by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Mar 31, 2025 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, How Yoga Therapists Work, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pranayama, Sleep & Fatigue, Working with Healthcare Providers, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Janus Tsai When someone suffers from chronic pain (persistent pain), why might yoga therapy be a worthwhile option to consider adding to their conventional healthcare? For starters, Western medicine often takes a specialized approach to treating various conditions,...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Mar 7, 2025 | Accessible & Adaptive, How Yoga Therapists Work, Mantra, Neurological Conditions, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Petra Fibrichova Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative condition with a wide range of symptoms that can vary from person to person and day to day. Motor problems such as rigidity, slowness, postural instability, gait changes, and tremors define...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Jan 16, 2025 | Cancer Care, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
Yoga nidra is a powerful yet extremely accessible practice that promotes profound rest—and unless you frequent yoga spaces you’ve probably never heard of it! The biomedical world is catching on to the potential therapeutic benefits of this infinitely adaptable...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Jan 2, 2025 | Cancer Care, Chronic Illness & Recovery, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
Join yoga therapist Julie Shaw, MEd, LMT, C-IAYT, for an accessible yoga practice of alternate-nostril breathing in this 5-minute video. Julie explains how she used the technique, which is often used to encourage balance between the rest-and-digest and...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Nov 14, 2024 | Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Monica Le Baron In Part 1 of this post, we explored the stress cycle and how everyday pressures like traffic, receiving a phone call, and work can trigger it, creating a constant state of tension. Simply managing stressors isn’t enough to break this cycle; our...
