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Ms. Evangeline Ruga, head of the Guidance and Counseling Office of De La Salle University -Dasmarinas opens the Counselors' Faculty Development and Wellness Workshop with the Theme
"Yoga as a Preventive Health Practice" at the DLSU-D Alumni Hall last Sept. 18. The CIM Chair, D.G. Simbulan, Jr., was the resource person and workshop facilitator.
Left photo: The CIM Chair, Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. presents a review of the health applications of mindfulness based practices, which includes yoga training, in the field of mainstream health care in various university medical centers in the United States. Right photo: Participants are led into a breath awareness activity prior to chair yoga exercise routines. Later in the morning, participants were led into an introductory yoga-on-the-mat routine using the Kripalu Yoga approach. The CIM chair is a certified Yoga Instructor from three institutions, finishing intensive yoga teachers' trainings from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the Yoga Vidya Gurukul, and the International Yoga Institute - Phil, Inc. He received his basic training from another organization, Ananda Marga, and also had some exposure to Ashtanga Yoga and Iyengar Yoga from well-known local training groups in the Philippines. He teaches Yoga now, the Kripalu Yoga approach which is well adapted for people of all ages who are generally living a sedentary lifestyle , and also fit for athletic and physically healthy individuals and those who need to undergo rehabilitation under medical supervision. Taught in a secular and non-denominational way, modern yoga has vast potentials as a stress management modality as well as a therapeutic exercise routine to maintain a strong, healthy body or rehabilitate one's body and restore physical and psychological health. Practitioners are also encouraged into deeper self-inquiry, and integrate a lifestyle guided by one's faith and other cultural traditions which support positive thinking and harmonious and just social relationships.
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