Yoga therapy is the use of various yogic practices, such as poses, relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, and meditation, to help people with a wide variety of health conditions, both physical, emotional, physiological, and psychological. It can be offered in individual and group settings. The level of client assessment is generally more extensive in individual consultations.

In private yoga therapy, the yoga therapist first conducts an intake interview to assess your condition, health, and focus. They’re gathering information to help them identify the underlying causes presenting and affecting your condition, this helps them determine which “tools of yoga” best support your needs. Using this information, they device a plan and practice to address your condition and then monitor how your condition changes and progresses based on your practice of these tool and then adjusting your practice accordingly.

Practices designed for your unique needs have huge transformative potential to manifest positive changes within you including helping to relieve pain, restore function and balance, and stabilize your system. They can also help you learn to initiate the relaxation response to help you manage difficult emotions, stress, anxiety, pain and trauma response. They can help you achieve your desired health and help you manage your conditions with your consistent practice since the yoga practices are designed for the unique needs of your life, personality, health and conditions and modified based on your changing needs. Yoga therapy can improve most conditions.