The Benefits of Yoga Therapy
The benefits of yoga therapy are many. By applying yoga’s tools in a manner that is comfortable, appropriate for daily practice, and is specifically designed for your situation and goals, yoga therapy can help you:
- Improve physical/physiological, mental, and emotional well being
- Manage, reduce or eliminate symptoms that cause suffering
- Change your relationship to your condition, disease or illness
Practices may be short, 10 minutes 2-3 times per day, or up to 45 minutes per day. Every aspect of a personal practice is based upon the student’s needs and goals. Short evening practices may also be appropriate.
Yoga Therapy can Help.
When you commit to change and take appropriate action based upon your needs, yoga therapy has the potential to make you:
- Feel better in your body– As your yoga therapy practice progresses, in addition to addressing your specific concerns, we will work on your posture, flexibility, strength and balance. You’ll notice specific and overall positive change will occur when doing a daily yoga practice.
- Improve your breathing– Yoga therapy includes customized, easy-to-do breathing exercises Over time, your unconscious breathing patterns will shift; this is vital to improving your health.
- Experience greater mental clarity– A yoga therapy practice reduces mental chatter and leads to increased mental clarity.
- Feel self-empowered– A yoga therapy practice promotes the changes you want to see in yourself. These changes are a direct result of your efforts. Consequently, a sense of self-empowerment is felt which extends to many areas of your life.
- Increase self-awareness– Over time, the attention you give to yourself during your yoga therapy practice increases self awareness. You might begin to notice your shallow breathing or slouching when you sit. Over time mental and emotional patterns become evident.
- The flexibility to deal with life’s inevitable challenges– When life gets difficult, the increase in physiological, mental, and emotional resiliency that results as a benefit of your yoga therapy practice will help you feel calmer when dealing with stress.
More Benefits of a Yoga Therapy Practice
- Reduce Pain – Feel better in your body
- Improve sleep
- Improved breathing
- Feel self-empowered – change habits that no longer serve you
- Increase flexibility to deal with life’s inevitable challenges
- Access your strength and flexibility
- Experience greater mental clarity – reduce mental and thought loops
- More
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Not sure what you need or if yoga therapy is the right fit for you? Contact Annie through the e-mail contact form to schedule a phone conversation, or book a free discovery session online now.