Professional Trainings
We are all just walking each other home. ~ Ram Das
Mindful Yoga For Chronic Pain Professional Training
Level 1 Training For Yoga Teachers and Physical Therapists
Mindful Yoga for Persistent Pain is a professional training program offered to registered yoga instructors, physical therapists, and other health professionals. Mindful Yoga has been shown in clinical research trials conducted at Duke and OHSU to significantly reduce pain in diverse groups.
Know Thyself Meditation Teacher Training
Know Thyself is a year long teacher training course of a ‘direct path’ application of the central teaching of all the great wisdom traditions. Learn to recognize the universal reality of aware being and how the ground of Knowing informs how to relate to body, thoughts, emotions, and personality (including its shadow elements). Inquire deeply into how we engage “others”, and to the sense of the “Divine”. Developed by Kimberly and Jim Carson based on their decades of delving into various types of meditation – especially Kashmir Shaivism and Buddhist traditions. Know Thyself Meditation has been the foundation of the Carson’s programs and research.
Integrative Yoga For Seniors Professional Training
Master Program
With seniors age 65 and older representing the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. population, the basic tools of yoga — such as relaxation breathing and gentle postures — offer a powerful, yet low-cost and accessible means to enhance quality of life and to ease suffering caused by many ailments common to seniors including arthritis, chronic pain and heart disease.
March 5 – April 24, 2023
7 Mondays and 1 Sunday
Duke Health System VIRTUAL PLATFORM
Integrative Yoga For Seniors Professional Training
Abridged Program
With seniors age 65 and older representing the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. population, the basic tools of yoga — such as relaxation breathing and gentle postures — offer a powerful, yet low-cost and accessible means to enhance quality of life and to ease suffering caused by many ailments common to seniors including arthritis, chronic pain and heart disease.
September 2022
Kripalu Center for Yoga Lenox, MA
With Kimberly Carson & Carol Krucoff
Mindful Yoga for Cancer Professional Training
Mindful Yoga for Cancer is a seven-day professional training program offered to registered yoga instructors at the state-of-the-art integrative medicine center at Duke University Medical Center. Mindful Yoga, as applied in clinical trials of the “Yoga of Awareness” intervention, has been shown to be helpful for various stages of the breast cancer experience (see Research for details), resulting in lower pain, fatigue and emotional distress while increasing vigor, acceptance, and relaxation.
