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Thursday - March 5, 2009

10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
REGISTRATION
Rooms: Philadelphia, Saddlebrook, New Orleans, Washington

1:30 - 5:30 PM
CONCURRENT COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY (CIC) AND RESEARCH WORKSHOPS

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #1 Musculo-skeletal/Structural Ellen Saltonstall and Loren Fishman, MD Room: Imperial C Order of presentation is subject to change This session will open a dialogue among yoga practitioners working with students who have musculo-skeletal issues. The dynamics and challenges of the overlaps between conventional medicine and yoga will be addressed, and trends in current and future research topics will be presented.
CIC #1A Asana Practice Screening Assessment C. Kub, Physical Therapist YogaFit® Yoga Therapy, Torrance, CA

CIC #1B Experiental Anatomy Warm-Ups for Safer and More Aware Yoga Michele Mangione, Ph.D., Somatics E-RYT 500 WiseWays Yoga, Columbus, OH

CIC #1C Yoga therapy with Focused Downward Release and Scapular Stabilization in Shoulder Injuries Nicole DeAvilla Whiting, RYT, BA Ananda, Kentfield, CA

CIC #1D Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose for Shoulder Realignment N. McCaochan, MA, E-RYT 200 Royal Oak, MI

CIC #1E Yoga Therapy for Plantar Faciitis John Childers Newport Beach, CA

CIC #1F Bridging Gaps Between Yoga Therapy and Conventional Rehabilitation Bill Gallagher, Richard Sabel East West Rehabilitation Institute, New York, NY

CIC #1G Chair Yoga, Qigong, & Awareness Through Movement to Facilitate Function and Comfort in Pregnant Women and New Moms Bill Gallagher, Richard Sabel East West Rehabilitation Institute, New York, NY

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #2 Physiology Richard Usatine, MD Room: Imperial E Order of presentation is subject to change Yoga has a positive impact on health and healing in many ways including our physiological functions. These physiological functions include the following systems: respiratory, heart and circulation, gastrointestinal, neurological. Yoga has been shown to improve respiratory function in persons with asthma, decrease blood pressure in persons with hypertension and decrease seizures in persons with epilepsy. In this workshop presenters will provide oral presentations on their Yoga therapy work as it relates to these important physiological systems. Presentations will vary from 15 to 45 minutes and there will be ample time for questions and discussions. The format will encourage interactions and creative thinking. Dr. Usatine as the moderator will use his medical training to keep the group grounded in the science of physiology while we explore the art and science of Yoga therapy.
CIC #2A The Benefits of Breath, Posture and Visualization for Fibromyalgia Shoosh Lettick Crotzer, MS Mobility Limited, Morro Bay, CA

CIC #2B Yoga for Chronic Pain Megan Carroll, CSCS, IMT Therapist The Samarya Center, Seattle, WA

CIC #2C Stress Relief from a Yogic Core for Commuters and Office Workers Elaine Masters, RYT, BA, BFA San Diego, CA

CIC #2D Yoga for Better Sleep: A Group Based Program Clare Collins, R.N., Ph.D., ERYT – 500, Dona Robinson, BS, RYT-500 Center for Yoga, East Lansing, MI

CIC #2E Restorative Yoga for Chronic Pain: Proposed Psychophysiological Mechanisms Bill Gallagher, Richard Sabel East West Rehabilitation Institute, New York, NY

CIC #2F Peak Performance: An Integrative Approach to Pulmonary Rehabilitation Bill Gallagher, Richard Sabel East West Rehabilitation Institute, New York, NY

CIC #2G Facilitation of Yoga Learning and Yoga Therapy with Novel Biofeedback Device-Controlled Methodology E.L. Mikhailenok MD, PhD, O. Potapova PhD., A.V. Belyaev MA CYT Advanced Yoga Therapy, Inc., San Diego, CA

CIC #2H Yoga for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Jill Dunkley, CYT Yoga Connection, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

CIC #2I Therapeutic Interventions for Special Needs Individuals C. Grossman YogaReach, Cleveland, OH

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #3 Personality, Mental/Emotional Health Room: Imperial D Order of presentation is subject to change Richard Miller, PhD Yoga embraces two paths: 1) the progressive path of purification, designed to restore the body, mind and senses to their natural functioning of mental and emotional health; and 2) the direct path that reveals our inherent spiritual freedom that lies behind misperceptions of separation and dissatisfaction. A bodymind restored to mental, emotional and spiritual health, releases unbounded energy, which is then available for creative expression, compassion-driven wisdom and skillful action and authentic living. But so often practitioners don’t realize these ultimate freedoms. This CIC workshop explores, then, the question: “What are practices, grounded in research, that actually enable us to manifest emotional, mental and spiritual health?” We will focus our explorations within the framework of Yoga Nidra, a process that evolved from the teachings of Samkhya, Patañjali, Advaita and Kashmir Tantra Yoga. We will draw upon the latest research being performed by the US Military and other facilities that are studying Yoga Nidra and its effectiveness in restoring emotional, mental and spiritual health. CIC Participants will be provided with an ancient map of Yoga Nidra meditation, which will provide us with a common orientation and language. We will then explore Yoga Nidra as the context, framework and process for transformation during Yoga Therapy with individuals and groups. Presenters will teach components of Yoga Nidra to either an individual or to the entire audience, as related to the actual Yoga Therapy work they do with various populations. Presentations will vary from 30-45 minutes, with ample time for critique and discussion. The format will encourage interactive dialogue, inspired thinking and inspirational learning within the audience and presenters.
CIC #3A Giving the Mind a Bone: Yogic Meditation Appropriate for Depression & Anxiety Amy Weintraub, MFA, ERYT-500 LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute, Tucson, AZ

CIC #3B At-Risk Youth Yoga/Meditation for Positive Choices Gina Tricamo Yoga 4 U, San Diego, CA

CIC #3C The Use of iRest/Yoga Nidra as an Intervention for Treatment of PTSD Karen Soltes, LCSW, RYT, Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Washington, DC Robin Carnes, MBA, RYT; Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC Molly Asebey-Birkholm, BS, Miami VA Medical Center, Director of Research, Center of Timeless Being, Miami, FL

CIC #3D Utilizing Yoga as a Holistic Approach in Addiction Recovery Phyllis Moses, BA, RYT, C.Ht. Residence XII - Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Treatment for Women, Kirkland, WA

CIC #3E Yoga Therapy for Adolescents with Mental Disorders Ronit Aizenberg Reidman College, Yoga Department, Tel-Aviv, Israel

CIC #3F Yoga Nidra iRest Trauma Treatment Protocol for the Resolution of PTSD Treeya Scholten, Ph.D., R. Psych. Private Practices, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #4 Spirituality/Inspiration Lilias Folan and Rama Jyoti Vernon Room: Scottsdale Order of presentation is subject to change In this session we will address the question, “As a Yoga therapist, how can I help myself and others to connect with Ananda-Maya-Kosha, the Bliss body?” Lilias and Rama will share their personal journey, skills and tools that have worked for them. You will learn how to create sacred time and space. Selected presenters will also share creative, simple and unique ways to connect with the bliss within. There will be group participation.
CIC #4A Kundalini Rising and Spiritual Emergence Maetreyii Nolan, Ph.D., Acharya, ERYT-500, PSY11513 Ananda Seva Guru Kula Institute, Santa Rosa, CA

CIC #4B Tools of the Trade: Japa and Mala for Yoga Therapists Amy Kline Gage, BA, CYT, YA500e Life Style Heart Trial Research, Sausalito, CA

CIC #4C Purnam: There is Nothing to Fix S. Sisson, LICSW, ERYT The Samarya Center, Seattle, WA

CIC #4D Awakening the Individual Wellness Voice From the Inside Out: Moola Bandha, Muladhara and You J. William Hedrick, M.D., R.Y.T. b.well Yoga, Alexandria, LA

CIC #4E Yoga as Holistic Worship Emily Large, PT, CYT, RYT Living Large Therapeutics, West Palm Beach, FL

CIC #4F Subtle Bodies and the Mystery of Yoga Therapy Hansa Knox Johnson PranaYoga and Ayurveda Mandala, Denver, CO

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #5 Seniors Carol Krucoff and Kimberly Carson Room: Imperial F Order of presentation is subject to change Seniors age 65 and older represent the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. population and like many Americans are increasingly drawn to yoga. This workshop will provide an overview of the common therapeutic needs and health conditions facing older adults, with a focus on how Yoga can benefit older bodies, minds and spirits. We will explore emerging trends, relevant research, innovative programs and specific challenges facing Yoga Therapists working with this population. There will be opportunity for hands-on demonstrations, group experience, discussion and community building.
CIC #5A “Ageless Yoga” for Older Adults to Improve Balance and the Ability to Transfer From the Floor N. Glenmore Tatum MS, Gerontology Glenmore Yoga & Wellness Center, Richmond, VA

CIC #5B Yoga for Injury Related Chronic Low Back Pain Jaime Hughes, BA, RYT, MPH/MSW Candidate UNC/Rex Health Care, Raleigh, NC; University of Michigan Schools of Public Health and Social Work

CIC #5C Chair Yoga for Fall Prevention in Senior Centers Patricia Barnes, MS, OT, RYT Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, Towson University, Towson, MD

CIC #5D Seniors Yoga Therapy for Wellness Using Lord Shiva Alignment Found in Buddhist Yoga Leslie Simms, Yoga Alliance 500/ERYT Nowyoga, Los Altos, CA

CIC #5E Yoga to Help Seniors Balance Dona Robinson, BS, RYT 500 Older Adult Shared Information Systems, Indianapolis, IN

CIC #5F Breath Work for Pelvic Floor Function in Elders Bill Gallagher, Richard Sabel East West Rehabilitation Institute, New York, NY

CIC #5G Chair Yoga & Awareness Through Movement to Facilitate Function and Comfort in Elders Richard Sabel, Bill Gallagher East West Rehabilitation Institute, New York, NY

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #6 Business/Professional Development Matthew Taylor, PT, PhD and Rich Goldstein Room: Imperial A Order of presentation is subject to change The session will begin with a review of key issues and opportunities in developing a sustainable business model for Yoga therapy practice by the co-chairs. Following that other peer-selected IAYT members will describe and discuss their additional innovative models and examples of delivering Yoga therapy in their community. Time will be made for group input and questions, as well as networking for forming a long-term, online community of members interested in seeing Yoga therapy become a sustainable career as well as a respected therapy.
CIC #6A The Evolving Studio: Creating a Commercial Yoga Therapy Practice Kate Hillman RYT-500 kate \| yoga, Monrovia, CA

CIC #6B Facilitating Common Ground through Common Language for Yoga Therapy and Allopathic Medicine Debra Campagna Wellspring Yoga, Higganum, CT

CIC #6C Creating a Sustainable Movement: “Yoga Is My Health Insurance” L. Bailey-Kroll, MFA Pratique Yoga, Pittsburgh, PA

CIC #6D Relationship Building and Self Promotion Techniques to Build Yoga Therapy Practice Betsy Murphy, RN, BSN, HN-BC. ERYT-500 Glencoe, IL

CIC #6E Call for State and Local Chapters of IAYT Victor Dubin Om Room School of Yoga, Santa Cruz, CA

CIC #6F How to Run a Successful Yoga Related Business Without Losing Your Soul Randall Krause, M.A., J.D., Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, RYT500 Himalayan Yoga Meditation Society of Los Angeles (Hym-la), Los Angeles, CA

CIC #6G Creating a Physical Therapy and Yoga Therapy Practice with Low Overhead Emily Large, PT, CYT, RYT Living Large Therapeutics, West Palm Beach, FL

[Closed: Session is full]	Common Interest Community Workshop #7 Seriously Ill and End of Life Molly Lannon Kenny and Jennifer Taylor Room: Atlanta Order of presentation is subject to change This workshop will address cultural perspectives on death, grief and loss, as well as how to provide comfort to people who are seriously ill or dying, or those in bereavement. We will discuss how yoga philosophy and practice helps us to navigate the challenges of loss and bereavement, and how we as yoga teachers and students can assist others down this path with practical skills for addressing grief and loss at the level of all five koshas. The workshop will include a one hour introductory review of the rationale and tradition of Yoga therapy support for this population by the co-chairs, as well as the need for the therapist's own work on grief and loss. The remainder of the session will include peer-selected presentations of practices and programs by other IAYT members, as well as discussion and networking amongst participants. Participants will leave the workshop with a deeper understanding of the grief process, and with practical tools for improving their grief recovery practice for students, as well as new programming ideas to provide comfort to the seriously ill and dying.
CIC #7A Svadhyaya in Yoga Therapy for the Dying: the Yoga is in You S. Sisson, LICSW The Samarya Center, Seattle, WA

CIC #7B Integrating Yoga into Services for Multicultural Clients with HIV/AIDS Gregory J. Van Hyfte, MA, RYT 500 VIDA Wellness Center, Project VIDA, Chicago, IL

CIC #7C Yoga Therapy for Cancer Antonio Sausys San Anselmo, CA

Research Workshop
Room: Imperial B

1:30 PM Introduction to the Workshop
Sat Bir Khalsa, PhD and Kim Innes, MSPH, PhD
The Yoga Research pre-conference workshop will target all those interested in scientific research in yoga and yoga therapy. Material offered in the workshop will span a wide range of subjects and will include topics of interest and relevance to individuals involved and experienced in yoga research as well as to those contemplating or simply curious about this exciting and fast growing field. The workshop will feature 3 established yoga research scientists. Drawing on their own work, these invited speakers will discuss a number of important practical aspects of planning, executing, interpreting, and disseminating yoga research. In addition, we will also feature 6 brief slide presentations of highly rated original yoga research projects, selected from abstracts that have been submitted and accepted for presentation at the conference. There will be ample opportunity for questions, discussion and interaction throughout the workshop.

1:40 PM Basic Research on Yoga: Identifying Processes and Mechanisms Relevant to Therapy
David Shapiro, PhD
This presentation will examine basic research on how asanas, inversions, stretches, and other yoga practices affect biological, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes in relation to their therapeutic potential, a topic given less emphasis in these days of "translational research." Examples of basic research from the literature and suggestions for future study will be presented.

2:10 PM Considerations in Designing and Applying Yoga Interventions for Clinical Research
Richard Brown, MD
Dr. Brown will discuss the following issues to be considered in choosing yoga interventions for research studies: the use of multi-component programs versus one practice only; nonspecific curative factors such as the effects of creating a caring atmosphere on the neurophysiological response to yoga practices; ways to enhance compliance with practices. Dr. Brown will draw upon the research literature and some of his own clinical studies.

2:40 PM #3 Device-Controlled Methodology for Teaching Correct Breathing Techniques for Meditation and for Relieve of Bronchitis and Asthma Symptoms
A.V. Belyaev MA CYT and E.L. Mikhailenok MD, PhD
Advanced Yoga Therapy, Inc., San Diego, CA

2:55 PM #10 Effect of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) on Depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life in Unipolar and Bipolar Depression
T. L. da Silva, MA¹; T. Georgescu, MA¹; A. V. Ravindran, MB, PhD^{1, 2}
¹Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
²University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3:10 PM #11 Yoga for Pain and Anxiety in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients
D Daswani, B Abrahams, R Santizo, K Moody MD
Children's Hospital at Montefiore, NY

3:25 PM Break - Visit Posters, Exhibits

3:45 PM Research Designs for Yoga Therapy Studies
Lynn C. Waelde, PhD
Successful yoga therapy research requires the use of an appropriate research design and outcome measures. This workshop will cover the basics of research designs from pilot work to systematic, controlled designs. We will also discuss critical issues like how to choose your sample, how to collect data, and seeking research consultation.

4:15 PM #16 Effect of Therapeutic Yoga on Balance and the Ability to Transfer From the Floor in an Independent Older Adult Population
N. Glenmore Tatum¹, R. Bradley¹, C. Igel²
1 Glenmore Yoga & Wellness Center, Richmond VA
2 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

4:30 PM #31 A Therapeutic Model for Grief and Bereavement: Exploring the Efficacy of a Transpersonal Multidimensional Protocol
Kathleen Philbin, Ph.D.
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA

4:45 PM Panel Discussion/Questions

3:00 - 6:00 PM

EXHIBITS
Room: Marquis 1, 2 and 3

6:00 - 7:00 PM

DEDICATED POSTER SESSION
Foyer
Poster presentations for submitted and accepted research abstracts will be available for viewing throughout the symposium and will be located in the main foyer.
Poster presenters are requested to be personally at their posters for questions and active discussion

7:00 - 9:30 PM

OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME RECEPTION
Room: Marquis 4, 5 and 6

7:00 PM
WELCOME
Matthew Taylor, PT, PhD

7:15 PM
OPENING CHANT
Lilias Folan

	7:20 PM INTRODUCTION OF IAYT BOARD Matthew Taylor
	7:20 PM INTRODUCTION OF IAYT STAFF John Kepner

7:35 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Science of Yoga
Timothy McCall, MD
There is more and more scientific support for the health benefits of yoga and its utility for a variety of specific health conditions. But in many ways, yoga therapy, with its personalized, often intuitive, approach is a poor fit with "evidence-based medicine", the now dominant paradigm in conventional health care. Can science capture yoga or do it justice? Or is the deck stacked against yoga and other holistic treatments? Does any of this really matter to the public, who is increasingly drawn to yoga for health concerns?

8:00 - 9:30 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION

Friday - March 6, 2009

	7:00 - 8:00 AM CONCURRENT MORNING PRACTICE SESSIONS MORNING PRACTICE SESSION #1 Open Hips / Open Ears - a Vital Connection Doug Keller Room: Meridian A simple, fun and refreshing asana practice to start the morning.
	MORNING PRACTICE SESSION #2 Ride the Waves of the Breath Ellen Saltonstall Room: Imperial E and F Start the day with a series of yoga poses designed to enliven and expand the breath through developing awareness of the inner energy body. We will begin slowly, build the energy gradually, and move through a playful practice of varied poses to celebrate the power of Prana.
	MORNING PRACTICE SESSION #3 Yoga for Emotional Wellbeing Michelle Walsh Room: Marquis 4 Start your day from a place of balance with a sequence focused on emotional wellbeing. We will use this opportunity to practice Svadhyaya, to observe how actions of the body and breath affect our minds. From this awareness, we will practice acceptance of our current state of being, bring softness to the body, relax the mind, and soothe the nervous system. The sequence will include yoga asanas, pranayama and meditation.
	MORNING PRACTICE SESSION #4 Greeting the Day in a Sacred Way Lilias Folan Room: Marquis 5 and 6 Gather in the Sacred Circle of morning stillness and friendship. Using Sacred Dance, song, chant, asana, pranayama to help raise the sun (Shakti) and put a smile in your heart. This early morning ritual, with meditation in movement, holds the vibration of Native American, Tai Chi and the Brahma Murta from India.

7:30 - 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST
Rooms: Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Scottsdale, Houston, St. Louis, New York and Miami

9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
EXHIBITS
Rooms: Marquis 1, 2 and 3

	MAIN SESSION #1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Imperial
	MEDITATION Anne Ornish Before Dean Ornish, MD's keynote, Anne Ornish will be leading a guided meditation designed to reveal personal insight.
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Power of Yoga: Creating Sustainable Models of Transformation Dean Ornish, MD

9:45 AM - 12:00 PM
CASE PRESENTATIONS: AS A YOGA THERAPIST, THIS IS WHAT I DO
Moderators: Veronica Zador, Matthew Taylor, PT, PhD
Case presenters: Leslie Kaminoff, Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD and Eric Small

PANEL DISCUSSION: AS A YOGA THERAPIST, THIS IS WHAT I DO
Panelists: Timothy McCall, MD, Gary Kraftsow, Marla Apt
This carefully selected format presents actual case study presentations by leading Yoga therapists representing various lineages and styles. Each of the Yoga therapists will describe his/her approach to a Yoga therapy session including intake, consultation, recommended regimen of Yoga therapy, follow up, etc. Interactioni from the panelists as well as questions from attendees will enhance this provocative learning experience.

12:15 - 1:45 PM
LUNCH
Rooms: Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Scottsdale, Houston, St. Louis, New York

12:15 - 1:45 PM
RESEARCHER LUNCH
Room: Miami
This is an opportunity to meet and interact with all symposium attendees who are specifically interested in yoga research and/or are actively involved in conducting research in yoga. Research speakers and oral and poster abstract presenters are especially invited to attend this unique opportunity during the meeting for dialogue with your colleagues. Seating is limited to 50 people.

PRIVATE LUNCHEON WITH Prepaid registration
	[Closed: Luncheon is full]	Timothy McCall, MD Room: Saddlebrook	(+ $45)

Leslie Kaminoff
Room: New Orleans

(+ $45)

Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa
Room: Executive Suite 1 (18th floor)

(+ $45)

Gary Kraftsow
Room: Washington

(+ $45)

Marla Apt
Room: Executive Suite 3 (18th floor)

(+ $45)

Lilias Folan
Room: Philadelphia

(+ $45)

Kelly McGonigal, PhD, IAYT Editor in Chief, International Journal of Yoga Therapy and Julie Deife, IAYT Editor in Chief, Yoga Therapy Today
Room: Marquis 5

(no charge)

IAYT Board
Room: Marquis 4

(no charge)

2:00 - 4:00 PM
CONCURRENT TRACK SESSIONS

Track 1.01
STRUCTURAL: Yoga for osteoporosis: Proven and unproven
Loren Fishman, MD and Ellen Saltonstall
Rooms: Imperial A and B
This session aims to first to inform participants of the medical background of osteoporosis and osteopenia, its causes, conmitants and consequences. After going over the physiology of bone growth and decay, we will reckon with the dynamics of Wollf's law, and Yoga's place in its functioning. Following a summary of the Do's and Don'ts of yoga for osteoporosis and osteopenia, we will spend the rest of the session going over a program that has been proven to reverse the progression of the disease.

Track 1.02
PHYSIOLOGICAL
Yoga for the life cycles of women
Marla Apt
Room: Meridian I
In this session we will discuss and look at how yoga can be used as a support for women's health and as an aid to manage the emotional and physical impact of hormonal changes throughout a woman's life. We will cover the theory behind some of the general principles and guidelines related to a yoga practice for female students and what to observe as a yoga teacher. In addition to addressing yoga for a woman's general health and well-being, there will be discussion and demonstration of how yoga can be adapted to the various stages of woman's life including menstruation addressing various menstrual symptoms and disorders, to support fertility prior to conception, prenatal, and during menopause.

Track 1.03
PSYCHOLOGICAL: Yoga and Emotional Regulation
Rich Panico, MD
Room: Imperial C
Although yoga is formally a system of liberation, a pertinent epi-phenomena of yoga is its ability to modulate biological systems. Specifically yoga can be employed to teach skills of emotional regulation with attendant improvement in functional domains related to cognition, affect, mood, attention, arousal and interpersonal competency. The intention in this two hour tract would be to present a comparative review and bridging of western scientific and yoga based theory of emotional regulation in understandable terms. A predominatly yoga based experiental framework would be employed linked by didactic modules specific to emotional regulation. The goal of the presentation would be to give yoga teachers and therapists a theoretical framework that is scientifically accurate but imminently practical in terms of leaving the theory session with simple usable skills and a language applicable to approaching contemporary biomedical venues. When linked to the practice session to follow, yoga therapists would have an example of a straightforward yoga practice designed to teach a general medical population yoga based skills in the service of emotional regulation.

Track 1.04
SPIRITUAL: Yoga Therapy and Spiritual Challenges
Gary Kraftsow
Room: Imperial D
There is an intentional paradox implicit within this title; "spiritual challenges" are of a psychological, not spiritual, nature. We can, however, make a distinction between the spectrum of conditions that extends from ordinary troubling psychological states to more serious psychiatric conditions, and those challenges that are of a more spiritual nature. The primary "spiritual" issues, articulated variously throughout history include:

The challenge of finding meaning and purpose in life,
The challenge of experiencing happiness in the present moment, and of living with an abiding sense of personal fulfillment
The challenge of cultivating and sustaining meaning(1) and happiness(2) in the face of the reality of suffering, impermanence and death
The challenge of establishing a path of personal practice leading towards goals
The challenge of living authentically within society

Throughout history, humans have struggled with and found answers to these issues. These answers can be found in the context, symbolism, language and practices of the religious and spiritual traditions of the world. The Yoga tradition offers a uniquely non-sectarian perspective on these universally human concerns.

Track 1.05
RESEARCH
Shirley Telles, PhD and Luciano Bernardi, MD
Room: Meridian II
Research in yoga and yoga therapy is critical in order for our field to become recognized by both health care providers and insurers and for yoga therapy to be integrated and incorporated into current health care institutes and systems, both private and governmental . Formal research on yoga therapy will also provide valuable information that will allow yoga therapists to fine tune their interventions to be more efficient and effective. Finally, through media coverage of yoga research, the public is also informed of the potential benefits of yoga therapy. This session will include presentation by individual researchers of 8 of the most highly rated original research abstract submissions to the conference. Time will be allotted for questions and discussion following each presentation.

2:00 #21: The Effects of Yoga on Walking Performance, Balance, and Fear of Falling in Adults with Parkinson’s Disease
LW Lee1, KE Innes1,2, J Franz1, DC Kerrigan1, S Meyers1 1Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1,2Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies
University of Virginia

2:15 #6: Multi-Component Yoga Breath Program for Vietnam Veteran Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial J. Carter, MD1, P.L. Gerbarg, MD2, R. P. Brown. MD3, R. Ware, PhD4
¹ University of Queensland, Discipline of Psychiatry, Brisbane, Australia
² New York Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA
³Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
⁴School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2:30 #7: Ananda Yoga for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis B. Coleman Salgado DPT, M. Jones RN, S. Ilgun RN, et al.
PT Dept; the Expanding Light
CSU Sacramento, CA

2:45 #9: Building Sustainable Community Programming for Cancer Survivors: Research Results From a Class-Based Yoga Program and Future Work with a Yoga Program DVD.
S. Nicole Culos-Reed (PhD)¹, Lynette Stephenson (MSc)², Jill Norris (MSc)³, Michael Mackenzie (MSc)⁴
1-3 Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary 1 Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Department of Psychosocial Resources; Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine 4 British Columbia Cancer Agency

3:00 #18: The Effectiveness of Yoga for Reducing Stress and Enhancing Wellbeing in the Workplace
N. Hartfiel, MSc, Bangor University, School of Healthcare Sciences,
North Wales, UK

3:15 #20 Move-Into-Learning: A Yogic Approach to Decreasing Sympathetic Activity in an Inner City Classroom M. Klatt PhD, and J. Case-Smith EdD, OTR/L
School of Allied Medical Professions, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

3:30 #32: A Controlled Study of the Effects of Kripalu Yoga on Anxiety, Mood and Positive Psychological States in Adolescent Musicians
S.M. Shorter PhD¹, K.M. Reinhardt BM¹, S. Cope MSW¹, S.B.S. Khalsa PhD^1,2
1. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Lenox, MA
2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

3:45 #37: Effect of Iyengar Yoga on Medical and Pharmacy Utilization in Persons with Chronic Low Back Pain
Williams, K, Moffett, M ², Cooper, L, Hobbs, G. Xiao, C, Epstein, B., Doyle, E., Kelley, G. Smith, D, Abildso, C, Gross, R³ Steinberg, L.⁴ Departments. of Community Medicine, Orthopedics, Pharmacology at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. University of New Mexico ² Lifemark, Halifax, CA ³ BKS Iyengar Institute of Champagne Urbana ⁴

4:00 - 4:30 PM
BREAK - VISIT POSTERS, EXHIBIT HALL

4:30 - 6:30 PM
CONCURRENT PRACTICE SESSIONS

Practice session #1
Yoga for osteoporosis: Proven and unproven
Ellen Saltonstall with Loren Fishman, MD
Rooms: Imperial A and B
In this session we will focus on the specifics of a yoga practice to strengthen the bones, in order to prevent and/or treat osteopenia and osteoporosis. We will focus on the most frequent sites of osteoporotic fractures, outlining poses that most efficiently stimulate healthy bones and also those poses which develop balancing skills. Methodology presented can be easily adapted to any style of yoga. Since the ability levels of clients in this population will vary significantly, we will practice variations of each pose, noting how props and adjustments will accommodate virtually anyone. Discussion and questions will be welcomed.

Practice session #2
Experience Walking Yoga
Sherry Brourman
Room: Boston/Atlanta
Your walk defines most everything about you. With simple observation, we can discern a vulnerable knee, a weak hip, a sleepy core, or a tight shoulder or neck. Our most comfortable daily breathing patterns reflect exactly how we use our structure during walking and asana. Every step that we take, is a one footed tadasana sharing the structural, emotional and spiritual components of every posture and move that we make. Like our individual tadasana predicts the elements of our practice, our walk predicts our tadasana. In this experiential session, students will have a new grasp of their walk, practice asana and explore the similarities between these. We will also make simple changes in walking, apply them to our practice and convert them into tools for our teaching.

Practice session #3
Yoga adaptions to life cycle changes in women
Marla Apt
Room: Scottsdale
Yoga can help a woman deal with the emotional and physical impact of hormonal changes throughout her life. In this session we will learn how to adapt yoga for the various stages of a woman's life as well as general principles and practices to aid hormonal balance and healthy systems. We will explore asanas that are beneficial:

- During menstruation addressing different menstrual symptoms and disorders
- To support fertility prior to conception
- During pregnancy for each trimester
- For peri and post menopausal symptoms

Yoga teachers will have the opportunity to learn what to look for and how to adapt for individual students. We will cover not only what to practice and what to avoid but how to practice and modify the poses or use props to address the specific condition. Please bring yoga props to the session.

Practice session #4
Yoga Therapy for Infertility
Nataly Pluta, PT, YT, MBA
Room: Denver
Infertility arises in greater than 25% of the couples trying to conceive in their 30's and 40's. This practice session addresses the many causes of infertility for both the female and male and how a yoga therapist can assess, develop and market a fertility practice. Participants will experience a full complement of asanas and meditation techniques addressing the circulatory and autonomic nervous systems that influence infertility. They will also experience the influence of yoga on the hormonal/endocrine reproductive system and finally the proven stress reducing benefits of yoga for couples on the infertility path.

Practice session #5
Yoga and Emotional Regulation: independent practice session
Rich Panico, MD
Room: Imperial
This practice is designed primarily to interiorize the experience of asana and pranayama and to develop novel skills in that interior world towards the goals of self regulation in the realm of emotions.
Simple asana and breathing will be employed to explore the relationship of sensory perceptual experience and the phenomena of propagation of that experience into a variety of mental formations which are then identified with, usually as automatisms. This identification then generates a readiness for goal directed behaviors "for better or for worse". By developing yogic skills to isolate and manage this samskaric engine, "possibility" is created and potential for change arises.
When linked to the preceding theory session the anatomy of emotional experience and its relationship to the inertial forces of human suffering can be better understood and applied in yoga based interventions.

Practice session #6
Meditation: The Font of Yoga Therapy
Swami Veda Bharati, PhD
Room: Imperial E and F
In the exegesis to the Yajur-Veda (approximately 16 ^th century, B.C.) we read; “My mind was elsewhere, I did not see. My mind was elsewhere, I did not hear. It is with the mind alone that one sees. It is with the mind alone that one hears.”
From the Dhammapada, the sacred classical compendium of the Buddha’s most important sayings, we learn Mano-pubbangama dhamma mano-settha manomaya, “All conditions are preceded by the mind. Mind is their most senior. They consist of mind alone.”
The Charaka (one of the earliest surviving Sanskrit medical manuals) states, “It is by the transgression of wisdom that all illnesses accrue”
Join Swami Veda as he begins with the basics of meditation. A demonstration of how the disturbed mind may be made a pleasant place through the practice of meditation will be lead into a discussion of how meditation techniques may serve as the basis of all therapeutic science. The session will close with a three minute meditation that can be done many times in the day of anyone’s busy life.