yoga therapy for all
what is yoga therapy?
Yoga therapy is the process of empowering individuals to progress toward improved health and well-being through the application of the teachings and practices of yoga.
How Does Yoga THerapy Work?
Yoga Therapy is generally provided in one-on-one sessions customized to address an individual’s specific wellness concerns, or in small therapeutic groups or clinics focused on a specific condition being addressed by multiple participants. While Yoga Therapy may be an ongoing process for some, it is generally not a one-shot solution for anyone.
what does it work for?
Medical research shows that yoga therapy is among the most effective complementary therapies for several common ailments.
Robin Monro, PhD
Yoga Biomedical Trust – England
how long does it last?
One of the goals is independence from the yoga therapist, rather than an ongoing dependent relationship.
Yoga Therapists want their clients to develop the awareness and path that works best for them and be empowered to continue their practice on their own.
Beyond Group Classes
Yoga therapy adapts the practice of yoga to the needs of people with specific or persistent health problems not usually addressed in a group class.
Larry Payne, PhD, Samata Yoga Center
Part of my focus is educating the public about what is and isn’t yoga therapy/trauma informed/therapeutic massage. I look through lenses of more biopsychosocial spiritual and salutogenesis approaches vs. the more commercial western perception of spa relaxation and fitness. This allows you to take the reigns of your health and wellness as a whole, instead of outsourcing it or comparing to others that have wholly different lives than do you.
A tool Box to resTore balance
Yoga Therapy uses approaches of postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, adapted to the individual’s needs at the moment, to deepen presence and awareness to know ourselves more fully. Individuals facing wellness challenges are assisted in finding the best path to reduce symptoms, restore balance, increase vitality, and improve attitude.
Garry Kraftsow, American Viniyoga Insitute
Much Like the SAMHSA Definition of Recovery in Mental Health and Substance Use:
SAMHSA defines recovery as a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential. Recovery signals a dramatic shift in the expectation for positive outcomes for individuals who experience mental and substance use conditions or the co-occurring of the two.
Yoga Therapy provides tools and practices for that recovery of the whole being from the impacts of life stresses and facilitation of not just the absence of disease, but fuller wellness and self-realization
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private sessions + public class offerings
All classes and private sessions, other than massage, are virtual unless otherwise indicated.
