Workshop and Teacher Training Parts 1 and 2 with Elise Browning Miller Friday, October 23 - Tuesday, October 27 This 20 hour teacher training program will include information on scoliosis, Elise’s approach to yoga for scoliosis, and a sequence of beginning and intermediate poses designed to reduce pain and create better postural alignment of the body. Teachers will have an opportunity to learn and identify the more common patterns of scoliosis for students with scoliosis. Elise will also demonstrate how to adapt the yoga asanas for scoliosis and how to use props and adjust students with scoliosis. The physical and psychological causes and effects of scoliosis will be presented as well. Students of all levels are also welcome to attend, and teachers attending are encouraged to have their students participate in this workshop. This will be a great opportunity to learn how to apply yoga to a student’s particular scoliosis. To become a Yoga for Scoliosis Trainer, it is necessary to attend all class sessions, submit a paper which will be assigned in the workshop and submit two case studies within 3 months of completing the workshop. There is a small additional fee to enter the course practicum for Yoga for Scoliosis Teacher’s Training program. After completion of course practicum you’re automatically invited to join Elise’s website which consists of yoga professionals who assist in helping others through our Yoga for Scoliosis training program. Through Elise’s website you will receive unlimited valuable exposure. www.yogaforscoliosis.com Fees Part 1 Friday evening, Saturday all day and Sunday morning. $325 +gst or Part 2 Sunday afternoon, Monday morning and Tuesday morning. $325 +gst Full Session $600 +gst Times Friday Evening, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Saturday, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm and 3:30 - 6:30 pm Sunday, 9 am - 12 pm and 1 - 4 pm Monday, 9 am - 12 pm Tuesday, 9 am - 12 pm Elise Miller, M.A. in Therapeutic Recreation from the University of North Carolina, is a Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher from Palo Alto who has been teaching yoga throughout the United States and internationally since 1976. As a founding director of the California Yoga Center in Mountain View and Palo Alto, CA, Elise teaches classes and workshops specializing in back and sports-related injuries and is a faculty member at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Elise has successfully used yoga to minimize the effects of her own scoliosis and sees clients privately with scoliosis and other back related problems. She has published numerous articles on scoliosis and other yoga related subjects in Yoga Journal and other national magazines. Elise has studied on numerous occasions with B.K.S. Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar in India. She has recently produced the Yoga for Scoliosis DVD and booklet, the Yoga for Backcare booklet, Intermediate Yoga in Fiji DVD, and a new edition of her book, Yoga, Anytime, Anywhere. Elise's joyous personality and ease of communication endear her to students with a teaching style that is down-to-earth, precise, and nurturing. http://www.ebmyoga.com/