Course Description
This live online workshop is aimed at yoga practitioners, teachers and therapists interested in supporting people with life-limiting conditions, whether for personal reasons or professional use (e.g. community settings, hospitals, hospices and care homes). It is also suitable for healthcare professionals who have a grounding in yoga and/or mindfulness and who wish to integrate these approaches into clinical practice. The course will also be of use to bereavement counsellors, mental health, social and spiritual care providers and complementary therapists who wish to add mindful yoga skills to their toolkit. The course will incorporate a mixture of lecture with slides, discussion in small groups, directed and experiential practice on the mat, and reflective practice. The slides, reading list and all information will be available for students to take away.
What Will I Learn?
- The history and philosophy of palliative care, and why this integrates so perfectly with the holistic concepts embodied within yoga. - Overview of common conditions and symptoms, including advanced cancer, neurological and respiratory conditions. How can yoga support people living with long-term, life-limiting illness as part of a supportive and rehabilitative approach to care? - “If you can breathe you can practice yoga”: a relationship with the breath is core to this way of working. Learn about the science of self-regulation, links with trauma-informed and compassion-focused approaches, and mindfulness. - How to adapt a practice safely with gentle, practical skills and specific sequences developed in clinical settings, including asana, mudra, meditation and nidra. How to tailor as disease progesses, working 1:1 and in small groups.
This course will be recorded and the replay will be available for 6 months.
Ready to join?
£150.00