Living Well – The Integrative Lifestyle Medicine Blog is where Dr. Garner curates research, resources, and shares her experience as a longtime physical therapist, athletic trainer, Lifestyle Medicine practitioner, and professional yoga therapist. As a mother of 3 who is self-employed & self-made, Dr. Garner shares what she has learned about how to stay fit on a budget, how to eat well, sleep better, and manage stress. Ginger practices what she preaches, and her blog is a true reflection of that. Having gone through several surgergies, injuries, and hardships, Ginger’s story is a raw and real portrait that many of us share – one of overcoming big obstacles to build resilience, strength, and find eudemonia. Eudemonia translated means, a place beyond happiness. The Living Well blog, and Ginger’s clinical practice, EudeMOMia, an Integrative PT & Lifestyle Medicine practice for women, are a testament to Ginger’s ability to persist through difficult circumstances, overcome burnout & the threat of poverty, to speak to her passion – Living Well.
The following is a testimonial from Katie Estridge, PT. For Katie, Ginger’s program became much more than a continuing education course. She learned not only how to heal her patients, but how to heal herself. What does the PYTI program mean to me? Let me start from the beginning… In PT school (11+ years ago) a teacher asked “who knows…
Living Well Institute (formerly PYTI) would like to recognize PYT graduate and therapist, Paige Raffo PT, PYT, CPI. Our stories are important. They are incredible profiles in courage. In forging a new path in integrative rehab should be shared. This is a story for all mothers or fathers who may be struggling to…
A Physician Assistant’s Journey through the Professional Yoga Therapist Program by Faith Bevan, MS, PA-C, PYT January, 2006 I opened a small Yoga Studio in Port Richey FL. Wisdom and concern of others directed failure in short order. But I had a commitment to what I believed was the healing of body and mind that could…
From a Part-Time Cash Practice, to Full Time and Booking Months in Advance – Interview with Liz Gillem-Duncanson PT, ATC, CSCS, PYT Liz Gillem-Duncanson, longtime physical therapist and graduate from the Professional Yoga Therapy Studies program, was recently interviewed by Dr. Jarod Carter. In their interview, Gillem-Duncanson discusses how she built her full time, cashed-based practice. In the podcast, Liz addresses…
June 26, 2014 Nursing student and PYTI student ShannonSchueler says: I started the day today by sharing yoga-as-medicine knowledge with the amazing RN students at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Thanks to my Dr. Ginger Garner (on Facebook) training, I feel confident that the information I delivered had an evidence base- and it was a blast! Wrapped the evening…
June 26, 2014 Nursing student and PYTI student Shannon Schueler says: I started the day today by sharing yoga-as-medicine knowledge with the amazing RN students at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Thanks to my Professional Yoga Therapy Institute training, I feel confident that the information I delivered had an evidence base- and it was a blast! Wrapped the evening…
This week’s pose is by PYTI graduate and adjunct faculty, Shelly Prosko. Visit her at www.physioyoga.ca I had the privilege of recently presenting two of my Medical Therapeutic Yoga workshops at the Sedona Yoga Festival 2014, one of which was a topic that is so rarely discussed: “Pelvic Health: Pelvic Floor & Much More”. I was so…
Soon-to-be PYT graduate and veteran physical therapist, Lynne Ray, talks with PYTI about her experience in the program. Visit Lynne Ray and fellow PYTI graduate, Christine Roper, at their new Charlotte, NC private practice. Read more about how they have grown a successful practice in an urban area. PYTI has been life-changing for me, personally…
The surest way to help yourself is to help others. The greatest jobs I have ever had were ones which paid me nothing. I have been the best version of my Self during those times of greatest personal sacrifice. Try it, and you just may walk away changed forever. Community…to learn and teach, help others…
I am still on medical leave, but while I am gone, please continue to enjoy the wonderful guest posts from BITL contributing authors. BITL Founder Ginger Garner during her first pregnancy way back when in 2005, supporting the likes of Shelly’s advice on keeping your “balance.” This week’s guest post is by physiotherapist and yoga…
I am on maternity leave a little longer, so please enjoy today’s post from my October publication in Yang Sheng magazine. Empowering Women in an Age of Illness, Part Two
I wrote the original post, which was published while I was on maternity leave in September 2011. To see the archived post, see the link at Yang Sheng magazine. Women’s Empowerment in an Age of Illness Health care in America needs a mother/woman-centered approach. American mothers and women are in great need of holistic, patient…