*Saturday training*
June 26, 2010
9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
6 CEU/clock hours
Location: 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road
REGISTER: (fees vary and can be found on the registration form)
YOGA AS A THERAPEUTIC CLINICAL TOOL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
Yoga philosophy is healing and therapeutic. It is an excellent tool kit for motivating clients to live in the moment and cultivate change in a positive way. This beginner, intermediate or advanced training, depending on your level of enthusiasm and flexibility, will explore the Yamas (ethical codes), the Niyamas (observances or restraints) and the four aims of life, the Purushartas. These three practices will channel human fulfillment, lead you to success and balance, and provide you with a guide for awareness in our actions, thoughts and deeds. This training will provide you the clinician, a different perspective to instill to your clients. * Please come in comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or bath towel. *
Participants will have learned at the conclusion of this training:
Presenter, Lara Falberg, LISW, received her BSSW and MSW from The Ohio State University. Ms. Falberg has extensive experience working in the fields of child advocacy and with victims of domestic violence. She was the victim advocate with the Dekalb County District Attorney's Office for eight years and continued after she left as a consultant advising attorneys about a child's statements and their emotional abilities to withstand testimony in court. She also continued to play an active role as an expert witness in domestic violence cases, and cases involving the validity of a child's testimony. To manage the stress of this demanding work, she began yoga which would lead her to her yoga teaching certification in February of 2006. She went on to teach yoga and see clients in private practice. It was then she developed her style of utilizing and weaving the yoga philosophies and principles into the therapy sessions. She began to incorporate simple asana, or postures, and yoga breath work into her therapy practice to assist clients with calming techniques and to help draw them into their inner truth and to find contentment when discontent was all around. The growing Yoga Therapy movement is gaining such momentum specifically because the results are actively offering us successful experiences with clients who were not before motivated or inclined towards change. Ms. Falberg teaches yoga classes at The Ohio State University and has produced her own DVD, Yoga Dose, yogadose.com.
