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CONTACT: Sara Szeglowski
[email protected]
716.536.1619
Local yoga teacher to speak at Symposium on Yoga Therapy
and Research in Washington, DC
June 1, 2016 (Hamburg, NY) –Village of Hamburg yoga studio owner, Sara Szeglowski, has
been asked by the Association of International Yoga Therapists to present on June 9th at the
organization’s three day symposium, which will be held in the Washington, D.C. area.
Szeglowski, who teaches yoga classes, workshops, and provides private yoga therapy sessions at
Shine Yoga on Main Street in the Village of Hamburg, will speak on the role yoga plays in
improving the lives of young, female cancer survivors who are juggling career and family
responsibilities while dealing with the physical and emotional aftermath of cancer diagnosis and
treatment. Her presentation draws from her own experience as a cancer survivor, her expeience
providing therapeutic yoga to other survivors and work she has done with Roswell Park Cancer
Institute.
“Over the course of the year I was actively fighting my cancer with chemotherapy, radiation, and
surgery I received a tremendous amount of support and guidance. In fact, it was the most mapped
out time in my life. When that year ended, the map was gone along with my cancer. What
remained was intense fear of a recurrence, a deep level of exhaustion, pain and both mental and
physical limitations. I didn’t know how to get back to my life, which included a toddler and a
demanding job,” said Szeglowski. “I’ve been able to create a map for myself and help the clients
I work with take back control of their lives and bodies, but speaking at an international
conference focused on bringing yoga into medical settings takes my vision for young cancer
survivors to a whole new level. My greatest hope is that I will be able to contribute to a medical
system that provides consistant, ongoing survivorship support and resources as a matter of
course. This conference is a step towards making that happen. I’m excited to make a contribution
and to bring back what I learn to my studio and to Western New York.”
In addition to supporting survivors through her studio, Szeglowski has worked with Roswell
Park Cancer Institute to develop a yoga video for active cancer patients and is working on a
second video for survivors. She also works with the YMCA’s Live Strong Program in
Williamsville and the Breast Cancer Network of Western New York. Szeglowski is the only
certified Yoga4Cancer teacher in Western New York.
Szeglowski is a 200 hr Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher, trained through Kripalu’s
intensive month long program and is working towards a 500 hour certification through Tiffany
Cruikshank’s Yoga Medicine program. She is trained by Cruikshank in Spinal Disfunction
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Therapy and will complete Shoulder and Facia moduals this summer. Szeglowski is a member of
the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Association and the Association of International Yoga Therapists.
Shine Yoga’s approach for both cancer survivors and “every body” centers around
individualized, safe, instructional yoga that teaches students to use all the muscles in their body
to improve flexibility and strength. Each week, classes explore a specific body system (hips,
shoulders, lumbar spine) using specially designed sequences to strengthen small supportive
muscles and release tension. Every class is different. Shine clases are small by design, providing
individualized attention and asists to no more than 16 students per class. A key component of the
Shine approach is to offer individual, one-on-one sessions as part of students’ practices in
addition to regular classes and workshops.
Sara Szeglowski, MA, RYT200
To learn more about Shine Yoga, go to www.shineyogawny.com
For more information, to see the studio, attend a class or schedule an interview, call 716-5361619 or e-mail Sara at [email protected].
For more information about Sara’s journey see her blog, My Careful Joyful Life…after cancer:
http://www.carefuljoyful.com
For more information about the SYTR conference go to
http://www.iayt.org/?page=2016CICSessions Szeglowski is presenting under CIC #3: Yoga for
the Cancer Community: A Gathering of Practitioners
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