“Yoga therapy is the process of empowering individuals to progress toward improved health and wellbeing through the application of the teachings and practices of yoga.

The goals of yoga therapy include eliminating, reducing, or managing symptoms that cause suffering, improving function, helping to prevent the occurrence or re-occurrence of underlying causes of illness, and moving toward improved health and wellbeing. Yoga therapy also helps clients/students change their relationship to and identification with their condition.” International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)

Current research shows that yoga therapy can benefit many health conditions including but not limited to: perinatal health, chronic pain or musculoskeletal imbalances like back pain, sciatica, pelvic floor dysfunction, c-section rehabilitation, osteoporosis, cancer, autoimmune disease and mental and emotional health conditions like depression, anxiety, and trauma. Research shows that yoga reduces stress, lowers heart rate and blood pressure, improves sleep, elevates mood, alleviates pain, improves strength and flexibility, and improves overall quality of life.

Yoga therapy is a complementary healing model that is not meant to replace talk therapy or substitute medical care. If you want to know how yoga therapy can help you, schedule a free discovery call with me today.