Saturday, July 11, 2009

12:00 PM  
 
Yoga for Special Needs 12-1:30 & 2:30-4

SATURDAY, JULY 11
Teaching Yoga for People with Special Needs*
12-1:30pm  with Shoosh Crotzer
A basics training for yoga teachers, therapists and anyone working with people with special needs.

Gentle Seated Yoga for People with Special Needs*
& their Caregivers–
2:30-4pm w/ Shoosh Crotzer

Includes Discussion, Class & Refreshments
A Discussion, a short, Gentle Yoga Class & Refreshments for anyone with special needs and for their Caregivers. You DON’T have to be flexible and athletic to get great benefits from a yoga practice!

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*Special Needs: Arthritis, MS, Fibromyalgia,
Cancer, Lyme Disease and Related Conditions.

(Note: we are NOT wheelchair accessible)
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Advance Registration: $30/session, both for $50,  At the Door: $40/session.
Call to Register: 203.287.2277.  

Image Copyright © David Martinez.
Reprinted with permission of Rodmell Press

 

Shoosh Lettick Crotzer has been teaching yoga since 1974 and now specializes in working with students with special needs. She has a masters degree in diagnostic education. In 1994, while teaching for the National MS Society, she founded the production and distribution company Mobility Limited and wrote and produced the video Yoga for MS. In 1997 she wrote and produced Yoga for Arthritis in partnership with the Arthritis Foundation. She has given workshops and made presentations on yoga and arthritis at international rheumatology conferences.

Shoosh began her yoga training in India in the 1970s and continued with Sivananda Yoga teachers in Los Angeles. She has a background in Iyengar-style yoga and has studied with Joel Kramer, Ganga White, and Tracey Rich. Shoosh has taught yoga at universities, yoga centers, health clubs, and privately throughout the country. She is the founder and director of the nonprofit organization Enhancement, Inc., which works to improve the quality of life for breast cancer survivors. She lives in Morro Bay, California, with her husband, Colby.
 


Your Community Yoga Center at 39 Putnam Ave., Hamden, Ct 06517 located in the greater New Haven area, servicing Branford, Cheshire, East Haven, Hamden, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, Northford, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, and Woodbridge. Offering yoga for Beginners, All-levels yoga, ParaYoga®, Gentle/Restorative Yoga, Chair Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Yoga for Teens, Yoga for Tweens, Vinyasa Yoga, Pre-Natal Yoga, Senior/Gentle Yoga, Anusara Inspired Yoga, Belly Dance, Hatha-Tantra Yoga, Tantra Meditation, Buddhist Meditation, Ayurveda and free yoga classes for the community. Our bookstore carries books on yoga, meditation, and ayurveda as well as cds, yoga mats, blocks, props and jewelry. Formerly The Connecticut Yoga Center.