Body Temple PT, a Whole Person Approach to Healing Liz Gillem Duncanson PT, MPT, ATC, CSCS, PYT is a practicing physical therapist in Oakland, California. She is a proud graduate of the Professional Yoga Therapy Institute. She enthusiastically shares how this education has shaped her current delivery of health care. Liz has been consistently blending dance,…
Professional Yoga Therapy’s Global Reach Equipping Caregivers of Children with Autism in Vietnam This week’s guest post comes from PYTI student Ruth Goldeen. An experienced Pediatric OT, Ruth shares an exciting story of how she seized an opportunity to share her practice of medical therapeutic yoga with a community of parents and teachers caring for…
American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting-Presentations The following is a compilation of work done by our students and graduates at this year’s CSM. The rise in popularity of and interest in Medical Therapeutic Yoga has occurred because of our students and graduates. Their hard work in advocating for better healthcare, empowering patients and teaching practitioners,…
Check out the numbers from our 15th year!
Last week we shared the work of Preeti Girisha, PT, PYT-C, who brought Medical Therapeutic Yoga to Starwood Montessori School in Frisco, Texas. Preeti had the opportunity to teach the students foundational MTY poses and breath, giving them the tools to thrive. Starwood Montessori School also invited Preeti to conduct chair yoga with the schools teachers. During…
Preeti Girisha, PT, PYT-C, is a recent graduate of the Professional Yoga Therapist program. Over the past couple months, she was invited to conduct yoga sessions at Starwood Montessori School in Frisco, Texas. She had the opportunity to teach students from toddlers to 14-year-olds and, on a different date, the teachers. The following is her account…
Picture This… …it is mid-January. The weather has been a bit chilly and you have worn all your sweaters so many times you are starting to wonder if all sense of style has been lost. You are craving vitamin D but every time you go outside and attempt to enjoy the sun, the bitter wind…