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In this three-hour workshop, participants will learn about safe therapeutic tools to work with a client in a one-on-one setting or in teaching a gentle therapeutic yoga class. During this presentation, which has been devoloped for yoga teachers and ideal for those considering becoming a yoga therapist, we will:
- Discuss the Bio-Psychosocial Model of Health for living a healthier lifestyle with the 5 Kosha Model.
- Discover and practice how Healing Therapy Yoga© (which includes yoga therapy, ayurveda, myofascial release, cranial sacral therapy, and somatics) integrates with polyvagal nerve theory for self-regulation of the autonomic nervous system.
- Learn applicable tools in order to do a breath assessment, body scan, postural alignment, and breathing techniques.
- Practice safe “self-care” therapeutic tools to help self-regulate the autonomic nervous system.
- Practice gentle asana poses and somatic movements for a therapeutic group class.
We will also review the Client Intake Form (5 Kosha Model), Postural Assessment Form, and Determining Your Dosha Form for an individualized yoga therapy routine.
The goal is to enhance one’s inner awareness to live a healthier lifestyle, reduce pain, and improve mobility, stability, strength, and function on and off the yoga mat.
Recommended props: yoga mat, two yoga blocks, strap, and a yoga blanket
Meryle Richman, PT, DPT, C-CST, C-IAYT, has dedicated herself to combining conventional physical therapy with complementary integrative therapies, including yoga therapy, ayurveda, myofascial release therapy, craniosacral therapy, and somatic movement.
Meryle has decades of clinical experience as a licensed physical therapist. She holds a Master of Science degree in work physiology from Long Island University and earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Simmons College in 2012, with an emphasis on health promotion. In addition to her manual skills, she has integrated complementary holistic therapy with acute and chronic pain patients. Her skills have been in practicing myofascial release therapy and then becoming a certified cranial sacral therapist in 2002 with the Upledger Institute. For 32 years, she owned and was the director of Physical Therapy at Briarcliff & Jefferson Valley, P.C., in Westchester, New York.
Meryle studied to become a yoga teacher in 2011 at Yoga Works, Irvington, New York. She more recently was certified in yoga therapy and ayurveda at the Kripalu School of Integrative Therapy. She is also a C-IAYT through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Meryle continues to work part-time in clients’ homes and teaches a weekly Zoom therapeutic yoga class.
Learn more about Meryle at choosept.com and International Association of Yoga Therapists.