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The student & the teacher

My bio as it reads on facebook:

Caitlin Marcoux, is a licensed massage therapist, a professional member of the American Massage Therapists Association, and is nationally certified by the NCBTMB. 

A year-round resident of Nantucket, Caitlin is one of two Therapists in Residence at the Spa at the White Elephant Resort & Hotel where she works full-time during the summer season. She has 10 years of experience in bodywork with a focus on deep tissue work, therapeutic yoga and sports massage.

Caitlin is a native daughter of Nantucket and has been practicing yoga on and off the Island for over ten years. She is a certified interdisciplinary yoga instructor and began her professional training at The White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. where she studied under the tutelage of Ganga White and Tracey Rich; renowned yoga instructors and founders of the White Lotus Yoga Institute. She has studied extensively with Shannah Green and Paul Bruno on Nantucket, and with many wonderful teachers in New York City and Chicago.

Caitlin has an undergraduate degree in Dance & Choreography from Bard College, a partial masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and is a retired professional modern dancer. She is also the founder of Nantucket Massage Therapy & Yoga, and draws on her skills as a therapeutic bodyworker whenever making hands-on adjustments in her yoga instruction.

Caitlin began teaching vinyasa flow classes at The Yoga Room in April, incorporating her love of music and dance with the power of Ashtanga yoga, the alignment principles of BKS Iyengar and the intuitive mindfulness of a Yin practice. 

Feb
9th
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Two thirds of this terraqueous globe are the Nantucketer’s. For the sea is his; he owns it, as Emperors own empires; other seamen having but a right of way through it.
— Moby Dick
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Ah. Things to think about, while meditating at the Cape Cod Hospital. What happens during the LEEP procedure? The LEEP procedure takes about 20-30 minutes and is usually performed in your physician’s office. In some ways it may seem much like a normal pelvic exam because you will lie on the exam table with your feet in the stirrups. A colposcope will be used to guide your doctor to the abnormal area. Unlike a normal colposcopy, a tube will be attached to the speculum to remove the small amount of smoke caused by the procedure. An electrosurgical dispersive pad will be placed on your thigh. The pad is a gel-covered adhesive electrode which provides a safe return path for the electrosurgical current. A single-use, disposable loop electrode will be attached to the generator hand piece by your physician. Your cervix will be prepared with acetic acid and iodine solutions that enable your physician to more easily see the extent of the abnormal area. Next a local anesthetic will be injected into the cervix; the electroloop will be generated and the wire loop will pass through the surface of your cervix. LEEP is a very effective treatment for abnormal cervical cell changes. During LEEP, only a small amount of normal tissue is removed at the edge of the abnormal tissue area. After LEEP, the tissue that is removed (specimen) can be examined for cancer that has grown deep into the cervical tissue (invasive cancer). In this way, LEEP can help further diagnosis as well as treat the abnormal cells. After the lesion is removed your physician will use a ball electrode to stop any bleeding that occurs; he may also use a topical solution to prevent further bleeding. LEEP is as effective as cryotherapy or laser treatment. If all of the abnormal cervical tissue is removed, no further surgery is needed, though abnormal cells may recur in the future. In some studies, all the abnormal cells were removed in as many as 98% of cases.1 Risks After the surgery, a small number of women (less than 10%) may have significant bleeding that requires vaginal packing or a blood transfusion.2 Infection of the cervix or uterus may develop (rare). Narrowing of the cervix (cervical stenosis) that can cause infertility may occur (rare). Once a woman has had LEEP, she has a higher risk of delivering a baby early.3 After the LEEP procedure, make sure to follow your doctor’s instructions precisely. Your doctor will tell you when to return for follow up Pap smears, and / or colposcopies. Keeping these follow up appointments is necessary to verify that all of the abnormal cervical tissues have been removed, as well as to make sure that if abnormal cervical cells redevelop they are caught early and treated appropriately.

Ah. Things to think about, while meditating at the Cape Cod Hospital.

What happens during the LEEP procedure?

The LEEP procedure takes about 20-30 minutes and is usually performed in your physician’s office. In some ways it may seem much like a normal pelvic exam because you will lie on the exam table with your feet in the stirrups. A colposcope will be used to guide your doctor to the abnormal area. Unlike a normal colposcopy, a tube will be attached to the speculum to remove the small amount of smoke caused by the procedure.

An electrosurgical dispersive pad will be placed on your thigh. The pad is a gel-covered adhesive electrode which provides a safe return path for the electrosurgical current. A single-use, disposable loop electrode will be attached to the generator hand piece by your physician. Your cervix will be prepared with acetic acid and iodine solutions that enable your physician to more easily see the extent of the abnormal area. Next a local anesthetic will be injected into the cervix; the electroloop will be generated and the wire loop will pass through the surface of your cervix.

LEEP is a very effective treatment for abnormal cervical cell changes. During LEEP, only a small amount of normal tissue is removed at the edge of the abnormal tissue area.

After LEEP, the tissue that is removed (specimen) can be examined for cancer that has grown deep into the cervical tissue (invasive cancer). In this way, LEEP can help further diagnosis as well as treat the abnormal cells. After the lesion is removed your physician will use a ball electrode to stop any bleeding that occurs; he may also use a topical solution to prevent further bleeding.

LEEP is as effective as cryotherapy or laser treatment. If all of the abnormal cervical tissue is removed, no further surgery is needed, though abnormal cells may recur in the future. In some studies, all the abnormal cells were removed in as many as 98% of cases.1

Risks

  • After the surgery, a small number of women (less than 10%) may have significant bleeding that requires vaginal packing or a blood transfusion.2
  • Infection of the cervix or uterus may develop (rare).
  • Narrowing of the cervix (cervical stenosis) that can cause infertility may occur (rare).
  • Once a woman has had LEEP, she has a higher risk of delivering a baby early.3

After the LEEP procedure, make sure to follow your doctor’s instructions precisely. Your doctor will tell you when to return for follow up Pap smears, and / or colposcopies. Keeping these follow up appointments is necessary to verify that all of the abnormal cervical tissues have been removed, as well as to make sure that if abnormal cervical cells redevelop they are caught early and treated appropriately.

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I left part of myself in a place called Hyannis today.

Feb
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Losar 2009: A Tibetan New Year's Celebration

The Nantucket Yoga Tribe presents:

Losar 2009

Tibetan New Year 2136

Saturday February 21, 2009

5-10:00 pm

The Strong Wings Building

9 Nobadeer Farm Road

Come celebrate the Tibetan New Year with live music, yoga, good food & friends

Potluck dinner

DJ Pete Ahern

Admission is FREE

Please wear comfortable clothing, bring a yoga mat, and a contribution to dinner

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Isabella and I making an offering to our Buddha and celebrating our own Buddha-nature.   January 19th, 2008

Isabella and I making an offering to our Buddha and celebrating our own Buddha-nature.  

January 19th, 2008

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Nantucket Yoga Tribe

so i’ve started a facebook group for local yogis and yoginis, fondly named after a loose collective of practitioners who began working together this winter with yoga teacher Natasha Foy. it’s a virtual place to network with other yoga enthusiasts, and to share information about local classes, workshops, teacher training programs near and far, special events and visiting teachers on Nantucket.

in the hopes of engendering a closer yoga community we’ve been brainstorming ways to bring locals together and connect off the mat. starting out small, I’ll be hosting the first monthly “tribe dinner & a movie” this january. and it is my hope that each month a different member of the tribe will host a similar get together. dinners will be informal potluck style with a screening of a relevant movie, yoga documentary, or educational dvd. 

If you are interested in joining us, please e-mail me @ caitlinmarcoux@comcast.net or check out our facebook page. 

namaste,

caitlin

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I keep coming back to this little clip- it’s an amazing vinyasa series by Eureka Yoga. I recommended for yogis of all levels to engender intense inspiration. I know it has inspired me. 

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working on headstand. a year later. january 2009. 

working on headstand. a year later. january 2009.