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Yoga Service Conference

Bringing Mindful Yoga to Underserved Communities

June 07, 2013 – June 09, 2013
Location:
Rhinebeck, NY
Course:
SM13-1902-255
Teacher:
Bessel van der Kolk, Sharon Salzberg, Beryl Bender Birch, Kelly McGonigal... See More
Tuition:
$395
SM13-1902-255Bessel van der Kolk, Sharon Salzberg, Beryl Bender Birch, Kelly McGonigal, Roxanne "Nikki" Myers, Bidyut “B.K.” Bose, Meghann Beer, Claire Campbell, Jasmine Chehrazi, Andres Gonzalez, Jennifer Cohen Harper, Sue Jones, Lucia McBee, Tari Prinster, Jill Satterfield, Rob Schware, Ali Smith, Atman Smith,
Description

Omega Institute and the Yoga Service Council are pleased to present the second annual Yoga Service Conference. The Yoga Service Council was formed at Omega in 2009 by a group of organizations bringing yoga to underserved populations. As membership of the council has grown, so has their desire to inspire more people to serve and empower their communities through yoga and mindfulness.

We’re honored to offer this unique and intimate opportunity to forge relationships, build skills, and draw inspiration from leading teachers who work with tens of thousands of people in underserved communities every day, including trauma survivors, incarcerated adults and teens, at-risk children, cancer survivors, the elderly, and domestic violence survivors.

With their expert guidance, we explore the benefits and challenges of introducing yoga and mindfulness practices to the underserved and gain tools to work with specific populations. We also address issues of diversity and cultural awareness, talk about getting yoga service projects started and funded, and learn how to conduct research on our work.

Anyone interested in working to create strong, engaged, and resilient communities is welcome. You do not need to be a yoga teacher, or even a yoga practitioner to benefit from this conference. Social workers, school teachers, health-care providers, yoga teachers, and all others interested in exploring the possibility of bringing yoga and mindfulness to underserved populations are invited to attend.

 

More Information

Teachers are subject to change.

For Saturday morning and afternoon sessions, you choose from a variety of workshops that range from teaching techniques for specific populations to putting together a research plan for your work to organization management.

See eOmega.org/ysc for session choices and continuing education credit information.

Schedule
FRIDAY
4:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.Check In (Rooms available after 5:00 p.m.)
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.Workshop
 
SATURDAY
7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.Yoga Practice
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.Workshop
10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.Breakout/Workshops
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.Workshop
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.Breakout/Workshops
EveningYoga Service Poster Sessions
 
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Workshop
 

The above schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the faculty.

Teachers
Bessel van der Kolk
Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk, MD, is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center, which provides comprehensive services to traumatized children and adults and their families at the main office in Brookline, Massachusetts. An internationally recognized leader in the field of psychological trauma, van der Kolk has been active as a clinician, researcher, and teacher in the area of post-traumatic stress and related phenomena since the 1970s. traumacenter.org

Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. One of America’s leading meditation teachers and authors, she has been a student of Buddhism since 1971 and had guided meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Her latest book is the New York Times best seller Real Happiness. sharonsalzberg.com

Beryl Bender Birch
Beryl Bender Birch

Beryl Bender Birch, a dedicated student of yoga and the study of consciousness since 1971, has been training yoga teachers as “spiritual revolutionaries” for nearly 30 years. Author of Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga, she is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and a founder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation. power-yoga.com

Kelly McGonigal
Kelly McGonigal

Kelly McGonigal, PhD, a leading expert on the mind-body relationship, is a health psychologist at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of contemplative science. Author of The Neuroscience of Change, she is a meditation teacher and research consultant for the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. kellymcgonigal.com

Roxanne "Nikki" Myers
Roxanne "Nikki" Myers

Roxanne “Nikki” Myers, E-RYT 500, is a yoga teacher, somatic experiencing practitioner, and an accomplished yoga therapist. Born out of her personal struggles with addiction, she cofounded Y12SR, the acclaimed Yoga of 12-Step Recovery program featured in the New York Times and Yoga Journal.

Bidyut “B.K.” Bose
Bidyut “B.K.” Bose

Bidyut “B.K.” Bose, PhD, is founder and executive director of Niroga Institute, which brings Transformative Life Skills (TLS)—yoga, breathing techniques, and meditation—to students, vulnerable youth, cancer survivors, seniors, and people battling addiction. As a child, he learned yoga and meditation from his father, and later studied with monks in the Himalayas. He holds a doctorate degree in computer science and centers his research on the scientific application of TLS. niroga.org

Meghann Beer
Meghann Beer

Meghann Beer, MA, former executive director of Giving Back to Africa, is a nonprofit consultant who has worked with organizations of diverse sizes and missions to help them expand their capacity, develop successful strategies, and effectively evaluate their programs. A yoga teacher and practitioner, she has more than 10 years' experience in the nonprofit sector and cocreated and led Africa Yoga Project’s yoga service trips in Kenya.

Claire Campbell
Claire Campbell

Claire Campbell, PCC-S, ATR, NCC, is an artist, supervising clinical counselor, art therapist and Nationally Certified Counselor who uses the expressive arts, movement, breath work, guided imagery, yoga & sensory integration to guide her clinical practice.

Jasmine Chehrazi

Jasmine Chehrazi is founder of Yoga Activist, a nonprofit outreach organization dedicated to improving accessibility and trauma sensitivity in yoga and mindfulness instruction. She has trained with teachers from a wide variety of yoga traditions, including dharma yoga, power yoga, vinyasa yoga, Kundalini Yoga, and Sivananda Yoga, and has taught students of diverse backgrounds, from homeless shelter residents to White House staff. yogaactivist.org

Andres Gonzalez
Andres Gonzalez

Andres Gonzalez, MBA, is cofounder and chief financial officer for the Holistic Life Foundation, Inc. A yoga instructor and coauthor of a high school physical education curriculum based on yoga principles, he has been practicing and teaching yoga for the past 10 years to diverse populations at Baltimore public schools, drug treatment centers, wellness centers, and colleges. hlfinc.org

Jennifer Cohen Harper
Jennifer Cohen Harper

Jennifer Cohen Harper, MEd, is a leading voice in the children’s yoga community, dedicated to making yoga and mindfulness practices accessible to all children. She is a certified yoga instructor, a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and a founding member of the Yoga Service Council. littlefloweryoga.com

Sue Jones
Sue Jones

Sue Jones is founder and executive director of yogaHOPE, a nonprofit outreach organization dedicated to establishing rehabilitative yoga programs in residential facilities for underserved women. She has trained, inspired, and led hundreds of volunteer yoga teachers, who have donated their time in substance abuse rehabilitation centers, domestic abuse safe houses, and homeless shelters for women. yogahope.org

Lucia McBee
Lucia McBee

Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI, author of Mindfulness-Based Elder Care, is a licensed clinical geriatric social worker who has worked with elders and their caregivers for 30 years. For the past 15 years she has integrated mindfulness, gentle movement, aromatherapy, hand massage, guided imagery, and other complementary therapies into her practice with frail elders who are homebound or in nursing homes; elders with cognitive and physical challenges; patients at the end of life; and their formal and informal caregivers. luciamcbee.com

Tari Prinster
Tari Prinster

Tari Prinster is a 12-year cancer survivor, yoga teacher, and founder of the nonprofit Retreat Project, and y4c (Yoga for Cancer), a specialized methodology tailored to address the specific physical and emotional needs left by cancer and its treatments. Her innovative y4c training program has created a growing, worldwide community of more than 500 yoga teachers. y4c.com 

Jill Satterfield
Jill Satterfield

Jill Satterfield is founder of Vajra Yoga + Meditation, a synthesis of yoga and Buddhism that combines meditation, yoga, visualization, and contemplation practices. She is also founder and director of the School for Compassionate Action: Meditation, Yoga, and Education for Communities in Need and Those Who Serve Them, a nonprofit based in New York City that trains teachers and works directly with specific populations providing yoga, yoga therapy, and meditation. vajrayoga.com

Rob Schware
Rob Schware

Rob Schware managed the World Bank’s largest ICT portfolio of projects in public sector management, education, and health in every region of the world for 25 years. He is cofounder and director of the Give Back Yoga Foundation, and director of the Global Learning Portal, which strives to improve education outcomes in developing countries through the use of collaboration technologies. givebackyoga.org

Ali Smith
Ali Smith

The Holistic Life Foundation was founded in 2001 by brothers Ali Smith and Atman Smith and Andres Gonzalez. The three met at college then moved back to the West Baltimore neighborhood the Smith brothers grew up in where they have since offered yoga and mindfulness programs to nearly 5,000 young people and 1,000 adults. hlfinc.org

Atman Smith
Atman Smith

The Holistic Life Foundation was founded in 2001 by brothers Ali and Atman Smith and Andres Gonzalez. The three met at college then moved back to the West Baltimore neighborhood the Smith brothers grew up in where they have since offered yoga and mindfulness programs to almost 5,000 young people and 1,000 adults. hlfinc.org