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.”
Yoga for people living with dementia
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...
Back off! Yoga therapy and posture: Part 1
By Gabriella Barnstone Whenever I tell someone I am a yoga therapist I usually get one of several responses. “What is that?” “I need to do more yoga/get back to my yoga practice.” Or, often, “I need to fix my posture!” Although the true purpose of yoga (to calm the...
How yoga therapists work: Supporting empowerment and agency in healing
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...