Yoga therapy is a type of therapy that uses yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation, and lifestyle changes to improve mental, physical, and spiritual health. It can also be used as a self-care strategy for prevention and maintenance. The holistic focus of yoga therapy encourages the integration of mind, body, and spirit. Modern yoga therapy covers a broad range of therapeutic modalities, incorporating elements from both physical therapy and psychotherapy. Yoga therapy takes the tools, practices, and philosophy of yoga, and tailors them specifically to a person or condition.

Yoga therapy is for you if you value more collaborative, personalized wellness. Its designed for those interested in getting to the root of physical and mental health challenges, instead of just treating the symptoms.

Yoga therapy is about understanding yourself, understanding your needs, and understanding what’s out of balance and how to bring it back into balance.

We all have the innate ability to heal ourselves and restore harmony in our energetic, emotional, and physical bodies. Yoga therapists do not treat, diagnose, heal or cure. We do not take the place of other healthcare professionals. Instead, yoga therapy can compliment your healthcare goals, oftentimes alongside your other care practitioners.

No yoga experience is required.

Yoga teachers often focus on the teaching general yoga techniques to a group of students.

On the other hand, when clients seek out a yoga therapist, they are usually not coming to learn yoga, but to get help with or relief from a specific symptom(s) or health condition(s). Therefore, my instruction focuses on the imbalance and applies specific yoga techniques to reduce or manage symptoms and improve over all well-being. Yoga therapists focus on their clients’ needs. My job is to understand why you have come to see me and determine what I can do to support you. In this sense, therapists choose particular yoga techniques in relation to how they will specifically benefit individual clients. 

Becoming a yoga therapist requires several years of rigorous coursework. An IAYT certified yoga therapist is the gold standard. Yoga Therapists must complete continuing education to stay up-to-date on emerging evidence. Although both yoga teaching and yoga therapy are valid and valuable professions, they are different. It is important that we as a yoga community become clear about these distinctions.

I am a Yoga Therapy Intern working towards certification. I am in the final year of my training. During my time as an intern, I am offering discounted pricing. Additionally, I am under the guidance of my program faculty. I will review the practices I design for you with a supervising Yoga Therapist who will be providing oversight of my therapy work.

Yoga Therapy sessions are held at my private home studio in East Nashville. The space is inviting and comfortable for private sessions and small group classes and stocked with all necessary props. Your booking confirmation will contain an exact address.

Yes! I am a native Spanish speaker. 1:1 sessions can be booked in English or Spanish.