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by Mike Munro with Teacher Tip by Helen Fong below.
Welcome to our first post in a series about yoga postures and sequences taught at Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio. In this series you will find information on the basic posture and contemplations about the pose along with practice suggestions for making the posture accessible.
People aged 65 and older are both the fastest growing and largest age group in Canada. Yoga draws more and more interest and participation from those aged 65+ as the benefits to health and the performance of activities of daily living are recognized. People ages 65+ most often come to our yoga classes with multiple health issues, so it is imperative that yoga instructors working with this population learn how to teach with safety and confidence.
I first stepped into Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio on a whim.
I’d been searching for a place to engage on a rather deep level with my practice. I wanted to gain an understanding of yoga, which would dispel the many questions I had about what it was I was doing when I stepped onto a mat.
Bryan Kest is coming to Halifax! The creator of Power Yoga is teaching a weekend workshop this April.
American yogi all-star Bryan Kest is collaboratively being hosted by several yoga studios the weekend of April 28-30th in Halifax. It’s the perfect way to celebrate Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio’s 20th year.
The founder of Power Yoga will be at the Delta Halifax’s Baronet Ballroom with room for 150 students these dates.
Recently I completed a certification in something called MDT which is short for Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, also known as the McKenzie method. This system of physiotherapy was developed based the clinical experience of Robin McKenzie from New Zealand.
By definition chronic pain is pain that lasts 3 months or longer. It affects ∼15% of adolescents and 20% of adults in Canada (1). Chronic pain can result from a known cause, such as surgery or inflammed joints, or as a consequence of a disease such as rheumatoid arthritis. However, often the cause is unknown. Because chronic pain is complex and multi-dimensional it can be difficult to treat.
In Part 1: Yoga & Back Pain, we mentioned that there is a new growing body of evidence supporting yoga as an effective treatment for back pain. Yoga is among the most commonly used complementary treatments for this condition. (1) But just how effective is yoga in patients with back pain?
by Alison Kavanaugh, PT student from Dalhousie University
Earlier this week we blogged about the rate, cause and side effects of yoga injuries. The current research shows that although injuring yourself in yoga is rare, of the side effects reported, the most common was back pain!
At first glance this information may seem alarming, however this finding may be in parallel with other evidence, which document back injury among most common injuries in general. Up to 85% of the population can expect to experience at least some back pain in their lifetime. (1)
Table Cat Cow: A Mindful Meditation in Motion 
Welcome to our first post in a series about yoga postures and sequences taught at Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio. In this series you will find information on the basic posture and contemplations about the pose along with practice suggestions for making the posture accessible.