Yoga Therapy: Balanced Bodies

Physical therapy and kinesiology work in a close relationship to each other. Essentially one may think they are one in the same, however there are small differences between the two that provide different results when applied singularly. As a combined effort physical therapy and kinesiology work to heal the muscles and joints of the body, recreating movements perfectly as they were before injury or in some cases as closely as one can get to a perfect function. First one must understand where the lone is drawn between the two fields and how they balance each other to create desirable results in a patient.

Over the last 10,000 years, humans have evolved more than any other species that has ever set foot on planet Earth. As a population we have grown exponentially and made changes to our society that allow us to do things that have not been done before. In 1878, Thomas Edison recognized the ability of a bamboo filament that was connected to platina wires, to burn for significant periods of time: resulting in the first formation of the light bulb. Suddenly, the human race no longer had to endure the darkness that each night brought at the end of a 12-hour light period.

Tari Prinster created Yoga 4 Cancer. Tari Prinster survived cancer and is a yoga instructor. Also the founder of the Retreat Project which is a nonprofit organization where businesses bring yoga classes to cancer survivors through different retreats and classes. Prinster instructs a teacher training program to help yoga teachers to use unique techniques and styles to help cancer patients and survivors. In Prinster's words, “When I was fifty, I started a yoga practice on a hunch it would ease menopausal symptoms. It did! That was sixteen years ago. Today, I am an example that it is never too late to start, never too late to change.” Yoga made her a lot healthier. She slept better, maintained her weight, and her bones became really strong. She mentally felt younger and her posture improved. Yoga is a powerful tool to help tackle daily

Background: Many people suffer from depression and anxiety disorders across the lifespan. A lot of research has been done on depression and stress management but not enough on the impact of the combination of occupational therapy services and yoga. Occupational therapists are trained and skilled to help those diagnosed with mental disorders. In addition to traditional Occupational Therapy practices, CAMs (complimentary alternative medicines) such as yoga with emphasis on mindfulness based stress reduction can help those suffering recover more quickly.

Unlike other similar programs, the Yoga based weight loss program offers both physical and emotional merits. It is designed to help you not only lose weight and tone your body, but also help you feel emotionally as well as spiritually satisfied as evidenced by the second phase which helps you get rid of

Before choosing this article for my critique I used several factors to determine its value to this assignment. I had first had to determine if the content of the article would have value in the clinical world of counseling. This article is written by Stacie Stukin, a yoga instructor who writes contributing articles for Yoga Journal and yoga instructor Annalisa Cunningham who has also written Healing Addiction with Yoga. Both clearly believe and have witnessed firsthand the benefits that yoga can contribute to addiction recovery. The article explains that a yoga practice will help the recovery process on two fronts.

To be honest with you, I never really thought that chiropractors did much except pop your back and send you on your way. My thoughts on this changed dramatically when I met Dr. Chad Schnarr of Schnarr Chiropractic and Total Body Wellness in Tullahoma, Tennessee. I’ve been working for Dr. Chad for a year now and I have learned so much about his profession and how what he does on a daily basis is much more than just “popping your back.” For starters, with new patients like the one we have here in the photo, Dr. Chad begins his evaluation by developing x-rays to get an updated image of the patient’s problematic area. He then reads the scans and pinpoints what area of the body he will focus on. Even when treating previous patients, it’s important to get new scans and information regarding the patient’s situation instead of using old films and notes. This makes his treatment more direct to what the patient needs now as conditions in the spine change often.

Body Balance Wellness Studio is a chiropractic clinic that is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Their services and techniques include chiropractic care, corrective exercises, lifestyle advice, nutritional counseling, massage therapy, and spinal and postural screenings. Body Balance Wellness Studio is supporting the spinal health. Body Balance Wellness Studio creates healthy families. Body Balance Wellness Studio offers the Bodywork Sampler Package which includes a consultation, health assessment, and 30 minutes massage. Dr. Luke Martin, D.C. is their licensed Chiropractor in Fort Collins, CO. Dr. Luke Martin, D.C. applies a "whole person approach". The whole person approach implies searching for underlying causes of any disturbance or disruption

The origins of yoga date back to India over 5,000 years ago. The Vedas, holy writings that are the foundation for Hinduism, possess ancient yoga teachings known as Vedic Yoga. Individuals became reliant on Vedic yoga to live their life in divine harmony.

Physical therapy practices have an expense of time and should only be performed by a licensed or certified veterinarian or physical therapist. The question of which is a better practice for the rehabilitation in canine between aquatic therapy or traditional land-based form of therapy? Physical therapy in practice to canines started in the 1980s’ and has taken off ever since. A program for patients to get back to a sustainable condition in a time period helping the animals recover. Aquatic therapy is a new fad in the veterinary practices of rehabilitation and the result are exceptional at the first look but is it a great picture over all. (McGonagle et al. 2014)

This unique yoga practice, minted by two Canadian coaches Jessica Robertson and Ted Grand made Linda immediately felt at home! Thanks to that technique, Linda was able to achieve a full level of relaxation and balance, which is why she is eternally grateful to its community and all the teachers along the way that have inspired and informed her practice.

Several years ago, I was a deeply committed practitioner of yoga. From about 2010-2014 I was doing yoga religiously three to four times a week, travelling from Brooklyn to high-end yoga studios across Manhattan, going away for yoga retreats during the summer, and attending various yoga workshops led by prominent yoga teachers. As I advanced in my practice, I started to be more aware of niche brands for yoga attire and ended up being “one of the yogis” by wearing well known and often very expensive yoga clothes and using certain products for yoga practices.

First, the clients answered numerous questions about client’s past experiences and childhood memories. Next, the clients played a matching game with jumbo playing cards displayed on the white board to match two numbers together. Throughout the game, I communicated the placement of the card and the number on the card to a client cortically blind. Before lunch, we incorporated chair yoga exercises to relax the mind with deep breaths and stretching. Exercises included raising arms above the head, arms stretched over the chest and touching your toes.

Yoga is a practical aid, not a religion. Yoga is an ancient art based on a harmonizing system of development for the body, mind, and spirit. The continued practice of yoga will lead you to a sense of peace and well-being, and also a feeling of being at one with their environment. This is a simple definition.

The benefits of Yoga are endless. It effects the human mind and body in a variety of ways. Roughly 15 million Americans practice yoga, annually there is an expected increase of twenty percent in participants in the United States ("Yoga Statistics"). While Yoga is often thought of as a practice that involves circus like poses and seemingly impossible flexibility; it not. Even bedridden patients can gain benefit from imagining themselves going through the poses and practicing breathing techniques that are appropriate to them (Dickenson 24-25). Yoga is not something that you do at the studio and leave behind. It becomes a way of life; leading to healthier habits, improving psychological health, and encouraging spiritual growth. An article on