What is Yoga Therapy?
Yoga Therapy is a holistic approach to health and well-being.
It uses yogic tools—such as movement, breath, and meditation—to support the whole person and empower individuals to make choices that feel aligned with their needs and life circumstances.
Each Yoga Therapy session includes an initial assessment to explore goals, challenges, and areas of support. Based on this, a personalized program is created to help the client build a sustainable practice they can continue safely and confidently at home.
Areas of Expertise:
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Stress Management
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Mental Health Challenges (e.g. Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks, OCD, BPD, ADHD.)
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Injury Recovery
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Pelvic Floor Discomforts
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Pain Management
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Autoimmune Conditions
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Lifes Transitions ​(Career; Health; Relationships;)
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Sleep Improvement
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Self-confidence and Self-esteem
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Boundaries
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Building Sustainable Self-care Practices
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Grief
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Trauma
Populations I love to work with:
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Children,
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Teenagers,
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Young Adults,
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Adults
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Seniors.
Yoga therapy is the adaptation of yoga practices for people with health challenges. Yoga therapists prescribe specific regimens of postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques to suit individual needs. Medical research shows that Yoga therapy is among the most effective complementary therapies for several common ailments. The challenges may be an illness, a temporary condition like pregnancy or childbirth, or a chronic condition associated with old age or infirmity.
Yoga therapy adapts the practice of Yoga to the needs of people with specific or persistent health problems not usually addressed in a group class.
-- Larry Payne, Ph.D. Samata Yoga Center (U.S.A.)
Yoga therapy is the process of empowering individuals to progress toward improved health and well-being through the application of the teachings and practices of Yoga.
-- IAYT Educational Standards for the Training of Yoga Therapists
Yoga therapy is of modern coinage and represents the first effort to integrate traditional yogic concepts and techniques with Western medical and psychological knowledge. Whereas traditional Yoga is primarily concerned with personal transcendence on the part of a "normal" or healthy individual, Yoga therapy aims at the holistic treatment of various kinds of psychological or somatic dysfunctions ranging from back problems to emotional distress.
Both approaches, however, share an understanding of the human being as an integrated body-mind system, which can function optimally only when there is a state of dynamic balance.
Let's Work Together
Let's work together to create a personalized yoga therapy practice that supports your unique needs and goals. Contact me today to schedule a consultation and take the first step toward improving your health and well-being.
Namaste.