Yoga: therapy for lifestyle diseases

Yoga: therapy for lifestyle diseases

By Santiago Buompadre Lifestyle is now the main driver of mortality and morbidity in the world. In other words, our habits, activities, and how we treat ourselves have become the primary reasons for early death and chronic illness. Yoga offers a wide variety of...
“Something that I can’t feel anywhere else”

“Something that I can’t feel anywhere else”

LoveYourBrain was founded by two brothers, one of whom, Kevin Pearce, was an elite snowboarder and sustained a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) in a snowboarding crash. Kevin states the challenge of this often-invisible injury: “TBI is complex and leads to whole person...
Yoga therapy for chronic and persistent pain

Yoga therapy for chronic and persistent pain

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...
How ritual can contribute to healing

How ritual can contribute to healing

By Molly Goforth The spiritual aspect of yoga therapy is unique among complementary therapies, and I have found in working with clients that it is important to its effectiveness. The novelist Andre Aciman said, “Rituals are how we step into our private field of...