Traditionally, yoga has been practiced to bring one to higher states of self-awareness, ultimately leading to self-realization.  Most people think that yoga practice is centered on moving the body into different poses (asanas) because that is how it is most known in the West.  This is indeed a fine place to start, but beyond that, the potential of yoga as self-therapy is immense.

 

Yoga as therapy takes one beyond changing behaviors to the root of how behaviors occur in the first place.  Practices include: awareness of the breath as a bridge from the outer to the inner world, experiencing body sensation, understanding the functions of the mind, and witnessing and dialoguing with thoughts.

 

Clients will be introduced into a meditation practice. These guided practices may increase the clients’ sense of self-acceptance (and thereby acceptance/tolerance of others), strengthen their intuition, and decrease reactivity to emotional states.