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What Is Therapeutic Yoga?

AbbyRoseYoga · 1:15

In this practice

Key teachings

  • Yoga as a tool for relief and well-being
  • Adaptability of yoga for individual needs
  • Integration of yoga philosophy with physical practice

Ideal for

  • People seeking relief from physical discomfort
  • Individuals with varying levels of physicality
  • Beginners to yoga
  • Those recovering from injuries (under professional guidance)

Lesson

Instructions

A quick description of what therapeutic yoga is, and how I use it for a group class. I hope you join me Tuesdays at 5:30 at Crossroads Chiropractic!

Steps

  • Modified yoga postures
  • Mindful movement (implied for relief)
  • Corrective exercise principles

Benefits

  • Provides relief from physical discomfort
  • Supports overall well-being
  • Addresses individual physical limitations
  • Accessible to diverse body types and experiences

Transcript

hi my name is Abby ROS Marin I'm a registered yoga teacher a certified personal trainer and a corrective exercise specialist and I wanted to talk with you very briefly about therapeutic yoga and I'm actually going to start with what therapeutic yoga is not therapeutic Yoga is not a substitute for any medical procedure or treatment so that means as wonderful as yoga therapy can be it is not going to be a substitute for seeing your chiropractor for seeing your physical therapist or for seeing your counselor so what is therapeutic yoga therapeutic Yoga is a way of utilizing yoga postures and yoga philosophy to help provide relief I like to use my 300 hour training in yoga therapy combined with my personal trainer and my corrective exercise specialty training to create yoga sequences for people of all walks of life that means if you come into my class and tell me that something is going on there's a really good chance I will be able to lead you through a class that might be able to help you so I do hope you join me at crossroads chiropractic Tuesdays at 5:30 for a therapeutic yoga this class is open to people of all levels of physicality and experience the class is also donation based so you just pay what you feel comfortable with and those who are members of Crossroads chiropractic are welcome to try their first two classes for free so I hope to see you there

Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
60 minutes
Equipment
yoga matprops (blocks, blankets, straps)
Target areas
full bodyareas of discomfortposturejoint mobility
Energy
calming

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