Yogaah

Deanna McLaugh­lin has exten­sive expe­ri­ence work­ing with peo­ple of all ages and lev­els of men­tal and phys­i­cal abil­i­ties. Com­bin­ing her skills as an edu­ca­tor, yogi, and for­mer art ther­a­pist, Deanna guides stu­dents on their inward jour­ney to gain flex­i­bil­ity, build con­cen­tra­tion, reduce stress of the mind and body, and tap into nat­ural abil­i­ties to cre­ate pos­i­tive, heal­ing energy from within. Empha­sis is placed on the phys­i­ol­ogy of the pos­ture, and the heal­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties that increase as one learns how to inte­grate the open­ness in the body cre­ated by the move­ment while focus­ing on one’s breath. Chi – Gong is incor­po­rated at the begin­ning and end of the class to pro­mote a sup­ple body and a sub­tle mind. Deanna has stud­ied guided med­i­ta­tion, relax­ation, guided imagery, Chi – gong, Hatha yoga and the Tao Yin form of yoga since 1988. Dur­ing this time, she has devel­oped an inte­gra­tion of these forms into a soft flow­ing yet chal­leng­ing style that is accom­mo­dat­ing and assess­able for every type of body.

Pro­mot­ing an under­stand­ing of how the organs and the phys­i­cal body ben­e­fits from the poses is accen­tu­ated so par­tic­i­pants gain under­stand­ing of how one can heal ones own mind, spirit and body. Dis­ci­pline of the mind and body, she believes, leads to improved men­tal, phys­i­cal, and spir­i­tual health; increased pro­duc­tiv­ity, clar­ity of thought, a sense of inner peace, bal­ance and joy.

Deanna has taught well over 6000 doc­u­mented hours of stress man­age­ment and yoga in pri­vate classes, work­shops, sem­i­nars, lec­tures and pro­vides cor­po­rate strate­gic plan­ning ses­sions, demon­stra­tions at pri­vate and pub­lic events, and for con­ven­tions locally and through­out the U.S.

Sem­i­nars with non-profits and spe­cial inter­est groups have included:

• Main Line Health Cen­ter Alter­na­tive and Com­ple­men­tary Med­i­cine con­fer­ence, MLHC, Media, PA
• Alter­na­tive Med­i­cine Con­fer­ence for Osteo­pathic Physi­cians. Thomas Jef­fer­son Uni­ver­sity Hospital
• Bryn Mawr Hos­pi­tal Annual Alter­na­tive Med­i­cine Solu­tions for Can­cer Patients. Bryn Mawr, PA
• Alter­na­tive Med­i­cine Con­fer­ence. Joan Car­nell Can­cer Cen­ter, Philadel­phia, PA

Pro­grams for heart dis­ease, can­cer patients and sup­port­ers of chron­i­cally ill at:

• Abing­ton Hos­pi­tal Can­cer treat­ment facil­ity, Abing­ton, PA
• Tem­ple Uni­ver­sity Prostate and Neck and Throat Can­cer patients, Philadel­phia, PA
• Bryn Mawr Hos­pi­tal Breast Can­cer Sur­vivors, Bryn Mawr, PA
• Joan Car­nell Can­cer Cen­ter, Philadel­phia, PA
• Paoli Can­cer Cen­ter, Paoli, Pa
• Holy Redeemer Can­cer Treat­ment Cen­ter, Hunt­ing­don Val­ley, PA.

Other sites include:

• Y.A.L.E. Alter­na­tive High School, Cherry Hill, NJ
• Wan­na­maker Mid­dle School, Philadel­phia, PA
• Mid­dle School, Chester, PA
• The Amer­i­can Museum Asso­ci­a­tion Con­fer­ence, Con­ven­tion Cen­ter Philadel­phia, PA.
• Var­i­ous Yoga Teacher train­ings; Atlantic City, N.J, Bal­ti­more, MD., Lans­dale, PA.
• Retreats in PA, NJ, NY and Mon­tego Bay, Jamaica, Puerta Plata, Domini­can Republic.

Deanna is avail­able for speak­ing engage­ments on top­ics that include:

• The nat­ural heal­ing abil­ity of the body through yoga.
• Yoga for can­cer patients and their caretakers.
• Teach­ing group classes or pri­vate home par­ties in yoga asana, pranayama and meditation.
• Pri­vate ses­sions in yoga tai­lored to meet spe­cific needs.

Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion & Credentials:

• Yoga Express Board of Experts panel, Man­hat­tan, NY 2011
• Cer­ti­fied, Lin Zi Chi Kung level 1 Spirit Wind School 2011
• Cer­ti­fied: Taoist Yoga, through Spirit Wind with Sifu Chik Mason 1996
• Cer­ti­fied: Tao Yin yoga, Tai Chi and Chi Gong stud­ies with Mas­ter Young­mann Park of Korea
• Certi­fied: Tao Yoga with Paulie Zink, 2008. Yearly con­cen­trated stud­ies with Tao Yin Yoga, Chi Gong and Tai Chi at Heal­ing Tao Inter­na­tional with Mas­ter Man­tak Chia, Karen Slo­vac, Marie Favorito and Michael Winn since 1997
• Mem­ber of the Inter­na­tional Asso­ci­a­tion of Yoga Therapist
• Reg­is­tered ERYT 500 through Yoga Alliance