AAYT SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

AAYT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) - Saturday 18TH November, 2017

Dear Members, Greetings! It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since last year’s AGM and the election of your current committee. The six of us still have a year to go under our management position terms. All the Executive Committee roles are currently filled, but we do have nine Non-executive VACANCIES for General Committee members and we would warmly welcome NOMINATIONS to fill them. At least four more full-members on the Committee would be ideal. Whilst we have a talented and harmonious small team of six, having more people with diverse skills would certainly enhance the work of your active, effective and outcomes oriented Committee. We need people with promotional and IT skills and/or with an understanding of educational and training values to help move the AAYT forward. Your input on the AAYT Management Committee will help ensure a vibrant and responsive membership body in action: keeping members abreast of current information and maintaining a professional body recognised in its representation of an advanced therapeutic, healing practice of Yoga. Please consider nominating for an AAYT Committee position if you are willing to contribute your administrative skills, PR abilities and/or IT expertise. Most importantly, we need people with a passion for our field of Yoga Therapy - members who have ideas and practicality in helping us meet our collective and collaborative vision and goals. We NEED YOU! The Committee holds a monthly meeting via Skype, and sub-committees meet as required and mutually convenient. SVADYAYA: The AGM is a time for reflecting on the past year to examine what we’ve achieved, to consider what’s still to be done and to create opportunities for the future. The Committee has focused on:

Re-establishing AAYT’s vision and strategic goals that ensure opportunities for our members

Creating a series of active working parties

Producing promotional material to be readily used by our members Establishing consultative processes with our Training Providers Developing a workable policy framework for current and future management Participating in events that highlight the role of the Association Networking with colleagues, Advisors, Training Providers and our International

affiliates Re-affirming the AAYT’s position nationally and internationally.

In summary - re-establishing the Association’s credibility and putting the AAYT (an Association for, and directed by, its members) firmly and squarely back on the MAP to represent quality and excellence in Yoga Therapy. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday 18th November 18, 2017. You will soon receive formal notice and the opportunity to nominate for a vacant (non-executive) position on the AAYT Committee. We will be developing opportunities for AGM participation by SKYPE and are looking at holding pre-meeting workshops in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to create member Sanghas and to enable cluster participation in the AGM. Please email Robyn Clarke secretary@yogatherapy.or.au if you would like to propose a specific workshop activity. This Newsletter edition continues to provide you with information on Continuing Education opportunities, reinvigorating retreats, promotion with Yogamate and the scope to work with the RCD Foundation in providing Yoga Therapy for children with brain cancer. Keep reading also for information about the NDIS roll-out and AAYT’s position in registering as a recognised provider. Unfortunately the post-conference seminar in Sydney with Dr. Ananda following the International Yoga Teachers’ Association’s 50 year celebration has been cancelled. Dr Ananda, a valued member of AAYT’s Board of Advisors, will nevertheless be speaking at the IYTA conference. The details are provided further down in this newsletter. Happy reading! Enjoy the new Spring season. Remember to put the afternoon of Saturday 18th November in your diary for AAYT – AGM. Namaste!

K.E. Shellshear

Karine Shellshear President AAYT president@yogatherapy.org.au

The NDIS and Yoga Therapy for people with disabilities The AAYT Committee is considering applying to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to become a Registered Provider so as to give people with disability who are covered by the scheme access to yoga therapy. The Committee would like to hear from any members who are currently working with disabled clients or who would like to in the future. Also, if you have any experience working with the NDIS your comments and/or your assistance in pursuing this goal will be most helpful. The NDIS aims to provide “all Australians under the age of 65 who have a permanent or significant disability with the reasonable and necessary supports they need to achieve an ordinary life”. The scheme commenced in October 2016 and is being progressively rolled out over three years. There are separate agreements with each State Government.

The person with the disability will be able to choose their provider for the services they

would like, and use funds from their NDIS allocated budget for payment. At present,

yoga is not a recognised nor is it a registered therapy under the national scheme.

Providers of services under the NDIS are registered as either individuals or organisations. To register, providers need to demonstrate:

Their suitability to provide services to the disabled Ability to meet the Quality and Safeguards requirements Whether they have appropriate qualifications and registration with an

appropriate National Body The services they can provide and who they wish to offer them to Their understanding of client goals, preferences and objectives How to market the services to target clients

A ‘Guide to Suitability’ of Providers is available at NDIA Module 4 - Guide to Suitability 22 June 2017 (PDF 773KB).

The NDIS is still in a development stage with some teething issues and anomalies in the system already identified. For example, a disabled client can have a massage, but under the scheme this can only be provided by a physiotherapist not a massage therapist or Shiatsu practitioner.

Individual registration for yoga therapists is likely to be very difficult. The Committee is hoping to build a team of AAYT members who can work with Advisors and others to promote the efficacy of yoga therapy for a range of disabilities. The end goal will be to register AAYT and therefore support practitioner involvement. The primary work required will be to familiarise ourselves with the NDIS and its clients, as well as lobbying disability groups, NDIS officers and politicians.

Can we make this happen for AAYT? Yes we can.

Please express your interest and/or comments to Virginia Kirton, Treasurer and Acting

Secretary: secretary@yogatherapy.org.au

Register your interest as a participating Yoga Therapist

The Robert Connor Dawes Foundation grants covers: • 10 fully funded private yoga therapy sessions in the young person’s home • Registered Yoga Therapist matched specifically to the needs and location of the young person • Straightforward and confidential referral process

For more information visit: http://rcdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/RCD-Yogatherapy-web.pdf Contact: Una Miller Email: una@rcdfoundation.org -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE HEALING POWER OF SOUND

MENAKAR DESIKACHAR

7th – 8th October Dunedin, NZ

14th- 15th October, Auckland, NZ For more information :http://www.khyf.net/programs-and-events

Dr Ananda – Modern medicine meets traditional Yoga

Woodhouse Activity Centre, Adelaide 12th - 15th October 2017

Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani is Deputy Director of the Center for Yoga Therapy, Education and Research (CYTER), Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry. Dr Ananda is also a member of AAYT Board of Advisors.

For more information: http://www.iyta.com.au/2017-conference/pre-post-workshops

International Yoga Teachers Association Conference

20th -22nd October 2017, Sydney

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Keynote speaker: Dr Ananda - The Energy Matrix of Yoga; balancing the art and

science of Yoga by bridging the ancient and the modern.

For full list of presenters and conference programme visit:

http://www.iyta.com.au/2017-conference

FOUNDATIONS OF YOGA THERAPY

with

SARASWATHI VASUDEVAN

October 27th – 5th November 2017

9 day Residential Training Retreat - Eungella via Murwillumbah, NSW

Saraswathi Vasudevan (Yoga Vahini, Chennai) is a highly regarded international teacher and mentor having trained for many years with Sri TKV Desikachar at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Stand alone course & prerequisite for Post Grad Diploma of Yoga Therapy with Dr NC

For more information visit: http://yogatherapyaustralia.com/foundations-of-viniyoga-residential-2017/

Limited places still available

YOGA YAJNAVALKYA

25th – 26th November 2017

The Centre, Randwick, Sydney

Seminar with Dr Natesan Chandrasekaran (Dr NC)

The Yoga Yajnavalkya is an ancient text in the form of a dialogue between

the Sage Vajnavalkya and his wife Gargi in which he teaches her the deeper

aspects of Yoga. Dr NC will explore this classical text giving inspiration and

insights for its practical application.

For more information:

http://yogatherapyaustralia.com/yogayajnavalkaseminar2017/

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF YOGA THERAPY (YTA) 2018 –

2020 with Dr NC MBBS

The program is offered over three years and consists of six 9 day intensive modules held

around May and November each year in Australia, as well as a two week (minimum)

practical internship under the direction of Dr NC in Chennai, India.

http://yogatherapyaustralia.com/post-graduate-diploma-in-yoga-therapy/

MEDITATION, YOGA & AYURVEDA RETREAT

4th-13th November 2017 – South India

Immerse yourself in meditation - combined with gentle, meditative yoga and the healing power of Ayurvedic medicinal food and massages. This training will give you the skills you need to practice and teach meditation safely and effectively. You'll discover how to use the rituals of yoga and ayurveda to prepare for a profound experience of meditation, creating a sacred space for calm, clarity and self-knowledge to flourish. For more information visit:

http://www.adoreyoga.com/retreats/current-retreats

Brisbane - March 24th & 25th - https://lkaustralia.eventsmart.com/events/brisbane/

LESLIE KAMINOFF – AUSTRALIAN TOUR, MARCH 2018

The well-known co- author of “Yoga Anatomy” and founder of The

Breathing Project in New York will be conducting workshops in

Melbourne, Sorrento (Vic), Sydney and Brisbane.

Leslie Kaminoff is an internationally recognised educator the fields of yoga

and breath anatomy.

For more information and bookings:

Melbourne - March 10th & 11th http://australianyogaacademy.com/special-events/workshops/

Sorrento (Vic) - March 14th - https://lkaustralia.eventsmart.com/events/yip-sorrento/

March 15th - https://lkaustralia.eventsmart.com/events/sorrento/

.Sydney - March 17th & 18th - http://yogainstitute.com.au/leslie-kaminoff-workshop-sydney/

Presented by the Meditation Association of Australia (MA) this event is the first of

its kind in Australia. This forum will offer an opportunity for shared learning and

networking for meditation teachers, psychologists, neuroscientists, educators,

health professionals, business leaders, academics and researchers, all of whom

specialise in, practise or are fascinated by meditation.

For more information: http://meditationaustralia.org.au/

ENLIGHTENED EVENTS –YOGA THERAPY TRAINING

GOLD COAST INTENSIVE – JULY 2018

For more information: https://www.enlightenedevents.com.au/events/graduate-certificate-in-yoga-therapy-gold-coast-

intensive

Australian Yoga Therapy Conference 2018

Date: 15th – 16the September 2018

Venue : Amora Hotel Sydney CBD

Speakers confirmed: • Donna Farhi, internationally acclaimed Yoga educator and author • Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, international Yoga therapy educator, specialist in diabetes, cancer, heart disease. HIV, depression and CFS • Annette Loudon, leading expert in Yoga and breast cancer and Yoga and Lymphoedema • Leigh Blashki, Yoga Therapy pioneer and sought after Yoga therapy presenter • Liz Williams, Yoga therapy and the elderly specialist and experienced health educator • Trish David, experienced Yoga therapist/teacher and counsellor More speakers TBA https://www.enlightenedevents.com.au/events/australian-yoga-therapy-conference

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