MODULE 1
This module includes the definition of pain by the International Association for the Study of Pain. We also take a look at Six Key Notes and Etymology of Pain.
Pain Care Yoga
101
Pain Care Yoga
101
This Introductory Workshop will cover the pillars of our
Pain Care Aware curriculum.
- Earn 3.5 Hours of CUs
- Self- Paced
- Start Anytime!
- Earn 3.5 Hours of CUs
- Self- Paced
- Start Anytime!
Modules
MODULE 2
Learn the importance of working your edge to decrease your buffer zone when pain persists, and gain a deeper understanding of the protection mechanisms that arise during pain/discomfort.
MODULE 3
Observe, listen and practice using the PCA Movement Guidelines. A PDF download is also available.
MODULE 4
Learn the importance of the language we use in guiding movement and how to identify cueing that could potentially limit people with pain.
MODULE 5
Observe, listen and practice using Pain Care Aware cueing during a yoga practice.
Your Instructors
Lisa & Neil Pearson
Swami Swarupananda, Lisa Pearson
Lisa has been a yoga teacher, E-RYT500 and yoga therapist, C-IAYT, for nearly three decades. After completing Yoga Seminary In 2009 Lisa was ordained Swami Swarupananda, in the Kriya Yoga lineage by Sri Goswami Kriyananda. Swami Lisa offers personal guidance and mentorships in Pain Care Yoga Therapy and Kriya Yoga.
Lisa is the Co-Director and Lead Trainer of Pain Care Aware.
Neil Pearson
Neil is a physiotherapist, Clinical Assistant Professor and faculty member for international yoga training programs. He is the recipient of Canadian awards in pain education, and physiotherapy pain management.
Neil is the founding Chair of the Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division, developer of an online pain self-care curriculum (Pain Care for Life), and author of a chapter on ‘Yoga’ in Integrative Pain Management(2016), the patient education book Understand Pain Live Well Again(2008), and Pain Care Yoga dvds.
Neil is the Founder of PainCareU and Co-Director of Pain Care Aware.
Pain Care Aware offers certification programs and online trainings for yoga teachers and yoga therapists, as well as healthcare and fitness professionals that are working with people in pain.
