by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Dec 17, 2025 | How Yoga Therapists Work, Scope of Practice, What Is Yoga Therapy?
By Denver Clark As a former yoga therapy school director, faculty member, and mentor, I have had the opportunity not only to build a thriving private practice, but also to learn from the professional growth of the students I’ve taught. Their practicum experiences—from...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Nov 20, 2025 | How Yoga Therapists Work, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Working with Healthcare Providers
By Cheryl Albright When people hear the words yoga therapy, they often picture stretching or deep breathing in a quiet room. What they don’t picture is the admin work, the collaboration emails, the insurance questions, or the client intake form that reads more like a...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Nov 6, 2025 | How Yoga Therapists Work, Veterans & Military, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
By Anneke Sips When I entered nursing school in 1998, I also stepped into psychiatry—and, almost simultaneously, into yoga. Those early years were a strange kind of initiation: learning how to steady myself amid human crisis while finding ways to quiet my inner world,...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Sep 17, 2025 | Grief or Loss, How Yoga Therapists Work, What Is Yoga Therapy?
By Katie Hay Becoming a yoga therapist On my back, legs resting up the wall, blankets draped over me…“Breathe,” instructed my yoga teacher. Relief. I was grieving the death of my father at age 20, and yoga became my lifeline. I went on to become a yoga teacher and...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Sep 3, 2025 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, How Yoga Therapists Work, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Working with Healthcare Providers, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
By Cheryl Albright You’re sitting in your doctor’s office, having consulted with them for a chronic problem you’ve had for some time. Toward the end of the visit, they say, “Maybe you should try yoga.” You nod, smile politely, and walk out with no real idea of what to...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 28, 2025 | How Yoga Therapists Work, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
You may already know that yoga therapy is a safe way of working with the natural capacity of your body and mind to optimize well-being. But how can this one practice improve someone’s entire system? Yoga itself offers tools that touch on the whole spectrum of...
