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Event Details

 
 9/7/2010   

 

3/13/2007

March Program
Reduce Stress and Prevent Workplace Injuries
 
Barbara Van Sciver,RYT
Yoga Works 

Additional Speaker
 
Kathleen McKeough,RYT
Yoga Works
 

About the Program
 
GET FIT, STAY FIT WITH YOGA@WORK Many companies are sponsoring health and exercise programs to teach employees how to relieve stress on the job and increase energy and focus. Results include improving productivity and morale while decreasing health care costs. Join us for a Yoga Sampling and learn simple strategies you can apply in your own workspace and your chair. We'll show you Yoga exercises that will increase flexibility in mind and body and enhance performance through focus attention and balance. As certified yoga instructors we will show you personalized breathing techniques, postures and exercises that guarantee to help you get through the ups and downs of the corporate world. So join us at the March ASTD meeting and experience what companies are bringing to the workplace to help you maintain your sense of humor and decrease your tensions.

About the Speakers

Barbara Van Sciver,RYT
Barbara Van Sciver is a 200 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher and registered with Yoga Alliance. Her certification is from The Nosara Institute in Costa Rica in Interdisciplinary Hatha Yoga. Barbara brings her focus on breathing and movement to her teaching and combines it with her Reiki 1 certification in gentle assists and conditioning self-awakening yoga postures. She has practiced yoga for over 20 years and is a private yoga teacher in Rhode Island and the Bahamas. Most recently she was a Senior Vice President at Right Management Consultants in Rhode Island where she coached and consulted on career management, leadership and performance for 30 years. Some of her corporate clients include Hasbro, Fleet, GTECH, Southcoast Hospital and CVS. She has a BA is in Psychology from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA.

Kathleen McKeough,RYT
Kathy McKeough is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and has her 200 Hour Certification from Innerlight in Newport, Rhode Island. She teaches Restorative, Beginner, and Moderate Yoga classes at Innerlight Yoga Studio, and Curves. Her gentle style of teaching combined with her strong use of visualization creates a learning experience that teaches and relaxes her students to optimize their health and practice. Most recently, Kathy was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at GTECH Corporation in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. She has her BA from Boston University and her MBA from Simmons Collage Graduate School of Management. She has practiced yoga for over 30 years.

Location
 
Radisson-Airport
2081 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886

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Time
 
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Cost
 
Members* who register in advance: $15
Members* who register at the event: $20
Non-members: $20

*ASTD Bay Colonies Chapter Members

For more information:
 
Jamie Millard, President
millardjas@msn.com

 

  

 
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