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VOLUNTEER
SPOTLIGHT:
Nancy Candea, EYRT, CYT
For Nancy Candea, passion comes from life and its challenges. As
a yoga therapist, teacher and director of Satellite Yoga, Nancy
lives by the five points of yoga: exercise, nutrition, relaxation,
positive thoughts and following life's bliss. Yoga therapy is
past the Asana work of daily practice, using the Yoga writings to
help find what is off-balance and discover non-violence and truthfulness.
These principles are what she shares with
her students, along with teaching alternatives and decision-making
because "clear heads make good choices," says Nancy. One goal of
her program for healing is to increase the time responding to issues
rather than the time reacting to them, through wisdom and opening
the heart. Nancy is currently teaching yoga classes at the SPAN
Shelter and Resource Center. Yoga poses are taught but she also
takes time to work with each woman and is attuned to the needs of
each resident. Women at the SPAN Shelter get compassionate, individual
attention from Nancy, allowing woman to work on her own goals during
a yoga session. Be it a physical, emotional or spiritual manifestation
of pain, or a combination of those things, Nancy can help each woman
learn to trust herself again - yoga as therapy.
In addition to her work with women at the
SPAN Shelter and Resource Center, Nancy was the facilitator of Recover,
Rejuvenate, Redefine: The Transforming Power of the Yoga Lifestyle
on June 24 at the SPAN Outreach Center. This program focused on
the practice of techniques for relaxation, including meditation,
breathing exercises and 'chair yoga'. Satellite Yoga is a not-for-profit
organization that brings the science and art of yoga to underserved
populations. It is designed to filter resources to the community,
creating a healthier community with a spiritual connection. She
also trains yoga teachers through the Boundless Yoga Center, LLC,
a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School. Besides teaching yoga classes,
Nancy teaches yoga in schools, the Boulder County Jail and the Brookdale
retirement community. Please visit www.nancycandea.com for more
information.
To find out more about volunteer opportunities
at SPAN, call 303-449-8623 or visit our website at www.safehousealliance.org.
The next training will be in October 2009
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