By Phoebe Malone
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April 15, 2021
I have been a prosthetist and orthotist for 14 years working with a wide range of amputees in both the public and private sector, nationally and internationally. I believe most facilities provide patients with fabulous care to assist with their mobility (physical rehabilitation) following an amputation, however there isn’t enough focus on their emotional and mental wellbeing (mental rehabilitation).
It is because of this that in 2018 I completed studies in “Amputee Yoga”, in addition to my regular yoga teaching qualifications. My amputee yoga trainer was Marsha Therese Danzig, a below knee amputee. Marsha is my inspiration to share this practice with all amputees and to assist you in finding wholeness after limb loss.
Marsha taught me that “"Wholeness is not simply having four limbs. Wholeness is knowing you are complete within yourself just as you are".