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June 8, 2009
Philmont Country Club
Huntintgton Valley, PA
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As a result of my yoga exercises, I started doing stretching exercises before I get out of bed in the morning, and I feel much, much better. I feel my legs and arms getting much stronger and I have a lot more energy.
Carol R., diagnosed 7 years ago
Yoga for Parkinsonians
During the past 10 years, there has been an increasing interest and development in practices of yoga for Parkinsonians.
Yoga is defined as a practice that makes the body strong and flexible while improving the respiratory circulation, digestive and hormone systems. Yoga practice brings about emotional stability and clarity of mind. The practice of Yoga dates back 5000 years to India and the word yoga means to unite or integrate. Therefore on a very personal level, yoga would be about the union of an individual with the universal consciousness. In order for a person to be in harmony with his world and self, he has to be able to integrate his mind body and spirit. The expression of yoga is a way of achieving and maintaining balance through exercise, breathing and mediation. Yoga is a practice not a religion.
Yoga is a practical aid, not a religion. Yoga is an ancient art based on a harmonizing system of development for the body, mind, and spirit. The continued practice of yoga will lead you to a sense of peace and well-being, and also a feeling of being at one with their environment. This is a simple definition.
The practice of yoga makes the body strong and flexible; it also improves the functioning of the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, and hormonal systems. Yoga brings about emotional stability and clarity of mind.
There are many branches of yoga but all have the same strengthening and toning properties.
Four years ago, the Parkinson Council with Panna Flower MRC, CMT started a yoga class in Swarthmore. The class has continued to grow and offers a wonderful series of exercise and sharing.
The Parkinson Council is excited to announce that we are now offering new classes in yoga located in various locations in the Delaware Valley.
If you are interested in joining one of the classes listed below, please fill in and sign the application form, stating which class you are interested in joining with an accompanying doctor’s note and your check. Click here to download the Yoga Registration, Release & Consent Form.
Send your registration to:
The Parkinson Council
111 Presidential Blvd, Suite 250
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Cost of yoga program:
Members: : $80.00
Non-members: $100.00
Questions can be directed to the Council at 610-668-4292 or to parkinsoned@verizon.net.
We look forward to having you join us on this healing journey.
Yoga Class Schedules
Yoga On The Ridge
511 Conarroe St.
PHILA., PA 19128
(215) 792-6400
www.yogaontheridge.com
Thursdays, Beginning September 18, From 10AM - 11AM
Princeton Center for Yoga and Health
Andrea Sacchetti
50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506
Skillman, NJ 08558
609.924.7294
princetonyoga@mindspring.com
Panna Flower
pannaji@verizon.net
715 Harvard Avenue
Swathmore PA 19081
(610) 544-5424
www.swarthmore-boro.com
Starts Monday, September 15, 2008
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM
runs for 10 weeks
Yoga Evolution
Sharon Kind & Julie Coopersmith
261 Old York Rd
Jenkintown, PA 19046
215.885.1800
www.yoga-evolution.com
starting at 10 am for 1 hour -15 minutes
Exercise Classes for Parkinsonians
Arcadia University
Carol Eiper, Ph.D,P.T.
Physical Therapy Department
450 S. Easton Rd
Glenside Pa 19038
215.572.2157
leiper@arcadia.edu
Classes begin September
Classes will be held at Tuesday 11 am–Noon and Thursdays 3:30–4:30 pm
More Information
More information about the effects of yoga on Parkinson can be found through clicking on the following links:
(You will be leaving our site and entering another over which we have no control)
- Scientists use family history to tackle Parkinson’s
- Healthy Living: Beyond the Pill Box
- Complementary Therapies and Parkinson’s Disease
- Parkinson’s Disease & TAI CHI THERAPY
- Yoga Under the Microscope
- Medscape.com
- Int’l Association of Yoga Therapists
- Yoga and Parkinson’s Disease
Yoga Research Projects
Click here to download a pdf about Yoga Research Projects.