Yoga Therapy does not seek to cure an illness. Rather, it helps us manage symptoms while fostering a calm, clear mindset and an open heart to ride the inevitable tides of life. We can't always control what happens, but we can control how we respond. Yoga Therapy gives us a toolbox for that response.
THE YOGA TOOLBOX INCLUDES:
Postures: to address structural conditions
Breath: to optimize energy, enhance the nervous system, and unplug from "fight or flight"
Relaxation: to turn on the body's natural healing mechanism
Meditation: to develop a calmer outlook, which enhances immunity and longevity
Chanting: to stimulate cognitive and emotional centers of the brain, linking us to our inner wisdom and higher purpose.
Lifestyle habits: to identify how our choices affect our health.
How can yoga therapy help you?
Your Structural Health: Strengthen muscles, improve balance, increase flexibility. Viniyoga is especially helpful with back pain, but can address all kinds of muscle and joint issues and conditions - injury, surgery, dysfunction.
Your Physiological Health: Maintain healthy systems: digestive, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, immune, endocrine, and reproductive.
Your Mental Health: Maintain a clear and balanced outlook.
Your Spiritual Connection: No matter what your spiritual direction, yoga can calm and quiet the mind so that you may more easily connect to your sources of inspiration.
