Outline

Why is yoga a therapeutic practice?

• What is yoga?
• Understand Integrative Medicine
• Review body systems and how they work together
• Understand types of yoga and how yoga therapy aids body systems
• Neuroplasticity of the brain and eye, and brain exercises for adults and kids
• The Nervous System and pain control
• How yoga comforts pain clients

The cardiopulmonary system of therapeutic yoga.

• Review pulmonary anatomy (case study)
• Proper breathing and its benefits
• Types of pranayama
• Breathing exercises
• Therapeutic breathing and your adults and kids
• When to use pranayama for adults and kids
• Define breathing and positioning
  • upright
  • side-lying in bed
  • wheelchair
  • standing
• Case study with group practice of pranayama, seated and standing pose demo

The Musculoskeletal System of Therapeutic Yoga.

• Posture and nerve and muscle communication
• Anatomy of the shoulder and hip joints
• Opening the joint door: muscle and body balance
• Practical applications for diagnoses
• Secondary disabilities and their consequences, dissecting the mechanics of movement
  • spasticity
  • hypotonicity
  • muscle imbalance
• Yoga as medicine for adults and kids from dependent clients to active clients

Asana application and treatment.

• Asana poses
• The science of restorative vs. active poses and the body’s response
• Decide between restorative vs. active poses for treatment
• Case studies in a variety of settings from hospitals to schools
• Perform active poses

Poses with props and patients.

• Perform restorative poses
• How do resting poses help clients with disabilities? (client with cancer case study)
• The importance of elongation and extension of the body and how props assist your clients
• Pictures of supported and active yoga poses for clients with a variety of disabilities
• Props for therapeutic use with spasticity, abnormal tone, weakness, or imbalance
• How do you decide if your client needs resting or active poses and how much?
• Is the client prone, supine, or in a wheelchair?

Pose lab and case study presentations.

• Practice poses and experience the therapeutic benefits of a restorative pose vs. an active pose
• Using props through visuals and poses
• Examine 5 different case studies and determine what poses are best for your clients
• Therapeutic benefits of each pose for each diagnosis and their contraindications
• What props to use for each pose and why

Expanding client treatment with yoga.

• In your setting: acute care, inpatient, outpatient, home health, and hospice
• Throughout the lifespan
• Giving the client a gift in the community
• Recent studies in medicine and yoga
• Yoga and its future in health care
• Yoga and the Integrative Medicine team

Faculty

Betsy Shandalov, OTR /L, C-IAYT, AWC Related seminars and products: 6

Occupational Therapist

YogaOT

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Betsy Shandalov is an employee of C-IAYT. He has worked in rehabilitation and community re-entry. She uses a variety of therapies to treat adults and children in a variety of settings. She combines her knowledge of disease and disability in a variety of settings to provide a new level of understanding of how the brain and the immune system work together for natural and therapeutic healing.

She lectures around the country to encourage and educate other healthcare professionals about the benefits of Integrative Medicine. If we can teach clients to change their lifestyles with diet modifications, movement and breath, they will be able to prevent injury, heal an existing injury and help with pain management and trauma throughout their lifespan. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Speaker disclosures. Betsy Shandalov is in private practice. She is paid by PESI, Inc. Betsy Shandalov has no relevant non-financial relationship.

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