The Eastern Psychology of Yoga is the process of steading the mind through the body via the breath. It is an ancient practice dating back 5000 thousand years, and modern scientific research is validating its benefits for improving our health and wellbeing. Chronic stress can leave us feeling exhausted and isolated in our experience.
Knowing we are not alone and connecting with others who share our reality, can help us move forward in our healing journey. Dr. Vaidya's therapeutic group yoga programs harness the power of community to help you reconnect with yourself and your well-being. Yoga Therapy is the application of the practices of Yoga to empower individuals to progress towards greater health and freedom from disease.
Knowing we are not alone and connecting with others who share our reality, can help us move forward in our healing journey. Dr. Vaidya's therapeutic group yoga programs harness the power of community to help you reconnect with yourself and your well-being. Yoga Therapy is the application of the practices of Yoga to empower individuals to progress towards greater health and freedom from disease.
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I am Shailla Vaidya and I am a former Family and Emergency Physician, practicing Mind-Body Medicine in Toronto, Canada. In my 20 years of medical practice, I have worked everywhere from downtown Toronto to isolated rural areas including Canada's First Nation Communities. I am passionate about improving health care and helping those who work on our frontline.
The Nervous System, Yoga and Healthcare for Concussions Krystal Merrells RD of KJM Nutrition talks with Shailla Vaidya MD about the living with Persistent Post-Concussion symptoms as patients, and how practices roots in Eastern wisdom can help.
Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler: Head Concussions and Yoga Therapy Amy Wheeler PhD, C-IAYT talks with Shailla Vaidya MD MPH C-IAYT about her own experience living with persistent post-concussion symptoms and how yoga therapy has helped.Yoga for Stress and Burnout Host Jacob Kyle of the Chitheads Podcast and Dr. Shailla Vaidya discuss Stress - race-based traumatic stress, stress of living during a pandemic, and how yoga can help.
Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler: Head Concussions and Yoga Therapy Amy Wheeler PhD, C-IAYT talks with Shailla Vaidya MD MPH C-IAYT about her own experience living with persistent post-concussion symptoms and how yoga therapy has helped.Yoga for Stress and Burnout Host Jacob Kyle of the Chitheads Podcast and Dr. Shailla Vaidya discuss Stress - race-based traumatic stress, stress of living during a pandemic, and how yoga can help.
Every day, we bear witness to the trauma of the world as we work to improve the lives of others. Mostly, we do this in poorly funded, high-pressure, and even toxic environments that leave us no time to recover from the physiologic effects of stress. We often suffer secondary and vicarious trauma, moral injury, and moral distress.
This 9-session program will help you practice the healing power of compassion for the person who needs it the most - YOU!. All participants will need to be assessed prior to starting the group to ensure fit with the program.
Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that Self-Compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression and stress, maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and satisfying personal relationships.And it's easier than you think. MSC teaches core principles and practices of Self-Compassion that enable us to respond to difficult moments in our life with kindness, care and understanding.
Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that Self-Compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression and stress, maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and satisfying personal relationships.And it's easier than you think. MSC teaches core principles and practices of Self-Compassion that enable us to respond to difficult moments in our life with kindness, care and understanding.
As healthcare providers, we work in a stressed and overtaxed system, that has trained us out of self-care. We need to reverse that trauma. If we do not have, we cannot give. Self-Compassion is a skill that literally saved my life. It helps me get through the everyday challenges of balancing my own life and patient care.
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Eric Canham
Jan 30, 2021
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