by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Jan 16, 2025 | Cancer Care, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
Yoga nidra is a powerful yet extremely accessible practice that promotes profound rest—and unless you frequent yoga spaces you’ve probably never heard of it! The biomedical world is catching on to the potential therapeutic benefits of this infinitely adaptable...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Jan 2, 2025 | Cancer Care, Chronic Illness & Recovery, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
Join yoga therapist Julie Shaw, MEd, LMT, C-IAYT, for an accessible yoga practice of alternate-nostril breathing in this 5-minute video. Julie explains how she used the technique, which is often used to encourage balance between the rest-and-digest and...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Dec 19, 2024 | Cancer Care, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
Even when we focus on the physical aspects of yoga, which are really just a small part of the practice and philosophy of this “technology for living,” we tend to notice mental and emotional effects. Researchers know this, too, and their work is an...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Oct 31, 2024 | Cancer Care, Working with Healthcare Providers, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
October is celebrated internationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Beyond shining a spotlight on prevention and screening for this second most common of all cancers worldwide, it’s a time to reflect on what it really means for ourselves or a loved one to...
by Deb McDermott | Mar 10, 2024 | Cancer Care, Children & Youth, How Yoga Therapists Work, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
By Tonia Kulp Yoga therapy is fully integrated into the care model at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where I work. As a yoga therapist in the integrative oncology program, I am able to follow a child from diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship, and...
by Deb McDermott | Feb 1, 2024 | Cancer Care, How Yoga Therapists Work, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Smitha Mallaiah When I arrived in the United States, I was astonished to find that yoga is perceived as a very physical practice, often stripped of its philosophical, spiritual, and cultural roots. I am a yoga therapist, educator, researcher, and, above all, a...
