if you had your leg amputated in the 1700s you didn’t get anaesthetic maybe a
1700s you didn’t get anaesthetic maybe a
1700s you didn’t get anaesthetic maybe a little bit of wine to take the edge off
little bit of wine to take the edge off
little bit of wine to take the edge off by 1846 we’d invented pretty effective
by 1846 we’d invented pretty effective
by 1846 we’d invented pretty effective anesthetics that would numb your pain
anesthetics that would numb your pain
anesthetics that would numb your pain during surgery but people still had
during surgery but people still had
during surgery but people still had their leg sworn off without anesthetic
their leg sworn off without anesthetic
their leg sworn off without anesthetic do you want to know why because we
do you want to know why because we
do you want to know why because we thought pain could bring you closer to
thought pain could bring you closer to
thought pain could bring you closer to God because we thought the nice ladies
God because we thought the nice ladies
God because we thought the nice ladies might get erotic ly aroused if they were
might get erotic ly aroused if they were
might get erotic ly aroused if they were unconscious and do something they’d
unconscious and do something they’d
unconscious and do something they’d regret later
regret later
regret later and because we thought that the
and because we thought that the
and because we thought that the opportunity to show your courage and
opportunity to show your courage and
opportunity to show your courage and strength in the face of pain was
strength in the face of pain was
strength in the face of pain was something no surgeon should deny you it
something no surgeon should deny you it
something no surgeon should deny you it sounds ridiculous
sounds ridiculous
sounds ridiculous but today what we think about pain is
but today what we think about pain is
but today what we think about pain is still as much governed by our societal
still as much governed by our societal
still as much governed by our societal norms and cultural beliefs as it is by
norms and cultural beliefs as it is by
norms and cultural beliefs as it is by any improved scientific knowledge and
any improved scientific knowledge and
any improved scientific knowledge and the scientific knowledge we have today
the scientific knowledge we have today
the scientific knowledge we have today that is challenging a lot of our beliefs
that is challenging a lot of our beliefs
that is challenging a lot of our beliefs is the knowledge that pain is actually
is the knowledge that pain is actually
is the knowledge that pain is actually an experience made by your brain think
an experience made by your brain think
an experience made by your brain think about the last time you felt pain maybe
about the last time you felt pain maybe
about the last time you felt pain maybe you stubbed your toe or hit your thumb
you stubbed your toe or hit your thumb
you stubbed your toe or hit your thumb with a hammer
with a hammer
with a hammer you really felt pain in the toe or your
you really felt pain in the toe or your
you really felt pain in the toe or your thumb but actually 100% made in your
thumb but actually 100% made in your
thumb but actually 100% made in your brain now pain is actually quite useful
brain now pain is actually quite useful
brain now pain is actually quite useful it stops you doing dumb things so how it
it stops you doing dumb things so how it
it stops you doing dumb things so how it works you put your hand in the fire
works you put your hand in the fire
works you put your hand in the fire brain says that’s a little bit dangerous
brain says that’s a little bit dangerous
brain says that’s a little bit dangerous sends out warning signals like pain and
sends out warning signals like pain and
sends out warning signals like pain and you take your hand out of the fire it’s
you take your hand out of the fire it’s
you take your hand out of the fire it’s protective but in the area of pain I’ve
protective but in the area of pain I’ve
protective but in the area of pain I’ve dedicated the past 10 years to chronic
dedicated the past 10 years to chronic
dedicated the past 10 years to chronic or persistent pain this pain response is
or persistent pain this pain response is
or persistent pain this pain response is not so well calibrated
not so well calibrated
not so well calibrated your nervous system has become
your nervous system has become
your nervous system has become sensitized so that your brain sends out
sensitized so that your brain sends out
sensitized so that your brain sends out these warning signals of pain when
these warning signals of pain when
these warning signals of pain when things aren’t really that dangerous so
things aren’t really that dangerous so
things aren’t really that dangerous so for many people this happens when pain
for many people this happens when pain
for many people this happens when pain goes on longer than you would expect
goes on longer than you would expect
goes on longer than you would expect after surgery or trauma but for many
after surgery or trauma but for many
after surgery or trauma but for many people there’s almost no apparent cause
people there’s almost no apparent cause
people there’s almost no apparent cause at all now if this is starting to sound
at all now if this is starting to sound
at all now if this is starting to sound familiar it really should because one in
familiar it really should because one in
familiar it really should because one in five of us experiences chronic pain and
five of us experiences chronic pain and
five of us experiences chronic pain and as a country we’re spending thirty four
as a country we’re spending thirty four
as a country we’re spending thirty four billion dollars on it every year in
billion dollars on it every year in
billion dollars on it every year in terms of direct costs
terms of direct costs
terms of direct costs that’s more we’re spending more in
that’s more we’re spending more in
that’s more we’re spending more in direct medical costs than we do on
direct medical costs than we do on
direct medical costs than we do on cancer but actually most about thirty
cancer but actually most about thirty
cancer but actually most about thirty four billion dollars is the years of
four billion dollars is the years of
four billion dollars is the years of disability and lost work hours from
disability and lost work hours from
disability and lost work hours from people with ongoing pain now if your
people with ongoing pain now if your
people with ongoing pain now if your first thought when you have pain is that
first thought when you have pain is that
first thought when you have pain is that you would take pain medication you might
you would take pain medication you might
you would take pain medication you might be surprised at how ineffective they are
be surprised at how ineffective they are
be surprised at how ineffective they are one of the ones we’ve been most commonly
one of the ones we’ve been most commonly
one of the ones we’ve been most commonly prescribing opioids it has according to
prescribing opioids it has according to
prescribing opioids it has according to some information from pain Australia an
some information from pain Australia an
some information from pain Australia an average reduction in pain of 30%
average reduction in pain of 30%
average reduction in pain of 30% usually with negative side effects and
usually with negative side effects and
usually with negative side effects and of course with that small issue of the
of course with that small issue of the
of course with that small issue of the risk of addiction plus our beliefs that
risk of addiction plus our beliefs that
risk of addiction plus our beliefs that pain always equals tissue damage is
pain always equals tissue damage is
pain always equals tissue damage is making us go for a heap of scans and
making us go for a heap of scans and
making us go for a heap of scans and tests that aren’t helpful and actually
tests that aren’t helpful and actually
tests that aren’t helpful and actually can make pain worse because they worry
can make pain worse because they worry
can make pain worse because they worry us
us
us so it’s sounding pretty terrible but
so it’s sounding pretty terrible but
so it’s sounding pretty terrible but there is some really good news and it’s
there is some really good news and it’s
there is some really good news and it’s that if your brain can change to feel
that if your brain can change to feel
that if your brain can change to feel more pain you can change your brain to
more pain you can change your brain to
more pain you can change your brain to feel less pain and the best way that
feel less pain and the best way that
feel less pain and the best way that health care has at the moment to do this
health care has at the moment to do this
health care has at the moment to do this is through a multidisciplinary approach
is through a multidisciplinary approach
is through a multidisciplinary approach so you’ll have access to a doctor
so you’ll have access to a doctor
so you’ll have access to a doctor physiotherapist psychologist maybe rehab
physiotherapist psychologist maybe rehab
physiotherapist psychologist maybe rehab counselor and dietician to help with the
counselor and dietician to help with the
counselor and dietician to help with the psychological physical and behavioral
psychological physical and behavioral
psychological physical and behavioral aspects of pain so they’re going to
aspects of pain so they’re going to
aspects of pain so they’re going to check there’s nothing wrong with you
check there’s nothing wrong with you
check there’s nothing wrong with you that we should be worried about they’re
that we should be worried about they’re
that we should be worried about they’re going to teach you skills to turn down
going to teach you skills to turn down
going to teach you skills to turn down that dimmer switch so that your pain
that dimmer switch so that your pain
that dimmer switch so that your pain starts to reduce and give you skills
starts to reduce and give you skills
starts to reduce and give you skills like mindfulness and pasting your
like mindfulness and pasting your
like mindfulness and pasting your activities throughout the day so that
activities throughout the day so that
activities throughout the day so that you
you
you can at least keep your quality of life
can at least keep your quality of life
can at least keep your quality of life but there are three really big
but there are three really big
but there are three really big challenges with this approach the first
challenges with this approach the first
challenges with this approach the first is that we will usually only have these
is that we will usually only have these
is that we will usually only have these kind of expert services in a community
kind of expert services in a community
kind of expert services in a community or a town or a city that’s big enough to
or a town or a city that’s big enough to
or a town or a city that’s big enough to support it and so that means that if you
support it and so that means that if you
support it and so that means that if you live in a country area or outside an
live in a country area or outside an
live in a country area or outside an urban center you’re probably going to
urban center you’re probably going to
urban center you’re probably going to have to travel and if you have pain a
have to travel and if you have pain a
have to travel and if you have pain a long drive will probably make your pain
long drive will probably make your pain
long drive will probably make your pain worse the second issue is that when it
worse the second issue is that when it
worse the second issue is that when it comes to pain early intervention matters
comes to pain early intervention matters
comes to pain early intervention matters whereas wait lists for public hospitals
whereas wait lists for public hospitals
whereas wait lists for public hospitals can be upwards of 12 months plus people
can be upwards of 12 months plus people
can be upwards of 12 months plus people go to pain clinic and then they leave
go to pain clinic and then they leave
go to pain clinic and then they leave and they don’t actually practice the
and they don’t actually practice the
and they don’t actually practice the skills necessarily long enough to get
skills necessarily long enough to get
skills necessarily long enough to get any benefits so folks I am here today to
any benefits so folks I am here today to
any benefits so folks I am here today to tell you about a solution that has
tell you about a solution that has
tell you about a solution that has worked for me and many others you can do
worked for me and many others you can do
worked for me and many others you can do it at home you can do it in the seer you
it at home you can do it in the seer you
it at home you can do it in the seer you can do it in the country folks I am here
can do it in the country folks I am here
can do it in the country folks I am here to tell you you can do it in the town
to tell you you can do it in the town
to tell you you can do it in the town hall or your park it will help you with
hall or your park it will help you with
hall or your park it will help you with the physical aspects of pain the
the physical aspects of pain the
the physical aspects of pain the psychological and even those pesky
psychological and even those pesky
psychological and even those pesky habits that are making your pain worse
habits that are making your pain worse
habits that are making your pain worse does it sound good do you want to know
does it sound good do you want to know
does it sound good do you want to know what it is it’s caused
I was gonna say yoga yoga can help with
I was gonna say yoga yoga can help with your experience of pain through its
your experience of pain through its
your experience of pain through its combined effect on your body your mind
combined effect on your body your mind
combined effect on your body your mind and your perception of the world I had
and your perception of the world I had
and your perception of the world I had all over body pain for about ten years
all over body pain for about ten years
all over body pain for about ten years in my teens and my 20s I’d wake up in
in my teens and my 20s I’d wake up in
in my teens and my 20s I’d wake up in the morning feeling like I had been hit
the morning feeling like I had been hit
the morning feeling like I had been hit by a bus I suspect that it was brought
by a bus I suspect that it was brought
by a bus I suspect that it was brought on by glandular fever and stresses in my
on by glandular fever and stresses in my
on by glandular fever and stresses in my teens but I don’t really know
teens but I don’t really know
teens but I don’t really know epigenetics tells us some of us are
epigenetics tells us some of us are
epigenetics tells us some of us are predisposed and something happens pains
predisposed and something happens pains
predisposed and something happens pains triggered maybe but at any rate at 20 I
triggered maybe but at any rate at 20 I
triggered maybe but at any rate at 20 I felt like my body was falling apart
felt like my body was falling apart
felt like my body was falling apart doctors had scanned every part of me
doctors had scanned every part of me
doctors had scanned every part of me there was nothing they could find wrong
there was nothing they could find wrong
there was nothing they could find wrong so they gave me vitamins and actually a
so they gave me vitamins and actually a
so they gave me vitamins and actually a heap of really good strategies for
heap of really good strategies for
heap of really good strategies for helping me calm things down but there
helping me calm things down but there
helping me calm things down but there was only so far that they could take me
was only so far that they could take me
was only so far that they could take me the rest was up to me so as you’ve
the rest was up to me so as you’ve
the rest was up to me so as you’ve probably guessed I had a yoga practice
probably guessed I had a yoga practice
probably guessed I had a yoga practice which I had to adapt really considerably
which I had to adapt really considerably
which I had to adapt really considerably for my new capacity but over time my
for my new capacity but over time my
for my new capacity but over time my practice allowed me to get to know my
practice allowed me to get to know my
practice allowed me to get to know my body again and kids it get to know
body again and kids it get to know
body again and kids it get to know myself and what that meant was that
myself and what that meant was that
myself and what that meant was that eventually I would run away to the
eventually I would run away to the
eventually I would run away to the circus so 2010 I’m hanging from a
circus so 2010 I’m hanging from a
circus so 2010 I’m hanging from a trapeze wearing a pink boa singing cows
trapeze wearing a pink boa singing cows
trapeze wearing a pink boa singing cows with guns and I’m looking out over this
with guns and I’m looking out over this
with guns and I’m looking out over this big church in Sheffield over this
big church in Sheffield over this
big church in Sheffield over this audience and I thinking to myself my god
audience and I thinking to myself my god
audience and I thinking to myself my god Rachel you just lifted a woman above
Rachel you just lifted a woman above
Rachel you just lifted a woman above your head and you did it on four hours
your head and you did it on four hours
your head and you did it on four hours sleep I think you’re better that’s right
sleep I think you’re better that’s right
sleep I think you’re better that’s right I said to myself but did you know that
I said to myself but did you know that
I said to myself but did you know that lots of people with pain are still being
lots of people with pain are still being
lots of people with pain are still being told the best they can do is managers
told the best they can do is managers
told the best they can do is managers that’s terrible I said maybe we could do
that’s terrible I said maybe we could do
that’s terrible I said maybe we could do something about it yes we should let
something about it yes we should let
something about it yes we should let everybody know that they can run away to
everybody know that they can run away to
everybody know that they can run away to the circus
the circus
the circus if they want so I was going to change
if they want so I was going to change
if they want so I was going to change the world help everybody who wanted to
the world help everybody who wanted to
the world help everybody who wanted to run away to the circus metaphorically
run away to the circus metaphorically
run away to the circus metaphorically speaking do so and I ran away to France
speaking do so and I ran away to France
speaking do so and I ran away to France to study a degree in yogic education
to study a degree in yogic education
to study a degree in yogic education with Madame Marie and lay-by on this
with Madame Marie and lay-by on this
with Madame Marie and lay-by on this degree helps me learn how to make yoga
degree helps me learn how to make yoga
degree helps me learn how to make yoga accessible to diverse populations it
accessible to diverse populations it
accessible to diverse populations it particularly taught me the value of
particularly taught me the value of
particularly taught me the value of keeping yoga as yoga not trying to blur
keeping yoga as yoga not trying to blur
keeping yoga as yoga not trying to blur it not trying to confuse it with medical
it not trying to confuse it with medical
it not trying to confuse it with medical care because it’s different and to take
care because it’s different and to take
care because it’s different and to take my personal experience and develop it
my personal experience and develop it
my personal experience and develop it into a coherent framework that will
into a coherent framework that will
into a coherent framework that will eventually turn into a yoga course for
eventually turn into a yoga course for
eventually turn into a yoga course for people with persistent pain so to tell
people with persistent pain so to tell
people with persistent pain so to tell you how we were taking yoga framework
you how we were taking yoga framework
you how we were taking yoga framework informed by medical information and use
informed by medical information and use
informed by medical information and use it to improve the lives of people who
it to improve the lives of people who
it to improve the lives of people who need it I’m going to take you into a
need it I’m going to take you into a
need it I’m going to take you into a very old Texas called the Yoga Sutras
very old Texas called the Yoga Sutras
very old Texas called the Yoga Sutras the Yoga Sutras
the Yoga Sutras
the Yoga Sutras were written down at least 2,000 years
were written down at least 2,000 years
were written down at least 2,000 years ago so it’s the real deal
ago so it’s the real deal
ago so it’s the real deal and I think you’ll find this useful
and I think you’ll find this useful
and I think you’ll find this useful especially if you’re getting your yoga
especially if you’re getting your yoga
especially if you’re getting your yoga education from Instagram but the Yoga
education from Instagram but the Yoga
education from Instagram but the Yoga Sutras they tell us that our yoga
Sutras they tell us that our yoga
Sutras they tell us that our yoga practice has eight limbs so yoga posture
practice has eight limbs so yoga posture
practice has eight limbs so yoga posture the one that we’re most familiar with
the one that we’re most familiar with
the one that we’re most familiar with thanks to Instagram here’s a limb number
thanks to Instagram here’s a limb number
thanks to Instagram here’s a limb number three and this gives you your physical
three and this gives you your physical
three and this gives you your physical education so specifically for someone
education so specifically for someone
education so specifically for someone with pain we need to rebuild those
with pain we need to rebuild those
with pain we need to rebuild those pathways between the brain and the body
pathways between the brain and the body
pathways between the brain and the body but also learn how to move with less
but also learn how to move with less
but also learn how to move with less tension that might have come because of
tension that might have come because of
tension that might have come because of that fear that something’s really wrong
that fear that something’s really wrong
that fear that something’s really wrong with you
with you
with you breathing pranayama works on the nervous
breathing pranayama works on the nervous
breathing pranayama works on the nervous system and for people with pain we need
system and for people with pain we need
system and for people with pain we need to calm the nervous system down so it’s
to calm the nervous system down so it’s
to calm the nervous system down so it’s not responding to everything as danger
not responding to everything as danger
not responding to everything as danger that takes us into pratyahara since
that takes us into pratyahara since
that takes us into pratyahara since withdrawal where we’re not affected by
withdrawal where we’re not affected by
withdrawal where we’re not affected by external stimuli so much so think about
external stimuli so much so think about
external stimuli so much so think about someone with pain where their nervous
someone with pain where their nervous
someone with pain where their nervous system is telling them everything around
system is telling them everything around
system is telling them everything around them is dangerous
that then leads us into Dharana
that then leads us into Dharana concentration the mind with pain is
concentration the mind with pain is
concentration the mind with pain is often anxious and then meditation and
often anxious and then meditation and
often anxious and then meditation and this stage called Samadhi that we often
this stage called Samadhi that we often
this stage called Samadhi that we often call bliss but let me take you into the
call bliss but let me take you into the
call bliss but let me take you into the very first two limbs of this eight limbs
very first two limbs of this eight limbs
very first two limbs of this eight limbs framework because these are the ones
framework because these are the ones
framework because these are the ones that I think are really important but a
that I think are really important but a
that I think are really important but a less well talked about and they’re the
less well talked about and they’re the
less well talked about and they’re the Yama’s and the jnanis and these are some
Yama’s and the jnanis and these are some
Yama’s and the jnanis and these are some guidelines around how to be with
guidelines around how to be with
guidelines around how to be with ourselves and be with others now because
ourselves and be with others now because
ourselves and be with others now because I want you all to be able to leave here
I want you all to be able to leave here
I want you all to be able to leave here and impress your friends over drinks on
and impress your friends over drinks on
and impress your friends over drinks on Friday night with your knowledge of
Friday night with your knowledge of
Friday night with your knowledge of yogic philosophy and Sanskrit I’m going
yogic philosophy and Sanskrit I’m going
yogic philosophy and Sanskrit I’m going to talk you through two of them so the
to talk you through two of them so the
to talk you through two of them so the two I want to speak to are our hymns o
two I want to speak to are our hymns o
two I want to speak to are our hymns o non-harming and such a truthfulness so
non-harming and such a truthfulness so
non-harming and such a truthfulness so they sound pretty straightforward you
they sound pretty straightforward you
they sound pretty straightforward you don’t tell any lies you don’t hurt
don’t tell any lies you don’t hurt
don’t tell any lies you don’t hurt people you’re honest with yourself we
people you’re honest with yourself we
people you’re honest with yourself we need to get really practical what are
need to get really practical what are
need to get really practical what are these concepts mean in practice and so
these concepts mean in practice and so
these concepts mean in practice and so with someone with pain I want them to be
with someone with pain I want them to be
with someone with pain I want them to be able to move without making their pain
able to move without making their pain
able to move without making their pain worse but for many people that’s not
worse but for many people that’s not
worse but for many people that’s not even something they can conceive of
even something they can conceive of
even something they can conceive of start your truthfulness am i being
start your truthfulness am i being
start your truthfulness am i being honest with myself about how much I do
honest with myself about how much I do
honest with myself about how much I do today so that I don’t do too much but
today so that I don’t do too much but
today so that I don’t do too much but also that I don’t do too little and hold
also that I don’t do too little and hold
also that I don’t do too little and hold myself back when it’s really time to
myself back when it’s really time to
myself back when it’s really time to progress when you have pain or illness
progress when you have pain or illness
progress when you have pain or illness your whole world changes and this
your whole world changes and this
your whole world changes and this philosophical contemplation allows you
philosophical contemplation allows you
philosophical contemplation allows you to examine some of the beliefs you hold
to examine some of the beliefs you hold
to examine some of the beliefs you hold about your body and your life and to try
about your body and your life and to try
about your body and your life and to try out some new ones and thank you to this
out some new ones and thank you to this
out some new ones and thank you to this you know this practice we now have a lot
you know this practice we now have a lot
you know this practice we now have a lot of research that shows that yoga a
of research that shows that yoga a
of research that shows that yoga a regular practice can in fact reduce your
regular practice can in fact reduce your
regular practice can in fact reduce your pain including the related symptoms like
pain including the related symptoms like
pain including the related symptoms like fatigue and anxiety even the stress
fatigue and anxiety even the stress
fatigue and anxiety even the stress level the stress hormone cortisol which
level the stress hormone cortisol which
level the stress hormone cortisol which is often high when you have chronic pain
is often high when you have chronic pain
is often high when you have chronic pain so with this evidence now doctors are
so with this evidence now doctors are
so with this evidence now doctors are sending it sometimes it seems like
sending it sometimes it seems like
sending it sometimes it seems like everyone with pain to yoga which is
everyone with pain to yoga which is
everyone with pain to yoga which is really great right we can just all do
really great right we can just all do
really great right we can just all do yoga save the world but a lot of people
yoga save the world but a lot of people
yoga save the world but a lot of people with the very conditions that research
with the very conditions that research
with the very conditions that research says yoga can help our going to yoga and
says yoga can help our going to yoga and
says yoga can help our going to yoga and it’s not changing things for them in
it’s not changing things for them in
it’s not changing things for them in fact some of them are saying Rachel I
fact some of them are saying Rachel I
fact some of them are saying Rachel I went to restorative yoga and it made my
went to restorative yoga and it made my
went to restorative yoga and it made my pain worse and I see three interlinked
pain worse and I see three interlinked
pain worse and I see three interlinked reasons why this is happening first of
reasons why this is happening first of
reasons why this is happening first of all we’re sending people to yoga as a
all we’re sending people to yoga as a
all we’re sending people to yoga as a last resort their nervous systems are so
last resort their nervous systems are so
last resort their nervous systems are so sensitized and their sense of hopes so
sensitized and their sense of hopes so
sensitized and their sense of hopes so diminished that they don’t do it
diminished that they don’t do it
diminished that they don’t do it regularly enough to get any of the
regularly enough to get any of the
regularly enough to get any of the benefits so clearly we can improve the
benefits so clearly we can improve the
benefits so clearly we can improve the way we’re offering yoga as a pain care
way we’re offering yoga as a pain care
way we’re offering yoga as a pain care modality but I also realize that those
modality but I also realize that those
modality but I also realize that those three issues are the same ones that face
three issues are the same ones that face
three issues are the same ones that face health care professionals on a daily
health care professionals on a daily
health care professionals on a daily basis with their pain patients for the
basis with their pain patients for the
basis with their pain patients for the healthcare system as a whole we are
healthcare system as a whole we are
healthcare system as a whole we are spending more and more on pain and yet
spending more and more on pain and yet
spending more and more on pain and yet as many people as ever hurt pain is set
as many people as ever hurt pain is set
as many people as ever hurt pain is set to get worse as our population ages so I
to get worse as our population ages so I
to get worse as our population ages so I realized that to do something that would
realized that to do something that would
realized that to do something that would actually make a difference
actually make a difference
actually make a difference we would have to bring the healthcare
we would have to bring the healthcare
we would have to bring the healthcare profession along provide something that
profession along provide something that
profession along provide something that wasn’t just a pain solution on a
wasn’t just a pain solution on a
wasn’t just a pain solution on a psychophysical level but that helped
psychophysical level but that helped
psychophysical level but that helped with this bigger socio-economic
with this bigger socio-economic
with this bigger socio-economic challenge that ears pain and that’s why
challenge that ears pain and that’s why
challenge that ears pain and that’s why I started bringing yoga teachers and
I started bringing yoga teachers and
I started bringing yoga teachers and health professionals together not to
health professionals together not to
health professionals together not to work together but to learn together and
work together but to learn together and
work together but to learn together and through that they can offer pain
through that they can offer pain
through that they can offer pain sensitive yoga in their communities
sensitive yoga in their communities
sensitive yoga in their communities which means people don’t have to drive
which means people don’t have to drive
which means people don’t have to drive across town or into the city to get some
across town or into the city to get some
across town or into the city to get some kind of care they’ve got almost
kind of care they’ve got almost
kind of care they’ve got almost immediate access to some pretty good
immediate access to some pretty good
immediate access to some pretty good pain management strategies and
pain management strategies and
pain management strategies and importantly it’s a normal enjoyable
importantly it’s a normal enjoyable
importantly it’s a normal enjoyable activity that encourages you to do it
activity that encourages you to do it
activity that encourages you to do it often enough to get progress the kind of
often enough to get progress the kind of
often enough to get progress the kind of progress that makes more progress
progress that makes more progress
progress that makes more progress possible but the really exciting thing
possible but the really exciting thing
possible but the really exciting thing in all this is actually the kind of
in all this is actually the kind of
in all this is actually the kind of learning that is taking place because
learning that is taking place because
learning that is taking place because when we have our different fields sired
when we have our different fields sired
when we have our different fields sired by size it makes us question our beliefs
by size it makes us question our beliefs
by size it makes us question our beliefs and challenge what we think about pain
and challenge what we think about pain
and challenge what we think about pain and what the best thing is to do to
and what the best thing is to do to
and what the best thing is to do to actually have a difference
actually have a difference
actually have a difference in the world so the partnerships and
in the world so the partnerships and
in the world so the partnerships and knowledge sharing that happens between
knowledge sharing that happens between
knowledge sharing that happens between these practitioners means that they can
these practitioners means that they can
these practitioners means that they can work nimbly with very specific local
work nimbly with very specific local
work nimbly with very specific local communities in a way that a big system
communities in a way that a big system
communities in a way that a big system just can’t you know doctors farmers with
just can’t you know doctors farmers with
just can’t you know doctors farmers with back pain in their 60s I’ve got
back pain in their 60s I’ve got
back pain in their 60s I’ve got different needs to kids with arthritis
different needs to kids with arthritis
different needs to kids with arthritis we can’t go to school there programs for
we can’t go to school there programs for
we can’t go to school there programs for these different groups will have a time
these different groups will have a time
these different groups will have a time and a place and we don’t need to spend
and a place and we don’t need to spend
and a place and we don’t need to spend billions rolling them out across the
billions rolling them out across the
billions rolling them out across the country but for that community at that
country but for that community at that
country but for that community at that time that program will be what enables
time that program will be what enables
time that program will be what enables them to move forward thank you
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