Eating Disorders are the deadliest of all mental illnesses. In the US, one person dies from an eating disorder every hour. Many of these deaths are from suicide.
Alarmingly, up to 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men in the U.S. will develop an eating disorder by age 40, and 1 in 2 people with an eating disorder will think about ending their life. About 1 in 4 people with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa will attempt to kill themselves. And those with anorexia have a risk of death by suicide 31 times higher than peers without the disorder.
In this workshop, participants will gain an understanding of the complexities facing a student with an eating disorder. These students may be physically, emotionally, and spiritually fragile. One of the challenges that experienced yoga teachers seeking to provide appropriate support for the individual is that each afflicted student has unique needs.
Workshop participants will learn how to work with yoga to reduce anxiety, depression, and general eating disorder symptoms. They will learn the importance of integrating a trauma-informed approach and develop an understanding of which category of asana and pranayama are contradicted for individuals with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating and which are safe and beneficial. They will also develop an understanding of the risks of excessive physical strain and bone density fragility.
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Bio:
Lynn has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since 1986 and
has worked in public health as a researcher and policy analyst across the entire continuum of health care from community health and hospitals to state and national health departments.
She has always held a special interest in women and how society treats women, leading to an interest into disordered eating for women. She has worked for more than twenty years in the field of eating disorders when programs for eating disorders were in their infancy. She has educated staff in eating disorder units of hospitals and in academia, worked in inpatient and outpatient programs in hospital settings in addition to facilitating recovery groups at the community level.
Her interest in yoga therapy provided the impetus for her to live in Pune for 10 years learning and working directly with the Iyengar family at the Ramanani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI). During this time Lynn has taught workshops internationality for teachers who work with people with eating disorders in a clinical setting.
Pricing
Fee: $55. Note that we do not supply separate invoices and that workshop registration is non-refundable.
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing education credit with IYNAUS is available. If you’d like to receive CE credit with IAYT, visit here for instructions on how to petition for non-APD credit for this workshop
