Saturdays Ongoing Online 10:00AM Central Time This class is for individuals living with mobility disabilities such as partial or total paralysis, amputation, spinal cord injury, severe arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, spina bifida and cerebral palsy. Adaptive class participants must be able to follow simple instructions. We welcome students who do and do […]
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Self - Actualizing
Self Actualizing This session will focus on how you help a student step into their own practice, their own story, their own voice. As a teacher, you start with openness and humility. You look for opportunities for collaboration and encourage mutual feedback. You notice and acknowledge the evolution of the student in their own practice. […]
In this second installment of Stories for a Better Life, we continue sharing identity stories with a slightly different emphasis. In Part I, we shared our evolving identify stories for living with our disabilities – from victimhood to survivorship to stories that neither prioritize nor deny identifying in terms of disability. Watch Part I here. In Part […]
Sequencing Does it matter in what order we introduce poses or sensations in our adaptive classes? Does sequencing affect the experience for the students? In this session we’ll address those questions, as well as others, as we discuss why we sequence yoga practices and how this may be of benefit for our adaptive students. Come […]
Join seasoned meditation practitioners Jennie Ross and Nancy Boler for an online meditation class on Fridays starting January 15th. This class is open to all levels of meditation practice – from beginner to experienced. Together we will explore different meditation techniques that help us gain increased awareness of the mind and its relationship to the […]
Shaping Community We practice the yoga of asana but also the yoga of community. In any class, we learn about one another, share ideas, and recommend books or movies or gardening tips. We ask questions, listen, and participate as a community. Let’s come together and discuss how shaping community is as important as any shape […]
Where: Mind Body Solutions YouTube Channel When: Saturday, April 22, 2023 / 10am CST What: Watch, practice, feel the work of Mind Body Solutions. Led by Matthew Sanford. Who: Open to everybody! Why: To help kick off our 10th annual Yogathon, supporting the adaptive yoga program at Mind Body Solutions.
Breathing is not easy for everyone, but it is essential…obviously. For many of us living with a wide array of disabilities, breathing cannot be relied upon as a default enlightenment tool. In this session, we share stories of breathing, singing, and of laughter. We also discuss the all-too-prevalent adaptive yoga assumption that the experience of […]
Heartspace We so often talk about the heartspace, or space around or behind the heart, in our yoga classes. As teachers, we address this sacred space with our own unique concept of why this area matters. Let’s talk about why this space is, or isn’t, important in your teaching. How do you bring the heartspace […]
Join us "off the mat" at a Team Adaptables meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at 1 PM CT. We gather for an hour to share experiences, gain fresh perspectives, and simply be among folks who "get it." There are no "tryouts" to make the Team. Simply being an MBS adaptive student living […]