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Yoga is Therapy 
Integrating Evidence Based Practices in Your Treatment

w/ Jaimie Perkunas DPT, C-IAYT

AZ Physical Therapy approved 8 CEUs

For Physical Therapists - Physical Therapist Assistants

- Occupational Therapists - Occupational Therapist Assistants - Registered Nurses

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Learn:

  • Practical Yogic Approaches to Assessing Patients

  • Evidence Based Breathwork & Mindfulness Practices​

  • Yoga Informed Treatments for Hypermobility, Low Back Pain, Neck/Shoulder Pain

  • ​Nervous System Regulation Techniques for Pain Management

Address:

8am - 5pm

Sunday April 13th

Location: The Restoration Room - 6502 E Speedway Blvd - Suite 2 (Wilmot/Speedway) - Tucson, AZ 85710​

Investment:

$160* early bird (by 04/06)

$195* (after 04/06)

 

*add $80 for CEU certificate

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Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 - Sign in - Introductions 

8:00- 9:30 - Lecture/Powerpoint: Yoga Physiology - 8 limbs, 5 koshas, Bring Yogic View into Healthcare

9:30 - 10:00 - Small Group Discussion - Developing questions from 5 koshas, ways to bring yogic view into patient sessions

10:00 - 12:00 - Lecture/Experience - Breathwork for pain management/nervous system regulation 

12-1pm LUNCH BREAK 

1 - 2pm Experiential learning: Introduction to Yoga Nidra & Meditation

2 - 3:30pm Experiential learning: Posture, poses for common conditions - hypermobility, low back/hip pain, shoulder/neck pain

3:30 - 4:30pm Case Studies

4:30 - 5pm - Practice teaching yoga techniques. 

5pm - Evaluation/Dismissal

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Yoga

OUTPT PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Incredible information!

Very insightful, engaging, organized

and useful.

Yoga Group

PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT

Very informative

and impactful.

I would definitely recommend it.

Outdoors Yoga Class

HOME HEALTH PHYSICAL THERAPIST

It was wonderful to experience these techniques  for myself and my patients. 
I felt rejuvenated after class.

Course Objectives

  • Demonstrate breathwork practices that create a parasympathetic response.

  • Explain how changes in the nervous system effects persistent pain

  • Implement verbal cues with mindfulness languaging and mind body awareness into treatment session

  • Create a plan of care and home exercises program that include yoga techniques

  • Apply a 5 kosha view with intake questions & postural assessment

  • Develop yoga informed treatment plans for a variety of diagnoses, low back pain, hypermobility, neck pain, hip pain, shoulder pain

  • State the evidence based benefits of yoga and mindfulness techniques

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