yoga and talk therapy group for women with body image and food issues

[Guest guest]

In case you missed this post a couple of months ago I am re-posting.

This group starts on Friday and should be wonderful!

- n Maloney, LCAT

In Search of Balance:

A Yoga and Talk Therapy Group for

Women Struggling with Food and Body Image

With , CYI and Miscall Brown, LCSW, CYI

Every Friday from January 30th to April 3rd, 2:00 to 3:45 PM at OM

Yoga Center

This 10-week group, designed for women who struggle with eating

problems, will explore the relationship between experiences of the

body and the various obstacles to feeling those experiences. Using

the yogic concept of mindfulness, participants will draw attention to

the relationship between felt experience and the ideas and notions

they have about their own bodies. Each group session will include a

15-minute introduction, 45 minutes of yoga practice, and 45 minutes

of discussion. Our topics for each week are:

1: Introduction: Starting Where You Are

2: The Breathing Body: Opening to Yourself

3: Feet: Foundational Support

4: Hips: Being in the Present

5: Spine: Finding Harmony in Opposition

6: Arms: Embracing Your World

7: Eyes: Waking Up

8: Here and Now: Being Present and Letting Go of Judgments

9: Meditating and the Body: Cultivating Kindness

10: Conclusion: Bringing It All Together

For more information or to reserve a space, please call

Miscall Brown at 646..638.4104.

Total cost: $150. No previous yoga experience is required..

is a senior teacher at OM Yoga Center in New York

City where she is also director of teachers. She has been on the

teacher training staff at OM for over 5 years, and has taught yoga

internationally. After pursuing a professional dance career in

France, dedicated herself to teaching yoga. She is

passionate about sharing her love of movement, alignment, and

mindfulness practices

through teaching and is known for her gentle and caring approach.

is also an MSW candidate at College for Social Work.

Miscall Brown has maintained a private practice in

psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for the past 10 years. In 2006, she

received her yoga teacher certification from Yoga Center Amherst. She

has a special interest in women's relationships to food, body image

and sense of self and in the use of yoga as a tool for deep self-awa