CEU Webinar | Yoga for Chronic Disease: What You Really Need to Know
$9.95 – $19.95
Did you know that an estimated 38.4 million people in the U.S. practiced yoga in 2022? In this informative and experiential webinar, you will learn the traffic light method by Carmack and Mikeska (2022), which will help you to know how to modify yoga postures for clients with common chronic disease concerns. You will also learn how you can use this method in any exercise prescription, to ensure that clients are safely progressing from stabilizing movement (red zone) to centering and core-initiated movement (yellow zone) to mobilizing movement (green zone). Strategies for modifying yoga postures for a chair for will also be included, as well a review of yoga practice safety principles! You don’t want to miss this om-powering webinar by the author of the MedFit Yoga Specialization Course – so you can ensure your clients with chronic disease are practicing yoga safely on and off the mat.
This webinar was presented live on Tuesday, October 22. Any offers or discounts mentioned during the webinar may no longer be active.
This webinar provides 1 CEU toward renewal of these MedFit Classroom Specializations:
- Medical Fitness Specialist (Foundations of Medical Fitness)
- Medical Fitness Yoga Specialist
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Suzie Carmack, PhD, MFA, MEd, ERYT 500, NBC-HWC, C-IAYT is an award-winning yoga therapist, #1 best-selling author (twice), public health scholar, trainer, and trusted c-suite coach to senior leaders in the private and public sectors.
As the Creator of the YogaMedCo Method, Dr. Carmack has trained 100’s of coaches and yoga teachers on 5 continents in her signature and evidence-based approach to supporting clients in bringing the practices of yoga, lifestyle medicine and coaching together. She currently serves as the Department Chair of Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda at the Maryland University of Integrative Health, where she guides the training of tomorrow’s Yoga Therapists and Ayurveda specialists in the only accredited M.S. and C-IAYT program in yoga therapy in the world.
She is the author of the MedFit Classroom Medical Fitness Yoga Specialist online course.