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Spring 2014 a publication of The International Association of Yoga Therapists Yo g a T h e r a p y To d a y Volume 10, Issue 1, $5 F e a t u r e Articles Shining Light on the Student–Teacher Relationship The Credentialing of Yoga Therapists Yoga Therapy in Practice Navigating the Whirlwind of the Vata-Deranged Client A Year of Trauma Recovery An Anecdotal Report of Improved Respiratory Function S Y TA R Coming Soon! June 5–8, 2014 in Austin, TX S Y R Sept. 24–26 at Kripalu in Lenox, MA Yo g a T h e r a p y To d a y | Spring 2014 w w w. i a y t . o r g Mark your calendar for SYTAR and SYR 2014! W h e re Your Talents and the Needs of the World Cro s s . June 5–8, 2014 Austin, TX symposium on yoga therapy and research Celebrating IAY T ’s 25th A n n i v e r s a ry SYTAR is dedicated entirely to professional education, research, practice, and policy issues for yoga therapy. SYTAR2014 will be held at the Austin Renaissance Hotel located in the picturesque Austin Arboretum area in the Texas Hill Country. Keynote Speakers: Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, Judith Hanson Lasater, PT, PhD, Michael Lerner, PhD Sept. 24–26, 2014 Lenox, MA symposium on yoga research The Front Line of Yoga R e s e a rc h SYR is the West's foremost academic yoga research conference. SYR showcases some of the best new research and offers multiple poster sessions as well as ample opportunities to interact with other scientists, experts and professionals in the field. SYR2014 will be held at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in the beautiful Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Keynote Speakers: Tiffany Field, PhD, Frederick (Rick) Hecht, MD, Helene Langevin, MD THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOGA THERAPISTS iayt.org Editor’s Note Yo g a T h e r a p y To d a y hese past holidays I allowed myself to get burnt out, through PUBLISHER International Association of Toverwork and too many social Yoga Therapists commitments, and I neglected my EDITOR IN CHIEF Kelly Birch, ERYT-500, PYT-500 yoga practice. I did something most GRAPHIC DESIGNER Ken Wilson days—a few minutes of meditation, COPYEDITORS Lokiko Hall and Stephanie Shorter, PhD some sun salutations perhaps—but Yoga Therapy Today is published in the spring, summer, and winter. not enough. Then on a weekend retreat a few weeks ago, I realized IAYT BOARD & MANAGEMENT how far I seemed to have gone Dilip Sarkar, MD, FACS, CAP, President astray—and also how quickly I Matra Raj, OTR, ERYT-500, Treasurer came back home to myself. And it was there I made a renewed Eleanor Criswell commitment to deeper practice. Executive Director John Kepner, MA, MBA Advertising Manager Abby M. Geyer As Janice Gates said to me, it's essential to “fill the well.” Mine Conference Manager Debra Krajewski had almost run dry; I hadn't noticed how this minimal practice Accreditation Administer Aggie Stewart wasn't enough to sustain my balance and equanimity. MISSION My connection to the stillness at the heart of being wasn't entire- IAYT supports research and education in yoga, and serves as a ly lost but it was obscured. On reflection, I was surprised at how professional organization for yoga teachers and yoga therapists easy it had been to get swept away by samskaras and samsara. worldwide. Our mission is to establish yoga as a recognized and I imagine that I'm not alone in putting other commitments before respected therapy. practice and fooling myself that I've done enough to fill the well, when I haven’t, actually. This deeper practice that I’ve stuck to MEMBERSHIP since my realization—particularly meditation—finds me once IAYT membership is open to yoga practitioners, yoga teachers, yoga therapists, yoga researchers, and healthcare professionals who again in touch with and immensely grateful for this connection utilize yoga in their practice. with the source of the truest safety, a refuge, a joy, from which free and responsive action is possible. I think each of us has to MEMBER BENEFITS find out for ourselves what is “enough,” that tipping point of inte- • Subscription to the International Journal of Yoga Therapy gration and connection, and respect it! • Subscription to Yoga Therapy Today • Access to IAYT’s research resources and digital library The importance of personal practice, self-reflection, and • Professional recognition through IAYT’s online listings authentic action is a theme that runs throughout this issue. • Discounted registration at IAYT events This theme features strongly in a powerful article on the student- CONTACT teacher relationship by Janice Gates. Robin Rothenberg focuses IAYT on skillfully remaining connected to one's core of being while sit- P.O. Box 251563 ting with a challenging client. We also have two more compelling Little Rock, AR 72225 and very different yoga therapy reports on the transformative Phone: 928-541-0004 (M-F, 10AM – 4PM CST) power of practice. In this issue's Mentor's Corner, Nicole DeAvil- www.iayt.org • [email protected] la reminds us that modeling yogic principles is sometimes the best way to communicate them. In Aggie Stewart’s feature article HOW TO SUBMIT TO YOGA THERAPY TODAY on credentialing, she speaks of authenticity and proper Writers professional practice. Email a query or completed article to: [email protected]. Yoga Therapy Today relies on submissions from the membership. Another topic that I feel is worthy of some self-reflection in our Please submit reports and articles on training, views and insights field is the growing tendency I see in our community, both in relating to the field and profession of yoga therapy, as well as on what I’ve heard at conferences and other discussions and in integrative practices and business practices. Request writer guide- lines from editor. Articles are reviewed and accepted on a rolling articles submitted to YTT, to equate yoga therapy with medical basis and may be submitted at any time. yoga. I don't think they are the same thing, although I'm sure not everyone will agree with me. I believe we need to be cautious in Advertisers how we use the term “medical yoga.” Are we in danger of losing For advertising rates and specifications, contact Abby Geyer at the essence of what yoga has to offer by “medicalizing” it whole- 702-341-7334 (M–F, 9 AM–3 PM, PST) or [email protected]. Editorial decisions are made independently of advertising sale? Can we use the term “medical” when we don't have an MD arrangements. or other medical degree? What do you think? I invite you to submit your perspective on this topic so that as a community we REPRINT POLICY can look at this further. IAYT's reprint policy applies to all articles in the International Journal of Yoga Therapy and Yoga Therapy Today. Fee: $1 per copy per I hope you will enjoy this issue. All of the authors put a tremen- article. The policy works on the honor system, e.g., if two articles dous amount of work into each article, some going through are copied for 25 students, please send IAYT a check for $50 and several iterations and revisions to share their reflections, note “for reprints” on the check. Questions? Email Debra Krajewski wisdom, and professional practices with you. I am honored to be at [email protected]. a custodian of this precious resource for our community. YTT In service, ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT Kelly This publication is printed using soy-based inks. The paper contains 30% recycled fiber. It is bleached without using chlorine and the wood pulp is harvested from sustainable forests. C o v e r: Ronda Diegel gently adjusts a student in her Better Backs class. Photo credit: Cindy Soper 2 Yo g a T h e r a p y Today | Spring 2014 w w w. i a y t . o r g TableOfContents Spring 2014 2 Editor’s Note 4 Members News 6 2014 Annual Report to Members By John Kepner, MA, MBA, Executive Director IAYT 6 IAYT Launches New Website, By John Kepner, MA, MBA, Executive Director IAYT 50 Yoga as Preventive Medicine: Rationale and Research 50 YogaWorks Honored for Sponsoring Neuro-Therapeutic Yoga 50 Swedish Yoga Therapist Receives Health Award 52 2013 IAYT Donors, Patron Members, and Supporting Members 16 8 Conference Corner Medical Yoga Symposium, By Linda Lang, ERYT IAYT-Sponsored Conferences 12 Mentor's Corner By Nicole DeAvilla, ERYT-500, RPYT, RCYT 14 Science for the Yoga Therapist Healing the Effects of Breast Cancer and 28 Its Treatment through Yoga By Angela Wilson, MA 16 Feature Articles 16 Shining Light on the Student–Teacher Relationship By Janice Gates, ERYT-500 22 The Credentialing of Yoga Therapists By Aggie Stewart, MA, RYT-500, CYT 32 28 Healthcare News for Yoga Therapists Changing Models of Healthcare Offer an Opportunity for Yoga Therapy By Beth Gold-Bernstein, ERYT-500, and Lorrie Jacobsohn, RN, PMHCNS, APHN, ERYT-500 32 Yoga Therapy in Practice 32 Holding Our Seat: Navigating the Whirlwind of the Vata-Deranged Client By Robin Rothenberg, CYT 40 36 A Year of Yoga: A Year of Trauma Recovery By Ronda Pretzlaff Diegel, PhD, LP, ERYT 40 Freeing the Breath: An Anecdotal Report of Improved Respiratory Function By Luna Jordan, ERYT-500, LMT w w w. i a y t . o r g Yo g a T h e r a p y Today | Spring 2014 3 MembersNews 2014 Annual Report to Members By John Kepner IAYT Executive Director here were three key accomplishments it's too much, especially when coupled only we could issue an IPO! But since Tin 2013 that I would like to highlight: with the Meeting of Schools and addi- nonprofit organizations can't issue stock, tional meetings we want to have around we will be soliciting grants and donations • IAYT's Accreditation Service was SYTAR.