University of Iowa Health Care embraces yoga for staff and patients
The medical community is finally starting to catch up to what yogis have known for over 5,000 years: Yoga can improve your health. The last decade has seen an increasing…
Informed teaching: Yoga for trauma
As a yoga practitioner turned instructor, I need no convincing of the positive effects that yoga can have on one’s physical, mental and emotional health. In my own yoga journey,…
Transformative Travel: A yoga therapy journey through India
As a yoga teacher and practicing yoga therapist, it has long been on my bucket list to travel to India. While India’s history is colorful, long and rich, I knew I wasn’t looking for the standard sightseeing experience. My purpose in traveling there was to experience yoga therapy through an Eastern lens.
Off the Mat: Amy Wheeler, yoga therapist
Now based in Southern California, she combines yoga tradition with modern psychology to provide therapy to top-tier athletes and patients battling cancer, chronic pain, high-blood pressure and mental illness.