Yoga for Scleroderma Teacher Training

June 6-7-8, 2024 | Westminster Presbyterian Church | Arlington, TX

Thursday 5:30-8:30pm, Friday/Saturday 9:00am-5:30pm

Cost: $420 early bird until May 1, $500 after.

Course will be confirmed or cancelled on May 5, 2024, so please sign up early if you plan to attend.

Registration Link

For more information about the training, please contact Kathy

For more information about the venue and local travel and lodging, please contact our program coordinator Alexis

The Sonia Sumar Method ® Yoga for Scleroderma & Arthritis (18 hours)

Trainers:

  • Kathy Randolph, C-IAYT

  • Cheryl Albright, OTR/L, C-IAYT.

  • Alexis Harrison, RYT-200, RCYT and living with Scleroderma

  • Pat McMillan, yoga practitioner living with Scleroderma

Yoga for Scleroderma and Arthritis is a comprehensive training course in teaching yoga to students of any age with Scleroderma or Arthritis. 18 hours of CEU’s are approved for International Association of Yoga Therapists, Yoga Alliance, and the American Association of Occupational Therapy.

AOTA Course Info and Course Outline

PRE-REQUISITE, at least one of:

  • 200HR Yoga Teacher Training and experience teaching a population with special needs.

  • Health background (PT, OT, RT, SLP, Nurse, Special Education Teacher) plus consistent personal yoga practice.

  • Yoga the Special Child 95H Part 1 Program plus consistent yoga practice.

CURRICULUM includes:

  • The symptoms of Scleroderma, how relief is provided by yoga practice, safety issues, demonstration by trainers with participants and volunteers.

  • The symptoms of Arthritis, how relief is provided by yoga practice, safety issues, vdemonstration by trainers with participants and volunteers.

  • Morning practice: participants experience a group class with various options and including students with Scleroderma and Arthritis.

  • Breathing practices to improve circulation, digestion and sleep.

  • Yoga poses, breathing practices, and yoga bandhas and kriyas to relieve digestive issues in Scleroderma, safety issues, choosing the right technique for each case, how to teach the practices.

  • The use of props specific to the hand and wrist concerns of Scleroderma and Arthritis.

  • Mentored practice teaching with fellow participants: teaching a person with Scleroderma and/or Arthritis.

  • Mentored practice teaching by participants with volunteers with Scleroderma and/or Arthritis.

  • Group discussion: designing the right program for each volunteer.

COVID PROTOCOLS:

  • Because our program involves immune-compromised and/or immune-suppressed individuals, we have the following Covid protocols.

    • Negative rapid test at our location at the beginning of each day, we provide the tests. If you test positive you cannot complete the training so we will refund your tuition in full.

    • If Covid numbers are high we may require masks when indoors at the training: N-95, KN-95, KF-94.

For more information about Covid protocols please contact Kathy