, Autism, head injury.
Brain Gym’s future in Alzheimer's disease treatment.

Target Audience:

Yoga  teachers/yoga therapist
Body worker/massage therapist/
Health care worker
Physical Therapist (PT)
Occupational Therapist (OT)
Social Worker
Nursing & Medical Professional
Patient, Family & Caregivers with Brain Disorders

Cost is only $225 for the weekend!


To Register - contact:
Sanctuary Studios

47 Main Street (Downtown Plymouth) MA
774-454-7290
http://www/.FindSanctuary.com

Chakra Yoga Workshop - Let It Flow to Glow! with Krista Basis October 2nd

Date: Sat 10/2/2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

A brief 1-hour exploration of the the 7 major Chakras (energy centers) of the body - how they effect our yoga practice and every day life experience. Chakra is the sanskrit word meaning wheel or vortex. They are mentioned in the ancient Hindu texts, the Vedas, dating back to 300BC. There are seven major Chakras in the body. They run along the spine and correlate with certain body parts, emotions and senses. These centers help regulate our emotional and physical self. Blockages in the Chakras can cause confusion, illness and emotional upset. A Chakra will react by either opening up too wide to get what it needs, thereby filling up and becoming blocked or the Chakra will close down to protect itself and not allow energy in. By learning how our energy centers affect us and how to clear them we can enhance our lives. After our discussion, we will go through the "5 Tibetans" postures to get our Chakras flowing and end with a juicy 1 hour Yoga Flow class through each Chakra with a 15-minute guided savasana to balance and sooth the soul. Handouts about Chakras & 5 Tibetans to take away. You'll be glowing after this workshop from the inside out! 3 hour workshop is only a $25 investment in your health & well-being!

TO REGISTER:
 
http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=7500&stype=-8&sTG=23&sVT=32&sView=day

A Study of Intecessory Prayer and Healing

I see Reiki as a form of prayer - as we place our hands on another person's body - we concentrate (in yoga called "Dharana") - we sustain a one pointed mind in meditation (in yoga called "Dhyana") and we transcend space and time beyond the limiting energy of ego and third dimension - and merging and blending with the other person (called "Samadhi" in yoga) - and both of us experiencing an amazing sense of peace, trust and serenity. In essence - the state of prayer.  More and more research is being done - to "prove" to the medical establishment that people can heal some diseases and conditions faster and better with assistance from others - whether with a practice such as Reiki - or a group of people focusing their energy (intercessory) directly to them in a state of prayer.  This is an interesting study just published on this topic.


Click here: Prayer can help bring healing, say researchers

Published in the Southern Medical Journal, the study is part of a larger research project investigating the power of spiritual healing practices to heal disease. For this particular study, Brown and her team investigated two charismatic Christian groups known for their healing prayer activities, one from Africa and one from South America.  The team measured the hearing and vision capabilities of impaired people both before and after they received proximal intercessory prayer, and discovered a "statistically significant" improvement in many of them after they had received prayer.
Two people with impaired hearing reduced the threshold at which they were able to detect sound by 50 decibels. Three people with vision impairment at 20/400 or worse improved to 20/80 or better after receiving prayer. One woman who was virtually blind before receiving prayer was able to not only see a person's hand afterward, but was able to count the person's fingers and read the 20/125 line on a vision chart. Brown explained that Christian subgroups that practice proximal intercessory prayer are among the fastest growing groups worldwide because of this phenomenon.
"If [people] feel that a particular religious or spiritual practice healed them, they are much more likely to become an adherent. This phenomenon, more than any other, accounts for the growth of these Christian subgroups globally," she explained.
"Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Proximal Intercessory Prayer (STEPP) on Auditory and Visual Impairments in Rural Mozambique." Southern Medical Journal, September 2010, Volume 103, Issue 9
To speak to the author, Candy Gunther Brown, an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at IU and author of the study contact Steve Hinnefeld at the IU Office of University Communications, 812-856-3488 or slhinnef@indiana.edu.