Join Shelly in this dynamic & educational workshop as she discusses common pelvic health issues such as incontinence & pelvic pain, & explain 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 practice, consisting of yoga asana, pranayama (including pelvic diaphragmatic breath), meditation, Pilates & physiotherapy based exercises will be included!

Acute Orthopedic Injuries: Yoga Therapy, the Missing Link in Rehabilitation: As a physical therapist and yoga therapist for over 16 years, I am aware of the benefits and use of yoga therapy and physiotherapy, and the limitations of our current healthcare system; particularly as they relate to orthopedic rehabilitation. However, after sustaining a traumatic orthopedic injury myself, I had the opportunity to be a patient and experience first hand what it was like to 'go through our healthcare system'. I am pleased and honoured to announce that I have been invited to share my story at the 2014 Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR) in Austin, Texas. I will be sharing specific examples of how I was able to use yoga in my own rehabilitation immediately after the injury, even thought I was told that rehabilitation would not start for 2 months. In orthopedic rehab we focus on the physical layer (kosha). I will be sharing how and why the 4 other koshas are equally important in the acute stages of an ortho injury. The biopsychosocial approach to all divisions of therapy is essential if we want to treat the 'person' and not the diagnosis.

WHAT: 2 hour guided meditation practise including discussion on ‘what’ meditation is, benefits AND potential side effects/precautions with meditation (supported by research). This practise will include exploration & practise of 4 different types of meditation that you can immediately start to use at home & in your day to day activities. WHO: this informal, comfortable and non-intimidating environment is suitable for beginners who know nothing about meditation but are interested in learning more AND also for those who have a mild, moderate or strong meditation practise and want to explore more. WHY: I’ve had overwhelming requests to offer a meditation practise of this type for quite some time. Personally, meditation has provided me with a clarity, calmness, and sense of ‘peace and joy’, amidst the ‘issues’ or fluctuations/situations that arise in life. Many people are discovering the benefits of meditation; and SCIENCE is showing some fascinating changes that can result in our brain, immune systems, genetic expression, and MANY other systems in our bodies & minds as a result of regular meditation practise. More and more people are becoming curious about meditation. I would love to share what I have been taught about meditation over the past 15 years, what I have researched about it, and what I have experienced clinically with my clients as well as in my own practise and life!!

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!