Comments on: ADHD and Yoga

By: Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:10:30 +0000

Being a mother, I wasn’t too keen on putting my child on drugs this early in life and have questioned how long it would take to finally cure ADHD and was disappointed to discover that drugs would only treat the symptoms and once they’re discontinued, the root of the cause would still exist and may have to continue treatment indefinitely. With that being said, I decided to just leave the drugs as a final alternative and consider ADHD natural remedies that might at least curb or lessen the symptoms I had identified.

By: Dr. Kenny Handelman

Dr. Kenny Handelman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:20:46 +0000

Thank you all for participating in this contest to win a spot in the Virtual Yoga Conference.
I really appreciate you being a reader of my blog and subscriber to my email list, and I’m honored that you took the time to read this post and share your experiences with me and the community that reads this blog.
I really wish that I could award each and every one of you a pass to the Virtual World Yoga Conference, but I can only award 3 passes.
After careful review – our judges have awarded these 3 people the passes to the Yoga confernce:
1) Sue Pontoreiro
2) Carrie
3) Cheryl

Our team will email each of you with the code that you can use to redeem your free registration.

For anyone else – registration is still open, and you can still use the 50% off code to register at a discount.
Here’s the link to sign up: http://www.contentabout.net/adhdyoga
Here’s the discount code: KNY219

I’m looking forward to sharing my perspectives on Alternatives for ADHD in my session on Saturday morning, and I hope to ‘see you’ there.

Best,
Dr. Kenny

By: Dr. Kenny Handelman

Dr. Kenny Handelman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:25:51 +0000

The contest for free tickets to the Yoga Virtual Conference is closed.
Any comments submitted after this comment will not be considered for the prize.
We will announce the winners shortly.
Thanks for participating.
Best,
Dr. Kenny

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:57:46 +0000

I live in the Mid-Cities area of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metroplex.

There are two life-points that currently capture my interest re adhd: How do we see it show up in younger children (and how do we smooth the road for the natural child as well as “treat” what needs reguiding, all the while cultivating confidence and awareness of strengths? Second life moment of interest is one I believe is just coming into general conversations — How does an adhd brain style impact ones later decades of life from 60 forward to 100? That’s the next frontier and it’s going to be an amazing ride!

Best techniques for brain guidance I’ve found have been massage, deep meditation and yoga. Plus regular hard exercise mixed with active, outdoor play such as hiking, biking or really anything that gets one laughing and noticing joy. Often sharing with others these moments enhances further.

The workshop I would choose is Julie Lusk’s Relax Deeply with Yoga Nidra. I believe that eventually we’ll understand scientifically how many get cellular change doing some of these therapies/activities. Such a blessing because we all in this together….

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:41:55 +0000

Hello!

I am from Minnesota and interested in adult ADHD. My partner is 55 and I have been trying to help him keep his ADHD under control for over 20 years. I really think it is getting harder and harder with our fast, overstimulated world. He has decided not to carry a cell phone and spends limited time on the internet. What we have found works the best is diet–no sugar or white flour, and other highly processed foods. We juice and take supplements: B vitamins and EFA’s, C, and a mineral supplement. It get’s spendy but the alternative is lost time at work and life. Recently (past 2 years) we started doing yoga and breathing, and walking in the morning and I think it has helped a lot. He has to work this weekend but I would love to get a pass to the yoga conference and the top 2 sessions I would attend would be Unplug to Plug In and anything related to nutrition and relaxation. Any tools that I can learn to share with him are gift to me, and ultimately the world.
Blessings to all and may we overcome.

By: Nora Anderson

Nora Anderson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:31:49 +0000

I think yoga is very interesting, although I don’t know much about it. Since he is in school and is better with the latest med. His behavior is much better. It does wear off and he gets restless and too talkative demands a lot of attention but melatonin does help with sleep plus a story and a song. I wish teachers wouldn’t always want to have a label for a child before they could get them the appropriate help they need.We have him in scouts and an afternoon program as well as skating and basketball and the activity really helps. He loves to have something to do including baking. I wish I could afford this, but I can’t.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:59:37 +0000

We live in Toronto, Canada & are interested predominantly in child ADHD treatment. In conjunction with your presentation we are specifically interested in Rosemary Todd Clough’s ‘Ten Ways to Support Children through Yoga
and Creative Movement’ There are many more that we are interested in aswell.

In the past we have tried Native Remedie’s Focus Formula & Brain Spark & we were sadly disappointed as it did not work at all. Currently we are using Concerta which seems to be helping. Ideally we want to use natural treatment(s). Our bodies are constantly exposed to toxins on a daily basis & to eliminate this exposure as much as possible would be beneficial.

By: Janelle Reber

Janelle Reber — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:51:29 +0000

I would love to win a free ticket to the Virtual World Yoga Conference, but since I never win anything I won’t hold my breath. LOL.
I live in Kent, WA and I’m interested in child and teen ADHD since I have two adopted children with ADHD – daughter is 10 and son is 13.
We have them both taking Omega 3 supplements every day. A long time ago we tried gaba and 5HTP with our son and the teachers didn’t feel it was effective. After trying Adderal and Straterra, we finally found Concerta to be effective for him. With out daughter, we have tried four and haven’t found anything to be effective yet (Vyvance, Focalin, Daytrona, and Concerta). We have given up on medication for her at this time.
Although it all sounds good (especially yoga given my daughter’s anxiety disorder), the session I most want to hear is “Laugh Away Your Stress” with Jill & Dan Johnson. Why? Because raising kids with ADHD is stressful. And it feels good to laugh. And sometimes those two things have difficult coexisting. I lead an ADHD Parent Support Group in my community – and I want to be able to share some things with them to give them hope and make them laugh. I believe attitude is everything. I believe that this ADHD “disorder” can be viewed as a gift. We can support each other and begin to laugh at these things that cause us so much frustration – and when we do that we will be more open to finding solutions and looking for the bright side. Laughing is important – the endorphins released can be magical. I would love to lighten up and relax more and help others to do the same. That’s why that session is one of the many that I will be sure to tune into.

Thanks,
Janelle Reber
Kent, WA

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:09 +0000

I am a special education teacher with three young adults with ADD/ADHD. We live in central Missouri. My husband and I are struggling to get them through college even though they are quite cognitively capable so I am interested in the adult ADHD. We have already made a huge investment in time and money to this end.

We have tried Straterra with no remarkable improvement. We have not followed any formal diet or exercise program but aspects of each do seem to have had marginal benefits mostly with the latter. Biofeedback was too expensive and did not seem to offer much lasting benefits. Concerta after a period of time seemed to produce some depressed tendencies. We have had success with minimal dosages of Adderall XR and evening amphetamine along with much structure and routine when they were at home. However, all this changes with college life even with 504 support and medication for the youngest. The oldest has declined medication and has the most problem with procrastination. The middle is more goal oriented and uses medication as needed. The two using medication report heart racing and some depression issues so I would like to seek out alternatives. Both my husband and I have post graduate degrees and are professionals so we know it can be done, with lots of work, but are unsure how to help direct you adults.

I would like to hear the “Stopping Procrastination” or the “Energetic Wellness” but I think a plan is needed outline how to put all these pieces of the puzzle together in a simple workable way. Therefore I am looking for any reasonably useful measure to achieve this.

By: Jann Hoffman

Jann Hoffman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:46:39 +0000

Good Morning. I live in Studio City California.Particiapting in this conference would be a wonderful gift to myself. I am interested in adult ADHD. I definitely have tried alternative treatments but if they did not work after ten minutes I would be on to the next..until I tried hypnotherapy and became a certified hypnotherapist myself. It has changed my life in many ways. Discipline is not one of my virtues but I have had to learn to surrender. The sessions I would be most interested in is Chant Powerful Mantras due to the tremendous amount of energy I tend to have and Nutrition Healthy Eating due to wanting to learn to balance my attention back to myself and my well being. Thank you for this opportunity of expression.