MS Spotlight: Yoga Therapist Shelley Sidelman
Shelley Sidelman, a Yoga Therapist RYT 500 and Long Island, NY resident, combines simple breathing, relaxation and stretching techniques to help people with multiple sclerosis reduce pain, stress and fatigue, increase circulation, improve flexibility and enhance their quality of life.
Sidelman’s adaptive and therapeutic yoga seminars have been attended by health care professionals across the country who face the daily challenge of providing their patients with effective and creative modalities of treatment. She has also hosted adaptive yoga workshops at United Spinal’s popular Indpendence Expo events (www.independenceexpo.org).
Shelley’s was also featured in a previous issue of United Spinal’s Multiple Sclerosis Quarterly Report, where she discusses the positive benefits of adaptive yoga in detail. You can access the article here: http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2008/11/05/health-benefits-of-yoga/.
To learn more about adaptive yoga, visit
www.yogabilityandyou.com or contact Shelley at Shelley@yogabilityandyou.com.
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