Yoga therapy: A sweet spot in diabetes control
By Robyn Tiger Did you ever stop to wonder how the cells in your body get their energy? Just like you, your cells need food—for them, that comes in the form of a sugar called glucose. Insulin, a hormone released by the pancreas, acts like a key that lets glucose into...
Accessible yoga, yoga therapy, & building a universal practice
Certified yoga therapist Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT, discusses the distinctions between yoga therapy and accessible yoga, both of which can help a range of people experience yoga’s therapeutic potential: “It is sometimes said that all yoga is...
Yoga therapy comes to the clinic
This beautifully written account explains how the pranayama of “bee breath” is used in one hospital. “Despite feeling dizzy, you listen to [the] teacher’s instructions and you bring your fingers to touch your sense organs. Thumbs gently press on your...
When your new hip won’t talk to you
Yoga therapy encourages listening deeply to the body—its complaints, requests, wisdom…Fine-tuning the ability to receive these messages, and to integrate their inseparable effects on our mental processes and our experiences, is a skill yoga therapists both teach...
