Explore the Benefits of Therapeutic Yoga
Welcome to Therapeutic Yoga! Here we offer you tools to help you on your journey towards better health and wellness. Therapeutic Yoga is a particularly effective practice for those recovering from, or living with, injury or illness. Therapeutic Yoga blends restorative yoga (supported postures), gentle yoga, breathwork, hands-on healing, and guided meditation techniques combined in such a way that it is an excellent choice for those who need something gentle yet effective for bringing the body into balance and reducing stress. Therapeutic Yoga is a deeply meditative experience - it provides the opportunity to step away from the busy-ness of the outside world and access the deeper wisdom that resides within us.
If you are a yoga teacher, physical therapist, nurse, or other healthcare professional, and are interested in learning more about how you can integrate Therapeutic Yoga with your clients/patients, see the section below on the Therapeutic Yoga Training Program.
Therapeutic Yoga Training Program
For yoga and healthcare professionals, the Therapeutic Yoga Training Program offers an ideal way to integrate yoga into classes and clinical settings. The Therapeutic Yoga Training Program website has the full story - for a quick introduction though, check the tabs below for your profession.
- For Yoga Teachers
- For Nurses
- For Doctors
- For Acupuncturists
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The Therapeutic Yoga Training Program gives yoga teachers the skills to work intelligently with students who are living with chronic illness or injury, as well as pregnant and aging populations. Knowing how to work with these groups will deepen your confidence as a teacher, expand the range of private clients you can work with, and increase the types of classes you can offer. The training also offers a great education in the gentler styles of yoga that can be incorporated into more active classes. Get the full details on CEUs for yoga teachers and more at: |
Above: Yoga teacher and educator Jyohti Larson on Therapeutic Yoga |
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If you are a nurse working in a hospital, clinic, or private setting, looking for ways to bring comfort and care to your patients is a top priority. This fully accredited training has been used by nurses for more than ten years to expand their scope of knowledge. The Therapeutic Yoga Training provides nurses with tried-and-true healing tools that are immediately usable and effective. The training was designed from the outset to help bring yoga into clinical care settings and thus, attendance by nurses has been an essential part of the program's spirit from the very beginning. Get the complete details, visit the nurses page at: www.therapeuticyogatraining.com/by-profession/nurses.html |
Above: Registered nurse Deborah Matza on Therapeutic Yoga |
As an accredited continuing education course, the Therapeutic Yoga Training covers yoga poses (also referred to as asanas), anatomy, particularly as it relates to this practice, endocrine system functioning and the stress response, working with scar tissue, the immune system and how stress affects it, breathing techniques, guided visualization, and other tools. We feel these provide an effective combination of techniques that doctors can recommend to patients as a way to proactively benefit their wellness outside the office. Doctors who have taken the course have used it in a variety of ways, but two stand out. The first is bringing into their practice the yogic techniques taught in the training, such as simple breathing techniques, guided imagery. The second is introducing a yoga program or class at their office (some doctor's do this as part of once-a-month seminars they offer to their patients covering a variety of wellness practices).
For more information, visit:
www.therapeuticyogatraining.com/by-profession/doctors.html
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Acupuncture and Therapeutic Yoga are highly complementary - both focus on bringing the body back into balance. The training attracts acupuncturists who are looking for additional tools to use in conjunction with Traditional Chinese Medicine, both at the office, and as a tool for patients to practice at home or while traveling. For instance, it is popular among our acupuncture graduates to utilize the supportive restorative yoga poses taught in the training to enhance the benefits of an acupuncture session - the patient is guided into a pose, then acupuncture and/or moxibustion is applied. For full details, visit the acupuncturists page at: |
Above: Margarita Borisova is a licensed acupuncturist working in New York City. |
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