Therapeutic Yoga Explained : Ultimate Guidance

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Therapeutic yoga is an evolution of yoga that involves yogic principles and techniques to heal various human ailments. It is a combination of Restorative Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Breathing Practice, Meditation, and Chakra Stimulation. It offers you tools to help you on your journey towards better health and wellness. It provides a systematic understanding of Yoga Anatomy and Yoga Techniques.

However all yoga is probably therapeutic and healing, yoga therapy is the specific utilization of yogic tools—postures/exercises, breathing practice, meditation principles, and more. It addresses an individual’s physical, mental, and emotional needs. In therapeutic yoga uses props to heal quickly and recover strongly. Props are great for deepening your practice. Yoga therapists have in-depth training to help them evaluate and keep their clients safe. It’s practices and the techniques for helping people for their total wellness.

The term yoga therapy was invented in the 1920s by Swami Kuvalayananda, who believed that it would be possible to regulate the physical and physiological transformations that happen through yoga therapy. Swami Kuvalayananda made it possible to start implementing the specific outcomes of yoga on medical conditions. Nowadays yoga therapy has grown so popular that many medical professionals are now supporting it. Yoga therapy adjusts the individual and specific health needs of the patient with yoga practices the yoga tradition and medical science find to have particular curative effects. 

Benefits of Yoga Therapy-This can be very valuable if you are recovering from a physical injury, have been undergoing chronic pain, or are just beginning up a yoga practice and want to be assured you are training safely with your body. 

• PHYSICAL BENEFITS :Physically, yoga therapy can help you to heal pain, both continuous and severe forms. Yoga therapy can encourage you to have better body consciousness and better condition. Being physically engaged and opening, as you know, will benefit you to build muscular health and greater range of motion.

• MENTAL BENEFITS :You probably know that stress gives to the muscle strain. You may sense your neck and shoulders at times, and you have probably undergone a “stress headache.” But, severe stress and anxiety weaken the effectiveness of your immune, digestive and reproductive systems, and can cause a host of other physical difficulties. Yoga and meditation training are great tools for enlightening the mind to stay concentrated, overcoming depression, and enhancing mood. 

• SPIRITUAL BENEFITS :Some patients may require yoga therapy to build relationships and guide them on a spiritual level. Spirituality does not mean religion. Yoga supports you to experience a sense of connectedness and fulfillment or deeper meaning in your life. With practice, as you begin to connect with yourself at the levels of the mind, body, and breath. You will associate yourself with the soul. It is just matter of practice and time.

At Shivangi Yog, therapy specializes in offering support for concerns such as:

• Mental health: Anxiety, depression, PTSD/ trauma symptoms, Hyper Tension and grief/ loss
• Chronic and severe pain from numerous sources (low back pain/ sciatica, fibromyalgia, arthritis, bulging disk, injury, operation, headaches, upper back or neck pain)
• Digestive problems 
• Insomnia or sleep problems
• Cancer or other major illness
• Breast Cancer
• Healthy aging (posture, gait, fall prevention, lifestyle)
• Major life transitions

Yoga therapy has no side effects, so it can be done at any stage of life, which is suitable for children, adults (in their working lives) and senior citizens. It provides the necessary knowledge to live a balanced lifestyle.

**Yoga therapy is also helpful for people who want to develop their overall self-awareness and well-being. Seekers welcome...