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Cheryl Fenner Brown
C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP Holy Fire® Karuna® Reiki Master (919) 290-2641 | cherylbrownyoga@gmail.com | Bahama, North Carolina 1,600 hours of professional yoga training
7,795 teaching hours as of 12/31/2019 |
Certifications
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Professional Training
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Teaching Experience
Since 2004 I have taught public and semi-private classes at a variety of venues including yoga studios, physician’s offices, cancer centers, corporations, and chiropractor's offices:
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Workshops & Retreats
Since 2007 I have created the curriculum for and taught the following therapeutic workshops and retreats:
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Teacher Training
Since 2012 I have joined the faculty of various yoga therapy teacher training programs at the 200, 300 and 500 hour level (171 hours):
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Yoga Therapy Experience
I have had the opportunity to work with 150 private clients (1,700 hours of private yoga therapy as of 12/31/19) teaching gentle asana, pranayama, mudra, chanting, yoga nidra, and restorative yoga to aid in a variety of ailments including allergies, amputation, anxiety disorder, arthritis, asthma, bipolar disorder, brain trauma, cerebral palsy, cancer, celiac, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, chronic constipation, depression, diabetes, electro-magnetic sensitivity, fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, gastritis, heart disease, hip replacement, hypertension, hyperthyroid, incontinence, insomnia, joint replacement, leukemia, lyme disease, lupus, menopause, mercury poisoning, migraine, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obesity, orthostatic hypertension, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteoporosis, post-polio syndrome, PTSD, scleroderma, sciatica, scoliosis, sleep apnea, spinal cord injury, TMJ disorders, and toxicity. I have found that anyone can benefit from a compassionate and grounded approach to the healing practice of yoga. My main goal with my private clients is to give them the tools and understanding necessary to carry what they learned during our sessions together into a dedicated home practice.
Yoga Therapy Research
In 2011, I began research on the effects of yoga and the well-being of cancer survivors (60 hours).
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Assistantships
Since 2006 I have assisted Piedmont Yoga Community's Yoga for People with Disabilities program both at Piedmont Yoga Studio and the Cerebral Palsy Center. In these classes we see people with a variety of physical challenges and the therapeutic aspects of yoga play an important role in how both the students are assisted in their practice (854 hours).
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