2025 Schedule
WORKSHOP:
Pain in the Context of Yoga
Description
A professional development course for yoga teachers, yoga teachers in training, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals.
Chronic pain is a common and important problem, but many healthcare practitioners, even those in pain management settings, do not have a clear understanding of modern pain science.
Misconceptions about pain can be a major roadblock to effective interventions, including Yoga therapy.
Chronic pain is a common and important problem, but many healthcare practitioners, even those in pain management settings, do not have a clear understanding of modern pain science. Misconceptions about pain can be a major roadblock to effective interventions, including Yoga therapy.
It is important for practitioners to understand the latest conceptual understanding of how the nervous system experiences pain, including the concepts of sensitisation, neuroplasticity and mindfulness.
It’s equally important for practitioners to understand the limitations and inaccuracies of common beliefs about pain, to assist with active self-management.
Modern science supports a holistic, individualised approach to Yoga therapy as an effective strategy for helping people with chronic pain.
In this course Scott will teach you how to use neuroscience education about the whole body, including the nervous system, to assist your students & clients in trouble in a language they can understand. There is a particular focus on the brain and it, therefore, involves education about the role of thoughts, attitudes, perceptions and superstitions, as well as tissue damage and healing. This model of education is based firmly within the biopsychosocial approach. Pain is seen as not necessarily a sign of damage but more an individual response to threat, real or perceived. Psychological factors have long been known as strong predictors of long term disability and chronic pain. Explaining pain in this way gives a biological base to the psychological factors.
The course will cover
Scott’s journey of chronic pain
Innovative, intriguing and captivating approaches to movement when there is chronic pain.
Decreasing fear, increasing self efficacy. Promoting self understanding and self empowerment. Combining ‘art’ and evidence.
Cycle of pain and best practice neuro plastic models.
Factors that increase sensitisations & open the pain gate Catastrophising, pain related anxiety and fear, stress, helplessness Factors that decrease sensitisations & close the pain gate
Self efficacy, pain coping strategies, readiness to change, acceptance.
Scott White – Studies & Qualifications:
Yoga Australia: Registered Teacher Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy) – Curtin University
20 years of private practice as a physiotherapist.
Post Graduate Studies, Pain Science, Sydney University
Dance Medicine Australia Clinical Pilates Yoga Therapy 2019 – Current. Private tuition with Kale Leaf, Perth
Information
When
Saturdays 1:00PM to 5:00PM
21st & 28th June, 2025
Where
75 Coogee Street, Mount Hawthorn
Instructor(s)
Price
$350 Including GST
$175 for past graduates of Yogahub YTT
