WHAT IS YOGA THERAPY?


Yoga Therapy is not just a practice.
It is a return to the body,
a remembering of your inner safety,
a gentle whisper: you are already whole.


Rooted in the ancient tradition of yoga and supported by modern science, Yoga Therapy is a highly personalized, trauma-sensitive, and evidence-based approach to healing – designed to meet your body, mind, and nervous system exactly where you are.


This is not about pushing, performing, or fixing.
This is about listening, allowing, and integrating.


Here, the mat is not a stage – it’s a sanctuary.



HOW IT WORKS


Each session weaves together:

  • Mindful movement (adapted to your body & energy)
  • Breath awareness (to regulate your nervous system)
  • Restorative & somatic techniques (to support trauma healing)
  • Stillness & relaxation (for integration and calm)
  • Emotional literacy (to gently befriend what arises)


It is a therapeutic, intuitive, and compassionate journey inward – not to change who you are, but to create space for all that you are.


WHO IS IT FOR?


Yoga Therapy is for anyone who longs to feel more grounded, safe, connected, and whole – especially those navigating:

  • Chronic stress or burnout
  • Anxiety, panic, overwhelm
  • Depression or emotional numbness
  • Trauma, PTSD, or dissociation
  • Grief, loss or life transitions
  • Sleep disturbances
  • Nervous system dysregulation
  • Body disconnection or pain


This approach honours your boundaries, your pace, and your choices.
There is no expectation ~ only permission.


SCIENCE OF YOGA THERAPY


Yoga Therapy supports neuroplasticity – your brain’s ability to rewire itself through experience.


Research shows that therapeutic yoga:

  • Reduces cortisol (stress hormone) and improves vagal tone
  • Activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest, digest, repair)
  • Increases heart rate variability (HRV) – a key marker of resilience
  • Reconnects the body-mind axis via interoception
  • Enhances emotional regulation by strengthening the prefrontal cortex
  • Helps trauma survivors re-establish safety and embodiment
    (Van der Kolk, 2014; Streeter et al., 2012)


WHY TRAUMA-SENSITIVE MATTERS


Many traditional yoga classes unintentionally bypass or overwhelm the nervous system – especially in students with trauma history, anxiety or high sensitivity.


In trauma-sensitive yoga therapy, we:

  • Offer choice instead of command
  • Invite curiosity instead of performance
  • Encourage embodiment instead of dissociation
  • Respect pace, permission and presence


Every movement is an invitation. Every breath a doorway back to safety.

This is healing through attunement, not achievement.


WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE


  • A gentle reconnection to your body
  • Soothing of the overactive mind
  • Releasing emotions or tension stored in the tissues
  • Learning to feel safe in stillness
  • Discovering your own rhythm and intuition
  • Restoring a sense of inner trust, dignity, and empowerment


There is no destination ~ only unfolding.
And you are not alone in it.


A FINAL WHISPER


You are not broken.
You are not behind.
You are not too much or too little.


You are becoming again – at your own pace, in your own rhythm.


Let your breath be your guide.
Let your mat be your sanctuary.
Let your body show you the way home.

This is yoga therapy.
This is a return to your most tender self.