ART OF YOGA
When: Tuesday May 11, 2010 10:00am to 12:00pm & Tuesday May 18, 2010 10:00am to 12:00pm
Faciltator: Helina Metaferia
Cost: $20.00 per session, per person
Who: We encourage all Treatment Foster Parents and professionals to attend. Beginners and intermediate level yoga practioners are welcome.
Summary: This workshop teaches the art of yoga, a holistic practice that combines physical posture with breath and meditation. Taught in the Intergrative Yoga Therapy tradition, the class applies the principles of yoga daily wellness. Holistic healing is examined through the practice of yoga for gernral and specific conditions. Loose fitting or comfortable clothes - preferably natual fabric that breathes.
MEDITATION AND AROMATHERAPY
When: Thursday September 16, 2010, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Facilitator: Nana Kwabena Brown, MA, CSAPP
Cost: $20.00 per person
Who: We encourage all Treatment Foster Parents and professionals to attend.
Summary: Aromatherapy is a Mind-Body Intervention, one of many forms of alternative medicine. This workshop is a lecture and interactive experience with aromatic oils. The therapeutic process that makes use of essential oils in combination with other alternative medical practices and spiritual beliefs are discussed. This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of what aromatherapy is andd its relationship the herbology. Participants will learn the history, basic prinicples and and a present day practice of aromatherapy. Participants will learn how to use aromatherapy for themselves, their children, in the work place and in the healing or therapeutic setting along with necessary precautions.
POSITIVE PARENTING TRAINING
When: Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:00am to 5:00pm
Facilitator: Laruen Capel & Shawan Jackson
Cost: Professionals: $75.00 Treatment Foster Parents: $50.00
Who: We encourage all Treatment Foster Parents and professionals to attend.
Summary: This training is geared toward providing basic struture of effective parenting, and teach positive parenting techniques for children with behavioal issues.
