BAD YOGA vs GOOD YOGA

BAD YOGA??? WHAT?

How Yoga can wreck your body
if you don't listen to its messages.
vs. GOOD YOGA
Learning to decipher the body’s messages.
with Lisa McQuade

15 CEUs

June 22-24, 2012
Friday Evening: 7:30-9 p.m., Saturday: 7am-5:30 p.m.,
Sunday: 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

TUITION: $200
$175 if pre-registered & paid in full by May 22, 2012

William Broad’s New York Times January 2012 article rocked the yoga world by stating that most people should stop doing yoga because of the potential for injury. The initial reaction was that yoga that injures is not yoga, it is ego. However, yoga injuries are not a new development. A simple search of the Yoga Journal web site finds over 7,400 articles addressing yoga injury.

This workshop will focus on returning to the roots of the Discovery Yoga. Spot lighting the yoga teacher’s ability to guide class experiences that help to cultivate inner wisdom and self-trust, rather than command performances. We will explore the potential for yoga to heal body and soul, as well as to cause harm if one ignores the body’s messages. Basic anatomy will explore strengths and weaknesses and address ways to modify postures based on multi-level, multi-body-type class participation. The importance of language used to lead classes and encourage continuous exploration will be emphasized. Finally, we will explore how our tradition is grounded in compassion and can carry us to higher ground in the advertising of our yoga business.

FRIDAY EVENING

5:30-7pm yoga class w/Kelley (optional)

7:30-9pm opening night

SATURDAY MORNING

7-8:30 a.m. Morning Yoga (sadhana)

Start from where you are!

9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Issues of safety & movement

Back to basics- the importance of:

warm up
cool down
Alignment, neutral spine, core engagement
breaking down the posture
knees, shoulders, ankles, wrists, low back
How they work

We are all different!

Issues that affect our practice:

muscular skeletal, ligaments, tendons, bursa, etc
over use injuries, bone spurs, body parts, sprains, strains and tares…etc
Disease: high BP, diabetes, osteoarthritis, obesity, cardio vascular, medications
Times in life: childhood, pregnancy, 50+, 60+, 70+, etc-practice changes each decade.
Stress- stressful times may call for a change in what you do in order to focus your awareness.

Modification

Offering props:

blankets
blocks, wedges
body
gear: head stand rack, resist-a ball

What would happen if we didn’t do yoga?
Reading into the statistics:

statistics regarding other activities rates of injury
statistics of inactivity

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Verbiage for alignment
and movement:

Developing language that encourages class participants to have an experience rather than a performance.
Practice with each other- discuss in small groups how you can improve language, use props, & break down the pose. warm up a bit …Each will lead a posture of their choice.
Finish with relaxation...a healing point!

SUNDAY MORNING

7-8:30 a.m. Morning Yoga (sadhana)
Be true to yourself.
Carry over into discussion….

9 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Yogic History & Philosophy
HOW your practice should be!

How Discovery Yoga and the Kripalu tradition back us up.
How to incorporate this philosophy into your advertising!
Build yourself up without stepping on others.

Participants can petition for CEC’s with American Council on Exercise for this course. Provide a print out of Lisa’s credentials, the hour by hour outline found in course materials and your certificate. Questions regarding ACE CEC’s contact ACE Profession Services at 800-825-3636 or conted@acefitness.org

Lisa McQuade, MA- PHED, ACE-PT, E-RYT-500... Training Mind-Body-Spirit
since 1981.

I began my journey through Shotokan Karate at age 18. For my 35th birthday I asked my family to join me for my first yoga class at the YMCA. I felt so relaxed! I found Yoga sustained my other practices, especially karate. Having had a torn ACL since age 15, yoga strengthened my knee. The focus on alignment coincided with that of my martial arts practice, the advantage being I didn't have kicks and punches coming at me!

My interest in fitness sparked my desire to go for my MA at SDSU in Physical Education. Because of my interest in the mind~body connection I studied Sport Psychology and now use these tools to help cultivate the practice of living in the zone of life. After several years of yoga practice I dove into the Summer Intensive Discovery Yoga teacher training and my love of Kripalu Yoga soared!

Having taught Health and Wellness at the College level for 13 years, I bring a wealth of experience in dealing with fitness, alignment and movement, as well as stress management to the mat.

As a teacher I hope to cultivate a feeling of safety and understanding, while leading participants to the core of their being. I hope to Nurture self-wisdom and acceptance. One of my favorite expressions is to look for the “GURU” in you...Gee..U...R...U, learn to stand on your own to feet….rather than your head.

Wife, Mother and servant for the better good!