Workshops & EventsYoga Therapy for Cardiovascular Conditions
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Eligibility: this course is aimed at yoga teachers and trainee teachers and those who have extensive experience with these conditions (providing they also have strong and disciplined yoga practice and an understanding of the wider aspects of yoga)
Most countries face a high and increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease, which is a major cause of disability and death in developed countries. In this workshop you will learn about:
- how the heart responds to exercise and psychological stress
- arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, angina and heart attacks
- angioplasty, coronary artery bypass surgery and anti-coagulant medication
- hypertension, hypotension, arrhythmias, abdominal aortic aneurysm, heart failure, DVT, varicose veins, Raynaud's disease and vertebro-basilar insufficiency
- the physiological effects of yoga practice
- the psychological effects of being diagnosed with a cardiovascular condition
- appropriate practices for those with different degrees of cardiovascular illness:
- severe
- managed but with some impact day to day
- well controlled with minimal affect on day to day life.
The weekend will be divided into lectures by Dr Ruth Gilmore and practical sessions led by Anna Blackmore.
Dr Ruth Gilmore was a full-time lecturer at the Queen’s University of Belfast for many years, first in physiology and then in anatomy, until she took early retirement in order to devote more time to yoga. In 1996 she qualified as a yoga teacher with the Yoga Fellowship of Northern Ireland (the governing body of yoga in Northern Ireland), and has since acquired additional training and expertise in the use of yoga for medical conditions and pregnancy. From 2000 to 2008 she taught at her own studio in Belfast, providing general classes and yoga therapy sessions. In 2008 Ruth and her husband moved to Surrey to be nearer to family. From 1996 to 2009 Ruth was responsible for both course planning and Anatomy and Physiology tuition on the Yoga Biomedical Trust’s Yoga Therapy Diploma course. She now contributes to yoga therapy and other workshops organised by Yogacampus, as well as teaching on the Yogacampus yoga teacher training diploma course. Ruth has presented numerous educational and training courses on yoga, anatomy and medical topics in the UK, Republic of Ireland and elsewhere, and offers a wide variety of day and weekend workshops. She is a longstanding BWY member and provides a variety of both in-service training sessions and general days for BWY teachers all over the UK. Ruth particularly enjoys sharing her unique combination of yoga and medical knowledge with yoga teachers and trainees, so that they too can feel confident working with students in all circumstances. Ruth writes a popular monthly column in Yoga and Health, and has contributed to a number of yoga books. She is the author of Relieving Stress in the Yoga for Living series (Dorling Kindersley, 2002) and Ask Ruth, a compilation of the first five years of her column in Yoga and Health (2006).
Anna Blackmore has over 30 years of experience in yoga and has been teaching yoga and practising as a bodywork therapist since 1982. She originally did a Sivananda teacher training then went on to qualify as an Iyengar teacher. She has done extensive training in western and oriental bodywork, including osteopathy, various forms of massage, shiatsu and hypnotherapy. Anna is a registered shiatsu practitioner and senior teacher, a hypnotherapist and was a registered osteopath for 11 years. From 1986 to 1998 Anna taught shiatsu theory and practice, yoga and self development, anatomy, physiology and pathology for the European Shiatsu School, where she was responsible for designing courses and writing course material. She has also written course material for Yogacampus and various articles on yoga and yoga therapy for complementary health websites. Anna has studied many styles of yoga, inlcuding Iyengar, Sivananda and Astanga Vinyasa. She also has a great deal of experience in meditation and mind training techniques and has a particular interest in yoga psychology. The various strands of her training have come together in her work as a yoga therapist and she has also studied yoga therapy with teachers in India and the USA. Anna also teaches on the Yogacampus yoga teacher training diploma course.