Loren Fishman & Ellen Saltonstall

Yoga for Osteoporosis, Sciatica, Back Health, and Arthritis

Loren Fishman, MD
After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, spending the year 1973 with Mr. Iyengar in Pune, attending every class, public and private, and taking daily instruction, Loren M. Fishman, M.D., was told “You can teach my yoga.” Dr. Fishman then went to medical school, and at Rush, in a Tufts-Harvard Residency program, and as Chief Resident at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, did indeed teach patients, health professionals, and also learned more about yoga and medicine himself. He has been practicing yoga daily since the year he spent with Mr. Iyengar, has written and edited more than 65 academic articles, chapters and books in the philosophy of science, and Rehabilitation Medicine, his field. His work has been reviewed in articles by Jane Brody, Spine, and a number of international periodicals. He is past President of the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, currently Associate Editor of Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, on the staff at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Treasurer of the Manhattan Institute for Cancer Research, and has a private practice on Park Avenue in Manhattan.

Loren has published two books: Yoga for Osteoporosis with Ellen Saltonstall (for W.W. Norton) and Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis with Eric Small. For more information about Loren, visit: www.sciatica.org
 
Ellen Saltonstall
 
Ellen Saltonstall, ERYT 500, is a certified Anusara yoga instructor based in New York City. She began her study of yoga and her practice of meditation in the 1970’s. After meeting John Friend in 1992 she sponsored his teaching visits to NYC for many years. Ellen’s earlier career in dance and bodywork laid the groundwork for her specialty in anatomy and the therapeutic applications of yoga. She teaches nationally and internationally, offering trainings as well as specialty workshops and private sessions. She is known for her clarity and depth of knowledge, and her enthusiasm in encouraging students of all levels to find their own inner joy and freedom through yoga. Ellen serves as the co-chair of the Curriculum Committee for Anusara yoga.  She has co-authored two acclaimed books with Dr. Loren Fishman:  Yoga for Arthritis, March 2008, and Yoga for Osteoporosis, March 2010.  She offers teleseminars through www.yogatherapyweb.com on various therapeutic topics, and she is a co-author of the upcoming book to be published by Anusara Press: Yoga Anatomy: the Biomechanics of Anusara Yoga. Please visit her website at: www.mohiniyoga.com.
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