by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 20, 2020 | Children & Youth, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Rachel Krentzman Affecting 4 out of 100 teenagers, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of scoliosis. Idiopathic means we don’t know exactly why the curves happened, and often this diagnosis takes parents and adolescents by surprise—they...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Jul 9, 2020 | Children & Youth, Incarcerated Populations, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Older Adults, Working with Healthcare Providers, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
Meet the 2020 finalists for IAYT’s Seva Award Seva (selfless service) is recognized in yogic traditions as a key to personal and spiritual transformation. As an act performed without any expectation of reward (or results), seva can profoundly change the person...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Apr 23, 2020 | Children & Youth, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Kim Searl Imagine yourself as a child, not feeling safe at school. Being a kid in the modern world can be tough, with challenges ranging from bullying—cyber and not—to terrorism. Then press pause, and our whole world is under attack by a viral pandemic that affects...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Dec 5, 2019 | Children & Youth, What Is Yoga Therapy?
Researchers believe that improved self-regulation is one of the reasons people experience a wide range of health and well-being benefits from yogic practices. Children need to learn these skills, too, as part of growing up and to help manage behavioral health issues....
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 29, 2019 | Children & Youth, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Ali Popivchak I often think about how much easier my own teen years would have been if I’d had yoga to help me. I wonder whether I would have felt more comfortable in my changing body or had more control over my emotions, key benefits I see in my work with...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Mar 21, 2019 | Cancer Care, Children & Youth, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Tyla Arnason Imagine hearing, “It’s cancer,” come across a desk at you. Now imagine that the doctor is speaking about your child. Although it may be impossible to wrap your head, much less your heart, around these words, they’re a reality for many parents each...
