Resources – Wai Motion

Luxurious locations

https://waimeayoga.com

PT resources

https://www.posturalrestoration.com Madeline incorporates Postural Restoration exercise and manual therapy interventions in her land-based treatments as it incorporates a holistic view of the body and how everything works together for daily motion from simple tasks such a getting out of bed to high level athletic demands such as completing a triathlon. The most basic human activity in common with all of our activities whether it be sleeping, reaching or running is our breath. The mechanics of breathing and the postural response in our bodies is important to recognize while re-training how the body works together in recovery and optimization of posture. To find out more about this school of thought, please check out Ron Hruska’s work here.

PD resources

http://www.pwr4life.org Madeline’s top recommendation for PD resources by Becky Farley, a top research and Physical Therapist in the field. Becky runs a gym for PWPs in Tucson, AZ.

http://www.parkinsonshawaii.org Hawaii’s own Parkinson Association main website and resources for the islands

https://danceforparkinsons.org Incredible program coming out of New York which helps to activate the body and mind on many levels for a holistic approach to exercise.

https://www.barrowneuro.org/get-to-know-barrow/centers-programs/muhammad-ali-parkinson-center/ The Muhammed Ali Parkinson Center located in Phoenix, AZ, which shows a vareity of calsses reguarly offered and serves as a great resoruce for early PD diagnoses

https://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org A great organization with an abundance of resources and information for people and caregivers living with Parkinson’s

https://www.michaeljfox.org Another great organization for information and current research

http://www.lsvtglobal.com The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment webpage, which started the LSVT LOUD program for speech therapy, from which the LSVT BIG program is based.

Aquatic resources

https://www.watsu.com Watsu is the original form of Aquatic Bodywork, developed by Harold Dull as a way to bring Zen Shiatsu techniques into the water. This therapeutic bodywork has incredibly powerful effects on the nervous system, by calming the sympathetic while nurturing the parasympathetic for the deeply relaxing, nervous regeneration. Madeline has experienced profound results, particularly with individuals dealing with PTSD or chronic pain when incorporating Watsu techniques as part of their program.

http://www.healingdance.org Healing Dance is another form of Aquatic Bodywork, stemming from Watsu and combining principles of Water Dance to provide more dynamic motion and depth experiences while receiving water work.

Ai Chi Ai Chi was first created by Jun Kunno, an aquatic therapist from Japan, as an introductory tool for warm water work allowing individuals the opportunity to relax and surrender into this supportive environment while working to find their own balance, which can be quite challenging when intentionally performing slow motion in a moving body of water.

https://www.aeawave.com The Aquatic Exercise Association, a great resource for information and trainings for active work in the water.

http://www.hydrofit.com A company based out of Eugene, OR, which has high quality equipment for water exercise options, as well as pictures for various deep and shallow water exercises.