by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Dec 5, 2024 | How Yoga Therapists Work, Incarcerated Populations, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
As yoga therapist Denise Druce, C-IAYT, says on the website for her nonprofit, Yoga Forward, “In a prison setting, yoga can be a refuge inward, away from the external events and environments. With your awareness directed within, the yoga practice becomes a...
by Deb McDermott | May 2, 2024 | Incarcerated Populations, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
Innovative researchers studied the relationship between practicing yoga and violence in a public housing community. Can practicing yoga change how violent societies are? A few years ago, an innovative study published in IAYT’s International Journal of Yoga Therapy...
by Deb McDermott | Dec 27, 2023 | Cancer Care, Incarcerated Populations, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Yoga Nidra
Yoga therapy is whole-person care, which is, in general, a different approach than Western medicine takes. As the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) works to advance yoga therapy as an option in a healthcare system that approaches care as pieces or...
by Alexa Owen | May 12, 2022 | Incarcerated Populations, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
“From an early age, I was fascinated by the human body in motion—all the shapes, feelings, and emotions that could be explored and expressed without words and the muscle memory that came with practice and repetition,” writes Michelle Arington, C-IAYT, in her profile...
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...
