What is yoga therapy?

Yoga therapy in its present form is a new discipline, 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 is more effective than general yoga practice as a safe means of treating medical conditions.

Yoga therapy is applicable to a great variety of conditions, including anxiety, low back pain, arthritis, hypertension, heart conditions, hyperventilation, asthma, digestive problems, diabetes, multiple scelorosis, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), fibromyalgia, RSI, migraine, insomnia, anxiety, depression and stress.

Yoga therapy can also promote positive health for pregnancy and childbirth, mothers and babies, children, reproductive health in women and men, and the elderly.

Yoga Therapy cultivates body/mind integration and a sense of harmony with life. It promotes the innate healing resources of the body, helping restore the proper functioning of the various bodily systems.

Medical research provides increasing evidence that yoga therapy is effective.

Yoga therapists are experienced yoga teachers, who have undertaken a further two-year Yoga Therapy Diploma Course with the Yoga Biomedical Trust, which provides grounding in modern medicine and the application of yoga to medical conditions.

Yoga Therapy can be practised in conjunction with medical treatments you are already receiving, and also in tandem with other complementary therapies. No prior experience of yoga is necessary before starting.