{"id":17579,"date":"2017-04-06T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=17579"},"modified":"2017-04-12T06:56:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T13:56:43","slug":"17579","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/yoga\/17579\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga as Community Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The labyrinth circle of learning is supportive and collaborative in alignment with living that yoga ideals that&#8217;s not competitive but collaborative; not judgmental but open-minded.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4034.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4034\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16871\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4034.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4034-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4034-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>While us yoga teachers do have to sustain ourselves as we all do with our choice livelihood, some are in a more enviable position.  This is so great that I had to share &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niroga.org\/training\/ihf\/\">Click Here <\/a>if you or anyone you know are interested in learning more about yoga, living yoga and giving back to the community &#8230; by teaching and spreading the ideals of yoga but cannot afford the high quality teacher training one must undergo for certification with Yoga Alliance, this is such an opportunity.  I had no idea that there was such a scholarship&#8230; for someone to make a difference.  Maybe a college student who has the passion but limited in funds; maybe those in the arts and music &#8230; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Integral Health Fellowship (IHF) Program is an intensive 2-year program that awards need-based scholarships to participants with low-income, to become Certified Yoga Teachers through Niroga&#8217;s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Fellows pay forward their scholarship by committing to teach 100-hours of yoga to underserved communities within one year of the completing the yoga teacher training.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While yoga has become more and more commercialized <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/03\/10\/business\/meditate-on-this-a-nationwide-chain-of-yoga-studios.html\">as reflected <\/a>in the &#8220;business of yoga&#8221;, isn&#8217;t it refreshing that Niroga is really that Karma yoga put into practice. I am so proud to be part of this NPO as a student of yoga therapy, thereby having as teachers, not only the awesome founder, BK Bose, but &#8230;with teachers, each with the expertise in their specialization.  So far in the last one year, we have covered:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Skeletal System<br \/>\nwith Baxter Bell MD, RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Ayurveda and Yoga<br \/>\nwith Durga Leela RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Muscular System<br \/>\nwith Baxter Bell MD, RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Cardiovascular System<br \/>\nwith B.K. Bose, PhD, E-RYT 500 and Rosalind Lwin, CYT<\/p>\n<p>Respiratory System<br \/>\nwith Saraswathi Devi<\/p>\n<p>Endocrine System<br \/>\nwith Baxter Bell MD, RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Nervous System<br \/>\nwith Antonia Fokken LMFT, E-RYT 500<\/p>\n<p>Immune System<br \/>\nwith Mitch Hall PhD, RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Digestive System<br \/>\nwith Baxter Bell MD, RYT-500<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above was last year and this year &#8230; the journey continues to focus on special population where yoga can and do make a marked difference for the better:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Aging Gracefully<br \/>\nwith B.K. Bose, PhD, RYT-500 and Will Meecham MD, MA<\/p>\n<p>Trauma Informed Yoga<br \/>\nwith Antonia Fokken LMFT, E-RYT 500<\/p>\n<p>Prenatal and Postpartum<br \/>\nwith Saraswathi Devi<\/p>\n<p>Cancer and Yoga<br \/>\nwith B.K. Bose, PhD, E-RYT-500 and Rosalind Lwin CYT<\/p>\n<p>Youth and Education<br \/>\nwith Danielle Ancin RYT-500, Annika Hanson CYT, and Jonathan Relucio, RYT<\/p>\n<p>Addiction and Recovery<br \/>\nwith Antonia Fokken LMFT, E-RYT 500<\/p>\n<p>Adaptive Yoga<br \/>\nwith Saraswathi Devi<\/p>\n<p>Yoga for Life Cycles: Puberty through Adulthood<br \/>\nwith Miriam Shipp MD, MPH, CYT and Baxter Bell MD RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Sports \/ Occupational Health<br \/>\nwith Baxter Bell MD, RYT-500<\/p>\n<p>Chronic Pain<br \/>\nwith Tianna Meriage-Reiter, PT, DPT, WHC and B.K. Bose, PhD, RYT-500<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Obviously, with each of the module, we can spend a lifetime on that subject but just enough to make a difference as a yoga therapist, and that, is the intention.<br \/>\nI am full of gratitude for the opportunity to delve deeper with these studies.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7052.jpg\" alt=\"img_7052.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16858\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7052.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7052-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7052-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7052-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_7052-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_6960.jpg\" alt=\"img_6960.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16857\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_6960.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_6960-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_6960-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_6960-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_6960-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The labyrinth circle of learning is supportive and collaborative in alignment with living that yoga ideals that&#8217;s not competitive but collaborative; not judgmental but open-minded. 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