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YogaMedica - Treatment Workshops

Iyengar Yoga Institute of Marin
Masonic Center
1122 Magnolia Ave.
Larkspur CA 94939
415.626.8441
yogamedica.com


Weekend workshops are 1-time events that focus on relieving bothersome spine, orthopedic or organic symptoms. Dynamic therapeutic pose series impart the precise modifications proven to heal the body and normalize health.

SATURDAYS • 11:00 - 2:00p

Low Back Pain Cure • Sep 28, 2013 • Jan 4, 2014 • Mar 15, 2014 

Science finds that Iyengar Yoga treatments ‘effective’ - fast for relieving pain, and‘efficacious’ - improvements last (the result least found in other treatment methods). The medicinal movements taught in this series can restore the postural integrity, fitness and core strength needed to heal severe back pain. As if that’s not enough, there are countless secondary benefits: inflammation dissolves, degeneration is averted and hope is restored! Learn from the teacher longest at fixing bad backs.


Heal Neck-Whiplash • Oct 5, 2013 • Jan 11, 2014 • Mar 22, 2014 

Collisions force traumas exceed strain thresholds and institute processes that erode tissue, structure and posture, debilitate range of motion, cause varietal pains, distortion, headache, dizziness, stuck shoulders, frozen scapula, low back or sacra-iliac pain and sleep issues and lead to arthritis. Students will be taught what science most prescribes: corrective mobilizations that end inflammation, reestablish posture, and restore function, freedom and strength.


Nix Neck Pain Now • Oct 12, 2013 •Jan 18, 2014 • Mar 29, 2014

Mechanical neck pain is usually chronic and often debilitating, but listen up! MNP is not without remedy. The Iyengar Yoga treatments taught in this series normalize cervical curvature by extending and strengthening the neck, by undoing the crystallization of the high upper back where nerves lose function and free the mid back, shoulders and scapula. Range of motion improves and pain disappears and arthritis is avoided. The waiting game to do what works has no pay-off. Don’t wait!


End Sciatica • Dec 7, 2013 • Mar 8, 2014 • May 24, 2014

The causes of sciatica pain - compression and distortion to lumbar L-4 and L-5 discs, but also the continual effects of injury, whether impact or postural habit, must be amended to prevent worse degenerative changes that weaken, deform and derail the whole spine and cause secondary issues: lost function, health and well-being. Research finds Iyengar Yoga therapy is #1 for both relieving the most severe pain and for repairing the spine. Improvements last.


Counterpose Scoliosis • Oct 19, 2013 • Jan 25, 2014 • April 5, 2014
Women with idiopathic scoliosis learn a pose sequence and mobilization techniques that provide spinal traction, postural release, range of motion, function and comfort while opening the chest, heart and lungs, liberating the shoulders and blades and creating a natural balance between the neck, mid back and low spine.


SATURDAYS • 2:00 - 5:00p


Fix Bad Hips! • Oct 26, 2013 • Feb 1, 2014 • April 12, 2014

Prolonged faulty posture, sports injury or congenital defect may inflame tissue, distort, close and disable hip sockets and cause pain and disability in time. Right pose mobilizations disentangle distortion, resolve inflammation and improve mobility as socket space is reestablished, reducing pain. Open hips, loose groins, a free psoas, long hams and stress-free posture support shock-absorbing weight bearing and ROM and correct the strain of lower body movement on the spine and hips.


Bad Knee Fix • Nov 2, 2013 • Feb 8, 2014 • April 26, 2014

The behemoth effort to transform the knees is worth the behemoth benefit that comes from the corrective movements and right effort: the intelligent form and function of the knees, hips and ankles long missed evolve, chronic discomfort, strain, stiffness and immobility disappear. In time, the relationships between the muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and patellar of the knees, as well as the hips, ankles and feet can mend. You will be taught how to free the knees and keep them for life.


Hypo-Thyroid Remedy • Nov 9, 2013 • Feb 15, 2014 • May 3, 2014

Hyper-Thyroid Remedy • Nov 16, 2013 • Feb 22, 2014 • May 10, 2014

Regular practice of the right poses can fully remit thyroid disease, reset the thyroid to normal levels and abate symptoms, whether goiter or bulging eyes, fast or slow heart rate, shakiness or weakness, mental discomfit or confusion, appetite and weight gain or loss and sleep disturbances. As glands regulate, the body and mind return to normal. Learn from someone who was cured from a severe case of Graves disease and who knows how to help others with thyroid disease.


Preventative Treatment/Teen Scoliosis • Nov 30, 2013 • Mar 1, 2014 • May 17, 2014 • 2:00-4:30pm

In this series, teens learn which poses best loosen the hamstrings and hips, develop shoulder and thoracic freedom and evenness, strengthen the arms, legs and torso and provide propped traction for lengthening the spine. In a safe environment, and with encouragement and precise guidance, teens learn pose movements that enable growth up and out of scoliosis, and, they’ll gain a life foundation for knowing how to maintain physical stability, postural awareness and spatial intelligence.

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