Formally known as Yoga For Disabilities, we are a club/organization working on bringing an adaptive yoga course into the University of Arizona for people with disabilities, especially those who require a wheelchair for assistance. You can contact us at [email protected]
Redefining Ability
•How We Started•
Inspired by Matthew Sanford and his work with yoga, despite having a spinal c
ord injury, Jessica Stebbins wanted to create an opportunity for others to take adaptive yoga classes here at The University of Arizona. Her plan was to work on a program plan that would eventually bring this service to the U of A community through the Rec Center. After attending a yoga class, group members from a project she was working with learned of her dream. They felt the need to continue on her work and complete it, as Jessica would have done. Today, a club has been created, Yoga For Disabilities, and members have undergone training to begin what she was hoping to start Spring 2013 at the Rec Center.
•Our Mission Statement•
Our Mission is to reach out to people with physical disabilities and to provide assistance and support in an effort to explore the practice of yoga by understanding the mind body connection redefining ability.
•What We Do•
♥Develop an adaptive yoga course allowing people with disabilities to experience the benefits of yoga.
♥Participate in fundraising and promotional activities/events
♥Have fun and practice yoga, of course!
♥Reach out to people with disabilities and teach them the benefits of implementing yoga in one’s life.
♥Create a welcoming inclusive environment for anyone interested.
♥Create awareness within the entire University of Arizona community of the benefits of yoga especially for people with disabilities.
♥Selected members will have the opportunity to be trained at Matthew Sanford’s Mind Body Solution in Minnesota, specializing in adaptive yoga.
♥Other members will be trained as instructor assistants to provide physical assistance for those individuals taking the Yoga for Disabilities course.
•Our Officers•
President: Karen Rios; [email protected]
Vice President: Elizabeth A Brewer; [email protected]
Secretary: Morgan Berryman-Maciel; [email protected]
Vice President of Public Realtions: Alexandra Brae Geter; [email protected]
•Links•
Video honoring Jessica Stebbins and her dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nEPosRIgLw
Spring 2012 Progress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsm8EszwLjA&list=UUUBIiP6hzoJzLVmEegO16Ow&index=2&feature=plcp
Matthew Sanford's Mind Body Solutions
http://www.mindbodysolutions.org/
UA Campus Rec (determined location for yoga course beginning Fall 2012)
http://campusrec.arizona.edu/
Disability Resource Center http://drc.arizona.edu/
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/
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