Nine books to read now on yoga therapy and health

Sep 24, 2021 | Blog | 1 comment

Yoga therapy can inform care across a range of disciplines—from rehabilitation to diabetes care to learning self-care through the yogic map of mind. Here are nine books that will teach you more about how yoga therapy can support your practice or profession. For yoga...

IAYT member encourages veterans to lean on community and practice

Aug 20, 2021 | Blog | 1 comment

When recent events in Afghanistan prompted some veterans to reach out to Veterans Yoga Project for support, founder and executive director Dan Libby, PhD, responded. “Over the past few days, we have heard from a number of our veterans who have served in...

Restorative yoga to support healing from race-based stress

Aug 27, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments

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...

Yoga therapy for grief in homicide survivors: Part 2—Finding ease in the storm through movement and community

Jul 24, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments

By Nazaahah Amin This is the second in a two-part 2 series. Part 1 touches on the healing benefits of breath and awareness. “I’m still just so mad about my brother’s murder!” she yelled, tears streaming down her face. The other participants’ eyes started to...

Let’s talk about yoga nidra!

Aug 22, 2019 | Blog | 2 comments

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....