Yoga of Recovery

Adaptive Yoga

Are you suffering from a particular  disease (dis-ease) or disorder that causes you some pain?  Yoga can help lessen the pain especially when combined with other modalities.  Yoga Instructors often work with chiropractors, accupunture, accupressure, massage therapist, physical therapy and the medical field.

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Do you have arthritis?  I believe 1 out of every three people has arthritis.  so chances are you do have some somewhere in that body of yours.  What about weight issues, osteoporosis, fibermyaligia, or simply recovering from some addition, injury or illness. 
Yoga helps
Yoga heals
Yoga helps you become part of the healing process.
Yoga brings awareness to your mind and body guiding you to better  health.

let's take a few examples so you get the picture.
Cancer
     While cancer continues to rise, so does the survival rate.    Yoga simply reduces stress and helps manage side effects while rebuilding your body.  Restorative, gentle, breath work styles of yoga is the best practice because most people do not have the strength to do a vigorous.
Multiple Sclerosis
     MS is an autoimmune disease of unknown cause in which the immune system attacks the fatty tissue.  The nerve cells are inefficient at passing their message down the line.  The common complains that people discuss when diagnosed with MS are fatigue, spastisity, balance, muscle tone.  Adaptive yoga is the best practice for those who have MS.  In adaptive yoga each person, each day is different.  The practice is individualized and specialized for each person.  Yoga builds the body, mind and spirit lessening the symptoms and enhancing a feeling of well being.
Arthritis
     There is two most common types of arthritis that I will write about are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid.  Osteoarthritis is the kind that is caused by the wear and tear affecting the joints.  Cartilage that is worn down allows bone to bone to rub against each other causing pain.  Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto-immune inflammatory disease.
     Yoga is wonderful for arthritis because what this practice does is lubricate the joints.  Yoga also brings into the practice: posture, sitting up straight, body awareness and de-stressing.  A home practice would be ideal.  Practicing 10 to 15 minutes each day could keep your joints lubricated and in less pain than an hour class at a studio every so often.

These three examples are examples of life styles that would benefit from adaptive yoga.  There are so many more that I could have listed.  Adaptive yoga is about meeting you where you are.  No matter what your current abilities are, each pose can be yours.  It will not look like your neighbors, and why would you want that.  It is about finding your comfort, what you need to feel benefits.  Adaptive Yoga provides safe and appropriate yoga poses to increase flexibility, strength and movement without pain. 

Let your own guided awareness develop through understanding and balancing your needs right now as you travel through life. 

Janine Robichaud, Yoga Instructor and Life Coach

She has been practicing yoga since 2003, became certified in 2008 and now has her own yoga business, traveling to people's homes providing yoga and coaching to small groups, 1-1, as well as in some local studios.  She specializes in guiding people towards their own body, mind and spirit awareness.  Yoga, to Janine, means:  Your Own Guided Awareness.