Practitioner Self-Care During Challenging Times
Practitioner Self-Care During Challenging Times
1 hour 30 minutes
The instructors
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We have heard the saying ‘put your own oxygen mask on first before helping another’ and we know that self-care is an important part of health and well-being for all, including for healthcare practitioners. During times of difficulty and uncertainty, self-care maybe even more essential to help us navigate a sustainable path forward.
What does self-care look like for you? Do you have the skills and tools you need to cultivate it?
Self-care is a popular term these days and perhaps the meaning has been watered-down and misinterpreted. When self-care becomes another item on your list of things ‘to do’ or an added pressure or expectation in an unrelenting pursuit of better health, it can become the antithesis of self-care and we might be missing the whole point of it.
Join Shelly Prosko, physiotherapist and yoga therapist, for this 90-minute webinar on tips and practices to cultivate practitioner self-care, presented as an ongoing dynamic process of skills that involves awareness, attention, self-reflection, self-compassion, insight, courage and action. Self-care and self-compassion are not selfish nor soft skills – they are life skills that help us have the inner resources available to care for and serve others in a sustainable way.
Compassion and self-compassion are shown to be associated with positive health effects such as reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression, less ruminating thoughts, less fear of failure, and increased emotional resiliency, stress management, and adaptive coping strategies during challenging times.
Learn how we can cultivate self-care and compassion in our daily lives, amidst uncertainty and adversity, and help carve a healthy path forward that may be sustained beyond tumultuous times.
The Details:
When: Thursday, Apr 9, 2020 - 02:00 pm (EDT)
Where: Online - join from anywhere! Once you register you will receive instructions on how to join.
Who: All health and fitness professionals.
What: Those who join the webinar will be able to ask Shelly Prosko questions directly.
Please consider supporting the value and cost of this offering from Shelly at $39 or donate what you can in the sliding scale provided below (you must be signed in to register).
The instructors
PT, C-IAYT, PCAYT
Shelly has been helping people recover and flourish since 1998 as a physiotherapist, yoga therapist, educator, author and pioneer of PhysioYoga, blending evidence-informed body-mind-breath-spirit-heart centered practices and principles, such as yoga, into physiotherapy with a focus on chronic pain, pelvic health, compassion in healthcare and professional burnout. She is on faculty at several therapy programs, presents at medical conferences globally, contributes to academic research and writing, provides classes, courses and resources for the general population, and offers continuing education courses and mentorship for professionals.
She considers herself a lifelong student and emphasizes the immense value gained from clinical experience and learning from those she serves, the professionals she teaches, and the colleagues with which she collaborates.
Shelly is the co-editor/author of the book Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain and has authored numerous book chapters in a variety of rehabilitation textbooks.
She maintains a clinical practice in Sylvan Lake, Alberta and believes compassion (including self-compassion), meaningful connections, spending time in nature and sharing joy are powerful contributors to rehab and well-being.
Visit www.PhysioYoga.ca to learn more.