![]() ![]() They might have a focus, Eisenberg said, like spasticity or balance, so participants can choose a class according to need. Classes range from 10 minutes up to an hour. Thanks to a grant from The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s, a library of on-demand and live classes, at a reduced cost, are available on the Yoga Moves MS website. Every so often, one wants to help.”įor those who cannot make it in person, virtual options continue to be available. If a caregiver comes with you, they are certainly welcome to take the class. You don’t have to wear fancy clothes, just a T-shirt and pants you can move in. We have a generous ending - resting pose for 10 to 15 minutes. It’s a two-hour class, but we have breaks to allow for talking. “We’ll help you in from parking lot, help you back into you car. “We always make sure we’re accessible,” Eisenberg added. But students can pull up to the back and come right in.” “This could be the only time some of them get out,” Hodges said. While transportation can be an issue - people with neuromuscular conditions can have poor eyesight - long walks across a parking lot and stairways aren’t easy tasks. Ninety-nine percent is showing up, so when they get there, they get big gold star.” We want people to feel really comfortable. If we know someone needs more attention than one teacher, we’re going to have more teachers. It’s more than you’d get in regular chair class. “… These classes make a difference,” she added. There’s laughing, sharing, sometimes a tear is shed. “It’s a support group and yoga provides the framework,” Eisenberg said. During social time, clients also learn from and support each other through shared experiences. They realize parts of their body they thought couldn’t do something, can.”Ĭlasses are two hours, Hodges noted, which not only includes yoga, but a fair amount of socialization. Yoga is a mind-body-spirit connection and acts as a way people with neuromuscular conditions can “get back into the body and feel sensations,” Eisenberg said. This gives them a repertoire of poses they can do at home.” We’re implementing poses through the class for energy flow and balance. Breathing helps even with memory and with cooling the body.”Īdded Hodges, “We do poses that help promote energy. “This practice helps center the nervous system. “People with these conditions can be nervous, because they don’t know what’s coming next so they have anxiety,” Eisenberg said. Core strength moves help with posture as well. With spasticity and rigidity, stretching is very beneficial for that.”Ĭoupled with breathing, props such as blankets, chairs, yoga straps and blocks are used to meet the unique needs of individuals with different abilities. Maybe not standing on one foot, but maybe sitting in a chair with one leg out to the side, or sitting upright can be balance. “This is an opportunity to practice balance in a safe environment. “With MS and Parkinson’s, balance is a big issue,” Eisenberg said. Participants range from those who are immobile to spritely students who are able to help their classmates.Ĭlasses help with a variety of issues associated with neuromuscular conditions. ![]() Our teachers are adept at giving options.”Ĭlasses are open to anyone interested in adaptive yoga, Hodges said, including veterans. “Someone with Parkinson’s may not be able to hold a pose very long they might feel rigid. “We’re able to tailor each class to who’s there,” Eisenberg said. With adaptive yoga, traditional yoga poses are tailored to the physical body, rather than fitting and forcing the body into particular poses and shapes. Yoga Moves MS became a nonprofit in 2015. “When Mindy started learning yoga and then became a yoga teacher, she realized that’s not what her mom was supposed to be doing. “She was told to stay in bed when she didn’t feel well, which is the exact opposite of what you should do,” Hodges said. Yoga Moves MS was created in 2008, by Mindy Eisenberg, whose mother had MS. “When I started teaching, (Full Lotus Yoga owner) Liz DeFour was gracious enough to offer this space.” “We roam - wherever we can get space,” Hodges said. Similar classes take place weekly in Farmington Hills and Troy classes in Southfield and Livonia soon will reopen. Mondays at Full Lotus Yoga, 20365 Mack, Grosse Pointe Woods. Locally, adaptive chair yoga classes are back in session at 11:30 a.m. “Now we’re getting back in person,” instructor Bettyanne Hodges said. When COVID struck, leading to lockdown, the adaptive yoga classes went virtual. Heating/Cooling Repair and Installationįrom left, adaptive chair yoga enthusiasts Loretta Darnell, John Kean, teacher Bettyanne Hodges, Ed Gregory and Dick White. ![]()
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