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MS and Yoga with Matthew J. Taylor in AZ

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Presents a 2-day Professional

Education Certification on Yoga & MS

 

A 21st Century Yoga Response to MS:

 Moving beyond just asana to be in the world with an MS diagnosis

 


Date: Sat/Sun October 9 & 10, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm

Location: Nina Mason Pulliam Conference Center in the Disability Empowerment Center 5025 E. Washington, Phoenix, AZ (map below)

CEU’s: AZAPTA and Yoga Alliance ceu’s applied for 12.0 contact hours.

Tuition: $180 (All proceeds go to the AZ MS Chapter because Dr. Taylor is donating his time.)

Intended Audience: Yoga teachers, physical therapists, licensed healthcare professionals.

Agenda: Click here.

The format of the workshop will be a fast-paced, fun mix of lecture instruction, case studies and lab experience. The second day will include volunteers with MS to demonstrate and practice teaching principles. 
 
Emphasis will be on safety and appropriate employment of Yoga technologies (philosophy, postures, breathing, meditation, imagery and corrections) and how Yoga employs exciting new neuroscience breakthroughs. 
 

Curriculum will include business development instruction in HIPAA compliant communications with the healthcare team, professional languaging and marketing to referral sources. The criteria for certificate will be 90% on post-test. 

Read the announcement in the AZ MS Society Chapter Summer Newsletter here

The Instructor
The course instructor will be Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, RYT, a nationally known leader in integrative rehabilitation. He is the immediate past-president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, a clinician, researcher, and textbook author on Yoga Therapeutics in Rehabilitation. Dr. Taylor owns a yoga-based rehabilitation clinic in Scottsdale. He first became acquainted with MS when his father could no longer catch his Little League curve ball due to optic neuritis as his father’s presenting symptom. He has nearly 30 years of clinical experience and his doctoral work was grounded in Integral Yoga philosophy as it applies to modern change technology.
 

His curriculum vitae is available at www.matthewjtaylor.com.

 

To register for the program log onto the AZ MS Society site here  or phone 480-968-2488, ext 222.
 

Hope to see you there and please spread the word through your networks!
 
Downloadable flyer at here
 


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3 Responses to “MS and Yoga with Matthew J. Taylor in AZ”

  1. lu bleveans says:
    June 24, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    Hi Matt, I’m filled with admiration for what you’re doing. Good for you! Lu

  2. integrative clinic says:
    June 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    integrative clinic…

    What are the major types of complementary and alternative medicine?…

  3. admin says:
    June 27, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    Thanks for writing Leon. The group that defines CAM as far as research goes is http://nccam.nih.gov/ and they list the services as :

    http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/#types

    We have a board to dialog with this more medically driven group which I just stepped down from. It is http://www.accahc.org
    Thanks for dropping by and sorry about the soccer match today.
    Best regards,
    matt

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