FUMS 075 - Manage Your MS With Yoga And Mindfulness With Mindy Eisenberg

FUMS: Giving Multiple Sclerosis The Finger

My guest today is Mindy Eisenberg. Mindy is the Founder and Director of Yoga Moves MS, a nonprofit company with the mission of improving the quality of life for individuals with MS, Parkinson's Disease, and neuromuscular conditions.

She is the author of Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body and the creator of Adaptive Yoga Cards, which show daily yoga moves for all ages and abilities. Mindy has provided yoga therapy to individuals with mobility challenges for over fifteen years and thrives on building a strong, mighty community for her students and families. She is also a Qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress reduction teacher.

Mindy previously appeared on the podcast in 2018 - see FUMS 019 - and is back to talk about how her practice has developed and continues to grow!

Topics covered include:

• The story of how a family link inspired Mindy to develop her yoga practice in order to increase the quality of life for people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neuromuscular conditions
• How Mindy strives to make yoga accessible for all in her classes
• Why Mindy adapted her Yoga book into instructional cards
• The importance of the support group for people who are following Mindy's Yoga classes and how this grew into the Holistic Health and Wellness Forum
• How she was able to provide instruction and pivot to running the forum and yoga classes virtually during the pandemic - with a global audience!
• How the work that Mindy does positively impacts the MS community - and how the view of exercise as part MS of disease management has changed over the years
• The importance of mindfulness in managing your MS

Resources for this episode (clickable links):

• A performance of "Wash Your Mouth Out With Hope", the theme to the FUMS podcast show
• Mindy's previous appearance on the FUMS Podcast Show: FUMS 019 – Adaptive Yoga, Mindfulness, and Meditation with Mindy Eisenberg
• Visit the Yoga Moves MS website and Yoga Moves MS instructional products
• Visit Yoga Moves MS on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook
• Help keep FUMS alive at the FUMS Podcast Patreon page
• Sign up for the Patients Getting Paid course email waiting list

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