Course 1
DNS Skills Course for Flow and Flexibility
May 12, 2017 Long Beach, CA
Course 2
DNS Yoga
May 13-14, 2017 Long Beach, CA
DNS Skills Course for Flow and Flexibility
Date: Friday, May 12, 2017
Location:
Long Beach Airport Holiday Inn
2640 N. Lakewood Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90815
562-597-4401
Instructor: Martina Jezkova, MPT
Course Hours: 9 am – 4 pm, check in at 8:30 am
Participant: Anyone who is interested in learning more about DNS or who has already taken previous DNS courses.
Supplies: participants are requested to bring a yoga mat, a hand towel and a large beach or bath towel.
Description:
DNS Flow consists of a fluid sequencing of the neuro-developmental positions which have been modified for the maturing body. It is an excellent skill set for daily individual practice to stay in balance, as a warm up prior to athletic activities, and as a way to teach DNS exercises in a class setting. This course will focus on various DNS Flow sequences, interspersed with neuro-motor self-mobilization exercises.
Course Objectives
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of developmental kinesiology.
2. Describe the relationship between development during the first year of life and dysfunction of the locomotor system in adulthood.
3. Demonstrate a variety of sequences of neuro-developmental positions.
4. Demonstrate a variety of verbal cues to instruct students who are unfamiliar with developmental patterns in a group setting.
5. Describe how eccentric loading of muscles can assist in joint centration while allowing for “relaxation” of concentrically overactive muscles, and how this can be a more effective strategy than stretching for flexibility.
6. Demonstrate a variety of self-mobilization and self-relaxation techniques utilized by the Prague School of Rehabilitation to teach clients and patients self- care exercises.
DNS Yoga
Date: Saturday- Sunday, May 13-14, 2017
2 - Day Course
Location:
The Alpert Jewish Community Center
3801 E. Willow Street
Long Beach, CA 90815
562-926-7601
Instructor:
Martina Jezkova, MPT
Course Hours:
Saturday- Check-in at 8:30 a.m. 9:00a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday- 9:00a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Participants: yoga therapists, yoga instructors, DNS students, and advanced yoga practitioners.
Description: This two day course will be the first in series of 4 DNS Yoga courses. Courses may be taken individually, or in any combination. They are geared to yoga therapists, yoga instructors, DNS students, and advanced yoga practitioners. These courses will assist yoga instructors and therapists in making yoga instruction safer and more effective through the combination of DNS strategies, and will also provide sound training for those clinicians who have wanted to include yoga based exercises in their treatment protocols with instruction from experienced yoga clinicians. DNS yoga is also a perfect cross-training strategy for athletes, combining joint centration, and stabilization with mobility in balance.
Course Objectives:
1. Demonstrate the foundations of the basic principles of physiological movement through functional joint centration and their applications in asana practice.
2. Explore feet and hand support relationships, principles of skeletal symmetry, muscle balance/imbalance.
3. Demonstrate functional joint centration during static and dynamic loading.
4. Demonstrate working in open and closed kinetic chains.
5. Correcting dysfunctional patterns with coordinated co-contraction of agonists and antagonists.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of indications, contra-indications, and modifications for patients.
7. Begin exploring pranayama (breath work).
Meet and Eat
Participants of both courses are invited for a Meet and Eat at:
The Market Place Grill Café
4750 E. Los Coyotes Diagonal
Long Beach, CA 90815
562- 498-3663
This will be on Saturday evening, May 13th, from 6-7:30 p.m. There is a full bar and a wide selection of meals to suit everyone- let’s go have fun and get to know one another!
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