Systems: UZIT

Combines 5 integrative therapies to exponentially increase the efficacy of each. List of contributors reads like a new age healer dinner party invite list, plus Donna Karan. (who gave all the money)

• yoga therapy
• reiki
• essential oil therapy
• nutrition 
• contemplative care

works against PANIC tm --pain, anxiety, nausea, insomnia & constipation ---common symptoms to so many disorders

Yoga Therapy starts with practitioner doing self care before performing care to others. (see page 499) OMG

Program

• in-bed movements
• restorative poses
• breath awareness techniques
• body scan meditations
• reiki
• aromatherapy
• contemplative care
• philosophy
• observing oneself
• developing a formal sitting practice
• bearing witness
• creating a community support system
• nutrition

Self-care integration of modalities...DAILY PRACTICE

CLINICAL ROTATIONS
our practitioners are trained to enter a situation empty of ideas and empty of found observations. it is a blank slate that is the foundation for keen listening and profound observations. before entering a patients room there is an entire protocol to follow to get proper information.

• what is the patients diagnosis
• when was the diagnosis made
• how long has the patient been in the hospital
• do nurses have any specific concerns about the patient
• who is there supporting the patient, staff, family, friends?

mental notes training (no pens!!!!!)

• does the patient have any visitors or a healthcare practitioner with them
• single or suite
• are there flowers or cards, caring?
• general environment of the room, temperature, lighting, smell, sounds?

questions to the patient

• are they asleep/ did they just eat?
• how is their breathing-short, ragged, held, smooth, easy
• what is their body position
• what color is their skin
• how coherent are they

DECIDE WHICH SYMPTOMS of PANICtm, their session will address through this rigorous data collection. (lol). The therapists constant observation and skillful listening lead the way. training oneself to be constantly centered, empty, and receptive is where each therapist's self-practice comes in to play.

therapists learn SEQUENCED, and LAYERED SPECIFIC COURSES OF ACTION to take with each healing art. It is common for a patient to have more than one symptom of PANIC, and a session might morph into a hybrid of practices, finding the intricate balance to a whole solution. It is when the USIT therapist learns to integrate the modalities together within a single session that the true potential of this integrative therapy is realized.

DONNA KARAN

Systems: the Breathing Project

Based on the teachings of TKS Deskishar

Focused on making sure that people are breathing. In the process of breathing, one connects to the inherent bliss in oneself. (the ananda -not the suffering/duhkha)

• we learn new ways of breathing in asana, so that we can unlearn old ways of breathing, usisng our bodies, and mind.
• when we combine breath and asana, we are employing some of our most powerful tools for transformation

Principles:

• if a person is breathing, can move their body, and can focus their attention, they can practice yoga
• yoga practice teaches us how to uncover and resolve obstructions to prana
• yoga is not about doing asanas. it is about undoing what's in the way of asanas
• the maximum benefits of yoga practice are derived from the simplest things that we teach, not the most complex
• the simplest thing yoga students are taught is to coordinate long, slow movements of the body with long, slow, movements of the breath.
• when you learn a new way of breathing and moving, you are unlearning an old way of breathing and moving
• the first task with any student is to help them fully inhabit their physical body by drawing their prana inward. if they cannot feel what is happening inside, they need to recognize that.
• healthy movement is well-distributed movement-a little bit from a lot of places
• unhealthy movement is too much movement coming from too few places too many times
• there are no straight lines in the body. All movement exists as 3 dimensional spirals moving through 3 dimensional space
• there are no parts in the body. Everything is connected to everything else
• we can find pathways of connection in an infinite variety of ways
• changing breathing by definition changes posture, and visa versa
• to get something unusual to move, you must get usual movements to be still
• support starts from the ground up
• breath starts from the top down
• for every movement in the body, there is an opposing movement that travels in the opposite direction.
• initiating the action of exhaling from the bottom upward can help to ground the feet, legs and pelvis
• initiating the action of inhaling from the top downward, can help to generate lift and support of the upper spine, rib cage and shoulder girdle
• as important as the details of technique may be in determining outcomes, far more powerful is the quality of the relationship between student and teacher

The teaching relationship

• a good teacher is a catalyst for experience and learning
• a good teacher sees each student as an individual and studies them and honors their many differences
• the student is eventually integrated with the teacher's being through his cumulative (teacher's) knowledge
• goal is for student to embody their own experience

Terminology

• prefer YOGA EDUCATOR to YOGA THERAPIST

Systems: Yoga Nidra (meditation)

Transformative practice derived from TANTRIC teaching of meditation (considered "ancient").

• Characteristics
• secular in nature
• ancient techniques of the Tantrica
• adapting to individual needs
• respecting changes in modern culture
• research proven
• standalone practice or as a complimentary supportive program

• Claims
• Decreases: 
• depression 
• anxiety 
• stress* 
• PTSD
• insomnia
• perception of chronic or acute pain*
• Increases
• ability to have restful and restorative sleep
• well-being & serenity*
• joy, vitality, purpose & meaning in life*
• interpersonal, peer and marital relationships*
• comfort in ability handling situtaion that they can not control*
• perceived control over their lives*
• ability to handle chronic issues such as PTSD, pain & stress*

*these are culture-bound affective indicators which are difficulty to define or measure with any certainty. In almost all cases, these are measurements of clients "perception" of effectiveness

• Goal: 
• To restore the body mind and senses to their natural functioning, allowing for our natural experience of interconnectedness (nondualistic goal). 
• This sense of interconnectedness in our daily lived routines allows us to welcome, explore & transcend levels of identification which uphold our perception of separation & suffering
• Moving through levels or "sheaths" of the body (koshas)
• does not entail assessment, diagnosis or treatment (same for everyone)
• Underlying principles
• We are all part of a larger energetic principle=suffering come from perception of lack of existing connection to this (purusha)
• We have a subject/object duality. we see our separate selves and other objects as separate and in opposition to our selves
• We pass through 10 stages of inquiry (not fixed) which allow us to "uncondition" the mind to remove these false perceptions
• Stages of iRest Inquiry
• Heartfelt Mission
• affirming what gives value, purpose andmeaning to your life
• Intention
• affirming vows that support actualizing our heartfelt mission
• Inner Resource
• affirming an inner sanctuary of security, resiliency, and well-being
• BodySensing
• welcoming physical sensations
• messengers
• physical senssations seen as mesengers of other deeper meanings
• awaken ability to read body's subtle cues (mindfulness)
• BreathSensing
• welcoming natural rhythmsof breathing and energy
• mindfulness
• Feelings & Emotions
• welcoming opposites of feeling emotion
• recognize rather than react to them
• Thoughts
• welcoming opposites of thoughts and beliefs
• law of opposites: pair them instead of focusing on one of the pair which is never separate
• Joy
• welcoming happiness, joy, equanimity & love
• discovering inherent joy, independent of changingstates of conciousness
• joy as good medicine (relieves stress)
• true joy: not just conditional although that may be the initial experience of joy
• Wholeness
• recognizing our unitive wholeness
• separation: relaxing into "being", our innate nature is purusha-unchanging, unconditional, and spontaneously arising.
• Integration
• integrating iRest into all aspects of daily life

YOGA NIDRA with AMRIT DESAI

YOGA NIDRA with RICHARD MILLER

Diverse Populations

• Factors 

(these are not mutually exclusive and may be affected by "intersectionality"-the way that these factors interact with each other in a single individual or a group).

• age
• childhood
• adolscence
• adulthood
• seniors
• life stage
• pregnancy/postpartum
• puberty/menstruation
• injuries
• athletic/training
• repetitive motion (OT)
• lifestyle
• accidental/physical trauma
• chronic conditions (may be reversible)
• diabetes
• post-polio syndrome
• arthritis
• high blood pressure
• scoliosis
• dysplasia/asymmetrical dysplasia
• progressive or acute disorders (non-reversible)
• autoimmune
• RA
• MS
• Lupus
• Scleroderma
• Cancer (& post-treatment)
• mental, emotional & spiritual state
• anxiety/depression
• trauma
• stress
• cultural/sociological
• ethnicity
• religion
• deafness
• gender
• socioeconomic status (education, occupation, income)

• Interventions

(Interventions may occur in the context of group classes or as individual designs. 

The two types of interventions have by their nature a very different focus.)

• Whereas the individual prescription is tailored to account for and deal with all aspect of an individual client. 
• The protocol of the group class must be focused on general goals for that population.

• protocols for prevention (optimal health & function)
• protocols for symptoms or treatment of active conditions
• protocols for side effects of treatments
• rehabilitation for injuries (support healing and optimal function)

Contributions:

• Iyengar yoga systems (BKS & Geeta Iyengar)
• anatomy based postural interventions
• Structural Yoga Therapy (Stiles)
• Viniyoga system (Kraftsow via Deskishar)
• anatomy based postural and breath movement interventions
• Kundalini yoga system (Kaur Khalasa)
• pranayama (breathwork) interventions
• Phoenix Rising system (Lee) & Purna system (Palkhivala)
• physio-psychological systems
• Svastha Yoga Therapy
• anatomy based postural and ayurveda (Mohan)
• The Breathing project (Kaminoff)
• anatomy based postural & pranayama
• Other Modern Integrative Yoga Therapies
• Yoga Rx (Payne)
• Urban Zen (Yee & Saidman Yee)
• Yoga Nidra (iRest) (Miller)
• Hatha Yoga systems (traditional texts)
• ayurveda
• diet
• dosha
• lifestyle
• kriyas
• shat karman
• nuali kriya

Syllabus: 6 Weekends

Summary Topics: 60 hours

10/1-10/2           Teaching a Diverse Population

10/15-10/16        Life stages- pregnancy & aging
12/10-12/11        Chronic conditions & autoimmune disorders

2/4-2/5                Special populations: autism, developmental disability, trauma
4/15-4/16            Managing and rehabbing injuries
5/20-5/21            Preventing injuries supporting physical and emotional strength & stability

Useful Resources: (I will

1. Emerson, David. (2015) Trauma Sensitive Yoga Therapy: Bringing the Body into Treatment
2. Robin, Mel. (2009) A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers: The Incorporation of Neuroscience, Physiology and Anatomy into the Practice
3. Lasiter, Judith. (2009)Yoga Body: Anatomy, Kinesiology & Asana
4. Long, Ray. ALL HIS ANATOMY and YOGA books
5. Payne, Larry,Terra Gold & Eden Goldman. (2015) Yoga Therapy & Integrative Medicine: Where Ancient Science Meets Modern Medicine
6. Singh Khalsa, Sat Bir, Lorenzo Cohen, Timothy McCall, & Shirley Telles. (2016) The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Healthcare.
7. Myers, Thomas A. (2014) Anatomy Trains: Myofacial Meridians for Manual & Movement Therapists.
8. Stiles, Mukunda. (2000) Structural Yoga Therapy:Adapting to the Individual.
9. Clark, Bernie. (2016) Your Body, Your Yoga

• Factors 

(these are not mutually exclusive and may be affected by "intersectionality"-the way that these factors interact with each other in a single individual or a group).

• age
• childhood
• adolscencw
• adulthood
• seniors
• life stage
• pregnancy/postpartum
• puberty/menstruation
• injuries
• athletic/training
• repetitive motion (OT)
• lifestyle
• accidental/physical trauma
• chronic conditions (may be reversible)
• diabetes
• post-polio syndrome
• arthritis
• high blood pressure
• scoliosis
• dysplasia/asymmetrical dysplasia
• progressive or acute disorders (non-reversible)
• autoimmune
• RA
• MS
• Lupus
• Scleroderma
• Cancer (& post-treatment)
• mental, emotional & spiritual state
• anxiety/depression
• trauma
• stress
• cultural/sociological
• ethnicity
• religion
• deafness
• gender
• socioeconomic status (education, occupation, income)
• Interventions
• protocols for prevention (optimal health & function)
• protocols for symptoms or treatment of active conditions
• protocols for side effects of treatments
• rehabilitation for injuries (support healing and optimal function

Contributions:

• Iyengar yoga systems (BKS & Geeta Iyengar)
• anatomy based postural interventions
• Structural Yoga Therapy (Stiles)
• Viniyoga system (Kraftsow via Deskishar)
• anatomy based postural and breath movement interventions
• Kundalini yoga system (Kaur Khalasa)
• pranayama (breathwork) interventions
• Phoenix Rising system (Lee) & Purna system (Palkhivala)
• physio-psychological systems
• Svastha Yoga Therapy
• anatomy based postural and ayurveda (Mohan)
• The Breathing project (Kaminoff)
• anatomy based postural & pranayama
• Other Modern Integrative Yoga Therapies
• Yoga Rx (Payne)
• Urban Zen (Yee & Saidman Yee)
• Yoga Nidra (iRest) (Miller)
• Hatha Yoga systems (traditional texts)
• ayurveda
• diet
• dosha
• lifestyle
• kriyas
• shat karman
• nuali kriya