Tomorrow Om Shanti Belize will host a yoga retreat for nurses - and we all know how badly our nurses need it after those long hours on their feet - shuffling through the hospital halls. The 2 part session starts tomorrow morning at 9 and 10 nurses have already joined. There are more free spaces for other nurses to participate. Lead instructor Kathryn McPherson discusses why these yoga and relaxation sessions are worth it...
Kathryn McPherson - ROC Om Shanti Facilitator
"We are putting this workshop on to provide a place for nurses to come get some self-care, they work very long hours and their jobs are very strenuous. So this workshop is to help them calm distress also alleviate back pain any neck pain that they might be having, I've heard that neck and the back are the main issues. We will also be doing some core strengthening to help develop and strengthen their core to help with their lower back and also to some quick fixes on the job so when they are in pain on the job, give them some tools that they can use right away."
"So what we will be doing is postures where I will have the nurses lay out in certain position where they are able to relax unto bolsters and props and feel supported and they don't have to do anything, they'll be guided and do meditations, relaxation techniques. So that's going to be one element of it, another element would be if your back is hurting, got a wall here what are we going to do, also posture alignments. So if you are standing for long periods of time I'm going to help you or help the nurses, give them little exercises they can do to help correct that."
It is $40 Belize to participate.
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