How can yoga therapy help?
“I have heart failure disease…. My yoga therapist designed a program that was safe, pain-free, and helped with strength and flexibility—without leaving me breathless.”
“I appreciate how a yoga therapist takes the time to understand your health status holistically beforehand.”
Never too old: Yoga for healthy aging
We are always changing, but during our senior years the shifts may become more noticeable to us. Two prevalent physical changes are the loss of muscle mass and the stiffening of our tendons, both of which lead to many functional changes. Although yoga therapy cannot...
Ancient and modern approaches to whole-person health
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...
How yoga therapists work: Behind bars
Tianna Meriage-Reiter is a physical therapist and an IAYT-certified yoga therapist who is now practicing her professions in a prison. She writes in her blog about her intention to demonstrate how yoga is much more than physical exercise or stretching: I know yoga is...