“Yoga Therapy helps relieve pain!”
I found out that Yoga Therapy helps relieve pain from my own experience as a teacher and student. Yoga Therapy helped me relieve pain in my knees and lower back.
For most of my working life, I sat and did little exercise. So, when I retired in 2010, my doctor advised me to exercise or suffer the consequences of inactivity in later life. Not surprisingly, I noticed that my knees hurt when I climbed stairs and my lower back hurt while I was standing or sitting.
Thus I heeded my doctor’s advice and began taking yoga classes in 2011. I fell in love with yoga and began taking classes regularly. As I began to practice yoga consistently, my body began to heal and the knee and back pain subsided.
After practicing yoga as a diligent student for several years, I decided to become a teacher. I wanted to help others experience the benefits of yoga. I enrolled in a four-year program culminating in becoming certified as a yoga therapist in June 2020. For the first two years, I learned the foundations of Viniyoga. For the next two years, I learned yoga therapy. As part of yoga therapy training, I spent 150 hours working directly with clients.
What I love about Viniyoga is that it adapts yoga to fit the client’s needs. Viniyoga does not force clients to do poses that have little value for them. I was overjoyed when I graduated from the American Viniyoga Institute or AVI. I was proud to be an AVI graduate, which is directed by Gary Kraftsow, a renowned yoga therapist, and a founding member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Since 2019 I have been teaching group classes to seniors in yoga and breath and meditation. I have successfully helped clients prepare for and recover from surgery as well as other conditions. You may view my teaching style to special needs groups by watching the video I did for the YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester by clicking HERE.
My passion is doing and teaching breath and meditation, and I feel drawn to helping people experience the benefits of a quiet mind. In early 2023 I discovered the HeartMath organization which teaches people how to live from their heart. I enrolled in the Heart Coherence program and became certified as a trainer in November of 2023.
I passionately believe that one’s emotional state is just as important as their physical state in promoting and keeping good health. My goal is to help people experience a quiet mind while feeling better in body and mind. Yoga therapy and Heart Coherence fit beautifully together to help people be at their best in their body, mind, and soul.
Viniyoga adapts yoga to fit the client’s needs; and does not force clients to do poses that have little value for them. I graduated from the American Viniyoga Institute, which is directed by Gary Kraftsow, a renowned yoga therapist, and a founding member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Since 2019 I have been teaching group classes to seniors in yoga and breath and meditation. I have successfully helped clients prepare for and recover from surgery as well as other conditions. You may view my teaching style to special needs groups by watching the video I did for the YWCA of White Plains and Central Westchester by clicking HERE.
My passion is doing and teaching breath and meditation, and I feel drawn to helping people experience the benefits of a quiet mind. In early 2023 I discovered the HeartMath organization which teaches people how to live from their heart. I enrolled in the Heart Coherence program and became certified as a trainer in November of 2023.
I passionately believe that one’s emotional state is just as important as their physical state in promoting and keeping good health. My goal is to help people experience a quiet mind while feeling better in body and mind. Yoga therapy and Heart Coherence fit beautifully together to help people be at their best in their body, mind, and soul.
You can view my video about my own experience of how Yoga Therapy helps relieve pain by clicking HERE. To begin your healing journey, sign up for my free on-demand workshop and join me for a free 1-to-1 consultation today!
In Heart Coherence,
Paula