PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This training will encourage you to take your Yoga skills with you into your workplace.  Whether the job involves lifting, typing, or sitting -- Yoga practice can help prevent common work-related injuries.  This program will cover Yoga routines designed for all levels, all sizes, all degrees of strength, and mobility.  Participants will practice breathing techniques, relaxation/meditation, balance, back care, flexibility, and strengthening exercises. The program is designed for office settings, with some “take-home” practice to compliment the training experience.   Participants are encouraged to wear clothing that offers room for movement and ease of breath.

FACULTY: Christy Burnette is an E-RYT500, Certified Anusara Teacher who utilizes Yoga in rehabilitation and for personalized training with people of all levels of mobility. Ms. Burnette travels nationwide offering in depth Yoga Teacher Trainings, Yoga Therapy Trainings, workshops, and retreats. Her approach is based on a strong understanding of body movement and alignment, an approach which is strengthened by her passion for offering both physical and emotional support to people learning Yoga.  As the Director of Yoga Education for the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, Ms. Burnette designed, wrote, and implemented a 200-hour Yoga teacher training program, with her team placing over 200 graduating students worldwide every year. A strong component to her teaching is Yoga “off-the-mat” programs. Ms. Burnette’s outdoor activity company, “Left Handed Adventures”, takes Yoga one step further where Yoga students expand their boundaries and explore their relationships to the world around them. With over twenty years of experience in the yoga profession, Ms. Burnette promotes yoga as a “whole-body-whole-life” experience.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:  At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• regulate breath with abdominal breathing, complete breath, Ujjayi breath, and Nadi Sodhana,

• utilize the “walking meditation” and understand the concept of healthy feet, foot design, and the function of foot massage,

• discuss how to protect yourself from Osteoporosis through correct postures, and how to “tone-your-bones”,

• develop a new understanding of the low back, and utilize new way to sit, stand, and sleep,

• utilize postures that can promote digestion and detoxify the body,

• practice yoga exercises which increase flexibility and provide better body balance.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  All interested health care employees.

AGENDA:                         

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM             Registration, Sign-In, and Introductions

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM          Feet First - Getting Grounded
                                             The Mechanics of Flexibility

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM        Morning Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM        Low Back Health - Through Sitting, Standing, and Sleeping

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM          Lunch (on your own)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM            Breathing Techniques - Balance Through Breath
                                             Osteoporosis - Postures to Tone the Bones

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM             Afternoon Break

2:45 PM - 4:30 PM             Digestion-Keeping Your System Running Efficiently
                                             Set Up Your Own Home Yoga Practice Routine
                                             Relaxation Techniques

4:30 PM                             Program Closing and Evaluation

CONTINUING EDUCATION: The Southwest Health Professions Education Center, Inc. (SEC) certifies this program for 6 contact hours.  A certificate of attendance will be awarded. 

REGISTRATION: Registration is $125.00. Fee for VA employees is $18.00. Includes continental breakfast, break refreshments, and course material.  Credit card registrations may be faxed to (928) 776-6137.  Registration is not complete until payment received.  Space is limited.  Refunds, minus a $15 processing fee, will be made until 3 days prior to the program.  No refunds will be made after this date. There will a $20.00 processing fee for any returned checks. 
Confirmation letters will not be sent.