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SmileTharapy

smiletharapy

Karin Schamroth is a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist in Deafness, and creator of smiLE Therapy. She worked in the National Health Service in the UK for 30 years. For 20 years, with deaf babies, pre-schoolers, primary and secondary aged students for Whittington Health NHS (North London). She graduated with a BSc from Manchester University in 1984, and taught English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) for 4 years. She qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1990 from City University. She has worked with Deaf children & young people, in a range of setting – units in mainstream schools (both Total Communication and Oral) and Deaf Schools (Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children, and Blanche Nevile School for Deaf Pupils). Her background in TEFL teaching, with its structured test-teach-test communicative approach, was invaluable in the development of smiLE. In addition, she was trained by Jenny Mosley in Quality Circle Time. This has had a significant influence on the group respect principles used in delivering smiLE Therapy. She was advisor for three MSc projects at City University on the effectiveness of the smiLE approach – Alton (2008), Lawlor (2009), Curtin (2018) and supported G. Medone with her MEd project at Birmingham University, School of Education, on Assessing smiLE Therapy’s relevance to young people with autism, unpublished (2015). She is currently clinical supervisor for a Clinical Doctorate Research Fellow (NIHR). Karin now works Independently, developing smiLE Therapy modules with adolescents and young adults and runs the company that trains professionals in smiLE Therapy. Karin has trained Speech and Language Therapists, Teachers of the Deaf, Special Needs Teachers, Mainstream Teachers, SENCOs, Occupational Therapists, Communication Support Workers and Special Needs Assistants, to use smiLE Therapy since 2008. Karin, together with Emma Lawlor, wrote the first smiLE Therapy book, published in October 2015 by Routledge Publishing

Yoganjali Yoga Centre

yoganjali yoga centre

The purpose of yoga is to build strength, awareness and harmony in both the mind and body. Yoga’s incorporation of meditation and breathing can help improve a person’s mental well-being. Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness, increases body awareness, relieves chronic stress patterns, relaxes the mind,centres attention, and sharpens concentration. Yoganjali is well known for their expertise in handling sports injuries, shoulders-neck-back aches, gynaecological issues, knee problems and many other ailments. Their well-qualified trainers conduct yoga sessions which can help to reduce the stiffness in your joints and strengthen them for greater freedom of movement. Yoganjali proficiently conducts yoga asanas, pranayama, therapy yoga. Yoga Asanas: We at Yoganjali Yoga classes teach yoga for the beginners as well as for experienced yoga students. We also conduct classes for people suffering from medical ailments where we have a special therapeutic classes. We have been taking classes for pregnant women too. And also, we have classes for children where the teacher introduces them to the practice of yoga which helps the child build self esteem and refreshes the mind in developing concentration and stability. Pranayama: Apart from yoga asanas, yoganjali has a very strong grip on pranayama. Pranayama is the practice of breath regulation. It is an exercise for physical and mental wellness. The practice of pranayama involves breathing exercises and patterns. You purposely inhale, exhale, and hold your breath in a specific sequence. Pranayama most importantly helps in increasing mindfulness, decreasing the stress, improving sleep quality, enhancing cognitive performance and many more. Therapy Yoga: Therapy yoga has its uniqueness to overcome a certain ailment through specific asanas for that particular ailment under the guidance of trained teachers. We at Yoganjali have dealt with various ailments and successfully helped students to overcome their problems. Therapy classes are for any and all kind of medical issues which one faces. To name a few, back aches, neck and shoulder problems, knee problems, gynaecological problems, stress, acidity, heart ailments, Diabetes, cancer, Sports injury and many more.