Looking into yoga for help with chronic pain, stress, or fatigue? With therapeutic yoga we create personalized, simple, yoga solutions for self-care and healing. Yoga therapy sessions can offer much better results than group classes at the studio or gym because we get to customize your yoga practice just for you!
What is yoga therapy?
It is a highly individualized approach to practicing yoga – customizing yoga postures, breathing practices, and mindfulness or meditation techniques for therapeutic transformation. It is also a sophisticated approach to practicing therapy – personalizing practices to affect the physical, physiological, psycho-emotional, and spiritual aspects of individuals for a whole-person approach to health and well-being. Think: CBT meets somatic therapy + a little wellness coaching.
Yoga therapy is the professional application of the principles and practices of yoga to promote health and well-being within a therapeutic relationship that includes personalized assessment, goal setting, lifestyle management, and yoga practices for individuals or small groups.
as defined by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)
Your Yoga Therapy with Margo
1:1 yoga therapy sessions are an ideal way to get realtime, personalized feedback and recommendations for your holistic wellness. And you can schedule appointments to fit your busy schedule (rather than adjusting to a class schedule), making the most efficient use of your precious time for self-care. You can meet me virtually or in-person at my downtown Sumner office each week, and we will work together to design a personalized practice to match your individual wellness goals and establish new, healthy habits.
What yoga therapy does not do:
Yoga therapy is frequently used in tandem with treatment from medical doctors or licensed physical-, occupational-, massage- or psycho- therapists; however yoga therapy is not a replacement for medical treatment from these professionals. It is never intended to supersede the care of any licensed healthcare provider for any condition. Nor do yoga therapists diagnose any condition. It is not the role of a yoga therapist to provide a cure for any acute ailment or injury, but rather to support the healing process.
How is yoga therapy different from “regular” private yoga sessions?
Private yoga sessions are a great opportunity to get personalized attention and customized teaching that focuses on your particular yoga goals. If there is a particular pose, breathing practice, or meditation technique you would like to work on – from fundamentals for new folks to more challenging work for experienced yogis – then private yoga sessions are great.
If, however, you are interested in incorporating a yoga practice to actively, directly support your healing process – for your bodily or emotional health – then the extra time and intention of sessions specifically focused on yoga therapy is the better choice. No previous yoga experience required.