YOGA THERAPY

WHAT IS YOGA THERAPY?

Yoga Therapy is basically the adaptation of yoga for the purpose of healing.

Yoga has been used therapeutically for millenia:  it is a holistic and empowering means of working both towards the prevention of imbalances that can lead to illness as well as the management and alleviation of various health conditions.

Yoga Therapy is empowering because once the yoga teacher/therapist has shown you the exercises which are best suited to your health condition, you then take these tools home with you and practice them yourself.  Thus, yoga therapy is not about someone else healing you but about working with a qualified yoga therapist to design your own individual program for healing!

Some health conditions that Yoga Therapy can help to manage and alleviate:

• Stress & Stress Related Conditions
• Asthma
• Panic Attacks
• Chronic Fatigue / ME
• Headaches
• Back Pain
• Heart Conditions
• Musculo-Skeletal injuries
• Arthritis and other chronic musculo-skeletal conditions
• Recovery from Surgery

Some of the methods/ tools which I incorporate into a Yoga Therapy Session:

• Gentle Movement
• Yoga Postures
• Assisted Stretching
• Pranayama (Breath Awareness & Breathing Practices)
• Somatic Movement Education and Movement Re-Patterning
• Meditation
• Guided Visualisation
• Yoga Nidra (Guided Relaxation)
• Mudras (Hand gestures which stimulate pressure points in the hands and fingers and thus facilitate a free flow of energy through the Nadis / Meridians / Energy Channels of the Body)
• Sounding & Chanting

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