the yoga project

[kelsey] this course was really interesting to mebecause it incorporates the mind so much [emma] i've had a lot of friends take thiscourse and say that it really helps them deal with stress. [missy] students come out of this class feeling like it's really changed their lives, not just as dancers,but as people. [debra] living anatomy, living yoga encompasses a lot. from thestillness from this awareness, expanding

the yoga project, awareness, into learning structures ofthe body through coloring the anatomy coloring book and then applying it toyoga poses. [emma] the coloring books i really like because it's kind of a meditativeprocess coloring them. it just sort of helps connect everything together [debra] many of these students have other jobs, their

time is very tight. the motto of theschool of course, 'meliora' is ever better. they really are in that modeof wanting to better themselves and improve themselves [emma] the course has really helped me to sort of, when i get really stressed, just sort of take a step backand recognize that it's okay to be stressed. that it's ok there's uncertainty. [missy] i love the way debra teaches. it gives you a way to understand the body that'sdifferent from taking an anatomy or kinesiology course in thebiology department, for example. [emma] we get the anatomy experience and we get the more scientific anatomical stuff, but we can learn about our ownbody in a way that's beneficial to us,

while we still get the yoga poses. [kelsey] just her presence is very calming and she's really there to help and support youwork on yourself, rather than somethinginternal, rather than something external. [missy] we have a lot of students who will go into medical school or work with other people, and this kind of experience, itteaches them to ask questions about others experiences, as well. so if people are going to work in the health professions or in the medical profession this is the kind of course that wouldreally give them a different and new perspective that i think could make adifference in the lives of the people

they're working with.