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Larissa McGoldrick Acupuncture and Iyengar Yoga

Acupuncture and Iyengar Yoga Larissa McGoldrick LAc has been practicing acupuncture since 1998. Her studies included acupuncture and herbs with Dr Yuen.

She has been a Certifed Iyengar Yoga teacher since 1995 and currently holds an Intermediate Junior Two teaching certificate. From 1989-1995 she was a professional dancer and teacher with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in New York City. It was during her dance career that she discovered acupuncture, having experienced its healing powers first hand after sustaining a dance injury while touring on the road. After deciding to leave the New York dance world she decided to change her career to alternative health and became a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She was the main teacher and coordinater of the Iyengar Yoga Department at Columbia University in New York CIty and taught at The New York City Iyengar Yoga Institute for many years. She graduated from The Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy and Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine with a license in Massage Therapy (Swedish and Shiatsu) in 1995 and then began her studies of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Her main teacher was Taoist Priest and acupuncturist Dr Jeffrey Yuen at the Swedish Institute in New York City. She completed her clinical work at the Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the desert southwest of Tucson, AZ. Her studies include many visits to Seoul, South Korea where she studied at Kyung Hee University Hospital, a 300 inpatient hospital with a speciality of stroke patients. She observed and worked with doctors on the cutting edge of Western and Eastern Medicine. She also studied Korean Hand Therapy and holds an intermediate level practitioner certificate from the KHT Institute in Seoul. She has studied Facial Acupuncture with Mary Elizabeth Wakefield and teachers from the Traditional Medical College in London. Her particular interest is treating pain and she has treated athletes, actresses, dancers and rugby players from all over the world using the many modalites she can employ. She has also a great interest in helping women to conceive and has helped women prepare their bodies for conception and also to deal with the many aches and pains that can accompany a pregnancy. She has also helped many women give birth naturally with acupuncture inductions. Her most recent work includes using lasers for pain relief (Cranial Laser Reflex Technology) and Acutonics which uses tuning forks on acupuncture points on the body. Larissa has a Diplomate in Acupuncture certified by the NCCAOM, (National Certification Commision for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) which is the national certification body for acupuncturists in the USA. Larissa's love of Iyengar Yoga has sustained her throughout her adult life. She began practicing in the early 1990's to help her with the rigors of a professional dancers life. She has studied directly with Shri BKS Iyengar and his children Dr Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar in Pune India, the USA and the UK. She has also studied with many renowned Iyengar Yoga teachers including her first teacher the late Mary Dunn and her mentor Genny Kapular. She has taught people of all ages and abilities throughout the years from children as young as 3 to people as old as 95. She has helped musicians, dancers, professional athletes and people of all abilities. In July 2009 she studied at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute and while there volunteered at Father Joe Pereira's Kripa Foundation giving acupuncture to the men and women in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. It was inspiring and heart warming work and she looks forward to going back in 2011. She is a member of the IYA UK (Iyengar Yoga Association United Kingdom) and IYNAUS (Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States).

06/06/2023

Yoga and walking can help reduce the recurrence and spreading of cancer

Three studies add weight to growing evidence that physical activity can help patients who have the disease

20/02/2023

Health benefits of yoga

Independent, unbiased, deep analysis of clinical evidence.

04/10/2022

Beautiful new yoga studio! Mondays new 6 week course
Beginners 9:30-10:30
Chair Yoga 10:45-11:45

02/10/2022

"The headstand is my show-off moment when I'm in the gym... I was once told by a yoga teacher that it keeps you young" - Paul

Inspired by the episode of Cosmic Kids Yoga, Paul gives us an insight into his yoga practice: https://mpl.pm/YGMTA_Sept22

17/02/2022

Link between catching covid and depression is real

Covid-19 patients showed a 60% higher risk of a mental health diagnosis in this new study.

10/02/2022

How that baby fit in your womb 🤩🥰🤰🏿🐣

Have you ever wondered how your baby managed to fit inside your body? Sure, there are some amazing illustrations out there depicting how things generally fit – but what about your son or daughter in your womb? I recently came across the work of Marry Fermont, a photographer who lives in the Neth.....

28/10/2020

Immunity Iyengar Yoga sequence

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19/10/2020

Studying Jing Fang Chinese herbs with Frances Turner in Oxfordshire. Such beautiful herbs that smell like Xmas!! 🎄

22/05/2020

Please join myself and other members of the Iyengar Yoga UK Therapy Committee online on Sunday for a sequence showing a Covid Recovery sequence. It’s free and a fundraiser for the NHS!

01/05/2020

Lois Steinberg’s excellent sequence for respiratory health

22/04/2020

Come join me for live Yoga and yoga therapy sessions!

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http://www.larissamcgoldrick.com/

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