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Yoga as a Therapeutic Modality

How to Integrate Yoga into your Rehabilitation Program. Yoga as a Therapeutic Modality. A Philosophy Over 5,000 years old. NOT A Religion. What is Yoga?. Yoga in Advertising. Words fail to convey the total value of YOGA. It has to be experienced. B.K.S. IYENGAR.

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Yoga as a Therapeutic Modality

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  1. How to Integrate Yoga into your Rehabilitation Program Yoga as a Therapeutic Modality

  2. A Philosophy Over 5,000 years old. NOT A Religion What is Yoga?

  3. Yoga in Advertising

  4. Words fail to convey the total value of YOGA. It has to be experienced. B.K.S. IYENGAR

  5. Words fail to convey the total value of YOGA. It has to be experienced. B.K.S. IYENGAR

  6. Yoga is 99 percent practice, One percent theory. Pattabhi Jois Yoga as Medicine

  7. YOGA (YOKE) UNION • Improves the Physical body • Calms the Mental body • Connects with the Spiritual body • Union of Body, Breath and Spirit • “Yoga Citta Vritti Nirodhah”- Control of the fluctuations in the mind.

  8. Eight limbs of Yoga • Yamas (5 virtues or social restraints)-noninjury,truthfulness,non-stealing,Godlike conduct,nonclinging. • Niyamas (5 personal restraints)-purity/cleanliness,contentment,heat/reuniting with the creator,self-study,devotion or surrender to the Lord. • Asanas (Postures) • Pranayama (Breathe Control) • Pratyahara (Withdrawal of the senses) • Dhyana (Meditation) • Dharana (Focused Concentration) • Samadhi (Ultimate Bliss/Ecstasy/self realization)

  9. Paths of Yoga • Bhakti Yoga (Devotional) • Jnana Yoga (Wisdom) • Karma Yoga (Service) • Raji Yoga (King/Sutras of Patanjali/Ashtanga) • Mantra Yoga (Sound) • Hatha Yoga ( Ha-Tha) ( Sun-Moon)

  10. 7 Chakras (Wheels) • Energetic Anatomy • 7 vortices • Line up along the central energy channel(nadi) • Base of spine to the top of the head • Associated with colors, emotions, and physical manifestations • Prana (lifeforce energy/kundalini) • Solar plexus is in the center

  11. Chakras

  12. Bandhas( Energy Gates) • Mulabandha (root lock) Pelvic Floor • This stops the downward flow of the lifeforce/energy, apana, so that it may equalize the upward flow of prana. • Uddiyana (abdominal lock) Tranverse Abdominus • Jalandhara (throat lock)

  13. Chakras

  14. Pranayama

  15. Yogic Breathing • The Natural Breath • Diaphragmatic Breathing • Full Yogic Breathing • Ujjayi Breathing • Alternate Nostril Breathing (right side stimulates sympathetic NS and left side stimulates parasympathetic NS • Kabalabhati Breathing

  16. DRISTI- Gaze Point • Maintains focus (mental) • Improves Eye Muscle • Stimulates the parasympathetics • Directs the Movement • Improves Balance • Increases Awareness and Decreases Distraction • The dristi works in conjunction with the breath and bandhas to deepen the yoga practice,TRISTANA, 3-fold.

  17. Happiness through focus,clarity and the breath.

  18. Only the lazy! Who can't do yoga?

  19. Conditions that benefit from Yoga

  20. Scientific Studies

  21. Physical Therapy Benefits • Strength • Flexibility • Range of Motion • Balance/Coordination • Pain reduction • Trunk/Pelvic Stability • Posture • Function

  22. The Whole Body Benefits from Yoga • Circulation/Respiration • Digestion • Neurologic (neural tension) • Anti-anxiety/Stress (lowers Cortisol) • Brain Health (Activates the prefrontal cortex) • Psychological Confidence • Balances the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system/ improves the Endocrine System • Urogenital / Hemorrhoidal Conditions

  23. Yoga for Improved Performance and Injury Prevention

  24. Kneeling poses Quadriped poses Forward/Backward/Lateral Bending poses Twists Inversions Types of Poses • Balancing poses • Standing poses • Sitting poses • Reclining poses • Supine • Prone • Sidelying

  25. Ray Long,MD

  26. Butterfly Stretch

  27. Asanas (Postures)

  28. Sun Salutation A/Surya Namaskara A Sun Salutation B/Surya Namaskara B Vinyasa (Flow) Yoga Sequences

  29. YOGA Vinyasa Flow

  30. Bridge Pose/Warrior 1

  31. Downward (facing) Dog

  32. Correct Foot Alignment

  33. Forward Fold

  34. Side Plank/ Triangle Pose

  35. Forearm Plank

  36. Intense East Stretch

  37. Iyengar Yoga • Focuses on Alignment • Maintains the Postures for 2-3 minutes • Uses props • Most aligned with PT (my opinion)

  38. Bolsters Straps Blankets Pads Props • Chairs • Walls • Wedges • Blocks

  39. Posture Correction

  40. YOGATHERAPY

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