Blog: What’s Happening in Yoga Therapy
Five breathing practices to support mind-body health
By Robin Rothenberg The breath is our greatest inner resource, and breathing skillfully can support immune and respiratory health. Breathwork, or pranayama, is a key component of yoga therapy. Initially, training your breathing may feel awkward, but the more you...
The EPYQ: Measure helps researchers capture the beneficial components of yoga
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...
MEDIA REVIEW: Yoga for Your Mood Deck, by Amy Weintraub
Review by Kathryn Shafer Whether you are new to yoga or a seasoned yogi, Amy Weintraub’s Yoga for Your Mood Deck: 52 Ways to Shift Depression and Anxiety will be an excellent resource. I also recommend it for healthcare providers exploring research on how yoga works...
Yoga therapy and the “secret sauce” of mindfulness
By Addie deHilster Mindfulness practice can be an effective method for reducing stress, improving sleep, enhancing quality of life, and even changing one’s relationship to physical pain. But do you have to learn mindfulness through seated meditation? Mindfulness...
Bolster your stress hardiness!
By Beth Gibbs Times are tough right now. COVID-19 is having a serious impact on mental health—an impact expected to be with us long after the pandemic is over. In addition to regular daily stressors, masking, social distancing, quarantining, and lockdown protocols...
Got stress? How an IBS sufferer found healing and you can, too
By Evon Stone Rubenstein Some say that stress is at the root of all disease. What if you could change how you feel about stress? We have always been told that stress is a bad thing. However, a number of scientific studies show that this may not be the case. This...
“Yoga Therapy Can Improve One’s Health and Sense of Well-Being”
Yoga therapist and International Institute of Yoga Therapy (IIYT) founder Veronica Zador knows the landscape of yoga therapy for well-being. In this article, Zador shares how yoga therapy can be integrated into healthcare settings and why demand for training in the...
Video: Yoga for Arthritis Patients
Yoga therapy can help relieve stiffness and pain for individuals with arthritis. In this short guided practice video, Steffany Moonaz, PhD, C-IAYT, teaches yogic techniques to relieve stiffness, articulate the joints, and prepare for activities that require increased...
Yoga therapy for youth with autism
By Kimberly A. Searl Introducing youth who have high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to yoga therapy is an especially fulfilling part of my job. I think you’ll enjoy the story of one client in particular, as his experience really showcases how the practices...
Yoga therapy and COVID-19 recovery
By Ingrid Yang, with Laurie Hyland Robertson Give Back Yoga University and the International Association of Yoga Therapists have partnered on an initiative to support patients as well as healthcare and yoga professionals dealing with the effects of long COVID. This...
