Experience how yoga is empowering, playful, and healing for individuals with Parkinsons. In this class will learn how yoga can be adapted for Any Body, and how it can help improve flexibility, balance, strength, posture, focus, and more. This class begins seated with attention to the breath and whole body warm-ups, and ends with a guided relaxation.

Students may elect to transition to standing poses On Your Feet with the support of a chair or  practice the poses On Your Seat.

Deb Colling is a Personal Trainer, 500 Hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Rock Steady Boxing Head Coach, Adaptive Yoga Teacher for Neuromuscular Disorders, Level 1 Stick Mobility Coach, Balance Matters certified, Urban Poling Certified, PWR! Moves Certified, and Certified in Parkinson’s Art of Expression. She has been in the fitness profession for more than 20 years. She began teaching to people with Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s plus disease in 2016.

Megan Rousso is an outpatient, certified LSVT-BIG physical therapist with experience treating individuals with a variety of orthopedic and neurologic conditions. She is also a teaching assistant and research coordinator at Oakland University, where she assists with a variety of courses and with OU’s Bridge the Gap program. She greatly enjoys working with this population and acting as a clinical instructor to educate PT students.

Rebecca Mucha is an outpatient physical therapist with over 20 years of experience treating a variety of individuals with neurologic, orthopedic, and lymphatic conditions. She is certified in LSVT-BIG and is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist. She has led exercise groups for individuals with PD and enjoys improving outcomes for this population.

Mark is certified thru the Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as a Personal Training, Group Exercise Instructor, Corrective Exercise Specialist and Kick Boxing.  Mark teaches and trains for the Macomb Family YMCA in Mt Clemens Michigan. Mark trains in many fitness formats such as; Rock Steady Boxing (Head Coach) TRX Suspension, Functional, Group and Sports Medicine and Rehab and Mad Dogg Spinning.

Vivian Costello is the Rehearsal Director and founding company member of Take Root, a professional modern dance company in residency at Oakland University.  Vivian is a 2013 graduate of Oakland University's B.F.A. program in Dance and is McEntire Pilates certified. 

There are a variety of ways Pilates can help counter the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. Aside from building strength and flexibility, Pilates can improve balance, posture, and mobility. Breath is an important and vital tool within the method of Pilates as it not only helps promote healthy lung capacity and function, but also relaxes the body and mind.

Tai Chi is a “Moving Meditation”. Slow, gentle, flowing movements often drawn from the natural world are performed with great attention to how and when we breathe and to being mindful of how we move. Created thousands of years ago in China, QiGong is an older and simpler movement practice than Tai Chi and was created as a way to heal illness. Because movement, breath, and mindfulness are equally important in both tai chi I and qigong practice, a miraculous event occurs. We are present to the moment. Being in the moment washes away stress, anxiety, even pain. Being mindful of how we are moving opens the path to changes in posture, strength and balance that become cornerstones of improved health and wellness.

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Learn how a fun game of BrainSpeed Ball® is the ideal daily habit for individuals with Parkinson's.  Discover how playing for just a few minutes a day can help improve your balance, posture, focus, mood, and mobility.  This class is taught by a team of movement professionals under the leadership of Trent McEntire, BrainSpeed Ball® inventor.  Each participant will receive a FREE BrainSpeed Ball® to take home and continue playing!

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