A yoga therapist copes with COVID

Feb 25, 2021 | Blog | 0 comments

By Denyse LeFever, with Sherry Zak Morris A year into our collective COVID experience, bright spots may seem few and far between. As pandemic casualties mount, worry and fear can be hard to shake off. But there are many bright spots to be found, and I would say that...

A yoga therapy prescription

Feb 12, 2021 | Blog | 2 comments

Robyn Tiger, MD, C-IAYT, is a radiologist and an IAYT-certified yoga therapist. In “The Rx we were never taught to write,” she describes how serious burnout led her to yoga and eventually to sharing yoga therapy with other physicians: “As a...

Video: A History of Blacks and Yoga in the U.S.

Feb 5, 2021 | Blog | 0 comments

This 30-minute video from Jana Long, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, is thought-provoking education for Black History Month and beyond! Did you know that Eartha Kitt and John and Alice Coltrane were dedicated yogis? Learn about the origins of yogic practices in Black populations...

Video: Managing stress with yin-style yoga therapy

Jan 28, 2021 | Blog | 1 comment

By Tracey Soghrati At the heart of yoga therapy is the complementary adoption of yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and other techniques for an experience of improved health and well-being. The beauty inherent in this approach is that there are tools for every kind of...

Increasing self-awareness—and healing—through panchamaya kosha

Jan 22, 2021 | Blog | 1 comment

By Beth Gibbs Working with the panchamaya kosha model, also referred to as the five layers of self-awareness, can be an effective way of beginning a healing journey. We may describe and often work with the koshas separately, but ultimately they are one interrelated...