Posts Tagged ‘yoga therapy’
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Nicole Cyrille, owner of Yoga Harmony Nashville (YHN), is an amazing woman. She organized an terrific workshop, with a great turn-out, and has built one of the most beautiful studios I’ve ever been in. She also took all of the pictures below! I had so much fun teaching this class, it doesn’t even seem fair that it’s my job.
Not unlike many yoga teachers, Nicole is also an actress and in her case even a spokes-person. One thing that sets her apart, however, is that she was born with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), an acute nerve disorder impacting her ability to walk without discomfort. From what I can tell, it has only served to make her more focused. There are several variations of the disorder, but hers (CMT 1A — the most common) means she overproduces a protein that causes the myelin sheath to fall away from the nerve so that the muscle can’t get fed. It only affects her from toes to knees and fingertips to elbows. For most of people that is where the disease is, but for a few, there are more severe issues. Nicole’s worst-case scenario would likely be a wheelchair and curled-up fingers. When I asked if yoga was helping she replied, (more…)
Tags: 3ME workshop, charcot-marie-tooth, hot yoga, Jason Scholder, nicole cyrille, thai food, the smiling elephant, yoga harmony nashville, yoga therapy
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Cora Wen will teach Crossing the Bridge and Rotator Relief, featured here with the Thank Pink Three Minute Egg
This weekend Cora Wen will join fellow experts Leslie Howard and Sterling Painton, in the body, yoga and respective areas of specialization for a Therapeutics Workshop series. Offered for both teachers interested in learning to incorporate therapeutic yoga into their teaching, as well as students who wish to gain increased insight into their own body, the workshops are hosted by Yoga Bloom at the California Yoga Center with locations in Palo Alto and Mountain View. (more…)
Tags: breast cancer and yoga, breast cancer awareness, breast cancer education, cora wen, ergonomic yoga blocks, hand therapy, Iyengar yoga, Leslie Howard, Parkinson's Disease, shoulder therapy, Sterling Tainton, Thank Pink Three Minute Egg, three minute egg, yoga blocks, yoga bloom, yoga bloom thank pink eggs, yoga eggs, yoga props, yoga therapy
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
“When you place your palms on the floor in Adho Mukha Svanasana you have to find where your energy is present and where it is absent, where the life force is active, or overactive, and where passive and inactive.” – B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga Wisdom & Practice
Where To
- Under the hands
- Under the forearms
- Between the thighs
- Under the forehead
Why To
- If you find that there is significant discomfort in the shoulders this is often because there is too much weight being placed on the hands. An Egg under each hand takes away some of this pressure and encourages you to shift more weight back into your feet.
- Wrist discomfort is one of the primary complaints in many inverted postures. This can be caused by Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or simply a lack of (more…)
Tags: beginning yoga, blocks, Carpal Tunnel, down dog, downward-facing dog, egg blocks, ergonomic yoga blocks, hamstring stretch, iyengar, Senior Yoga, shoulder strengthener, therapeutic yoga, wrist pain, yoga and eggs, yoga blocks, yoga equipment, yoga for beginners, yoga props, yoga therapy, yoga with wrist pain
Posted in Andasanas -- Egg Postures | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
As a child, we look to our mothers for guidance. As a student, we follow our teachers as mentors. Graydon Moffat is both. Deemed
the “Yummy Yoga Mummy of Toronto” by a local newspaper years ago, the name has stuck ever since. And appropriately so.
Like many first-time mothers, Graydon suffered from sleep deprivation and anxiety during her son’s first few years. It was then that Restorative Yoga really shined through, finally enabling her to relax enough to fall into a deep slumber once again. “Holding deep poses for a long time felt good,” she says, “especially after periodic diaper changes and other unconventional times.” (more…)
Tags: ambassador program, anxiety, experiences, hatha yoga, kids yoga, kundalini yoga, restorative yoga, sleep deprivation, therapeutic yoga, three minute egg, yoga therapy
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
Thank you everyone for ‘Yakking” about us. We won! We have officially joined the ranks of “Most Yakkable!!!”
Below is the list of amazing things people have said about the Eggs. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Happy reading! (and it appears you can keep on yakking about the Eggs if you like, so go for it!)
Tags: "help with back pain" "back pain" "yoga props" "back pain and three minute egg", 3 Minute Egg, advanced yoga and props, asana practice, beginning yoga, blocks, chiropractic, egg blocks, experiences, intermediate yoga, physical therapy, restorative yoga, Thank you, therapeutic yoga, three minute egg, using props in advanced yoga, wrist, yoga and props, yoga blocks, yoga bricks, yoga equipment, yoga for beginners, yoga props, yoga therapy, yoga with wrist pain
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
The Three Minute Egg® is great for seniors!
I love the Three Minute Egg®! You introduced them to me when I was in LA for the Yoga Therapy Symposium in 2009.
I love them for me because they are wonderful to open up my spine in bed or on a yoga mat. I lay over them top of spine to bottom with the highest part of the egg at the thoracic spine and they help me fall off to sleep and also to wake up in the morning. Sounds contradictory I know but it’s true.
If I’m feeling overwhelmed and emotional (more…)
Tags: "help with back pain" "back pain" "yoga props" "back pain and three minute egg", 3 Minute Egg, arthritis, arthritis and yoga, back stretch, blocks, egg blocks, heart opener, lung opener, restorative yoga, Senior Yoga, sleep, spine stretch, therapeutic yoga, three minute egg, wrist, yoga, yoga and props, yoga equipment, yoga props, yoga therapy, yoga with wrist pain
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Getting started in yoga wasn’t easy for me. My biggest obstacle was simply summoning up the courage to walk through the door. For years I shunned the yoga world in favor of a gym membership, only to traumatize my spine with a slipped disc after overexerting myself on a weight machine. One surgery later I was miraculously able to sit, stand, and walk again without any nerve pain. My medically-restored mobility, however, came at the expense of my flexibility.
My doctor prescribed for me a daily yoga and pilates regimen. While I was curious to try it, my fears descended upon me each time I arrived at the studio. I’d walk into a class and position myself strategically toward the back of the room. My goal was to avoid judgment from those who seemingly conquered any posture with ease, while I struggled simply to touch my toes. My silent need to compete with the advanced yogis who surrounded me blinded me to the (more…)
Tags: asana practice, back pain, beginning yoga, experiences, physical therapy, yoga and back pain, yoga props, yoga therapy
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010
I immediately fell in love with the Eggs when I received them last Wednesday. Your Three Minute Eggs are well made and well designed. The shape, texture and weight of each Egg invites the body to trust its surface!
I am an Occupational Therapist in private practice in San Francisco. I am a yoga student, but not a yoga teacher. I work with young children, school age children, adolescents, and young adults. My clients usually present with developmental, motor, attention and often learning disorders. The severity of their challenges range from mildly evident to very significant and in many cases they possess good to gifted intelligence. I have also followed several autistic students from preschool to young adulthood.
I use yoga as a “therapeutic modality” in my work together with other therapeutic tools as I address (more…)
Tags: 3 Minute Egg, beginning yoga, blocks, egg blocks, experiences, occupational therapy, physical therapy, therapeutic yoga, three minute egg, yoga equipment, yoga therapy
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Forgive me for gushing, but today I awoke to slew of new orders, and I just couldn’t figure out where they were coming from! I finally glanced at my Google Analytics and found over 300 referrals from RealAge.com. Evidently they had written an article about the benefits of yoga for back pain, and named the Three Minute Egg® as Editor’s Choice for back pain yoga! Evidently they have a large following because over 300 of their readers clicked on the link and I’ve been packing boxes all day.
Thank you, Real Age, for the Editor’s Choice selection.
Meanwhile, it’s no secret that (more…)
Tags: beginning yoga, chiropractic, editors choice award, help with back pain, iyengar, physical therapy, RealAge.com, therapeutic yoga, yoga props, yoga therapy
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
I feel a combination of gratitude and astonishment when people review the Three Minute Egg® and have this many positive things to say. I of course think it’s a great product, but I’m supposed to feel that way. I invented it! When other people take the time to share their thoughts and recommendations, all I can say is, “Thank you.” So today I am saying a belated ‘Thank you’ to Yoga Deals for doing such a nice write-up on my product. If you have anything you’d like to add, please do! And please share this with your yoga community. I really appreciate it!
design within stretch – three minute egg – product review
the three minute egg is the new block on the mat, but what’s with the name? according to the founder and ‘recovering’ furniture maker, jason (aka creative dude with a bad back), the name was hatched (i couldn’t resist) because of the “great benefits [that] can come from a practice where one holds challenging poses for up to 3 minutes & restorative poses for at least 3 or more.” jason also mentioned, that we should be on the lookout for… (more…)
Tags: 3 Minute Egg, asana practice, beginning yoga, blocks, egg blocks, experiences, intermediate yoga, restorative yoga, Thank you, therapeutic yoga, three minute egg, using props in advanced yoga, yoga and props, yoga blocks, yoga blog, yoga bricks, yoga deal, yoga equipment, yoga for beginners, yoga therapy
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Nicole Cyrille, owner of Yoga Harmony Nashville (YHN), is an amazing woman. She organized an terrific workshop, with a great turn-out, and has built one of the most beautiful studios I’ve ever been in. She also took all of the pictures below! I had so much fun teaching this class, it doesn’t even seem fair that it’s my job.
