The Lived in Experience of Pain
- By Yoga Studio Calgary
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- 05 Nov, 2018
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Neil is a skilled and compassionate physical therapist, an engaging expert educator, and a leader in pain management in Canada. His approach to pain management is innovate and multi-disciplinary. He brings together the science of pain and pain management from a western medical perspective with the mind-body paradigm of yoga philosophy to provide practical skills for empowering others to live and move with more ease.
Neil’s focus on the lived experience of pain contributes to a broader understanding of pain, the effects of pain on the whole person, and how to develop practices to meet an individual’s needs. His experience as a Physiotherapist working with individuals experiencing pain, and the depth of his own yoga and meditation practice make this workshop a truly unique experience.
Pain Care Yoga workshop provides in-depth integration of pain science, innovative pain self-management techniques, yoga philosophy and yoga practices. Participants will gain a solid foundation in pain science, and in yoga philosophy related to pain and pain management. Daily yoga practices each day of the 3 day training will assist the practitioner to begin integration of Pain Care Yoga principles into their clinical or therapeutic practice.
The focus is on enhancing foundational knowledge, and shifting paradigms of pain, people living in pain and evidence based pain care.
Pain Care Yoga is a workshop for health practitioners - regulated health professionals, yoga teachers and movement professions. For 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified teachers the credits of the course can be applied towards the 500 hour certification, and are eligible for 50 hours CEU with Yoga Alliance. This also meets partial requirements for the Pain Care Yoga and Pain Care Movement Teacher certificates.
Neil’s focus on the lived experience of pain contributes to a broader understanding of pain, the effects of pain on the whole person, and how to develop practices to meet an individual’s needs. His experience as a Physiotherapist working with individuals experiencing pain, and the depth of his own yoga and meditation practice make this workshop a truly unique experience.
Pain Care Yoga workshop provides in-depth integration of pain science, innovative pain self-management techniques, yoga philosophy and yoga practices. Participants will gain a solid foundation in pain science, and in yoga philosophy related to pain and pain management. Daily yoga practices each day of the 3 day training will assist the practitioner to begin integration of Pain Care Yoga principles into their clinical or therapeutic practice.
The focus is on enhancing foundational knowledge, and shifting paradigms of pain, people living in pain and evidence based pain care.
Pain Care Yoga is a workshop for health practitioners - regulated health professionals, yoga teachers and movement professions. For 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified teachers the credits of the course can be applied towards the 500 hour certification, and are eligible for 50 hours CEU with Yoga Alliance. This also meets partial requirements for the Pain Care Yoga and Pain Care Movement Teacher certificates.
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