I want to spread the word on the fantastic benefits
of adaptive yoga to this underserved community, and share these studies with you.
Essential components to an effective small group
adaptive yoga classes How to safely address and assist with transfers to and from a chair and yoga mat.
Although my initial goal was to become involved
with adaptive yoga, I quickly found a love for teaching O2 - style and am excited to share this with others.
With adaptive yoga, traditional poses are tailored to the physical body, rather than fitting and forcing the body into a particular pose and shape.
She is the author of
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body, a user - friendly guide for students and instructors that contains simple, clear instructions and photos of traditional yoga poses and accessible adaptations.
Most likely you will find yourself or someone you care about in this list of people who can benefit
from Adaptive Yoga Moves
Twelve years ago, I began
teaching adaptive yoga and created the non-profit Yoga Moves MS. Students and instructors readily offer their talent, intellect, creativity and love in each class, uplifting the tone of the room exponentially and inspiring all who are present.
The book is systematically laid out, beginning with an introduction to the philosophy of
adaptive yoga practice, then progressing to the fundamentals of breath practice and alignment, proper warm - up, adaptive poses and the use of mudras.
Her journey toward
adaptive yoga began when Eisenberg was a young girl, watching her mother live with a progressive form of multiple sclerosis that confined her to a wheelchair for more than 25 years.
Adaptive Yoga offers an effective and gentle way to cultivate flexibility, strengthen bones, tone muscle, provide joint lubrication, reduce stiffness; while improving pain, balance, and mental alertness.
We are one of the only yoga therapy providers to
provide adaptive yoga therapeutics for MS on such a grand scale in the country.
After completing her first teacher training in 2004, Eisenberg volunteered at the Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders, a prominent neurological center in her area, as a yoga instructor for students with MS. Today she provides small
group adaptive yoga therapy classes for over 70 students with MS per week, and her book — five years in the making — blossomed from that.
Dana Mildebrath, LFYP - 2, RYT - 200, and Certified Laughter Yoga Leader has been teaching gentle and
adaptive yoga since 2008.
We have seen how hundreds of Yoga Moves students, with varying ranges of physical and cognitive ability, and persons with similar neuromuscular symptoms can reap the rewards
from adaptive yoga.
In 2017
Adaptive Yoga Teacher Trainings will be offered around the US and YMMS will be presenting at the 2017 Accessible Yoga Conference in NYC.
The final chapter
of Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body weaves everything together with an assortment of sequences.
Yoga Moves MS is more than
adaptive yoga classes dedicated to those with Multiple Sclerosis and other similar neuromuscular conditions.
All of my experiences have led me to my current role in teaching gentle,
adaptive yoga for a variety of populations, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
When the doctors delivered the news, Clarke experienced a shift in her world - view that propelled her into the field of
adaptive yoga — a form of the practice that focuses on making yoga accessible to those who need healing the most.
The ability to look through the lense of
the adaptive yoga student.
The principles of
adaptive yoga can be applied to any body, and individuals with a variety of needs can benefit from a regular adaptive yoga practice.
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body is a well written book that will be easy to use from the beginning yoga student to the more advanced devote.
As the survivor of a rare neuromuscular disorder called Guillain - Barre Syndrome, she says, «
Adaptive yoga is the name of the game for me!»
Mindfulness meditation and
adaptive yoga have become important parts of my life.
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body Teacher training participants will learn: Basic understanding of nervous system and neuromuscular conditions in terms of types, symptoms, treatment options, and adaptations for yoga (MS, Parkinson's Disease, Spinal Cord Injury, Degenerative Arthritis of the Spine) Guiding principles of adaptive yoga for MS and neuromuscular conditions.
Dear Mindy, My name is Sharon Fasnacht and I wanted to thank you very much for the beautiful book,
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body, that you gave me through Kathy Noll.
«I wish I could take
an adaptive yoga class from Mindy Eisenberg, but since she lives in southeastern Michigan and I live in north Texas, I can't make it to her classes.
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body includes photos of Yoga Moves students with easy to follow instructions.
However, I have the next best thing, a copy of her new book:
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body, which was created for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromuscular conditions.
Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body.