I am involved in a number of projects, many of which have been in progress for months, or even years. They go through phases of keen activity, then quiescence.
There are distinct focus areas for my work, and there is a lot of synergy and overlap between them.
Having a child or loved one in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is one of the most stressful experiences a parent or caregiver can ever go through. We know. We spent 14 long days in the Pediatric ICU with our son Felix.
This booklet is written for parents, by a parent. It is written to help you survive. The information is also useful for older siblings, grandparents, close friends, neighbors, ICU staff, and anyone else who might help you and your child survive your time in Intensive Care.
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Projects
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My Work
Street Yoga Core Training
This weekend training covers a wide range of topics, from guided introspection to boundaries to needs analysis, to help prepare people to serve at-risk populations with yoga. These trainings are held regularly across North America.
Creator, co-developer along with Katie Arrants, primary trainer and lead developer.
Street Yoga Advanced Training
This weekend training deepens the SY Core Training by examining Mindfulness & Trauma, Mindful Communication, and yoga teaching specifics for diverse at-risk populations, including break-out sessions covering (Healing Childhood Abuse with Yoga, Yoga for Homeless Youth, Yoga for Youth in Foster Care, Yoga in Detention, Spa Days and Self-Care, Yoga for Social Service staff and more. The first SY Advanced Training will be held in December, 2009.
Creator, lead developer and lead trainer.
Felix Maus
The need is to tell this story, this crazy story of what happened to us one summer, the story of when my only son, my first born child came within a whisker of dying, both in body and in mind. He fell 30 some-odd feet from a tree and cracked his skull, shattered his thigh, crushed his wrist and slipped into a coma from which he almost didn't wake up. It was the brain injury that freaked us out, after the nearness of death, of course. The crooked road of life plunged us into a chasm so deep we didn't know if we'd ever get out alive. This is that story. It started one Saturday in June high up in a red cedar tree. Or, it started ten years before when a ten pound boy named Felix came into our lives forever.
Author
Mindful Communication for Healthcare Providers
This training supports the following value proposition through a focused practice which blends core mindfulness tenets with Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication: "Mindful Communication will allow you to contain and defuse conflict, and better advocate for your own needs, and the needs of your colleagues and patients."
Creator, lead developer and lead trainer.
Moving Through Trauma
This training serves those who have personally experienced primary or significant secondary trauma with yoga, meditation and healing mindfulness practices.
Creator, lead developer and lead trainer.
Yoga Way to Birth
The Yoga Way to Birth helps couples prepare for birth by connecting the ancient healing practices of yoga with the powerful experience of birth
Consultant, adviser.
Packing Your Parachute with Love
This powerful workshop brings people to a strong present tense awareness, and helps people prepare for any eventuality by committing themselves to living completely in this and every moment.