Yoga and Scoliosis

is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was first certified as a Yoga teacher by the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City for levels 1, 2, and 3. She has been studying with the Iyengar family since 2001 and in 2005, she received certification from B.K.S. Iyengar at the Iyengar Yoga Institute. She now teaches children in New York City at the Bloomingdale Family Program. Marcia is a Body Mind Centering teacher, an Infant Developmental Educator, is registered as a somatic movement educator, and is one of a handful of people who have worked extensively with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, founder of The School for Body-Mind Centering. Marcia has taught Yoga internationally, in Brazil, Canada, India, New Zealand, and the U.S. Currently she teaches classes and workshops on yoga and scoliosis and maintains a private practice in New York City and Rio de Janeiro.||Loren Martin Fishman, MD, BPhil (oxon.) attended Rush Presbyterian St. LukeÇ Medical School and received his certification to teach yoga from the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Poona, India. He is Assistant Clinical Professor in Rehabilitation at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and former President, New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Treasurer, Manhattan Institute for Cancer Research (Philanthropy).

Part I Introduction: 1. Introduction to Scoliosis by Dr. Loren Fishman, 2. Yoga, 3. Concepts of Sequencing, Part II Yoga for Scoliosis 4. Postures on the Floor, 5. Standing Asanas, 6. Seated Asanas, 7. Forward, Lateral, Abdominal, and Back Extensions, 8. Inversions, 9. Restorative Savasana: Witnessing and Feeling the Breath, Part III On Daily Life 10. On Daily Life, Additional Exercises, Resources