by Deb McDermott | Mar 31, 2023 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, What Is Yoga Therapy?
In this hour-long podcast, IAYT-Certified Yoga Therapist and IAYT Editorial Director Laurie Hyland Robertson discusses yoga as a system, a technology, and a roadmap for how to live your life. She says that many people come to yoga for the physical element of...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Apr 16, 2021 | Accessible & Adaptive, Chronic Illness & Recovery, Meditation, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pranayama, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Ingrid Yang, with Laurie Hyland Robertson Give Back Yoga University and the International Association of Yoga Therapists have partnered on an initiative to support patients as well as healthcare and yoga professionals dealing with the effects of long COVID. This...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | May 21, 2020 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
As reported in this CNN article, a new study shows that yoga may decrease symptoms of depression: “The results showed that yoga moderately eased depressive symptoms compared with no or self-help treatment across the mental health spectrum, with some conditions...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 22, 2019 | Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, Sleep & Fatigue, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health
Did you know there’s a yogic technique in which you don’t actually DO anything? Although it’s referred to as “yogic sleep” or “conscious sleep,” in yoga nidra you’re neither purposely asleep nor efforting to stay awake....
