In this Ask an Expert session, we hear form Mary-Jo Fetterly Sierra Roth, Joanne Smith , Randy Upper and Melanie Earle on how to manage the winter blues taking your MEDDS
BIOS:
Mary-Jo Fetterly, CYT, E-RYT is the inspiration and founder behind Trinity Yoga Inc. a national Yoga Teacher Training, Personal Development and Advanced Studies School. She is well known in the yoga community as a devoted teacher, mother, and practitioner.
Mary-Jo brings an abundance of knowledge and experience to her work from her associations with many of the leaders in the field of yoga and personal development. From a background in yoga and massage therapy and studies in psychology and social work, Mary-Jo is able to infuse her work with real-life experience. Mary-Jo is particularly passionate about her work with one of her teachers Dr. Caroline Myss and in Energy Anatomy and loves to teach others about their chakras and non-physical energy systems.
Sierra Roth supports others living with disabilities in becoming physically active through many organizations including Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability/The Steadward Centre, Kootenay Adaptive, and as a Movement Specialist at Ocean Rehab and Fitness. After a negative experience with exercise after her spinal cord injury in 2013, she pursued her Kinesiology degree and now strives to build others' confidence in movement.
Joanne Smith is a Certified Nutrition Practitioner who graduated with first class honours from the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Toronto, holds a degree in psychology from York University, as well as a diploma in radio & television broadcasting from Seneca College. Her nutrition services focus on individuals who have sustained traumatic injury with specialization in neurological conditions such as spinal cord and brain injuries, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy.
Randy Upper (aka Wallace) has a Master of Social Work degree and is a Registered Social Worker. He is currently working as a Clinical Research Associate with a focus on spinal cord injury (SCI) and other acquired neurological disorders. As a person with a t6 complete SCI, Wallace lives his life to the fullest.
Melanie Earle has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and Women’s Studies. She worked as a Human Resources Professional for over 15 years; holding a CHRL designation until 2020 when she retired from the field. She is currently working on expanding her knowledge of SCI and the SCI community, fulfilling her passion for working with people and making connections.
Together, this interabled couple are using their knowledge, skills and experience to keep the conversation going with their peers in the SCI community and beyond. There is a vast amount of untapped peer knowledge and experience out there. They would like to gather these resources and share it as a means of serving those within (and outside of) the SCI community. This website is one of their first projects together. It is designed to dispel myths, illuminate truths and share as a community.
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0:00 -Intro
0:08 -Introduction for Mary- Jo Fetterly
10:30 Introduction for Sierra Roth
20:26: Introduction for Joanne Smith
35:02: Introduction for Randy Upper and Melanie Earle
51:48: Q&A
ABOUT US:
Spinal Cord Injury BC (SCI BC) is a non-profit organization that works to help people with spinal cord injuries and their families adjust, adapt, and thrive after life-changing injury or disease, through peer support and information resources. We operate in British Columbia, Canada. This session is part of our online peer support program which features social, fitness, educational, and entertaining sessions provided for people with SCI and similar disabilities. For more information, contact info@sci-bc.ca or 1-800-689-2477 and check out our events calendar to get involved!: www.sci-bc.ca/events SOCIAL Facebook: [ Ссылка ]... Twitter: [ Ссылка ] Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
