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 Alexa Owen | Dec 10, 2021 | Caregivers, Chronic Illness & Recovery, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
Yoga can support individuals with MS through decreasing fatigue, improving muscle strength, and improving quality of life. In this article Mindy Eisenberg, MHSA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, shares her story of starting Yoga Moves MS, a nonprofit that offers free adaptive yoga...
by Alexa Owen | Sep 2, 2021 | Chronic Illness & Recovery, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Neurological Conditions, Pain Management, Yoga Therapy in Healthcare
By Nathalie de Meyenburg As a yoga therapist, I have been with clients through good times, difficult and bewildering times, and yes, the process of dying. This profoundly moving work has meant watching someone with early-onset Parkinson’s change from a well-spoken,...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Oct 2, 2020 | Neurological Conditions, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Ingrid Yang Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that affects more than 1 million people in North America alone. After Alzheimer’s disease, PD is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. As with other chronic (long-term)...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Sep 15, 2018 | Accessible & Adaptive, Neurological Conditions, Yoga Therapy for Specific Needs
By Nathalie de Meyenburg Living with a lifelong neurological condition is a daily effort, both mentally and physically. This reality makes yoga therapy, with its emphasis on creating a relationship between the mind and body, a supportive and potentially long-term...
