Events for 2024-Nov-Tue - 2024-Nov-Tue

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!!