Niroga Events

Yoga Therapy Specialist Weekend Intensive

Yoga Therapy for Sports and Sports Injury

A training on Yoga and Sports for Peak Athletic Performance
facilitated by Dr. Don Oyao (Dhanwantari).

The weekend of Sept 22 & 23, 2012
Time: noon - 6pm
Location: Niroga Yoga Studio
$300 for the weekend training
$250 early-bird discount if pre-registered by September 16, 2012
Registration is required : Registration form
* For yoga teachers, health care professionals, and serious yoga students only.
No refunds

This weekend intensive is part of a monthly series of yoga therapy immersions offered by the Niroga Institute for students and teachers as well as health care practitioners, who have a serious interest in learning the principles of yoga and sport therapy.

This Yoga and Sport weekend training offers students a naturalistic and pragmatic training system for sports. The intention of our Yoga and Sport weekend training is to examine the philosophical, physiological, psychological, emotional, and spiritual value of yoga and sport.

The Yoga and Sport immersion weekend will be facilitated by six time official Olympic Team Doctor of Sports Chiropractic, Naturopath, Yoga-Sport Therapist and Olympic Sports Mental Trainer, Dr Don Oyao.

Yoga is a holistic and pragmatic system that teaches skills that many athletes seek: The following topics will be facilitated during the weekend immersion yoga-sport workshop:

Saturday:
12-2pm	INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE SPORTS VISION: • 8 Stages of Yoga & Sports • Difference Between Yogic Exercises and Physical Culture • 'AESTHLETICS'-The Aesthetic Value of Athletic Movement • Integrity in Sports
2-6pm	REGIMENS EMPLOYED BY SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES: • Embody Your Mind in Sport- Mental Training a Positive Sports Vision • OxyZone - Accessing the Zone of Optimal Function through Breath Control • Mind Your Body in Sport: • Yoga Asanas for Regeneration, Compensation and Supplementation
Sunday:
12-2pm	THE BRILLIANT FUNCTION OF PAIN: • Entering a New Relationship with Pain • Pain Meditation • Disassociating a Memory of a Painful Injury
2-5 pm Open Public Workshop:	THE MEANING OF ATHLETICISM and THE PSYCHIC SIDE OF SPORTS: • Stress and Recover Cycle • Spirituality and Sports • Accessing the Zone of Optimal Function – Samadhi
5-6pm	Closing Circle

This weekend session is one of many weekend trainings offered in 2012 on specific topics, which are part of a Yoga Therapy training program. These weekend trainings are open and available as separate training modules for yoga teachers, qualified yoga students, and professionals for enhancing their knowledge and skills in specific areas.