We are honored and pleased to announce that our program at Mt. Sinai will be expanding. Since 2008, Yoga Bear has organized volunteer instructors to teach yoga at the hospital. Because of the positive response we've received, we'll be adding another volunteer instructor to the program.
We'd like to recognize the incredibly dedicated and passionate people supporting this program. On a $0 budget, they have made everything possible through donating their time, efforts, and love.
Sandra Gilbert, RYT is the instructor, an Integral Yoga teacher who focuses on working with people with cancer, as well as cardiac and pulmonary disease. She is a graduate as well as the teacher coordinator for Adaptive Yoga for People with Cancer Training. Her other advanced training includes Cancer Guides through the Center for Mind Body Medicine.
Michelle Robbins is the Director of Yoga Bear's NYC Chapter. She has been coordinating the entire event, from recruiting volunteers to finding yoga mats for the students--- all while applying to graduate school.
Alison Snow, LCSW is the Mt. Sinai social worker and coordinator who worked with Yoga Bear to make this program possible. Through her diligent efforts, she has helped market and coordinate the program to cancer patients at Mt. Sinai.
We'd also like to welcome our new volunteer instructor for the program, Karen Yat, RN. After surviving two bouts of cancer, Karen decided to become a certified Yoga Practitioner to share integrated healing with newly diagnosed and recovering cancer patients. She has been a professional nurse for over twenty years, working in psychiatry, transplantation, and oncology . A NYC native, Karen has a bachelor's Degree in Psychology in addition to her RYT in Hatha/Therapeutic Yoga and Nursing Degrees.
Finally, this program would not be possible without the generous donation from Big Apple Power Yoga, who donated 20 brand new lululemon yoga mats.
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