Yoga Therapy (also known as Yoga Cikitsa) is being promoted as the wave of the future by many healthcare professionals. Yoga promotes mental and physical health in ways that modern science is just beginning to understand. Although it has been applied with therapeutic intention for thousands of years, Yoga Therapy is only just now emerging as a discipline in itself, brought about by the tremendous popularity of yoga and created by the marriage of traditional yoga with modern medicine.
By tailoring yoga practices to individual needs, whilst taking medical considerations into account, yoga therapy has been shown to be more effective than general yoga practice as a safe means of treating medical conditions. Today’s Yoga Therapist undergoes thousands of hours of training. This training allows the therapist to directly target specific mental and physical health issues and create a comprehensive and individualized course of therapy.
The cornerstone of yoga therapy is that it deals with the person as a whole and treats the underlying cause of the symptoms, rather than addressing the symptoms alone. With this in mind, Yoga Therapy recognizes the interconnection of mind, body emotions and spirit.
Yoga Therapy can be practiced in conjunction with any medical treatments you are already receiving, or in tandem with other complementary therapies. No prior experience of yoga is necessary before starting.
Yoga therapy is applicable to a great variety of conditions both chronic and acute including:
• stress
• back pain
• arthritis
• hypertension
• heart conditions
• asthma
• irritable bowel syndrome
• diabetes
• multiple sclerosis
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• fibromyalgia
To find out more about yoga therapy or to book an appointment please call 604-786-4454 or email .
