Yoga, Meditation, & Mindfulness

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Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT, End of Life Doula Related seminars and products

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Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT, End of Life Doula, is a holistic occupational therapist and has worked as a clinician, educator and supervisor in rehabilitation, community re-entry and the school setting. Her extensive knowledge of disease and disability with adults and children in a variety of settings combines with her complementary holistic treatments to provide a new level of understanding of how the brain and the immune system work together for natural and therapeutic healing. Betsy teaches clients to empower themselves to prevent injury, heal an existing injury and help with pain management and trauma throughout the lifespan. She works with individuals and families helping to find balance in their minds and bodies by using Ayurveda, Yoga therapy, Meditation and Mindfulness for healing.

Betsy is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is certified as a yoga kids' teacher and trainer by Yoga Kids International. She has advanced training in trauma through The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. and is a Level I Reiki practitioner. She recently completed her Ayurvedic Medicine Training for wellness coaching and this past year authored a chapter on Meditation in an Integrative Medicine Textbook for Rehab Professionals.  

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Betsy Shandalov maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Breath and Grace.com. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Betsy Shandalov has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Demonstrate yoga poses that target specific parts of the brain to improve behaviors affecting brain function.
2. Employ breathwork, meditation and mindfulness techniques to enhance and change the nervous system specific to each child’s diagnosis.
3. Implement active and restorative yoga poses and sequences for when a child is seated, standing and/or lying down
4. Create a customized treatment plan incorporating specific yoga, mindfulness and meditation techniques to help children with autism, sensory disorder, neurological disorders, cancer and ADHD be balanced in their body and brain throughout the day.

Outline

Yoga to Improve Brain Function

• Yoga, meditation and mindfulness
• Self-regulation and vagal tone and the nervous system
• Parts of the brain and movement patterns that can change behavior

Breathwork to Enhance the Nervous System

• Yogic breathing
• Practice breath patterns that are calming
• Techniques specific to child’s diagnosis

Active and Restorative Yoga Poses

• Differences between active and calming poses
• How prone and standing poses affect the body
• Eye exercises for brain balancing

Creating a Customized Treatement Plan

• Incorporate specific yoga, mindfulness and meditation techniques
• Strategies for diagnoses: autism, sensory disorders, neurological disorders, cancer and ADHD 
• Case study review
• Food and home modification as part of the treatment
• Parent participation 

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants