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Course
Overview:
Over
the last decade, interest in Yoga as a mind-body-spirit discipline
to help people recover from trauma, illness and repetitive strain
injury has exploded. Yogis have long used systematic physical activity
and mental practices as a preventative and restorative therapy.
Evidence is mounting that this technology deserves the attention
of rehabilitation professionals. Clinicians and clients alike find
these practices help them connect to the essence of health in a
powerful way. This course will  demonstrate
the integration of ancient Eastern rehabilitative therapy into modern
practice. Participants will learn to meld pranayama (breathing practices)
with contemporary spinal stabilization, pelvic floor training and
to combine restorative Yoga postures with gentle manual therapy.
Effective relaxation techniques and other practices that nurture
the mind-body-spirit will help rehab clinicians facilitate recovery.
While illuminating the breadth and depth of this venerable tradition
and supporting research, this course will teach practical techniques
for treating people with orthopedic, neurological, pulmonary, oncological
and cardiac conditions. The concepts & techniques presented
will be readily applicable to work with patients throughout the
rehabilitation continuum.
Objectives:
At
the end of this course participants will be able to:
1)
Set-up 6 restorative yoga postures, understand their benefits, contraindications
and adaptations of postures to accommodate decreased range of motion
and pain.
2) Verbalize an understanding of the consequences stress has on
the  body.
3) Verbalize an understanding of abdominal and diaphragmatic breathing
as it relates to function and health.
4) Demonstrate techniques to facilitate abdominal and diaphragmatic
breathing.
5) Teach breathing techniques to increase a client's body awareness,
manage pain and incontinence.
6) Verbalize understanding of the psycho-physiological benefits
of meditation and deep relaxation.
7) Integrate yoga with manual therapy, neuromuscular reeducation
and orthodox exercise therapy to achieve therapeutic ends.
8) Understand how the relaxation response enhances function and
comfort and use appropriate techniques to elicit this response.
9) Document the use of therapeutic yoga in the medical record.
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