Join Shelly Prosko, Physical Therapist and Yoga Therapist, for an inspiring, informative, valuable and interactive workshop discussing the common causes of neck and shoulder pain in our culture. Explore how combining yoga therapy and physical therapy can be used as a form of healing and become inspired and empowered to create and sustain your path to health and wellness!

Topics covered include: •Orthopaedic series (10 pathophysiologies) •Gastrointestinal series (9 pathophysiologies) •Yoga posture, breath, and meditation prescription in integrative medicine Description Module 14 is the second of three on-site intensives which allows students to assimilate and apply objectives from Modules 1-7, 8, and 10. Module 14, through the following objectives, allows clinicians to learn new modifications of the yoga postures, breathing techniques, and sequencing. Teaching methodology, sequencing, evaluation and case study practicums, and functional practice of medical yoga therapy as it applies to the musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal systems is included at this level. In addition, the biomechanics of spinal motion are studied as they relate to therapeutic practice and prescription, including 30 new yoga postures and progressive techniques in breathing and meditation. Clinical Objectives 1.Practice 30 new postures, breathing techniques, and their modifications in the PYT method to your therapeutic yoga toolbox. 2.Discuss contraindications and precautions for 30 new postures and related modifications and sequences. 3.Identify evidence of imbalance in order to list a minimum of three interventions for each of the five facets of the pentagon of wellness model in order to affect positive change in orthopaedic health and gastrointestinal function.​ 4.Utilizing your knowledge of abdominal cavity anatomy, physiology, and through a review of the historical context and epidemiology of gastrointestinal dysfunction, experience 9 sequences for gastrointestinal functional dysfunction in order to understand the orthopaedic connection through hands on lab work.​ 5.Practice 10 sequences for orthopaedic disorders and preventive health through hands on experiential lab work: •Evaluating the Athlete •The Shoulder Complex •ACL Injuries •Spine – Mobility in Flexion and Rotation •Plantar Fasciitis and Foot Deformities •Osteoarthritis of Spine, Knee, Hip, Hands, Feet •The Achilles Tendon •Iliotibial Band and Patello-femoral Syndrome •The Hip​ 6.Design and present preventive and pathophysiologically based medical therapeutic yoga programs in a multi-disciplinary team approach for orthopaedic and gastrointestinal patient populations over the course of 6 case study exercises in order to critically analyze their effectiveness and safety.​ 7.Describe the effects of neuroendocrine in order to understand interventions using medical therapeutic yoga. 8.Explain how learning style models affect prescription of intervention and management in medical therapeutic yoga.​ 9.Explain how application of non-dogmatic yogic philosophy and the yogic seal can facilitate universal positive growth in personal and professional development.​ 10.Recognize the historical and medical importance of differential diagnosis in practicing medical therapeutic yoga.​ 11.Experience how positional changes of the stomach and internal anatomy can affect yoga posture performance and prescription in the PYT method.​ 12.List differential diagnosis concerns in the practice of medical therapeutic yoga.​ 13.Demonstrate proficiency at teaching sequences in your clinical area of expertise through utilization of both east and west medical terminology for synthesis of a new functional medical therapeutic yoga language to create a healthy dialogue with east/west practitioners. ​ 14.Experience meditation practices to develop critical skills in prescribing effective and safe restorative mind-body practices.​ 15.Demonstrate the effects of biomechanical laws and how yoga postures are evolved by them.​ 16.Experience how evidence based biomechanical and kinematic study of spinal flexion and rotation evolve the practice of yoga and change traditional approaches to yoga posture alignment in order to improve safety and clinical efficacy.​ 17.Experience how lower quarter alignment and motor control execution in yoga posture prescription affect overall mind-body outcomes.

Join Shelly for this dynamic & educational workshop that explores common pelvic health issues such as incontinence, pelvic pain & reproductive organ prolapse & shares how a combination of yoga, pilates & physiotherapy can address these issues & help maintain optimal pelvic health. Discussions will include how the popular Kegel exercises can potentially exacerbate many incontinence & pelvic pain issues, how the nervous system is involved in pelvic pain & incontinence, & how pelvic health is so much more than just the pelvic floor. A fun, inspiring & empowering practise, consisting of yoga asana, pranayama (including pelvic diaphragmatic breath), meditation, pilates & physiotherapy based exercises will be included!

Join Shelly for a 3 hour workshop on the many factors influencing back pain in our culture, discussing the "Truths vs. Myths surrounding Back Pain" and the many ways to incorporate movement, mind-body connection, spirit, and breath practises (using physio concepts, yoga therapy, & Pilates methods) to address these factors. ** This workshop is NOT intended nor suitable for those with acute or unmanaged back conditions. An individual assessment and treatment plan unique to one's needs is recommended**

Join Shelly for this dynamic & educational workshop that explores common pelvic health issues such as incontinence, pelvic pain & reproductive organ prolapse & shares how a combination of yoga, pilates & physiotherapy can address these issues & help maintain optimal pelvic health. Discussions will include how the popular Kegel exercises can potentially exacerbate many incontinence & pelvic pain issues, how the nervous system is involved in pelvic pain & incontinence, & how pelvic health is so much more than just the pelvic floor. A fun, inspiring & empowering practise, consisting of yoga asana, pranayama (including pelvic diaphragmatic breath), meditation, pilates & physiotherapy based exercises will be included!

Pain Care Yoga Certification is a unique process in which Neil Pearson, PT, Yoga Therapist, offers therapeutic yoga training for health care professionals together with yoga teachers and therapists. The training itself is an integration of western pain care (non-pharmacological) and therapeutic yoga.

Join Shelly for this dynamic & educational workshop that explores common pelvic health issues such as incontinence, pelvic pain & reproductive organ prolapse & shares how a combination of yoga, pilates & physiotherapy can address these issues & help maintain optimal pelvic health. Discussions will include how the popular Kegel exercises can potentially exacerbate many incontinence & pelvic pain issues, how the nervous system is involved in pelvic pain & incontinence, & how pelvic health is so much more than just the pelvic floor. A fun, inspiring & empowering practise, consisting of yoga asana, pranayama (including pelvic diaphragmatic breath), meditation, pilates & physiotherapy based exercises will be included!

Join Shelly as she presents at the Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga: "MISTY"! A symposium that is dedicated to offering quality education and evidence based yoga. Presenters chosen are highly qualified professionals in their field, Medical & Yoga Experts sharing vast experience and knowledge.Shelly was invited to present 2 of her workshops:Pelvic Health is a topic that is often missed or misrepresented when discussed. In this dynamic and informative workshop, Shelly will discuss common pelvic health issues such as incontinence and pelvic pain and explain how a combination of yoga, pilates and physiotherapy can address these issues and help maintain optimal pelvic health. Discussions will include how the popular “Kegel” exercises can potentially exacerbate many incontinence and pelvic pain issues, how the nervous system is involved in incontinence and pelvic pain, and how pelvic health is so much more than just the pelvic floor! The differentiation among yoga, yoga therapy and medical therapeutic yoga emphasizing benefits, precautions and potential contraindications as it relates to pelvic dysfunctions will be discussed and explored. A fun, empowering and inspiring practise consisting of yoga asana, pranayama (including pelvic diaphragmatic breath), meditation, pilates and physiotherapy based exercises will be included.

Join Shelly as she presents at the Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga: "MISTY"! A symposium that is dedicated to offering quality education and evidence based yoga. Presenters chosen are highly qualified professionals in their field, Medical & Yoga Experts sharing vast experience and knowledge. Shelly was invited to present 2 of her workshops: Demystifying Pelvic Health and Find Breath. Find Balance: Rediscovering Postural Movement Through Breath: Join Shelly as she passionately shares this educational, inspiring and interactive workshop discussing the mechanics and physiology of breathing and how it influences numerous systems of our body, with a focus on how breathing affects postural alignment and movement. Breathing patterns can influence all 5 Koshas (physical, mental, emotional, energetic and spiritual) of our existence; conversely, the state of our Koshas can influence our breathing patterns. We will also discuss and explore some of the most common and inefficient breathing patterns in our culture (and in the yoga studio!) and how they can lead to states of imbalance. A fun and inspiring practical yoga component consisting of asanas, pranayama and meditation will be included. Come with an open mind and heart to explore the combination of the science of respiration with the art of yoga. Please visit http://www.homyogaevents.com/#!shelly-prosko/cxsu to register for this international conference to attend Shelly's workshops.