by Deb McDermott | Dec 9, 2022 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Meditation, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Older Adults, Pain Management, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, What Is Yoga Therapy?
Western science and medicine professionals are increasingly researching yoga. Robust research not only helps yoga practices to be accepted in Western healthcare (and importantly, delivered to people in need), it also helps yoga therapists and teachers to understand...
by Alexa Owen | May 30, 2022 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Meditation, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
Yoga research has grown exponentially in recent years, and with it a more complete understanding of why yoga is beneficial for both clinical and healthy populations. In a recently published article in Yoga Therapy Today, Laura Schmalzl, PhD, and Marlysa Sullivan,...
by Alexa Owen | Apr 8, 2022 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Meditation, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, Pranayama, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
By Maureen Grosse When most people think of yoga, they think of physical flexibility: the foot behind your head or handstand postures you see in magazines. Those poses have their place and purpose—and there are a plethora of other ways to practice yoga too. Yoga isn’t...
by Alexa Owen | Nov 12, 2021 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Meditation, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
According to a recent report by the American Psychological Association, stress levels remain elevated for U.S. adults since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. One yoga teacher is supporting her community with yoga, mindfulness, and self-care. Yoga teacher and...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Apr 16, 2021 | Accessible & Adaptive, Chronic Illness & Recovery, Meditation, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pranayama, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Ingrid Yang, with Laurie Hyland Robertson Give Back Yoga University and the International Association of Yoga Therapists have partnered on an initiative to support patients as well as healthcare and yoga professionals dealing with the effects of long COVID. This...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Oct 22, 2020 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Meditation, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
By Michael Lee In 1971, astronaut Edgar Mitchell was on his way home after becoming the sixth person to walk on the moon’s surface. Weightless in his capsule, he gazed out the window and observed the deep blackness along with the sun, the Earth, the moon, and...
