{"id":38,"date":"2016-11-15T18:09:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T18:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dharmayoga.biz\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:12:59","slug":"julia-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dharmayoga.biz\/index.php\/julia-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Julia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi, my name is Julia Hamilton, C-IAYT\/TIYT. I am a Certified Yoga Therapist and Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist.
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I believe that yoga is a deeply personal journey that gives us practical tools to aid us in the human journey. These tools teach us how to live \u2013 even in the midst of suffering, to a place without suffering \u2013 Peace! Yoga practices help us to remember who we are, to connect to ourselves, and to engage more fully in life. Yoga has brought profound healing to me and to the people I work with in my classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My yoga journey began in the 1970’s when I was introduced to yoga and meditation. I instinctively knew at that time, that yoga would play a very important role in my life Even though I veered away from the yogic path for two decades in search of healing and truth, I returned to my yoga practice in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoga has lovingly accompanied me toward transformation and healing from post-traumatic stress,\u00a0addiction, major depression, and my daily personal practice is allowing me to age with wellness and\u00a0grace. I’m so grateful to the teachers on my path who have shared their wisdom and this ancient\u00a0healing practice with me. As a Yoga Therapist, I will continue to carry the message of experience,\u00a0strength, hope, and healing to all who suffer in body, mind, and spirit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I completed the 200 hour yoga teacher training with Dariel Woltz, E-RYT500 at The Studio at\u00a0Panterra, studiopanterra.com in 2003.\u00a0In August 2016, I completed the rigorous professional requirements for certification as a Yoga\u00a0Therapist with The International Association of Yoga Therapists<\/a> \u2013 \u00a0I was honored to\u00a0be in the first round of Yoga Therapists to receive certification from IAYT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My passion for teaching yoga prompted me to study with Senior Teachers in the Iyengar, Viniyoga, and\u00a0Kripalu traditions. Including: Judith Hansen-Lasatar, Nischala Joy Devi, Amy Weintraub, Gary\u00a0Kraftsow, Erich Schiffman and Barbara Boris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I worked as a Stress Management Specialist at UPMC\/Hamot \u2013 Dr. Dean Ornish Program for\u00a0Reversing Heart Disease (now the Ornish Lifestyle Program) for 14 years, until the program ended in\u00a02016. The Ornish program is a team-style, medical outcomes-based delivery model and our Erie\u00a0location was a leader in positive results as well as an Ornish legacy site.\u00a0As a Stress Management Specialist, I delivered the stress management component of the program,\u00a0which included asana, breath, visualization, meditation and deep relaxation to participants. Many\u00a0participants had cardiac risk factors as well as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, cancer,\u00a0arthritis, obesity, depression and many other serious health issues.\u00a0During my work with the Ornish program, I met and exceeded IAYT’s requirement of 700 direct\u00a0individual client contact hours for YT certification. Since 2007, I completed 4,132 direct\u00a0client\/patient contact hours toward my YT credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am the owner of Dharma Yoga in Erie \u2013 From 2005-2012, Dharma Yoga had a physical studio and during that time, I taught yoga to a diverse population and developed\/delivered specialized classes in Restorative Yoga, Yoga for Arthritis, Warriors at Peace (for veterans with PTSD), Yoga for Depression & Anxiety, as well a very popular introduction to meditation, \u201cHow to Meditate.\u201d I now offer Yoga Therapy as Dharma Yoga at different sites throughout the community, both in groups and individual sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I continue to teach quarterly workshops for patients at the Erie Regional Cancer Center – \u201cRelax the Body \u2013 Relax the Mind\u201d using the movement, breathing and relaxation techniques of yoga. Since April 2016, I’ve been teaching Mindfulness Yoga classes twice a week to recovering alcoholics and addicts at Gaudenzia Crossroads Erie. Additionally, I continue to offer YOGA for WELLNESS classes throughout the community, and will begin offering individual Yoga Therapy sessions in the Spring of 2017. I will also continue teaching the \u201cHow to Meditate\u201d workshop throughout the Erie community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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