by Alexa Owen | Oct 8, 2021 | Accessible & Adaptive, Managing Anxiety, Stress, & Depression, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
By Caren Baginski Over the years I’ve compiled a list of reasons why people have told me they don’t want to practice Restorative Yoga. As a Restorative Yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and relaxation advocate, these comments can be discouraging—but they’re...
by Alexa Owen | Jun 10, 2021 | Research & Evidence-Informed Practice, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
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...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Aug 27, 2020 | Trauma-Informed Approach, What Is Yoga Therapy?, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
yogatherapy.health recently talked with Gail Parker, PhD, C-IAYT, about ideas from her book Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma. Restorative Yoga emphasizes the deliberate practice of mindful rest, something with which many in the West have...
by Laurie Hyland Robertson | Oct 4, 2018 | Accessible & Adaptive, Musculoskeletal Concerns, Pain Management, Sleep & Fatigue, Yoga Therapy & Mental Health, Yoga Therapy Tools & Techniques
BOOK REVIEW: Restore and Rebalance: Yoga for Deep Relaxation, by Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT Review by Molly McManus Once again, Judith Hanson Lasater has provided an inspired and detailed resource for Restorative Yoga. This new book updates her 1993 Relax and...
