Yoga Therapy Blog

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Relearning everyday movement: Yoga therapy for functional recovery after significant weight loss

by | Jul 27, 2026 | Accessible & Adaptive, How Yoga Therapists Work, Older Adults, What Is Yoga Therapy? | 0 Comments

By Luna Kunst Yoga therapy often meets people at transitional moments—times when the body is relearning itself. One client with whom I worked, a senior who had recently...

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Why anxiety doesn’t always mean danger: Befriending the yellow light

by | Jul 8, 2026 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs | 3 Comments

By Antonio Sausys If you’ve ever awakened in the middle of the night with your mind already rehearsing tomorrow, you know how convincing anxiety can be. A conversation...

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Can yoga help with Alzheimer’s disease?

by | Jun 27, 2026 | Mantra, Meditation, Mudra, Neurological Conditions, Older Adults, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs | 0 Comments

Research indicates that meditation and other aspects of yoga can support healthy aging, including for those concerned about dementia. June is Alzheimer's and Brain...

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The caring art of seeing: Special guest brings extra inspiration to SYTAR

by | Jun 18, 2026 | Accessible & Adaptive, How Yoga Therapists Work, News, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, What Is Yoga Therapy? | 0 Comments

  This past weekend, the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) held its 16th Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR) in Costa Mesa,...

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Resting in peace: Easing the inevitable with yoga’s corpse pose

by | May 21, 2026 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, News, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques | 1 Comment

How comfortable are you with death? If you're like many Westerners, you may not be very comfortable at all—or you may not give your own inevitable final rest much...

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Parkinson’s disease and therapeutic practice with a yoga therapist who’s been there

by | Apr 24, 2026 | Accessible & Adaptive, Neurological Conditions, Older Adults, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs | 1 Comment

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, approximately 90,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) each year, and the condition...

Yoga therapist Meredith Phipps seated in a variation of gomukhasana, cow-face pose, on a footbridge.

How yoga therapists work: Building accessible bridges for all

by | Apr 8, 2026 | How Yoga Therapists Work, Trauma-Informed Approach, What Is Yoga Therapy? | 1 Comment

By Meredith Phipps “I got a job!” The excitement in the client’s voice was palpable even over Zoom. We had started yoga therapy sessions months before, when her life...

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Personalized is preferable

by | Mar 26, 2026 | Accessible & Adaptive, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs | 2 Comments

If you've ever wished you could do yoga but worried about being flexible enough, or being able to get on and off the floor, or having the right clothes, or...We have...

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Is yoga asana outdated?

by | Mar 2, 2026 | Breath & Nervous System Regulation, How Yoga Therapists Work, What Is Yoga Therapy? | 2 Comments

By Dani Wasson Many yoga teacher trainings excel at creating dedicated practitioners and offering powerful experiences of personal transformation. However, they are not...