Yoga As Medicine Returns!
During the height of the pandemic, I was asked repeatedly by students and yoga studios to teach Yoga As Medicine as a webinar. But I felt that YAM simply would not translate to that format, especially the group yoga therapy work that forms the core of the course. So I am thrilled to announce that we are planning on offering the full 5-day course in person this coming August 21-26 at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
The Yoga As Medicine Level 1 Seminar has become my flagship course, providing a broad overview and practical experience in yoga therapy. We cover all the bases in this training — including structure, Ayurveda, breath, nervous system, psychology and spiritual dimensions in healing — and take the material well beyond what was presented in my bestselling book Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing (Bantam). Because the experience is grounded in the actual practice of yoga therapy and not just theory, the course is appropriate for all levels from beginners to yoga therapists, as well as to people who are looking for relief from a wide variety of health conditions. 
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What is Yoga Therapy?
Yoga Therapy — or as we call it Yoga As Medicine — is the selective use of various yoga tools — such as poses, breathing techniques, relaxation exercises and meditation, as well as dietary and lifestyle advice — to help people with virtually any health condition, physical or psychological. Because people's health and fitness vary, we often modify poses or use props to make the practices safe and effective. In Yoga As Medicine, we perform detailed holistic assessments of each client—evaluating body, mind, spirit and environment—and then craft a personalized yoga program. And that's precisely what we teach in our seminars and teacher trainings. Yoga therapy can be used by itself or as an adjunct to any conventional or alternative medical treatment. |
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FREE RESOURCE: my 2019 update of “Health Conditions Helped by Yoga (as Shown in Scientific Studies).” The PDF contains over 40 pages of references, listing the scientific studies by condition. Embedded hyperlinks will take you to the study's abstract, or if available, to a free, full-text version of the study. For printable posters (including A4 versions), click here.
I compile this bibliography of research as a service to the yoga world and hereby give permission to copy this PDF, print it out, distribute it to others and share it on social media. 
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New Yoga of Tennis YouTube Channel!
Dr. Timothy McCall's has posted a number of videos to the YouTube channel Yoga of Tennis. Here's more about the philosophy and vision of this undertaking. Although the channel is aimed primarily at tennis players, we will be releasing many videos detailing yoga practices and yogic principles that yogis as well as practitioners of other sports may find useful in improving their "game."
My YouTube Channel, Ask the Yoga Doctor, launched in 2020.
Here are a sampling of the videos,
with many more available on YouTube...
Here are a sampling of the videos,
with many more available on YouTube...
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In conjunction with an online course on Yoga As Medicine on Yoga U, I recorded this video. It's over 40 minutes long, and is a good introduction to my overall approach to yoga therapy, my ideas about what yoga teachers and therapists should — and shouldn't — be doing with students with medical conditions, integrating yoga into modern medical care, etc. I had a lot of fun recording this interview and hope you enjoy it!
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