Yoga therapy

Yoga therapy – the next big step

To a certain degree all yoga teachers take the role of yoga therapist. Whenever yoga methods are prescribed to aid specific health conditions, or whenever you give a student the alternate nostril breath or other pranayama exercises to aid sinus problems, for example, then you are taking the role of yoga therapist.

The boundary between yoga teacher and yoga therapist is blurring, and more yoga teachers are being put into the position of therapist. Yoga teachers often say to us, that they ‘just wish they knew what yoga practices to give for different health conditions’.

With G.P.’s trying to cut down on spending, and the NHS looking for cheaper ways to maintain health, it is only natural that more people are being referred to yoga as an aid in their recovery.