Certification Course: Yoga for Osteoporosis
This weekend: A few places still left
Yoga for Osteoporosis, 40 Hour Certification Course
February 23-25, 2018:
Pure Yoga, New York City
20 hours online material, plus 20 hours live workshop hours
Ellen Saltonstall E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, and Loren Fishman, MD
Class times
Friday, February 23 1pm - 6pm 4.5 hours + ? hour break Saturday, February 24 9-12 and 1:30-6:30 8 hours with lunch and short breaks Sunday, February 25 9-12 and 1:30 - 6 7.5 hours with lunch and short breaks
Description:
Peer-review evidence shows that yoga can help to build bone density and reverse osteopenia and osteoporosis. Given the increasing number of older students coming to yoga classes, teachers need solid evidence-based training in order to effectively serve these students. Dr. Fishman’s Method, consisting of 12 poses, has been proven to increase bone density in young and old alike. This method is the subject of the training, which includes 20 hours of online material covering the science and yoga practices involved, plus 20 hours of in-person instruction on how to teach the poses.
Pilot Study:
Full Study:
Graduates of the course will be certified to teach Dr. Fishman’s Method in general classes, as well as teaching anyone enrolled in the Dose-Response study, which requires regular supervision of each participant by a certified teacher. You will learn how to prepare new students to practice safely, and how to adapt the twelve poses for any level of student. Those who want this knowledge without the intention to teach are also welcome to attend the training, and need no particular training to do so. Dr. Fishman’s and Ellen Saltonstall’s book “Yoga for Osteoporosis” is good preparation for the course.
For Signup:
Syllabus:
This weekend training provides 20 hours of in-depth training in the practice and teaching of twelve poses proven to build bone density for students with osteoporosis or osteopenia, and to stimulate bone health and prevent bone loss in those without those diagnoses. The twelve poses are Vrksasana, Utthita Trikonasana, Virabhadrasana 2, Parsvakonasana, Parivrrta Trikonasana, Shalabhasana, Setubandhasana, Supta Padangusthasana 1 and 2, Maricyasana 3, Ardha Matsyendrasana, and Savasana. We will also teach several preparation and warm-up poses to support the proper alignment of the twelve poses, and guidelines for sequences to be used for ongoing classes. During the 20-hour live workshop, students practice the poses, they practice teach with each other, and they demonstrate their teaching to the presenters at the end of the weekend, if they desire certification.
Please note: Certification in Dr. Fishman’s Method is awarded to those who complete the entire 40-hour training with passing grades on the two tests (one online and one live teaching) plus five years of yoga teaching. Those who attend the entire course and pass both tests but have been teaching less than five years will be awarded “Registered Teacher” status which will automatically convert to “Certified Teacher” when they complete five years of teaching.
Instructors
Ellen Saltonstall (E-RYT 500, C-IAYT) is a certified yoga instructor and therapist with extensive training in the Iyengar and Anusara methods She is based at her own studio in New York, and also travels to train yoga teachers nationally and internationally, with a specialty in anatomy and therapeutics.. She has practiced yoga and meditation for over 40 years, studying with many prominent teachers. In addition to yoga, she developed and teaches Bodymind Ballwork, a method of self-massage using rubber balls. Ellen has authored three books: Yoga for Arthritis, (WW Norton 2008), and Yoga for Osteoporosis, (WW Norton 2010) with Dr. Loren Fishman, and her newer book Anatomy & Yoga: A Guide for Teachers and Students, released in December 2016. She has written articles in professional journals and she offers yoga therapy webinars through YogaOnlineU.com. She describes her approach to bodywork and yoga as a combination of science and artistic expression. Please visit her website at www.ellensaltonstall.com.
Loren Fishman, MD, B.Phil.,(oxon.) is Medical Director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City, author of twelve books, author or editor of more than 95 academic articles, and a world-recognized pioneer in the treatment of osteoporosis, piriformis syndrome and rotator cuff tear and an expert in curing back pain. He is Associate Editor of Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, on the staff at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and a past President of the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Fishman has written six books about yoga and medical conditions. They are: Relief Is In the Stretch: Cure Back Pain With Yoga (with Carol Ardman, WW Norton, 2006), Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis (with Eric Small, Demos Press, 2007), Sciatica (with Carol Ardman, WW Norton, 2009),Yoga for Osteoarthritis (with Ellen Saltonstall, WW Norton, 2008), Yoga for Osteoporosis (with Ellen Saltonstall, WW Norton, 2010), and Healing Yoga (WW Norton, 2015).
After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, Dr. Fishman spent three years in India, including one year in Pune, India, studying Yoga with BKS Iyengar. Dr. Fishman then went to Rush Medical School, did a residency in a Tufts-Harvard program, served as Chief Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and is currently teaches at Columbia University Medical School. Throughout his career he has incorporated Yoga into his medical practice.
Dr. Fishman has been included in numerous “Best Doctors” lists and has lectured in the United States and abroad. He is an officer of the Manhattan Institute for Cancer Research, has been on the Board of Directors of The BKS Iyengar Institute of Greater New York and the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Foundation, and lives with his wife in New York City. [email protected]
Pricing:
40-hour Certification Workshop and online education: $1250.
Psychotherapist In Private Practice at Gail Kinn Psychotherapy
7 年I would love “love” to practice yoga for Osteo in a class or with individual trained. Any chance of finding in nyc? Many thanks Gail Kinn, LCSW