Healing Through Yoga , people are incorporating mind-body fitness programs such as yoga into their overall health and wellness plans. Practicing yoga provides an opportunity to strengthen the body, relax the mind and develop a greater sense of connectedness to self, others and the world.

As such, it’s not surprising that scientific studies have shown a wide range of therapeutic effects from practicing yoga including improving mood, decreasing stress, and strengthening the immune system to reduce the risk of disease. Yoga’s emphasis on accepting the moment-to-moment experience encourages individuals to develop a healthy sense of autonomy and self-worth, while also encouraging a positive outlook on life.

Yoga Therapy Unveiled: A Holistic Approach to Health and Wellness

A recent study explored whether a combination of yoga and therapy improved the mental, emotional, and physical symptoms associated with trauma. The researchers surveyed participants who had survived interpersonal trauma and found that practice of yoga and therapy ameliorated many trauma-related symptoms such as emotional dysregulation, anxiety and depression, and feelings of worthlessness and helplessness.

Healing Through Yoga provides therapists, nurses, doctors and other medical professionals with tools that they can use with their clients to help process grief, relieve stress, and develop a sense of well-being and connection with self, others and the world. It combines key research on the intersection of yoga and mental health with a step-by-step framework that can be applied to a variety of complex mental and emotional disorders. The book also addresses the challenges of integrating yoga into the medical environment and offers a variety of practical tips to facilitate implementation.