{"id":15703,"date":"2016-10-13T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=15703"},"modified":"2016-10-14T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:37:53","slug":"canine-feline-therapy-yoga-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/canine-feline-therapy-yoga-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/injury-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"injury-yoga\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/injury-yoga.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/injury-yoga-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/injury-yoga-429x300.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/08\/magazine\/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=0\">article from New York Times<\/a> that brought caution in the way we practice and teach &#8211; just being mindful by really seeing, observing and knowing that it&#8217;s not about you; it&#8217;s about the students, always. And as Judith would have us realize to always mirror back this truth:  We are each unconditionally loved.  No matter.<\/p>\n<p>Been leaning on the conservative side in a group situation but it&#8217;s nice when one can customize the sequence for that person &#8211; see the progress and take it up a notch and before you know it, she&#8217;s in the tribe. Love yoga therapy for that reason &#8211; gives us a chance to reflect, regenerate and rejuvenate &#8211; yes? Use of the word therapy is banned under Yoga Alliance but why? Yes, because of the liability concerns to call yoga what it is.  Moreover, perhaps when it&#8217;s called &#8220;therapy&#8221;, the term would suggest some sort of mental or physical struggles that require a fix, a cure but some of us are just doing yoga for health maintenance, more a preventative discipline; not for any immediate therapeutic needs?  Under IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) accredited school&#8217;s certification though, I will be freed from such restriction in semantics &#8211; plan on liberally using that word because to me, it&#8217;s always been about that &#8211; yoga is a natural form of therapy to feel one&#8217;s authentic very best.  What else could it be?  Exercise? Well, it&#8217;s that too  &#8211; Any form of aerobic exercise will release neurotransmitter called serotonin or norepinephrineWhen and other endorphins, which can lead to a feeling of well being. And yoga helps so that you can exercise WELL&#8230;in pursuit of that euphoria &#8211; anything can be a therapy if it leads to mind-body fitness and wellness. As a matter of fact, our dog is a therapy &#8211; the best by far ! lol.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0904.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0904\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0904.jpg 550w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0904-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0904-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Love friends!<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0431_small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0431_small\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0431_small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0431_small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0431_small-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>What&#8217; up?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an old article from New York Times that brought caution in the way we practice and teach &#8211; just being mindful by really seeing, observing and knowing that it&#8217;s not about you; it&#8217;s about the students, always. And as Judith would have us realize to always mirror back this truth: We are each unconditionally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15703"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15721,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15703\/revisions\/15721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}