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Saturday 03/29/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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$65.00 Common Injuries in Yoga with Doug Keller
A significant part of being a good teacher is being aware of common injuries that may appear in a yoga class and recognizing postural and movement patterns that carry a greater risk of causing or aggravating the injury. In both cases, we want to offer alternatives and variations — to avoid aggravating the injury and help it heal, but also to enjoy and advance in the class with reduced risk of injury.
In this session, we’ll cover the most common injuries and how to adjust for and avoid them — especially with regard to the hamstrings, hips, low back, and shoulders. This will include looking at postural patterns and movement limitations that we can recognize in students. This will give practical insights as to what alternatives and approaches to offer, and how to address them without breaking the flow of the class.
The art of teaching includes the art of being in tune with the class, being able to meet them where they are and communicating the possibilities of practice in a way that tunes them into the wisdom of their own body.
The challenge of being a student is the challenge of listening both to you - the teacher - and one’s own body at the same time! This session is about teaching in a way that makes it easier for students to do both while enjoying the practice.
Doug Keller
Doug Keller has been teaching workshops and trainings internationally in the therapeutic applications of yoga for 20 years, and is known not only for his effectiveness in communicating this ever-evolving approach in these trainings, but also for his extensive writing on the topic in magazines, journals and his two-volume work on ‘Yoga As Therapy.’ He has also served, in addition to his traveling and teaching, as a Distinguished Professor at the Maryland University of Integrative Health in their Master’s Degree program in Yoga Therapy.
His background reflects a lifelong commitment to studying, imbibing and sharing the vast field of knowledge and practice known as yoga. After receiving honors and graduate degrees in philosophy from the top Jesuit universities in the United States, Georgetown and Fordham Universities, and teaching philosophy at a college level for several years, he then pursued his ‘post-graduate’ education in the practical experience of yoga at the Siddha Meditation Ashram, Gurudev Siddha Peeth in India, for seven years. He spent a total of 14 years doing service, practicing, training in and teaching yoga in Siddha Meditation Ashrams worldwide. He received intensive training in the Iyengar system in New York City, mainly with senior certified Iyengar teacher Kevin Gardiner. He also practiced Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in India, and became one of the first certified Anusara Yoga teachers, producing three highly respected books on asana, pranayama and yoga philosophy.
