This workshop will be invaluable to teachers and students. Emma is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist with over 20 years experience in musculoskeletal care. In this workshop she will be addressing functional anatomy of the hip joint, common hip problems, hip replacement and how to manage these challenges in class This is a workshop for beginners, general level students and teachers from all schools of yoga and Pilates. Not to be missed.
Shona has been a Chartered Physio for 24 years and specialise in chronic pain rehab. She is passionate about helping people who have “been everywhere and tried everything” to move forward and recover from chronic pain. She loves taking a whole person approach to every story. Shona has worked within the NHS as a specialist physio/ back pain advanced practitioner for 18 years alongside various private clinics she took the leap and opened West End Physio in 2019. She is a guest lecturer on complex chronic back pain at Glasgow Caledonian University and has previously presented to the British Pain Society and NHS on healthcare pain rehab communication, and outwith the clinic can be heard spouting monthly on the airwaves of BBC Radio Scotland Mornings back pain surgery!
Join Shona on this highly interactive session if you would like to understand a bit more about how to support your clients with pain to continue and progress their practice. We will explore …
How to support and communicate with your clients through ”painful times”.
The different types of pain (not all pain is damage!) and what this means for movement versus rest.
Hear about exciting pain neuroscience advances and how this has changed how we treat pain and what that means for your (explained very practically!)
We will take time to explore our own beliefs and fears around pain and how that may influence our clients. We will myth-bust some engrained outdated beliefs around pain!
We will do all this through a couple of real case studies, incorporate a Q and A and you will hopefully leave feeling much more confident in the face of pain!
Garth McLean’s story is an inspiring one. In his own words, he
was “blessed with a diagnosis of MS” in 1996, an event that
disrupted his career trajectory as a Hollywood actor and that
changed everything for him – as he says, instantly, forever and
continuously.
Yoga helps him manage his symptoms and the stress of these huge
changes, and while it’s not a cure, he is living proof that a
well-informed practice can help lessen symptoms and safely empower
the practitioner to enhance their quality of life, whether dealing
with a condition or convalescing from an injury or illness
Shortly after I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in
1996, as a younger man I was scared, unsure and filled with
trepidation about an uncertain future. Along with relevant
medication, my doctor recommended yoga as a complementary
discipline that may help to get and keep my condition in remission,
and my body functioning. I was lucky to soon afterwards receive
direct personal guidance from BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar.
Disease implies an absence of ease or an imbalance. An internal
storm. A perfect breeding ground for fear, uncertainty and doubt,
all of which seem to resonate in our current global climate.
In these upcoming workshops we seek to soothe and balance the
nervous and immune systems to calm the chaos and restore a sense of
balance...physically and emotionally ... according to the
individual's needs and ability. Health is simply a by-product of
proper yoga practice. Through iconic alignment of asana (physical
postures) and pranayama (breathing) we can fortify stability and
mobility to keep mobile and endure with relative ease what may not
be able to be cured. Once we arrive to ourselves and own our
personal truth of where we are, we can then work to align the body,
the peripheral nerves with the motor nerves, in such a fashion that
the body is given the opportunity to realize its potential. BKS
Iyengar opened up a door to possibility and gave me the tools to
take action to move beyond my limitations with courage and
caution.
I welcome you and hope you can join me as we investigate and
explore ways to quell symptoms, brighten the future and enhance our
lives!
Garth McLean is a dedicated practitioner of yoga. As a teacher of yoga, Garth is a senior level Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher “CIYT” (Level 3 – Intermediate Sr III), a Certified Yoga Therapist and Approved Professional Development Provider with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), and a Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP) with Yoga Alliance.
Garth is a published author of Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis, A Practical Guide for People with MS and Yoga Teachers, (Singing Dragon Books, London 2020).