Join Amy Weintraub and internationally reknowned Yoga research
neuroscientist Dr Shirley Telles and Dr. Kathryn Shafer a yoga and mental
health and addiction professional for the Level 1 Training in the Bahamas.
[1]Registration is
now open.
Links:
1. http://www.sivanandabahamas.org/course.php?course_id=3124&var=amy%20weintraub&range=a
Course Details:
In this certification course, learn an evidence-based yoga protocol to
help students and clients focus, relax, and have greater access to
feeling states. This program interweaves ancient yogic wisdom with
current findings in neurobiology. Yoga teachers and mental-health
professionals will learn strategies appropriate for a clinical setting
that can safely release chronically held physical tension and repressed
emotion. In the process of learning Yogic techniques to help clients
manage their moods and increase self-efficacy, you will also be
practicing tools for self-care.
Guest Teacher: Dr. Shirley Telles.
Amy Weintraub will be assisted by Rose Kress, a yoga teacher (RYT 500),
a LifeForce Yoga Educator and Mentor and a Functional Yoga Therapist;
and Kathryn Shafer, PhD, LCSW, CAP, RYT500, an addictions
specialist, an experienced psychotherapist and a
LifeForce Yoga Practitioner.
Curriculim:
* Design one-on-one yoga sessions for dysthymia (chronic depression),
anxiety-based depression, PTSD, and bipolar disorder.
* Learn breathing and meditation practices for addressing dysthymia
and anxiety-based depression.
* Add somatic strategies to your clinical practice and yoga classes
that increase your clients’ self-awareness, self-acceptance,
self-esteem, and ability to cope.
* Experience techniques you can teach your clients and students to do
at home.
* Practices will include asana (postures), pranayama and kriya
(breathing and cleansing), mantra (chanting), bhavana (development
of the mind), sankalpa (resolve and intention), mudra (hand
gestures), meditation, therapeutic long holding of postures and
Nondual strategies for working with negative self-talk.
* Take home tools and confidence for working with individuals
suffering from depression and anxiety.
Certifications & Credits
Participants earn a Level One LifeForce Yoga Practitioner
Certification. Yoga Alliance CEUs
This program is eligible for Licensed Clinical Social Workers,
Mental Health Counselors, Nurses, and Certified Addiction
Professionals in Florida.
Registration Details:
The Training begins at 6am on April 6th. Please plan to arrive on the
5th. If you are coming from the west coast, or tend to suffer from jet
lag, you may wish to arrive on the 4th.
Tuition: $800
[2]Registration Form
[3]Housing information
Links:
2. http://www.sivanandabahamas.org/applications/registration.php?course_id=3124
3. http://www.sivanandabahamas.org/page.php?page_id=28
Additional Faculty
Shirley Telles Ph.D.
Shirley directs research at Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar,
India [4]patanjaliresearchfoundation.com. She is the head of the Indian
Council of Medical Research Center for Advanced Research in Yoga and
Neurophysiology in Bangalore, India. She researches the physiological
effects of yoga, yoga for rehabilitation and health, and higher states
of consciousness induced by meditation. She has published 3 books, and
over 100 research articles. She practices yoga herself and has a firm
belief that yoga can influence all aspects of life positively.
Links:
4. http://patanjaliresearchfoundation.com
Rose Kress, RYT 500, LFYP-2
Rose began practicing yoga over 15 years ago and has been teaching
since 2004. In that time she has focused on the therapeutic aspects of
yoga – for the body, mind and soul. Rose teaches class and workshops
throughout the Tucson area and has been blessed to teach classes at The
Crossings in Austin, TX, at Kripalu in Lenox, MA and at the Flagstaff
Yoga Festival and Bisbee Yoga Expo under the guidance of her teacher,
Amy Weintraub. Rose has also studied with Rama Jyoti Vernon and has
taken the Funtional Yoga Therapy Training with Maria KaliMa. Rose is
the Program Manager of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and travels
with Amy to assist her in LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Trainings.
Rose will be supporting, assisting and teaching from the depths of her
knowledge in LifeForce Yoga and yoga therapeutics. You can visit her
website [5]yoginirose.com.
Links:
5. http://yoginirose.com
Kathryn C. Shafer Ph.D., LCSW, ACSW, CAP, E-500RYT, CPT, LFYP-2
Kathryn is known for her work as a psychotherapist, educator,
consultant, and practitioner of mindbody therapies for emotional and
physical health. She conducts interventions and assessments for addicts
and their families, is a certified yoga instructor, and has authored
and conducted research on these and related topics.
In psychotherapy sessions, yoga classes, and mindbody retreats Dr.
Shafer introduces participants to the YOGAFUN™ program. This
individually designed healing program challenges “dis-eased” thinking
and beliefs about life, relationships, and stress. Her areas of
expertise in the addictions, trauma, and the emotions explore
alternative and complimentary practices for children, teens, families,
and relationships. Utilizing the whole person approach, Dr. Shafer
integrates mental imagery, proper diet and nutrition, exercise and the
YOGAFUN™ program in her work.
[6]funtherapist.com
Links:
6. http://funtherapist.com
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