Yogatherapy is the use of the tools of yoga applied to health, both for the prevention and for the care of patients suffering from disorders. As a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), yogatherapy is a complement to conventional medicine and other forms of CAM.
The practice of postures, breathing, different forms of meditation, relaxation associated with the work of awareness (and taking a step back), allow us to develop our body’s own resources to bring back the lost natural balance, both physically and mentally.
The exercises will always be as simple as possible. It is not a question of practicing extreme exercises. They are always accessible to the patient. In order to adapt as well as possible, yogatherapy has about fifty basic exercises that the yogatherapist learns to master completely. The adaptation is based on the patient’s feelings in a permanent exchange with the yogatherapist and is never based on a catalogue or pre-fixed recipes.
The association of traditional, age-old methods with neuroscience and scientific and medical studies has shown the validity of this comprehensive and holistic care in a wide range of health fields, from chronic low back pain to anxiety, including metabolic and respiratory disorders…