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Althea Moynihan

RN, MPH, CYT

Althea Moynihan

I am a certified Yoga teacher, and completed the intensive residential Yoga and Teacher Training program at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California. I am also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. I have studied with distinguished yoga masters, including Judith Lasater and Gary Kraftsow, pioneers of yoga therapy. I continue to be inspired by these masters.

I am also a registered nurse: I hold a Bachelors Degree in nursing and a Masters Degree in public health. My nursing experience is in Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care. I’ve worked in a variety of healthcare settings, both here in the USA and overseas as a clinical nurse, consultant and health educator. I am certified as a fitness instructor, and have been in the dance and fitness industry for over 30 years.

My personal yoga teaching style blends the benefits of different yoga traditions, emphasizing form and alignment with the Vinyasa style of coordinating breath and movement. I also focus on strength, balance, endurance, and flexibility. Through this yoga practice my students find new ways of moving, improved posture, enhanced breathing, and a new self awareness.

On a personal note, I am the mother of three children and have balanced work and family life for most of my adult years. I believe the task of parents and care givers is to support the innate development of our children into whole human beings. Children bring to us their unique gifts and talents and it is our job to help nourish and unfold the talents and the child.

I am pleased to provide yoga therapy to patients at Fair Oaks Therapeuticum and help foster the growth and development of all who partake in the journey of self transformation.


Last modified on 01.17.10

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February 2010: Families of autistic children in eastern Los Angeles County filed a class-action lawsuit today against the nonprofit agency that provides them with state-funded services, alleging that it had illegally discontinued their therapy for the disorder. The agency, the Eastern Los Angeles County Regional Center, informed more than 100 families late last summer that the therapy—known as the DIR model, or "developmental, individual difference, relationship-based"—was being eliminated for their children because of state budget cuts.

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January 2010: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs, and measuring magnetic signals that mark this delay may become a standardized way to diagnose autism. Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported their findings in an online article in the journal Autism Research.

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