Maryann DiEdwardo, author and researcher

Health educator, artist and author, Maryann DiEdwardo Ed.D. E-RY500, is committed to promoting QiGong, Yoga and Tai Chi for health improvement. She is an outstanding public speaker who has lead seminars for groups in art, cancer therapy through yoga, qigong for chronic illness, haiku, meditation, mindfulness, and education. Maryann received the Northampton Community College Project Aware Outstanding Service Award and holds a volunteer position for The National QiGong Association Research and Education Committee (Terminology Task Force). She was nominated for the National QiGong Board in 2013 and Award Nominations at University of Maryland University College in 2012 include a nomination for the 2012 UMUC Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award (Drazek award) and the UMUC Teaching Recognition Award (TRA), two important awards in the UMUC Faculty Award and Recognition Program.
A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Himalayan Institute, and Yoga Alliance, she is an experienced registered certified yoga instructor and a member of the Tai Chi Yang Family Association. She is currently Adjunct Professor for Lehigh University in Pennsylvania where she teaches research writing techniques to Graduate students for the Computer Science and Engineering Department Graduate School and Adjunct Associate for the University of Maryland University College where she teaches writing, literature, and research.
She has written 20 books and noteworthy articles about healing, such as The Horse Keeper: The Healing Gifts of Painting and Writing about Horses, a collection of remembrances based on nature, especially horses, as guides. Maryann has presented at the annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching Washington, DC in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Maryann DiEdwardo contributes original research on importance of her own practice of yoga, t’ai chi, and journaling. She studied theatre arts, jazz dance and ballet, then started to focus on the marital arts including tai chi and qigong for thirty years with masters in the United States. Her newest free E-Book entitled
Lesson Plans for Restorative Yoga and T’ai Chi
is available online at http://maryannpasdadiedwardo.wikispaces.com/E-Book



Case Study Research
In 2004, statistical results of Dr. DiEdwardo’s case study research suggest that pairing music and linguistic intelligences in the college classroom improves students’ grades and abilities to compose theses statements for research papers in courses that emphasize reading and writing skills (DiEdwardo 2004). In initial study in 2003, Maryann refined Howard Gardner’s (1993) definition of music as a “separate intellectual competence” and compared music intelligence to linguistic intelligence. Furthermore, through acknowledgement of MI Theory, educators infuse cognitive abilities of students by helping them “think” as one of her students suggested. Her article, “Pairing Music and Linguistic Intelligences” was published in the Record, Vol. 41, No. 3, Spring 2005. Kappa Delta Pi, International Education Honors Society.

Asanas for Stress Relief by Maryann DiEdwardo

Yoga Asana for Stress Relief

Chin Mudra in seated pose. Hold your index fingers and thumbs touching at tips. Relax other fingers in a slightly bent but relaxed pose. Breathe from the diaphragm. Palms up to reach outside the self to God or palms gown to reach in interior self and hear your own spirit and God.

Pray as you quietly notice your breathing.

Take a pose on the back. Continue to rest and pray with intention to heal.

Vegetarianism by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo

Quinoa and Hemp powder provide protein for a vegetarian diet.

Asana Sequence 4 by Maryann diedwardo

Start in seated posture

Breath slowly and center

Alternate nostril breathing

Seated meditation for 5 minutes

Warm up with standing mountain pose variations

Sun Salutations

Resting poses with lotus and mantra meditation

Maryann DiEdwardo Gardening Blog Post

Herb gardening is my hobby. The garden is rich with perennials. Mostly, I work with my natural backyard setting and no chemicals.

Yoga Sequence 3 by Maryann DiEdwardo

Maryann DiEdwardo
Yoga Sequence 3
For more information on Maryann's research visit her wiki at http://maryannpasdadiedwardo.wikispaces.com

Asana 3

Begin in seated pose

Calm breath

Relax face

Stretch to the right by placing right arm on the ground with elbow and wrist resting then use left arm to reach overhead and gaze at left elbow

Stretch to the left with above sequence

Come to standing pose in mountain pose with arms to sides

Mountain with arms above head

Take prayer position and repeat 4 sun salutations: extended prayer, 5 pointed star with arms to sides, forward bend half with hands on thighs, forward bend full, lung with right leg back, lung with left leg back, plank, 8 point heart chakra pose with knees, elbows, hands, feet in repose and heart and chin on floor, cobra, up dog, down dog, lung on opposite leg, forward bend, reach with arms to side to extended prayer and close with prayer

Balance pose such as eagle

Sitting stretch with legs wide

Shavasana

Meditation

Restorative Yoga, Sequence 2, Maryann DiEdwardo

Sequence 2
Maryann DiEdwardo E-RYT 500

1. Easy sitting pose with legs crossed
2. Chin mudra with forefinger and thumb touching
3. Reclining tree
4. Cobra
5. Chair pose
6. Walking meditation
7. Sitting meditation