Nine books to read now on yoga therapy and health

Sep 24, 2021 | Blog | 0 comments

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...

Seva, or selfless service, in yoga therapy

Jul 9, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments

Meet the 2020 finalists for IAYT’s Seva Award Seva (selfless service) is recognized in yogic traditions as a key to personal and spiritual transformation. As an act performed without any expectation of reward (or results), seva can profoundly change the person...

New study supports yoga to ease depression symptoms

May 21, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments

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...

Take a yogic break!

Mar 5, 2020 | Blog | 7 comments

Pause and connect to stillness in this 5-minute guided meditation with IAYT-certified yoga therapist Jennie Lee. This short practice encourages the release of tension in the body through connection to the breath’s natural rhythms. “You are not the...

A peek inside the profession

Jan 24, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments

The yogatherapy.health blog is geared toward yoga therapy clients, the healthcare providers who recommend the practices to their patients, and those who might simply be curious. But we know that yoga teachers visit, too, so next week’s post will feature a bit...