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ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
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his workshop is a hands-on, interactive experience
supporting the research of Malkina-Pykh, IG (2012) and
the works of authors Wilder, Kris (2007), Kelly, Michael
(2001), McCarthy, Patrick (1995) and Milne, Hugh (1995).
Their works cover associations between the Mind-Body
Connection and the importance of integrating a holistic
approach to reach optimal levels of fitness, thereby
impacting levels of obesity in individuals. Focus is placed
on a health based movement practice within the scope of
the client’s abilities. The workshop will cover breathing
techniques, beginning and simple movement, and the
promotion of a positive and nonjudgmental support system.
The methods will be taken from personal experience of
teaching movement based practices since 2004 successfully
with elementary to college aged students. The combination
of the three allows for awareness of the human body and
how truly interconnected it is. When we as people eat, we
put food into the human body. When we breathe and move,
we train the human body. When we connect with other like-
minded people, we are connecting to other human bodies.
Through this awareness, practice and connection students
can start to have a sense of belonging and thereby impacting
levels of obesity.
Speaker Biography
Shaweta “Shay” Vasudeva is a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, Certified Nutritional
Therapist and Black Belt Karate and Tai Chi Instructor for Shaythecoach, a company she
founded as a result of her passion to help others become the best version of “SELF.”
She does this by offering Personal Fitness Training and Nutritional Programs, Karate
and Tai Chi classes. She has earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Psychology
and has had a very successful career as a Substance Abuse Counselor.
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shaythecoach@gmail.comShaweta “Shay” Vasudeva
Shaythecoach, USA
The mind-body integration technique for obesity
Shaweta “Shay” Vasudeva, J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-002