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If a friend or family member is feeling a little down, once in a while, thats acceptable, but you should try to make this person aware of the opportunities that exist within lifes tougher situations. Many people do not see opportunities, or see themselves correctly, and you might help this person see the good in life.

However, if your friend or family member is constantly negative, you will have your work cut out for you. People who are constantly negative tend to drag groups of people down, with them. How often have you seen one negative person do this to a family, a department, an organization, or a small business?

Worse yet, a chronically negative person may not even realize that he or she is always the bearer of bad news or the carrier of a cloud of doom. No matter how hard you try, this person must be able to see reality and want to change.

Otherwise, you are wasting your knowledge, time, and energy. All the self-help books, Yoga classes, and therapy in the world have limited abilities, if the subject is unwilling...more

Teaching hatha Yoga - Difficult Students and Fitness centers

...Yoga in a different light. She replied "Not likely," and walked away from me. Though she said it wasn't personal, I took it so.

I really thought hard about all the things I wanted to say, but found that everything I wanted to say had a negative tone. I told this person, as she walked away that I was not going to argue with her because I saw no point in it.

I felt hurt by her attitude, what can be said to people like this? What can I do to let it "roll off of me?" Can you respond in love and still get the point across?

Lets find some realistic solutions for this Yoga teacher.

In a nutshell: This particular health club member is full of negative energy. You are doing your job by substituting for the Step Aerobics class. She decides to take it out on you, but it is all misplaced aggression. She would have acted the same way toward anyone teaching anything, except a cardio based ...more

Yoga For Nurses With Back Pain

... get satisfaction knowing I am helping someone get well, even if I sometimes have to go through pain to do it".

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Nurses is one profession who are susceptible in getting low back pain under their daily activity,need also to be more aware of taking care of themselves with exercise to re-balance their bodies. Even just a minutes a day of Yoga is great for this.

What would be good, is that employers allow their nurses one hour a week in house to exercise and address the 'pain' whether shoulder or back with yoga classes.

Our healthcare system is really messed up. Of 47 nursing staff at an acute care hospital, the reported occurrence of some form of back pain during their career was found to be 80.

As the number of manual handling injuries in carers and nurses continues to be very high, the problem of how to prevent injury has not been solved.

Injury

Many people start yoga because of an injury. "If you stay in bed for lo...more

relieve the Symptoms of Multiple sclerosis with Chair Yoga

...g Yoga in Chairs. I was a little worried at first that I would not be able to do everything but I have not had any problems. Liz has made me feel very comfortable in the class and has also made me feel that if I cant do everything that is OK. She is a very positive and calm influence. I do feel more relaxed and less stressed after the class. I have a lot of muscle spasticity in my back and the stretching and moving has helped so much. Its a great class! - Gaye B.

I was skeptical at first but with each week I feel more into the program. The class seems better as we go and I am enjoying it more as time goes on. Thanks! - Lori B.

I have enjoyed Yoga in Chairs. It makes me feel relaxed. Ive learned some valuable exercises from class. Liz has some wonderful handouts. She is a very knowledgeable instructor and makes it seem so easy. By taking this class I am more aware of how I carry my stress and the importance of letting it go." - Marcia S.

"Your class has been very beneficial for me both physically and mentally. I am a newly diagnosed MS patient and quite honestly, I was quite unsure of what physical limitations that I might face. Yoga has shown me that I can exercise on a regular basis and it has helped me with my flexibility and my balance has improved. While I don't spend an hour a day practicing yoga, I use some of the stretching techniques every morning actually before I get out of bed and I have also been able to use some of your exercises at work as "stress-buster...more