healing moves for body, mind and spirit
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Healing Moves For Body, Mind and Spirit. Carol Krucoff, E-RYT Yoga Therapist & Author Co-director, Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors Teacher Training www.healingmoves.com. Objectives. To create a clear understanding of the yoga practice and how it can enhance health - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Healing MovesFor Body, Mind and Spirit
Carol Krucoff, E-RYTYoga Therapist & Author
Co-director, Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors Teacher Training
www.healingmoves.com
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Objectives
To create a clear understanding of the yoga practice and how it can enhance health
Learn some “Yoga Sparks” – simple practices that can help relieve stress in 60 seconds or less
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What is Yoga?
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“I’m not flexible enough to do yoga. . .”
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The only requirement is the ability to breathe . . .
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Yoga is Not a New Fad. . .
• Profound system of holistic healing, self-development and transformation that originated more than 5,000 years ago in India
• Comes from the Sanskrit word “yuj” meaning “to yoke” or “unite”
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Yoga - Yuj“To Yoke” or “Unite”
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Yoga = Yoke, Harness, Unite
The mind and body, through the breath
The individual with the universal
Yoga is designed to quiet the mind and connect with the spirit
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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
यो�गश्चि�त्तवृ�त्तित्तनि�रो�धi.2 yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ
“Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind”
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Stress and Health60 – 90 % of doctor visits are stress related
> 50% of US adults report high stress on a daily basis *
~~~~~
“Yoga is a particularly effective mind-body practice that appears to enhance stress-coping mechanisms.”
--NIH’s NCCAM
• Benson
• *Benson -Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine
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Movement is Medicine Ancient Wisdom
Modern Science
Moving Regularly
Enhances Health
Inactivity Leads to Disease
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Conditions Positively Influenced By Physical
Activity
Metabolic Disorders: Diabetes, Obesity, High Cholesterol
Mental Health Conditions: Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Panic Disorder
Orthopedic Ailments: Arthritis, Back Pain, Osteoporosis, RSI
Immunological Conditions: Colds, Certain Cancers, HIV/AIDS
Cardiovascular Disorders:: CAD, High Blood Pressure, Stroke
Men’s Health: Erectile Dysfunction, Prostate Problems
Women’s Health: PMS, Menopausal Symptoms, Pregnancy
Respiratory Disorders: Asthma, COPD
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“If exercise could be packed in a pill, it would be the single most widely-prescribed, and
beneficial, medicine in the nation.”
-- The National Institute on Aging
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Does Yoga Offer Additional Benefit?
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Yoga is More than a Workout . . .
Integrates All
Layers of Being
Physical
Energetic
Emotional
Wisdom
Bliss
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The Yogic Perspective
HOLISTIC APPROACH
Virtually everything in our lives—including our thoughts, behaviors and relationships can impact our health.
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Yoga’s Tool Kit
Postures
Breathing
Meditation
Principles
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Yoga = Awareness
FREEZE!
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Notice . . .Where is your head in relationship to your
shoulders?
What are you sitting on?
What shape is your spine?
What’s happening with your jaw, shoulders, face?
Is your chin tipped up or tucked?
Legs and/or arms crossed? Which is on top?
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“Si Yoga Spark #1
Seated Mountain Pose”
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Yoga Spark #2
Shoulder Shrugs
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Yoga Spark #3
Shoulder Clocks
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Make a Fist!
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Breathing -- Healing Movement
Taking a breath
Oxygen exchange
Circulation
Pain modulation
Calming effect
Energizing
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In Many Languages, Breath = Spirit
Sanskrit – Prana
Latin – Spiritus
Hebrew - Ruach
Greek – Pneuma
English - Respiration
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The Tool of the Breath Can be used anytime, anywhere to:
•Connect mind and body
•Come into the present moment – Mindfulness
•Influence emotional states – enhance energy when tired, calm down when agitated
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Good Posture is Essential for Optimal
BreathingEverything is Connected
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Breathing 101
Chest or Belly?
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Chest vs. Belly Breathing
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Yoga Spark #4
Relaxed Abdominal Breath
Yoga “Belly Breathing”
Calms the Mind
Grounds the Body
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Breathing is. . .• The only physiologic function that can be done
both completely consciously or unconsciously.
• Controlled by two different sets of nerves and muscles: voluntary and involuntary.
Breathwork offers a unique doorway
into the nervous system
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“Regulate the breathing, and thereby control the mind.”
--BKS Iyengar
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Yoga Spark #5
Three-Part Breath
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Learn from a Master
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Yoga Spark #6
Even Breath
Equal Breath – Sama Vritti Pranayama
Inhale and Exhale are same length
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Yoga Spark #7
Extended Exhalation
Ahhhh. . . . . .
Exhalation is the primary vehicle for release or letting go
Exhale up to 2x as long as inhale
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Meditation
Harnessing the
Mind/Body Connection
We Are What We Think
One-Pointed Focus
Meditation calms the mind and channels its power into physical, emotional, and spiritual healing
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Yoga Spark #8
Mindful Awareness of Breath
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Yoga Spark #9
Conscious Breathing with a Smile
“Breathing In,
I Calm Myself,
“Breathing Out,
I Smile”
--Thich Nhat Hanh
“Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”
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Yogic Principles
It’s not just WHAT you do, it’s HOW you do it
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Yoga Spark #10
Body Scan Svadyaya = Self Study
On & Off the Mat: Yoga is a Practice of AwarenessNotice What is Here
Recognize Habitual Patterns
Body - Do you clench teeth,
purse lips, furrow brow, raise shoulders?
Mind – Do you worry about future, dwell in the past,
catastrophize?
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Yoga Spark #11
Self Talk Ahimsa
Non-Harming
Avoid Physical and Emotional Violence
No name calling, insults, hate speech
Self-Compassion
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Yoga Spark #12
Acceptance “It Is What It Is”
Acceptance: Being willing to have the experience you are already having
Resistance: Wishing things were different from the way they are
“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional”
Suffering = Pain + Resistance
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Yoga Spark #13
Contentment & Gratitude
Santosha
View world through lens of what’s right
The best way to have what you want
is to want what you have.
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Emerging Evidence SupportsYoga’s Therapeutic Benefits
The National Library of Medicine: Medline search for “yoga” cites more than 2,500 studies.
Clinical Trials: Currently there are more than 240 publicly and privately-supported studies of Yoga for varied conditions including Heart Failure, Cystic Fibrosis, Inflammatory Arthritis, Cancer Fatigue, Depression, Insomnia, Immune Function, PTSD, Sleep Disturbance, MS, Diabetes, Smoking Cessation, Fibromyalgia and Parkinson’s Disease. (www.ClinicalTrials.gov).
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Natural Standard “Evidence Grade” Ratings of Yoga
A: Asthma, Hypertension
B: Altitude Sickness, Anxiety, Arthritis, Cardiovascular Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Depression, Epilepsy, Lung Diseases, Psychiatric Disorders, Quality of Life, Substance Abuse
C: ADHD, Diabetes, Eating Disorders, Fatigue, Headache, Insomnia, IBS, Memory, Menopausal Symptoms, MS, Pain, Pregnancy, Stroke
http://naturalstandard.com/databases/hw/yoga.asp#
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Yoga Spark #14
RelaxationThe “Undoing” Is As Important as the
Doing
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