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Find a Yoga or Dance professional in Austin

This is an interactive list of local yoga or dance practitioners who are current active members in AEDS.  You will find detailed information about the qualifications and scope of practice for each person. 

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Yoga & Movement Professionals (Click on name to learn more)

• Caroline McCarter, MLS, RYT
• Elissa Shapiro, LCSW

Yoga

Caroline McCarter, MLS, RYT
2200 S. Lamar, Unit E.  Austin, TX 78704
512-554-3988
caroline@yoga-rx.com
www.yoga-rx.com

Yoga Rx is different than yoga you'll experience in a regular yoga class. Instead of a one-size-fits-all program given to all the students in a class, with Yoga Rx, the program is specifically tailored to you. To your body, mind and health.

Works with: ALL: ages, fitness levels, eating disorders, specific heath symptoms.
Therapy setting: Private studio
Specializes in: personalized regime of postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation for your individualized heath.  Weather the issue is centered around eating, or physical pain.
Professional Organizations: AEDS, (RYT)Registered Yoga Teacher, (IAYT) International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Fees: Please contact this practitioner for fees
 

Yoga addressing needs that are:

• Internal- seizures, chronic fatigue, asthma;

• Structural- ie. scoliosis, back pain, arthritis;

• Mental- for anxiety, depression, eating disorders, body image concerns,
  addictions.

Also offers Group Yoga programs for Women with Body Image Issues and
Disordered Eating Patterns.  See www.yoga-rx.com or AEDS Group Therapy page:
http://www.austineds.com/Groups.htm

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Dance/ Movement

Elissa Shapiro, LCSW

PO Box 685083      
Austin, TX 78768
(512)779-3121
(512) 692-6812 (fax)

email elissashapiro@yahoo.com

website www.bodyvida.com

Brief Description: Nia & Movement Meditation classes promoting physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing based on joy, self-awareness and celebration of the body. Expressive Arts Workshops utilizing movement, music, art, and journaling for self-care, stress management, self-esteem and healing food and body image issues.
Works with: adults, young adults, athletes, adolescents, families, college students (all body types, ages and fitness levels).
Therapy setting: Private studios in Austin
Specializes in: Using Nia, (a mind-body personal growth practice blending healing movements from dance, yoga & martial arts), meditation, body awareness and relaxation practices to develop a healthy and loving relationship to the body. Particularly useful for body image issues, exercise resistance, compulsive exercising, all eating disorder issues, depression, anxiety, and weight management.

Professional Organizations: AEDS, The Nia Technique
Fees: Please see websites or contact this practitioner directly
LOCATIONS: Classes and workshops are taught throughout Austin in Private Studios, Visit www.joymoves.com or www.niaaustin.com for classes or www.bodyvida.com for workshops

Groups: Nia classes, Women’s Movement Meditation and ongoing workshops open to the public at www.joymoves.com . Private sessions, groups and workshops are also available. Contact Elissa at (512)779-3121 for more information.

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