The EPYQ: Measure helps researchers capture the beneficial components of yoga

Jun 10, 2021 | Blog | 0 comments

Research shows that yoga interventions yield a wide range of benefits for health and well-being. But what specific components of these interventions facilitate such effects?  In a paper published in the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, researchers validated a...

Got stress? How an IBS sufferer found healing and you can, too

May 13, 2021 | Blog | 3 comments

By Evon Stone Rubenstein Some say that stress is at the root of all disease. What if you could change how you feel about stress?  We have always been told that stress is a bad thing. However, a number of scientific studies show that this may not be the case. This...

“Yoga Therapy Can Improve One’s Health and Sense of Well-Being”

May 6, 2021 | Blog | 2 comments

Yoga therapist and International Institute of Yoga Therapy (IIYT) founder Veronica Zador knows the landscape of yoga therapy for well-being. In this article, Zador shares how yoga therapy can be integrated into healthcare settings and why demand for training in the...

Video: Yoga for Arthritis Patients

Apr 29, 2021 | Blog | 0 comments

Yoga therapy can help relieve stiffness and pain for individuals with arthritis.  In this short guided practice video, Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT, teaches yogic techniques to relieve stiffness, articulate the joints, and prepare for activities that require increased...

Maintaining whole-person health: An experience of therapeutic yoga and MS

Jan 7, 2021 | Blog | 2 comments

Here on the yogatherapy.health blog, we love to showcase the stories of clients who have experienced the effects of therapeutic yoga. Garth McLean, C-IAYT, is one such person—and now a yoga therapist himself. Nearly 30 years ago, Garth’s doctor recommended yoga...