What is Yoga Therapy?
When most people think of yoga, they picture a group of people contorting their bodies into pretzel-like shapes. However, yoga is much more than just a physical exercise. It is an ancient practice that has been used for centuries to promote physical and mental well-being. In fact, before there was modern fitness-driven yoga, all yoga was yoga therapy. There was no separation between yoga as movement and yoga as meditation. Students were provided with personal practices by their teacher tailored to their physical, energetic, mental/emotional, and spiritual needs and goals.
Soroka Yoga Therapy is an integrative skill that provides the personalized tools to reduce suffering, increase awareness, manage stress, and develop ownership in health. Programs permeate deeper than general yoga classes, or even yoga privates, because they consider every aspect of life rather than each body part or system separately. If you are looking for more than just a workout, yoga therapy may be right for you.
As an IAYT certified yoga therapist, I have in-depth training to assess and work with a wide array of musculoskeletal, physiological, and psycho-emotional conditions.
Soroka Yoga Therapy is an integrative skill that provides the personalized tools to reduce suffering, increase awareness, manage stress, and develop ownership in health. Programs permeate deeper than general yoga classes, or even yoga privates, because they consider every aspect of life rather than each body part or system separately. If you are looking for more than just a workout, yoga therapy may be right for you.
As an IAYT certified yoga therapist, I have in-depth training to assess and work with a wide array of musculoskeletal, physiological, and psycho-emotional conditions.
Because yoga itself offers tools that touch on the whole spectrum of human experience, yoga therapy can offer support for a range of concerns + needs:
Pain from various sources
Major illnesses
Neurologic issues
Sleep disorders
Healthy aging
Mental health
Pregnancy
Daily ritual
Major illnesses
Neurologic issues
Sleep disorders
Healthy aging
Mental health
Pregnancy
Daily ritual
Yoga therapy can also support stress management, and those who simply want to increase their overall well-being.
What a Yoga Therapy Session Looks Like
Intake & ReviewWe comprehensively assess each person who we work with, keeping into consideration the whole spectrum of health. Analyzing movement, breath, diet, digestion, stress level and quality of sleep. |
ExperienceEvery yoga therapy session consists of practice. Although the content may vary from person to person, our sessions may include therapeutic movements, breathing practices meditation, yoga nidra (yogic sleep) and lifestyle considerations informed by Ayurveda. |
Personal Practice RxWalk-away from each session with a roadmap for conducting your prescribed yoga practice and other lifestyle considerations. We adapt your formula to suit your specific needs, goals, learning style, and time requirements. |
F.A.Q.
How is yoga therapy different from yoga?
General classes can certainly ease everyday aches, pains and mood complaints. But a yoga therapy session goes much further because it is tailored to the individual. IAYT certified yoga therapists have in-depth training to help them assess and keep clients safe, and to interact with other health care professionals effectively.
How does yoga therapy work?
Although yoga has been practiced in some form for millennia, we are just beginning to understand these mechanisms from a Western scientific perspective.
A tool applied in one area - say a breathing practice - can profoundly affect a completely different area of the body or the mind. Researchers posit yoga's ability to regulate the nervous system and affect the way the brain processes information. Another reason yoga therapy works so well is that it's not a treatment done to a patient - instead yoga therapy empowers individuals to tap into their own innate healing capabilities.
A tool applied in one area - say a breathing practice - can profoundly affect a completely different area of the body or the mind. Researchers posit yoga's ability to regulate the nervous system and affect the way the brain processes information. Another reason yoga therapy works so well is that it's not a treatment done to a patient - instead yoga therapy empowers individuals to tap into their own innate healing capabilities.
How does a person become a certified yoga therapist?
To become a certified yoga therapist is a long and intensive process. My personal training with the American Viniyoga Institute took five years to complete with over 30 different case-studies and reports. I have 15 years of full-time teaching experience, extensive knowledge and face-time working with all types of musculoskeletal, physiological and psychological conditions.
A yoga class is $35. Why is a private yoga therapy session so much more?
It all depends on where we put our value. The skills learned during a month-long, or three-month-long yoga therapy immersion are lifetime skills. Our prices are competitive with holistic services, including massage and acupuncture. The difference is that yoga therapy's impact extends well beyond the temporary pleasure of 24-48 hours. What you learn and receive from thorough analysis and home-practice transforms you not only physically by reducing pain and increasing range of motion, but more importantly, by teaching you the value of self-care.