THIS WEEK:

July 23rd, 2024

THE FIRST SERIES

DEAD OF WINTER

IN SO MANY WAYS WE'VE TAMED NATURE AND LIVE SO WELL WITH IT: WE CULTIVATE TREES IN ORCHARDS, WE GROW GRASS IN PERFECT RECTANGLES IN OUR YARDS, WE REFINE AND PLANT WILD GRASSES FOR OUR BREAD, PASTA AND RICE.

CAN'T WE DOMESTICATE THE WILD URGE FOR WAR?

WE'VE TAMED PLANTS AND ANIMALS BY LEARNING WHAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE, AND WHAT HARMS THEM. WELL WHAT MAKES WAR THRIVE;

THE URGE FOR MORE LAND - EVEN THOUGH EVERY ONE OF US ONLY WALKS UPON IT FOR A SHORT TIME.

UNBEARABLE INJUSTICE - IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO ADJUDICATE SUCH THINGS ?

RETRIBUTION - THIS IS WHERE THE TAMING COMES IN: THE SPEARS TO PRUNING HOOKS

WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, COLOSSAL HUMAN ENERGY AND UNLOST LIVES WE WOULD HAVE WITHOUT WAR?

FOOD AND HOUSING FOR EVERYONE

HIGH SCHOOLS IN EVERY

SOUTH AMERICAN TOWN

SPACE PROGRAMS X 10

CARBON DIOXIDE 1/10

FOCUS ON HEALTH

LIVING CHILDREN

WHAT GOOD IS IT? THE MAIN CAUSE OF WAR IS...THE LAST WAR.

MOST WARS ARE ABOUT LAND - YET ALL WARS DESTROY

THE VERY LAND THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER

AND THE PEOPLE

WE ARE VERY USED TO IT:

300 PEOPLE DIE IN A FIRE - THAT'S STARTLING NEWS

300,000 IRAQIS DIE - "CARE WAS TAKEN TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES"

AND WE ARE USED TO THE MANY, MANY INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES AND AGENCIES IT TAKES

TO

PREPARE FOR WAR, WAGE WAR, AND RECOVER FROM WAR

HIGH SUMMER

WEEKEND AFTER NEXT

YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS

CERTIFICATION COURSE

IN PERSON AND ONLINE

YOGA CENTER OF COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA, MD

AUGUST 2-4

Certification in this course enables you to teach the yoga that has been demonstrated to improve bone mineral density in people without regard to age, whether they have osteoporosis, osteopenia, or are in the normal range but just don't want to have those conditions. Liz and I teach the twelve poses in Beginner, Intermediate and Classic versions, then lead everyone in the group doing the poses, then ask volunteers to teach if they want to be certified. The teaching can be in person or online.

FIRST SERIES



The studio's robo-camera follows the teacher around. Everyone will see corrections, suggestions, visual and non-visual cues and "tricks" Liz and I have learned over the years. The variety and richness of a hybrid course like this is striking.

In order to be certified you must have taught yoga for 5 years or be in the healing professions, and you must pass the practicum and written test given at the end of the course. Those with less years teaching who pass the tests will automatically be certified when they reach the 5-year mark.

Either yogis are getting more sophisticated or Liz and I have gotten better at teaching, because of late over 95% of the people taking the exams pass them.

20 Hours CEU-IAYT

Q ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH SARAH MAPES: SCOLIOSIS

STUNNING NEW DISCOVERY

Women's Brains in the News

Thoughtful attention to natural processes led to a spectacular find: A hormone that the female brain secretes during breast feeding BUILDS BONE(1)  Milk production takes calcium out of maternal bones, yet somehow mothers’ bones continue to do well, even though estrogen levels drop dramatically during this time. Holly Ingraham and others have found cellular communicating network factor 3 or CCN3, to powerfully stimulate osteocytes in mice so far. They have isolated its source in the brain's arcuate nucleus, and contemplate its use in human osteoporosis and fracture healing.  In the meantime, we have yoga. 

 *****

1.Babey, M.E., Krause, W.C., Chen, K. et al. A maternal brain hormone that builds bone. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07634-3

·       Published10 July 2024

Adding to the fascination, the same group found that when this hormone is neutralized with an antibody, not only does the mom lose bone, but a large number of pups her milk is feeding do not survive.

LONG HOT SUMMER

CERTIFICATION AS YOGA THERAPIST

Prema Yoga Institute

NYC

Yoga Therapy Certification Track

with

Dr. Fishman

• PYI's comprehensive Yoga Therapy Certification - accredited by IAYT - covering the mental, physical and spiritual benefits of yoga therapy and mindfulness 
• A Yoga Therapy Practicum in Musculoskeletal Conditions with Dr. Fishman
• Yoga for Back Care, Osteoporosis, Scoliosis and more
•  A combination of self-study and meaningful, live online sessions with your faculty and cohort
• A 300 RYT with Yoga Alliance and additional CE credits
• Choice of two remaining Practicums with an emphasis in Mindfulness and Meditation for Stress Management, Yoga Research, Ayurveda and more
• PLUS, former students of Dr. Fishman can transfer in up to 75 hours or prior trainings!
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*PREREQUISITES: 

   Yoga Teacher Certification, one year of teaching, and one year of practice.

YOGA FOR SCOLIOSIS

FDA Approved Study

FREE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

We have space for 10 more

Teen-agers with Scoliosis

12 - 20 year-olds

Non-Surgical Scoliosis Treatment

ONE OFFICE VISIT

One yoga pose and botulinum injection

This is a crossover study

therefore

Every patient receives the full treatment. 

Loren Fishman, MD

Columbia University Medical School

AVERAGE CURVE DECREASED

MORE THAN 33%

IN THREE MONTHS

FIRST FULL ARTICLE

For more information, see four published studies:

Here (adolescents) Here (adults) Here (adolescents and adults)

... and now Here

For even more information:

Call 212-472-0077 

Email: loren@sciatica.org

New (fifth) Paper on Yoga for Adult Scoliosis

Available Now

Largest Adult Study to Date

Positive and Long-Lasting Results

MODEST NEEDS MET!

WE'LL POST PROGRESS HERE:

SO FAR:

Database translated into Malayalam, still have to hire ONE MORE teacher, ONE MORE school, and trying to extend our study for 3 years, adding Romberg test for balance and 6-minute walk for general fitness.

Then

Liz and I will teach them the Yoga for Osteoporosis methods

ADVANCE NOTICE

LOW BACK PAIN

CERTIFICATION COURSE

IN PERSON

AND ONLINE

YOGAVILLE, VIRGINIA

SEPTEMBER 6 - 8

Yoga has been shown to treat low back pain as effectively as physical therapy, epidural injections, and even surgery, and low back pain is the most common medical reason for beginning yoga. Yet treating low back pain is not for beginners. Not at all. The symptoms of two conditions may be identical, yet their treatment be diametrically opposed: Herniated disc and spinal stenosis present my favorite example. The treatment that's good for one is precisely wrong for the other, although both may present with sciatica, numb feet, weakness in the legs, and back pain. But you don't usually need an MRI to tell the difference: An educated eye, an inquisitive interview and sound judgement will usually enable a careful clinician to determine what's causing the pain, and what to do about it.

In this course you'll learn the medical/anatomical/scientific background to recognize what's wrong, and the yoga expertise to administer the poses that will help sufferers with the 8 diagnoses that make up 90% of back pain. We will go through each of these, condition by condition, familiarizing you with how each comes about, what you see in people who have them, what to do to help them, and some work-arounds if people have the common problems that accompany each one.

People who have 5 years' teaching experience and pass the practicum and the written test that are given in the last part of the webinar will be certified to teach the method. Everyone gets the CEU. The 8 basic conditions are:

Herniated Disc .......................................Facet Syndrome

Spinal Stenosis ......................................Piriformis Syndrome

Quadratus Lumborum Spasm............... Spondylosisthesis

Sacroiliac Joint Derangement ................Arthritis

20 CEU - IAYT

Save the Date

YOGA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF THE HUDSON VALLEY

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY

IN PERSON AND ON LINE

"YOGA THERAPY MAKES THE GRADE

AND THE GRADE IS A+"

OSTEOPOROSIS - ROTATOR CUFF - SCOLIOSIS

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th

1:30 - 4:30 PM (ET)

3 HRS CEU - IAYT

THIS WEEK

TUESDAY, JULY 23rd, 2024

The series demonstrated to reverse bone loss

and build bone

in

spine and femur.

THE FIRST SERIES

YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS

NO BLACK HAT:

THIS WITCH WEARS A WHITE UNIFORM

"Take these pills, my dear. They'll help your bones."

"I can give them to you every month."

BUT

There is another way!

AND HERE IT IS:

TODAY



TUESDAY, JULY 23rd, 2024

THE FIRST SERIES

YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS

Loren Fishman, MD, B.Phil.,(oxon.)

Liz Larson, RYT - 200, MA,MS.

1 HR CEU-IAYT

Loren Fishman............................................................................Liz Larson

.....

Precise and intuitive teachers

YOGA

Improves Balance

Straightens Posture

Enlarges Range of Motion

Increases Strength

Refines Coordination

Lowers Anxiety

Extremely low cost



No environmental harm

Can be done lifelong

Spiritual if you want it

Can give you companions

Can be done on your own

Over 250,000 hours practiced with no serious injury

MEDICATIONS

Can cause imbalance

No effect on posture

Range of Motion Unchanged

Strength doesn't grow

Coordination Same

Side effects raise anxiety

Some are $19,000 annually



Factories make drugs

Limited to 2-10 years

Nothing spiritual about it

No community,

just a pill

Monthly doctor visits



Many adverse side effects

By the way: You do NOT need to be a yoga teacher to attend any of Dr. Fishman's trainings.

KRIPALU June 2024:

"I attended the Yoga for Bone Health Workshop with Dr. Loren Fishman and found the workshop not only highly informative, but also life changing. I have since recommended it to friends and colleagues who are looking to combat bone loss in a safe and effective manner without the use of drugs. The techniques I learned in this workshop have quickly become part of my daily routine!

Dr. Loren Fishman is an outstanding instructor - knowledgeable, compassionate, selfless, and possessing a great sense of humor and boundless energy. It’s clear that what continues to drive him (at age 83!) is his desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Truly an exceptional individual!"

"Dr. Loren Fishman and his support staff did an outstanding job in educating us about Osteoporosis and the viability of yoga as a treatment for building bone mass and strength."

COMMENTS FROM THE LAST YEAR:

"Everything was valuable in this program. It was the most interactive and valuable yoga teacher training I have taken online."

"Both Dr Fishman and Liz Larson were excellent. Powerhouse of knowledge, experience and information. The live poses were truly images of beauty and grace."

"Wonderful course full of wisdom, best practices and humor."

"Liz and Dr. Fishman are the perfect teaching pair."

"It was the best online course I've taken."

"This has been the best run Zoom Teacher Training I have taken. It was great getting course manual in advance. All the presenters were very knowledgeable and patient and kind. The yoga we did made me feel better!"

"The course far exceeded my expectations. The presentation and course material was relevant, credentialed, lively, and keenly interesting."

"Dr Fishman is so interesting. all of the course leaders demonstrated passion and enthusiasm for the course."

"...Also enjoy Dr. F's expertise, humor and wit."

"This was an outstanding course and I found the demonstrations most helpful! It was mentally and physically challenging, I want to meet these challenges by requiring more of myself. I want to teach osteoporosis vs. yoga as well as I possibly can."

"Favorite course / certification ever."

WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THE COURSE?

"the interaction and follow up with all the questions."

"Dr. Fishman's excellent instruction and thoughtful, thorough answers to questions."

"Liz Larson's flawless demonstration of poses and expert management of all the comments and questions. Dr. Fishman's sense of humor!"

Dr. Fishman is extremely knowledgeable and happily shares his wealth of knowledge. His enthusiasm is infectious.

Dr. Fishman's teaching in a way that gives confidence to start working with clients the next day!

"Dr. Fishman and his team are outstanding, very interested in each participant and willing to work with everyone."

EARLIER:

"A Thomas Edison of Yoga." - William Broad, Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist, New York Times.

"If you only go to one more workshop in your life, this is it." - A.M., Baltimore, MD.