Yoga Therapy

A Yoga Therapy Perspective As a Yoga Therapist, I use the kosha model to work with anxiety. Essentially, I look at all five koshas (or sheaths around the true self) when assessing my clients: body, energy, mind, subconscious, and the

Dragonfly Yoga is excited to announce that co-owner Joe Simek is now certified through the International Association Of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). By completing a 875-hour training, which included 150 clinic hours working with clients, Joe has attained the “gold standard”

The Joint Freeing Series is a group of therapeutic movement exercises that has grown in popularity in recent years. We like to call it “Yoga Therapy 101,” but it is not limited to those who are suffering with chronic physical

When I last wrote about COVID-19, it was March 5, 2020. So much changed only a week or so later, let alone a year later, where we find ourselves now. At the time, I was offering my thoughts around yoga

In the same way yoga can’t cure cancer, it can’t cure coronavirus either. So, why are there Yoga For Cancer classes? Because yoga helps manage symptoms and side effects. As a yoga therapist, I use a model called the koshas

Yoga Nidra has risen in popularity in the past few years, and it’s for good reason. This practice is a wonderful approach to healing. A yoga nidra practitioner lies still in a reclining, comfortable position, while an instructor guides them

It’s very common to hear about people that find relief from back pain by practicing yoga asana. The relief they find gets them hooked on yoga. But unfortunately, it’s also common for the repetitive nature of their practice to contribute

We love group yoga classes at Dragonfly! In addition to allowing students to further their yoga practice and personal evolution, they are also a great way to be a part of a supportive community. Yoga Therapy can serve a different,

Yoga Therapists work with chronic conditions just like other types of therapists. What makes yoga therapists unique is that we’ve been trained to work with both physical and mental conditions. These two things are, after all, not separate in the

If you haven’t read my first blog post on doshas, click HERE before going further. In these posts, I’m explaining how we might use movement and breath to balance doshas and what kinds of conditions might benefit from these practices.