4 HOURS TO COMPLETION !!!
Today, you can change the “4 HOURS …” to “3 HOURS …”; but, for now (7:30 am on 1/13/21), it is still 4. In my last class of Yoga Therapy training, I’ve completed the needed 60 hours (actually have done 65+), I’ve done the needed video of one session, and have logged 8 of 12 hours with my mentor.
When this class began, I was worried where I could find people to work with me. For a nominal fee, 8 wonderful people signed up. And, each of them has been compliant — attending weekly appointments, doing the work I suggested, and coming back each week with suggestions, questions, valuable insights.
What has this taught me? That I have the knowledge to work with different people struggling with various challenges, that I can be organized (thinking of computer and needed paperwork), that I am able to become the teacher / friend to many different personalities. It has been an over-the-top experience.
One of the assignments my mentor asked of me was to write a description of Yoga Therapy and the services I offer. That description is below (it is also on my website, but this saves you having to ‘click’ to read it). Here goes:
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Yoga Therapy is an adjunct therapy to traditional medical practices. As a Yoga Therapist, I will use methods meant to offer calm where there is anxiety; stability where there is doubt or challenge; strength where there is vulnerability.
Unlike yoga classes or private yoga sessions, Yoga Therapy sessions offer tools to handle adversity, discomfort, apprehension, pain, etc.
In the yoga therapy sessions I conduct, you can count on the following:
Complimentary First Session “Meet & Greet” - I feel it is important for both of us to feel comfortable working together.
An Initial Assessment - An opportunity for me to know you better. During an assessment, I will ask questions about:
your goals for our sessions together,
your medical history - diagnosis / medications / treatment
your lifestyle (diet and exercise),
any past injuries, current injuries and/or chronic issues, and
the impact your current and past history has on your activity level.
The next step of our initial assessment will be to:
work with you through appropriate movement, and
offer ‘homework’ (things to do at home in service of your goal(s)).
Follow-Up Visits, which will include:
evaluation of progress towards your goal(s),
review and revising movement plans, and
discuss your concerns, if any.
Within us all is a strength and level of resilience waiting to be uncovered. It is my goal to help clients embrace and reveal this inner power.
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Interestingly, I just read another Yoga Therapist’s definition - one that you may relate to. Click here to read.
Other than completing this class, life goes on — someone recently compared our lives these days to the movie “Groundhog Day”. We (Howard and I) are doing what many are - cleaning, organizing, de-cluttering, taking care of long-overdue home improvements, and - best of all - getting to know our neighbors a bit better.
Our holidays (Christmas and New Years) were quiet. Fortunately, we were able to enjoy a socially-distant, outside Christmas dinner with our SoCal Grand-Dudes and their Mom & Dad (one of the benefits of living in Southern California).
I wish each of you a peaceful 2021 — hopefully, it is a year of health and equanimity.
