Yoga for Pain Care Australia

24 Apr What is good movement?

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With science confirming that standing up straighter won't reduce your pain and that simply building muscle isn't the answer either, what exactly is good movement? Somatics practices like Feldenkrais and Body-Mind Centering help us build body awareness (interoception as well as proprioception) and movement nerds following...

24 Apr If you don’t have persistent pain you can get by with rubbish movement

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If you don't have persistent pain you’ll probably cope perfectly well with a yoga class that's a bit beyond you. In the unlikely event that you injure yourself, time and rest should eventually allow you to return to a more appropriate class (or persevere with...

07 Apr Yoga for Pain is like learning maths

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Five years talking with people with persistent pain about their needs, and interviews with Australian pain clinics, revealed a big gap that yoga could fill: people with persistent pain needed support transitioning into ordinary life after medical care. ...

30 Jan Can a yoga teacher be too kind?

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Yoga for Pain Practitioner Rosemary Harding runs pain-friendly yoga in Bunbury Western Australia. She explains to Rachael West how she walks the fine line between keeping students safe, and giving them the chance to progress....

29 Nov Meet the practitioner: Yoga teacher Kirsten Mackintosh (Gippsland, Victoria)

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Kirsten Mackintosh trained in Power Yoga but now most of her students are over 50. ...

06 Oct How to teach yoga to the 1 in 5 Australians with persistent pain

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This recently published article by Rachael West featured in the Yoga Australia Spring Edition. You can read the whole article on page 26 of the full magazine here, or read it below. Learn how pain works to help you keep clients A growing body of evidence shows...