Date and Time: Tuesday November 19. 2024 - 6-7:30pm
Chairperson(s): Emily Walker, OT, OTR, Allyson Lewis, OT, OTR, Rosa Colorado, OT, OTR
Location: Zoom - to be sent out day before the event
Title: Yoga for Occupational Therapy Practitioners: How Meditation, Breathwork, and Yoga Practices Can Support You and Your Persons’ Served
Speaker: Hady Rasid, CYT 200HR, Emily Walker, OT, OTR
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will have an increased understanding of the neuroscience associated with Yoga.
- Participants will identify at least 2 types of Yoga for individual practice or to use in clinical work.
- Participants will practice and explore the benefits of Yoga exercises for both the body and mind.
Focus of Presentation:
This presentation is ideal for anyone looking for ways to feel supported and create a sense of ease in their work practice. If you’re looking for ways to cope after a long day of caring for the community, holding space for others, rewiring the pathways of the brain to slow down, or simply learning new tools that you can share with your persons’ served this is for you.
References:
Ciezar-Andersen, S. D., Hayden, K. A., & King-Shier, K. M. (2021). A systematic review of yoga interventions for helping health professionals and students. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 58, 102704.
Nhất Hạnh, T., & Laity, A. (1996). Breathe! You are alive: sutra on the full awareness of breathing. Rev. ed. Berkeley, Calif., Parallax Press
Pascoe, M. C., de Manincor, M., Tseberja, J., Hallgren, M., Baldwin, P. A., & Parker, A. G. (2021). Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the mood benefits of meditation: a narrative review. Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology, 6, 100037.
Toussaint, L., Nguyen, Q. A., Roettger, C., Dixon, K., Offenbächer, M., Kohls, N., ... & Sirois, F. (2021). Effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing, and guided imagery in promoting psychological and physiological states of relaxation. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2021(1), 5924040.
This event will be closed day before event. Please register by November 18, 2024
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