by Deb McDermott | May 10, 2024 | How Yoga Therapists Work, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Pain Management, Trauma-Informed Approach, Women's Health, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Julia Romano A central tenet of yoga therapy as I share it is that awareness is healing in and of itself. New mothers, who make up the majority of my client work, often come to me feeling stuck in depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, rage, disappointment, guilt, or...
by Deb McDermott | Feb 29, 2024 | Accessible & Adaptive, How Yoga Therapists Work, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, What Is Yoga Therapy?
By Erin Ehlers For 14 years, I owned a small yoga studio and cultivated my yoga therapy business from my long-term presence in my community. I taught small-group yoga therapy sessions and had lots of ability to see clients one-to-one. I also offered massage 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 Deb McDermott | Sep 29, 2023 | How Yoga Therapists Work, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Women's Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Carrie Meyer Yoga therapy is mind-body medicine with a basic—if not always simple—understanding at its heart: True healing encompasses the mind, body, and spirit. SomaYoga, which is the style I practice, blends somatics (Thomas Hanna’s system of neuromuscular...
by Deb McDermott | Jun 23, 2023 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, How Yoga Therapists Work, Mantra, Pain Management, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Working with Healthcare Providers
By Richelle Muscroft The foundational idea of mind-body therapies is that all parts of us—emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and physical—affect our health. The effects of distress and trauma are not just cognitive experiences: They’re embedded into the body and...
by Deb McDermott | May 25, 2023 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, Pain Management, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Asya Haikin Chronic and persistent pain is one of the main reasons people seek out a yoga therapist. When I talk to prospective clients with chronic pain, they often tell me that they’ve tried many approaches from complementary as well as Western medicine but...
