(Extra) Bendy Bodies: Understanding Hypermobility

A community chit chat

A talk with Kiran Nigam, NTC

hosted by Kim Healey

November 5th 7 – 8 pm in-person

at our center, 3310 Adeline @ Alcatraz in Berkeley

While many people come to yoga to get more flexible, others come to yoga to better understand their own bendy-ness. Some may experience being “double jointed” or feel like their joints “bend backwards”? These are typical signs of hypermobility.

This chit chat will offer an orientation to hypermobility and a discussion about its implications for your health and well being. We will talk about nutrition, pain management, lifestyle approaches and other considerations that go beyond the yoga practice. And perhaps most importantly this will be a session offering listening, support, and validation for those with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and others seeking support with hypermobility.

As a practitioner living with hEDS, Kiran comes to this work with the belief that your bendy body is whole. They offer this workshop as a small salve to the isolation, pain and inadequate medical care many people with EDS/HSD experience, with the hope of connecting you to tools and community on your journey.

Free and open to the public

Pre-registration is required.

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the event.  The chit-chat will start on time.

REGISTER HERE

WHAT IS A CHIT-CHAT?

A free one-hour event for the community.  This is a time for our teachers and students to share something that inspires them.

The intention is:

• To celebrate the teachings related to Yoga, giving you access to new texts.
• Bring our library into the community and encourage use of the reading room.
• Have space for honest conversation and reflection.
• Give space for spontaneous conversation in our lives.

This is your opportunity to have in-depth discussion about a book and topic with Adeline teachers.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

kiran nigam is a Nutritional Therapy Consultant (NTC), social justice facilitator, and parent to a luminous toddler. As an NTC, kiran offers classes and group consultations on nutrition (utilizing food, plants, supplements, and lifestyle shifts to support people to feel better) with a focus on supporting people with bendy bodies: people who live with hypermobility, HSD and hEDS. kiran is committed to a practice that is absolutely, unfalteringly welcoming of people of color, trans, gender nonconforming, and queer people, and bodies of all sizes, shapes, and abilities.

Through her facilitation, consulting, and nutrition offerings, kiran aims to fortify movements and communities so that we may be more effective and joyful in creating a just and healing world.

kiran lives in unceded Ohlone land. Learn more about their offerings at: www.fortifycommunityhealth.com