Structural Yoga Therapytm

Bonnie Pariser is a Certified Structural Yoga Therapist. She has successfully applied Structural Yoga Therapy to alleviate the discomfort of many clients who have suffered pain due to scoliosis, back injuries, hamstring injuries, sciatica, shoulder strain, general stress and more.

The initial consult is 1 hour and 15 minutes, follow up appointments are 1 hour.  The fee for appointments is $75.  E-mail and phone contact is highly encouraged during your treatment to discuss any areas of concern.

Please call or e-mail if you have questions about how Structural Yoga Therapy may benefit you.

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Conditions that can improve with a Structural Yoga Therapy practice include

- physical manifestations of stress

- scoliosis

- back pain

- sciatica

- sports injuries

- asthma

- MS

- neck pain

- high blood pressure

- rotator cuff injuries

- the negative affects of cancer therapies

 

Structural Yoga Therapy™ adapts yoga to the client’s unique needs. It respects the body's innate capacity to recognize safe, healthy movementand healing. When health is optimal, there is a natural balance of muscle strength andrange of motion. But illness, injury and structural anomalies can disrupt that harmony. Structural Yoga therapists design a unique yoga program to address the client’s pain and discomfort brought on by body misalignment or injury. 

The Structural Yoga Therapist

• identifies and eliminates problematic movements that limit range of motiondetects muscle weaknesses that contribute to imbalancere-educates the body to move as it was designed to move through classical yoga posturesensures the client understands and properly executes the postures by demonstrating the exercises and observing the client perform themprovides handouts for home practice and encourages ongoing contact with the therapistperiodically reassesses and adjusts the program to address changes
• encourages continued progress

In addition to using yoga poses to strengthen and realignthe body, Bonnie takes into account the client'spersonality, lifestyle, attitude and stress level. As necessary, she incorporates other yoga techniques such as

• breathing and meditationrelaxation methods
• lifestyle adjustments based on ayurvedic therapies

  

Recent medical studies confirm the value of therapeutic interventions known to yogis for thousands of years. By employing these techniques, Bonnie gently invites her clients to find the personal yogic path that will carry them to spiritual growth and transformation and health.   

 

  

This method was created in 1976 by Mukunda Stiles, creator of Structural Yoga™, andauthor of the seminal book, Structural Yoga Therapy andother works on therapeutic yoga and philosophy, including the recently published Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy. Mukunda Stiles is currently on the Advisory Board of the International Association of Yoga Therapists  and is the founder of the Yoga Therapy Center ( www.yogatherapycenter.org )

“The purpose of yoga therapy is to lead us to the Self.  Once there, bliss is experienced”

Mukunda Stiles

Training of Structural Yoga Therapists

Structural Yoga Therapists undergo a rigorous two year, 700-hour training that involves extensive studies in anatomy, biomechanics, the application of therapeutic movement, and yogic psychology, as well as the application of the more subtle aspects of classical yoga and the related field of Ayurveda. To date over 40 graduates of the training have written papers adapting SYT approaches for specific conditions. These papers are submitted to the International Association of Yoga Therapy for publication in its professional journal (www.iayt.org).

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