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Yoga Nursing® joins modern nursing science with the ancient wisdom of yoga
15 gifted females and one male nurse who mega launched Yoga Nursing USA and Canada, the pioneers in the field, coming from the NE, SE and as far as New Mexico and Quebec. Look for news coming soon about each of them on my website and blog.INTRODUCTION TO YOGA NURSING®: THE ART OF CARING Yoga Nursing was officially launched September 17, 2010 at the magical Kripalu Center for Health and Yoga, in beloved Massachusetts, USA. Here is the scoop on the training. stay tuned for the next ones sprouting up around the country. Here is the blurb from the Fall 2010 Kripalu catalogue and on their website when the program is happening. oh and it IS a happening oh my! with Vandita Kate Marchesiello, the ultra yoga teacher expert mentor and maintains the highest regard at Kripalu and internationally. Vandita heads up the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Association and was a major contributor to the program and its’ success. Vandita, you are my yoga mama, sista, friend, dream program partner. For caregivers and healing professionals alike. Previous yoga experience is not required.
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Bringing back the DO NO HARM philosophy of medicine; promotes non-toxic therapies; R.N. 31 yrs; ♥ Jesus ♥ Freedom; Cancer survivor w/Functional Medicine
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According to the scientists at Stanford University, looking pictures of loved ones reduces pain.
Their study revealed that watching image of romantic partner dulls the activity in the pain-processing part of the brain, to a same degree as paracetamol or cocaine.
In this study, brains of love struck students were subjected to MRI scan as they were made to focus on their love partners while varying heat pains were given on their skin.
Neuroscientist Jarred Younger found that average pain got reduced by 36 to 44 percent and intense pain got reduced by 13 percent.
In a study published in the U. S. journal Public Library of Science, the post-doctoral scholar said, "The reduction of pain is associated with higher, cortical parts of the brain."
It was found that more primitive aspect of the brain block pain at a spinal level, quite similar to how opoid analgesics work.
Key site for love-induced analgesia is the nucleus accumbens, a key reward addition centre for opoids, and other drugs. This tells us that we do not need to depend on drugs to reduce pain.
Researchers at the University of California found that women showed significant reduction in pain experience while holding their partner’s hand.
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Cardiovascular disease (also called heart disease) comes in many forms and is the number one cause of death in the United States. The most common cause of heart disease is coronary artery disease (the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart).
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Your Business Name (if applicable): Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management
Business Organization? Sole Proprietorship?
Why did you choose this type of organization? To Increase well-being of nurses their patients and health care.
Please describe in detail your business/services you provide: I am the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management and am the creator of the enlightening new field of Yoga Nursing® and the Yoga Nursing Institute. Yoga Nursing is the marriage of modern nursing science with the ancient science of yoga. My programs are endorsed by lots of doctors and health care providers as a safe therapy to decrease pain and suffering and help folks to find peace instead of going to pieces. I have dedicated the past 16 years educating people around the world on leading healthier, spiritual lifestyles and with a dose of tough love and loads of laughter helped them to WAKE UP and GET CONSCIOUS NOW.
I am a sought after no barriers heart felt speaker, coach, teacher and writer and am featured extensively in the media including in the Associated Press and on NBC, CBS, Fox News affiliates and have been interviewed on national TV by Arielle Ford as one of America’s Experts. I am producing, writing, and acting in several DVD documentary/educational projects: I am training and coaching other nurses, yoga teachers and health professionals throughout the USA and Canada to be Yoga Nursing Therapists and I lead fantabulous Yoga and Juice fasting Makeover Retreats on the magnificent Pyrate laden Crystal Coast of North Carolina. My programs our hip, conscious, filled with hilarious humor, enlightening and designed to inspire and leave a legacy. This is the most prolific, jamming and juicy time of my life and I get to do it all by serving others. SERVING RULES!
Yoga Nurse Mission Statement: To create a global army of modern nightingales, yoga nurses, to uplift our ailing health care system; to relieve pain and suffering and increase quality of life by caring for patients and for nurses with therapeutic yoga nursing.
Keywords, Phrases that describe your business, experience, services: The more you list the better.
Nurse Stress, Holistic Nursing, Yoga for nurses, Benefits of yoga for nurses, Yoga nursing, RN yoga teacher, Medical yoga therapy,nurse trainings,nurse entrepreneur,nursing yoga and cancer,nursing yoga and heart disease,nurse self-care,nurse burn-out,help for nurse anxiety,alternative health for nurses,career in yoga,yoga nurse trainings,medical benefits of yoga,nurse speakers,stress relief expert,nurse yoga teacher
Contact person(s): Annette Tersigni
Phone number: 252.725.1924
In what date (month/year) did you start your business? January 2006
What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing? I wanted the medical knowledge base to combine with my yoga expertise and felt I could really make a difference for my patients and nurses with this winning combo.
Would you recommend Nursing as a career? Absolutely!
How did you hear about the Nursefriendly, NursingEntrepreneurs.com?: LinkedIn
The year were you first licensed as a nurse? 2002
What made you decide to start your own business? I was unable to help my colleagues and patients in the way I visioned and was getting increasingly frustrated!! I was an entrepreneur prio to becoming a nurse and set out to pursue Yoga Nursing and start a private practice. View previous responses: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/why/
How many times have you changed employers in your career? Twice
What specific qualities and traits do you feel make nurses especially qualified to operate a business? WE get the job done, reliable, professional, critical thinkers, organized, personable, knowledgeable and trust worthy. View previous responses: http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/qualities
Do you currently practice as a nurse? If yes in what type of setting? I work PRN in employee health and give educational trainings in stress management.
Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: Burn out, low-self esteem, nurses do not realize how powerful they are View previous responses: http://www.nursefriendly.com/concerns/
Other areas of interest and expertise: Love to play harmonica, and I do play in Pirate re-enactment shows locally as a wench for fun.
Annette Tersigni RN, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health:"Annette Tersigni RN, the Yoga Nurse®, is a former model and Hollywood actor turned nurse and stress management expert. She is the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management® and is the creator of the new field of Yoga Nursing®. Her programs are endorsed by many doctors and health care providers as a safe adjunct therapy to increase quality of life. She has dedicated the past 16 years educating people around the world on leading healthier, spiritual lifestyles. A sought after speaker and writer, she has been featured extensively in the media including in the Associated Press and on NBC news affiliates. www.yoganurse.com" http://www.kripalu.org/presenter/V0005282/annette_tersigni
Annette Tersigni, The Yoga Nurse, More.com Profile:"Annette appears as a frequent guest on TV and radio as an expert in her field, writes for nursing and medical media and is putting the final touches on forthcoming book. Her popular CD, How to Grow Younger with Yoga Nurse Emergency Stress Relief,has received great reviews and is endorsed by doctors and major yoga organizations including the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health." http://www.more.com/user/profile/89596
Annette Tersigni 58 by The Yoga Nurse, More.com:"Greetings readers. This is an absolutely fabulous time in my life. Why? I was once a Hollywood model and actress living a glamorous life, but while still enjoying a successful livelihood felt inspired to do something more with my life. This feeling led me to become a registered nurse, move to the East Coast and start my nursing career in the cardiac unit of a local North Carolina hospital. I first started using my therapeutic skills to help my co-workers deal with daily job stress. I then began incorporating yoga and meditation as forms of therapy with my patients and saw excellent results. I realized integrating yoga therapy and nursing was a valuable service that could benefit patients and people from all walks of life. With that in mind, I founded Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management and created a new field in health care called Yoga Nursing and I am now called the Yoga Nurse." http://www.more.com/13752/20135-annette-tersigni-58
Annette Tersigni, RN, Myspace.com:"Annette, is the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress management. A former cover girl and Hollywood actress turned nurse and stress management expert, she has dedicated the last 14 years to educating people in Europe, Canada and the USA on how to lead healthy and spiritual lifestyles. Carteret General Health Care employees in Morehead City, North Carolina, say their lives have improved since Annette, a fellow employee, introduced them to a peaceful reprieve." http://www.myspace.com/theyoganurse
Annette Tersigni, RN, Nursetogether.com:"Annette is a: *Certified Ayurvedic Health Educator *Stress Management Consultant *Certified Kripalu and Integral medical yoga teacher *Yoga Alliance ERYT 500 *Meditation teacher and *Certified Lay Pastoral Minister for the sick & the dying Annette, is the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress management. A former cover girl and Hollywood actress turned nurse and stress management expert, she has dedicated the last 14 years to educating people in Europe, Canada and the USA on how to lead healthy and spiritual lifestyles. Carteret General Health Care employees in Morehead City, North Carolina, say their lives have improved since Annette, a fellow employee, introduced them to a peaceful reprieve." NurseTogether.com 11 Cranberry Hwy P.O. Box 519 Sagamore, MA 02561 Email: info@nursetogether.com http://www.nursetogether.com/tabid/203/itemid/887/Annette-Tersigni.aspx
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Ayurveda has evolved as a self-care system by those who have accepted responsibility for their own health and want a proven model for health and longevity. It offers us an alternative to allowing imbalances to grow into life-threatening diseases and then resisting them with drugs and surgeries. Ayurveda is a holistic science of wellness based on creating harmony between two fundamental complementary forces, movement, observed in respiration, circulation, digestion, elimination and in the nervous system, and stability which provides the structure to support movement. Behind these two forces is the one energy which makes it all happen. Ayurveda works through keeping these forces in balance, which creates harmony with this natural rhythm found in all life. Harmony reflects itself in wellness just as all disease grows from an imbalance. All life forms contain a unique mix of these forces giving them their special character. Thus, because every individual is unique and indivisible, what is balancing for one person's body and temperment, may cause imbalances and disease in another. Ayurveda provides guidelines to determine your individual constitution and for your specific pathways for creating balance. You can begin to look at yourself through these principles by taking a self-test at this website to discover your Ayurvedic constitution.
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my herbal practice I draw from Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbalism, and from modern healthcare to help people improve their sense of well-being.
Nutritional practices passed down through the ages lay a solid foundation for health. Using herbs to reawaken the body’s natural healing systems can rebalance, restore, and ease function.
As a healthcare provider I have counseled people on managing disease and improving wellness for more than eighteen years. In my practice I have found that nutrition and herbs can make a significant difference in an individual’s health. I invite you to experience this difference.
I offer private consultations – in person or by phone – as well as group instruction.
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Significantly higher numbers of people began using complementary and alternative medicine therapies during the past decade, according to a new analysis.
Dejun Su, PhD, director of the South Texas Border Health Disparities Center at the University of Texas-Pan American, and colleagues examined data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey. The survey included interviews with more than 23,000 adults.
In addition to overall use, researchers were interested in the rates of increases for different demographics. Between 2002 and 2007, CAM use increased by 18.1% for whites, 17.2% for Asian Americans, 6.6% for African-Americans and 1.01% for Hispanics.
Overall, according to the survey, 33% of whites use at least one CAM therapy, not including prayer. About 32% of Asian Americans, 20% of African-Americans and 17% of Hispanics use at least one such therapy.
The study was first reported by Health Behavior News Service, part of the Center for Advancing Health.
Su said rising healthcare costs may lead people to try CAM therapies — acupuncture, chiropractic care, massage, herbal medicine and meditation — when they have nowhere else to turn. More than a third of respondents who reported trying CAM in 2007 stated that they had an untreated medical condition or had put off getting care.
Going forward, Su said, researchers must try to determine the effectiveness and possible risks of CAM therapies, as well as how they interact with conventional medicine.
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Here’s a cool website I found a few months ago about a nurse who has taken her passion for yoga and turned it into a very successful business called Yoganurse.com.
Her name is Annette Tersigni, a registered nurse now entrepreneur working as a yoga instructor helping nurses and other professionals relieve stress, learn yoga and meditation relaxation techinques for a healtier you, both at home and in the workplace.
Annette offers a yoga therapy and stress management CD called How to Grow Younger with yoga nurse.com-Emergency stress relief you can do at home, work or in bed and comes with a free eBook on How to Reduce Stress, definitely worth checking out.
She also teaches yoga classes (if you live in the North Carolina area) does public speaking and holds workshops for nurses, teaching them how to be a yoga nurse. Visit her website to find out about upcoming workshops – Click Here!
So check out this cool website at yoganurse.com, and see how a nurse turned her passion of yoga into a business that’s in high demand. Find out what the benefits of yoga are in health and wellness which there are many or take 2 minutes and listen to the audio for a relaxing breathing break.
What kind of nursing business do you think you could start? Leave your comments below I would love to hear from you.
Andrew Lopez, RN Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation. 38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051 http://www.nursefriendly.cominfo@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137 856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618
More than a third of American adults use some form of complementary or alternative medicine, according to a government report. Natural remedies have an obvious appeal, but how do you know which ones to choose and whether the claims are backed by science? In this occasional series, the New York Times “Really?” columnist, Anahad O’Connor, explores the claims and the science behind alternative remedies that you may want to consider for your family medicine cabinet.
Andrew Lopez, RN Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation. 38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051 http://www.nursefriendly.cominfo@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137 856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618
The American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is a non-profit membership association for nurses and other holistic healthcare professionals, serving more than 5,100 members across the U.S. AHNA has adopted a new mission statement and vision and recently created a statement of purpose .
AHNA is the definitive voice for holistic nursing, and promotes the education of nurses, other healthcare professionals, and the public in all aspects of holistic caring and healing. AHNA’s efforts recently resulted in the recognition of holistic nursing as an “ official nursing specialty ” by the American Nurses Association.
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Andrew Lopez, RN Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation. 38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051 http://www.nursefriendly.cominfo@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137 856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618
Music therapy is the use of music by health care professionals to promote healing and enhance quality of life for their patients. Music therapy may be used to encourage emotional expression, promote social interaction, relieve symptoms, and for other purposes. Music therapists may use active or passive methods with patients, depending on the individual patient’s needs and abilities.
Overview
There is some evidence that, when used with conventional treatment, music therapy can help to reduce pain and relieve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. It may also relieve stress and provide an overall sense of well-being. Some studies have found that music therapy can lower heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate.
How is it promoted for use?
Music therapists work with a variety of physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms. Music therapy is often used in cancer treatment to help reduce pain, anxiety, and nausea caused by chemotherapy. Some people believe music therapy may be a beneficial addition to the health care of children with cancer by promoting social interaction and cooperation.
There is evidence that music therapy can reduce high blood pressure, rapid heart beat, depression, and sleeplessness. There are no claims music therapy can cure cancer or other diseases, but medical experts do believe it can reduce some symptoms, aid healing, improve physical movement, and enrich a patient’s quality of life.
What does it involve?
Music therapists design music sessions for individuals and groups based on their needs and tastes. Some aspects of music therapy include making music, listening to music, writing songs, and talking about lyrics. Music therapy may also involve imagery and learning through music. It can be done in different places such as hospitals, cancer centers, hospices, at home, or anywhere people can benefit from its calming or stimulating effects. The patient does not need to have any musical ability to benefit from music therapy.
A related practice called music thanatology is sometimes used at the end of a patient’s life to ease the person’s passing. It is practiced in homes, hospices, or nursing homes.
What is the history behind it?
Music has been used in medicine for thousands of years. Ancient Greek philosophers believed that music could heal both the body and the soul. Native Americans have used singing and chanting as part of their healing rituals for millennia. The more formal approach to music therapy began in World War II, when U.S. Veterans Administration hospitals began to use music to help treat soldiers suffering from shell shock. In 1944, Michigan State University established the first music therapy degree program in the world.
Today, more than seventy colleges and universities have degree programs that are approved by the American Music Therapy Association. Music therapists must have at least a bachelor’s degree, 1,200 hours of clinical training, and one or more internships before they can be certified. There are thousands of professional music therapists working in health care settings in the United States today. They serve as part of cancer-management teams in many hospitals and cancer centers, helping to plan and evaluate treatment. Some music therapy services are covered by health insurance.
What is the evidence?
Scientific studies have shown the value of music therapy on the body, mind, and spirit of children and adults. Researchers have found that music therapy, when used with anti-nausea drugs for patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy, can help ease nausea and vomiting. A number of clinical trials have shown the benefit of music therapy for short-term pain, including pain from cancer. Some studies have suggested that music may help decrease the overall intensity of the patient’s experience of pain when used with pain-relieving drugs. Music therapy can also result in a decreased need for pain medicine in some patients, although studies on this topic have shown mixed results.
In hospice patients, one study found that music therapy improved comfort, relaxation, and pain control. Another study found that quality of life improved in cancer patients who received music therapy, even as it declined in those who did not. No differences were seen in survival between the 2 groups.
A more recent clinical trial looked at the effects of music during the course of several weeks of radiation treatments. The researchers found that while emotional distress (such as anxiety) seemed to be helped at the beginning of treatment, the patients reported that this effect gradually decreased. Music did not appear to help such symptoms as pain, fatigue, and depression over the long term.
Other clinical trials have revealed a reduction in heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, insomnia, depression, and anxiety with music therapy. No one knows all the ways music can benefit the body, but studies have shown that music can affect brain waves, brain circulation, and stress hormones. These effects are usually seen during and shortly after the music therapy.
Studies have shown that students who take music lessons have improved IQ levels, and show improvement in nonmusical abilities as well. Other studies have shown that listening to music composed by Mozart produces a short-term improvement in tasks that use spatial abilities. Studies of brain circulation have shown that people listening to Mozart have more activity in certain areas of the brain. This has been called the “Mozart effect.” Although the reasons for this effect are not completely clear, this kind of information supports the idea that music can be used in many helpful ways.
Some clinical trials that involve listening to music have shown no benefit on anxiety during surgical procedures, although one study that allowed patients to choose their own music showed improved anxiety levels. One recent review of studies looked at the effect of music on all types of pain and found a wide variation in its effects. The study authors observed that the best effects were on short-term pain after surgery. It is important to note that not all studies of music use music therapists, who assess the patient’s needs, circumstances, and preferences, as well as the different effects of certain types of music. This may account for some differences in clinical trial results.
Are there any possible problems or complications?
In general, music therapy done under the care of a professionally trained therapist has a helpful effect and is considered safe when used with standard treatment. Musical intervention by untrained people can be ineffective or can even cause increased stress and discomfort. Relying on this type of treatment alone and avoiding or delaying conventional medical care for cancer may have serious health consequences.
Additional resources
More information from your American Cancer Society
The following information on complementary and alternative therapies may also be helpful to you. These materials may be found on our Web site (www.cancer.org) or ordered from our toll-free number (1-800-ACS-2345).
Bodner M, Muftuler LT, Nalcioglu O, Shaw GL. FMRI study relevant to the Mozart effect: brain areas involved in spatial-temporal reasoning. Neurol Res. 2001;23:683-690.
Cepeda MS, Carr DB, Lau J, Alvarez H. Music for pain relief. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;(2):CD004843.
Clark M, Isaacks-Downton G, Wells N, et al. Use of preferred music to reduce emotional distress and symptom activity during radiation therapy. J Music Ther. 2006;43:247-265.
Ezzone S, Baker C, Rosselet R, Terepka E. Music as an adjunct to antiemetic therapy. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1998;25:1551-1556.
Hilliard RE. The effects of music therapy on the quality and length of life of people diagnosed with terminal cancer. J Music Ther. 2003;40:113-137.
Jausovec N, Habe K. The “Mozart effect”: an electroencephalographic analysis employing the methods of induced event-related desynchronization/synchronization and event-related coherence. Brain Topogr. 2003;16:73-84.
Krout RE. The effects of single-session music therapy interventions on the observed and self-reported levels of pain control, physical comfort, and relaxation of hospice patients. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2001;18:383-390.
Lane D. Music therapy: a gift beyond measure. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1992;19:863-867.
Lane D. Music therapy: gaining an edge in oncology management. J Oncol Manag. 1993;2:42-46.
Pelletier CL. The effect of music on decreasing arousal due to stress: a meta-analysis. J Music Ther. 2004;41:192-214.
Phumdoung S, Good M. Music reduces sensation and distress of labor pain. Pain Manag Nurs. 2003;4:54-61.
Schellenberg EG. Music and nonmusical abilities. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001;930:355-371.
Schellenberg EG. Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychol Sci. 2004;15:511-514.
Watkins GR. Music therapy: proposed physiological mechanisms and clinical implications. Clin Nurse Spec. 1997;11:43-50.
What is music therapy? American Music Therapy Association Web site. Accessed at www.musictherapy.org/ on May 23, 2008.
Note: This information may not cover all possible claims, uses, actions, precautions, side effects or interactions. It is not intended as medical advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultation with your doctor, who is familiar with your medical situation.
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my herbal practice I draw from Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbalism, and from modern healthcare to help people improve their sense of well-being.
