Love Your Brain Yoga Series
Love Your Brain is a six-week, theme-based gentle yoga series designed for people who have experienced a brain injury. Class themes include: finding wholeness, mindfulness, finding positivity and realistic optimism, cultivating strength and resilience, the importance of community, and gratitude. Each 90-minute session includes:
- 10-minute introduction of the class theme and breathing exercises to calm and energize the nervous system
- 45 minutes of gentle yoga to nurture the body and support mobility
- 15-minute meditation to support nervous system regulation and enhance mood and attention
- 20-minute reflection and discussion to build community and strengthen skills in resiliency
Love Your Brain is a research backed gentle yoga series that has the “potential to benefit quality of life after brain injury and rehabilitation goals, including positive sense of self, psychological well-being, and community integration.”
Students are encouraged to sign up for the six-week series to support building community and to experience continuity among the themes of the series and students are also more than welcome to attend one session of the series.
Mark Your Calendar
Dates: Every Wednesday
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Cost: $49 per session
Meet Deborah
Deborah Burke has completed her 200-hour, 500-hour advanced yoga, and 20-hour Love Your Brain training for healthcare professionals certifications. Currently, she is a yoga therapist in training with the Institute for Living Yoga. She has 20+ years of experience as a community-based, social justice educator and is currently a professor at Portland State University, where she facilitates a capstone course titled Communal Art Practice within a Brain Injury Community in partnership with Brain Injury Connections Northwest.
She is interested in offering accessible, trauma-informed yoga to people who have experienced brain injury or other groups of people who may experience barriers to attending a yoga class. Some of her teaching interests include chair or functional yoga; yoga for anxiety/depression; yoga to address compassion fatigue for healthcare workers, social service providers, and social justice leaders and activists; and yoga integrated with art.
Space is limited — register now to reserve your spot!
Class Registration
Sign up below to reserve your spot! Please complete the form to begin your registration. A member of our team will follow up to help you finish the process and share details about what to bring and how to prepare.
