If you are in chronic pain, recovering from an injury, or have a condition that requires you to modify your lifestyle, we can design a therapeutic plan to support you. Our teachers specialize in working with such conditions as: musculoskeletal imbalance (common back pain, shoulder and neck tension, etc), multiple sclerosis, joint replacements, PTSD & trauma recovery, cancer treatment recovery, and persistent stress and anxiety.
Therapeutic yoga sessions can include:
- Education
- Simple breathing practices can reduce stress and create peace in the bodymind.
- Dynamic and static yoga postures help joints stay mobile and muscles supple – especially important when there is decreased range of motion due to injury or surgery.
- Learn how to free your posture from habitual limitations and stand tall!
- Guided study of yoga philosophy can provide useful perspectives for understanding pain, suffering, and our life’s purpose.
- Customized Practice
- Receive home practices designed to complement and enhance your current healthcare plan.
- We can work with your physical therapy exercises to make them more engaging and effective.
- Safe, strengthening exercises offer an experience of empowerment inside your body.
- Facilitated Self-Discovery
- Curiousity and self-compassion can break cycles of habitual suffering and make space for more healthy patterns.
- Examine how your physical symptoms relate to past and present life circumstances.
- Meditation offers a path to reconnection with yourself – who you are beyond any particular injury or malady.
Yoga therapy offers holistic support for medical care, not a replacement. We are happy to speak with your doctor, psychotherapist or physical therapist before meeting with you. We can also provide a wide range of referrals to other practitioners. Please be sure to disclose all current health-related issues to your practitioner before getting started with your therapeutic yoga plan.
The yoga therapy components of teachers’ practices are based on training with IAYT-certified schools, not derived from their status as RYTs with Yoga Alliance Registry.