How yoga therapists work: Behind bars
Tianna Meriage-Reiter is a physical therapist and an IAYT-certified yoga therapist who is now practicing her professions in a prison. She writes in her blog about her intention to demonstrate how yoga is much more than physical exercise or stretching: I know yoga is...
How yoga therapists work: Supporting empowerment and agency in healing
By Richelle Muscroft The foundational idea of mind-body therapies is that all parts of us—emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and physical—affect our health. The effects of distress and trauma are not just cognitive experiences: They’re embedded into the body and...
Yoga therapy and healing with brain cancer
By Bren Ohta At the peak of a fulfilling career, my seemingly normal world fell into chaos initiated by a devastating cancer diagnosis and its aftermath. I turned to yoga to put myself back together in a new way. At first, I needed much rest and it was difficult for...
