Workshop Topics
- Effects and manifestations of disabilities
- Cueing for disabled students
- Language awareness
- Propping for diverse bodies
- Asana variations and modifications
- Appropriate breath practices
- Consent to touch
- Observation of an actual class at Ability Now followed by Q&A
- Hands on practice with the other workshop participants in simulated scenarios
Workshop Details
Dates: Friday, October 16th (12 pm – 5 pm) & Saturday, October 17th
(9 am – 5 pm)
Location: Wellness Room, Ability Now Bay Area, 4500 Lincoln Ave, Oakland, CA
Cost: $425
Credits: Teachers will receive 13 CEUs through Yoga Alliance if requested
Secure Your Spot
Registration opens on June 1st!
Need Financial Assistance? Half and full scholarships are available. Please contact Lin Maxwell at yogadarsana@gmail.com to apply.
About Baxter Bell
Baxter Bell, MD, C-IAYT has been immersed in the practices of yoga for over 30 years, teaching for over 25 of those years to thousands of students in the US and beyond. He combines his unique experiences and background in medicine, yoga therapy, acupuncture and life to create extraordinary yoga practices for groups and individuals. Baxter is a pioneer in the area of Yoga for Healthy Aging, co-authoring a book of the same name and leading workshops and immersions on this evolving topic online and in person. He has created many rich learning webinars for yoga practitioners and yoga teachers on the online platform Yoga U Online, with topics ranging from Yoga for Heart Health to Yoga for Long Covid. Baxter has also been teaching to small groups of adults with disabilities at ANBA for almost 25 years.
To learn more about Baxter and his work, visit his website at: www.baxterbell.com
About Lin Maxwell
Lin is currently the Wellness Coordinator and Lead Yoga Teacher at Ability Now Bay Area and the Lead Yoga Teacher at Clausen House, both located in Oakland, CA. These organizations serve a wide range of adults with developmental and physical disabilities. She has taught yoga for people with disabilities for over 25 years. Lin also teaches weekly on-line classes including chair-based yoga and annual in-person retreats. She has co-taught numerous teacher training courses focused on teaching yoga for people with disabilities.
Lin is a 2001 graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio 18-month teacher training program. She also apprenticed with senior Iyengar teacher, John Schumacher, studied for a month with the Iyengars in Pune, India, and completed a 400+ hour continuing education training with Mary Paffard in 2009 that included Vipasana meditation. Her primary mentor in teaching yoga for people with disabilities is JoAnn Lyons (recently retired) with whom she worked closely for more than 20 years.
In her classes for people with disabilities, Lin tailors the class to the individual needs and abilities of the students, adapting movement sequences and poses to help increase range of motion, flexibility, and strength, as well as focus, centering, and deep relaxation.