by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Sep 12, 2024 | Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Trauma-Informed Approach, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
As this blog has previously highlighted*, a conference that brings together yoga therapy professionals is an event like no other! The annual Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR 2024) celebrates the field and its health-promoting promise while offering...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 8, 2024 | Arthritis, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Sleep & Fatigue, Trauma-Informed Approach, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
Dr. Catherine Justice is an integrative physical therapist, an IAYT-certified yoga therapist, and the program manager for the Division of Integrative Medicine at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, Minn. She is also associate editor of the International Journal of...
by Deb McDermott | Mar 14, 2024 | Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
Yoga, often seen as supporting mental and physical health, is perhaps the best practice for delivering a spiritual dimension to health care. And a number of studies link spirituality to better health outcomes. According to the Harvard School of Public Health,...
by Deb McDermott | Mar 10, 2024 | Cancer Care, Children & Youth, How Yoga Therapists Work, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
By Tonia Kulp Yoga therapy is fully integrated into the care model at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where I work. As a yoga therapist in the integrative oncology program, I am able to follow a child from diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship, and...
by Deb McDermott | Aug 4, 2023 | Subtle Body, Veterans & Military, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
Has your doctor mentioned whole health to you yet? The movement toward whole health, or whole-person health, is being led in the United States by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the Veterans Administration (VA). Other...
by Deb McDermott | Jul 6, 2023 | Older Adults, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
By Robyn Lewis For more than 8 years I have provided group seated yoga practices in residential elder-care and day-respite as well as younger-onset dementia-care settings. Although dementia begins with deterioration of mental functions, the condition has clear effects...
