Structural Yoga Therapy

[Jessica]

I recently took a one day class with Mukunda Stiles, in
Structural Yoga Therapy and was very impressed by this
modality.

Has anyone else either taken his training, or had this
therapy done ?

 

[Old Kid]

I take it nobody has heard of this ???

If you are interested in finding out what it's all about
look up Mukunda Stiles on line. He has practiced yoga
for over 40 years and found ways of working with clients
and using it for self-care, which can be profoundly healing.

In many ways it is similiar in effect to Active Isolated Stretching techniques, ART, or even Shin Tai. Limbs can be
placed in various positions to open up the joints and then manipulated with rotations and also placing one hand on the insertion region and the other on the opposite end of the limb being worked then alternating pressure and motion back and forth between the ends. Then having the client actively, but gently push against your hand (in a stationary position) & repeat this action 3 to 4 times.

By the time you've worked with each area of concern, the
ROM is generally improved to a large degree, depending of course, on how much restriction was there initially. By doing this work and then following up with having the client do yoga postures regularly there will be further improvement, healing and strengthening.

I hope this will inspire some of you to look into this modality, for your own benefit as well as your client's benefit !

 

[See]

Interesting,
I will look it up! I was introduced to ART by a chriopractor a year ago, and I personally had wonderful results with a stuck piriformis. I was very interested in the modality, but the seminars are COSTLY. I wonder what the difference in techniques and price is?
Thanks!

 

[King Benny the Happy]

I haven't looked up the cost of the training as yet, but
I know it's a 700 hour program, so it would be a major
commitment of time & $$$. That said, since the one day class was only a few miles from where I live it was an easy
choice to be there and see the master & originator of this
technique in action ! Hopefully he'll come back as the owner of the yoga studio, it was held at, was one of his
students (she just completed his training program)

 

[jessica deanna saucedo]

While the potential is great, I just want to urge some caution.

Yoga therapy in general is a wide-open field. Since there are no uniform standards or expectations, anyone can call themselves a yoga therapist. As a yoga teacher AND a massage therapist, it seems a natural extension for me... but I don't play that way.

Yoga instructors in general lack sufficient knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and so forth to suddenly proclaim therapist status. The exceptions are those with extensive continuing exucation. There are courses of various lengths providing various certifications in "yoga therapy" - but the jury is still out on these.

I am interested in pursuing such training myself as opportunity allows, but I will be very picky about selecting a course. Yoga as a branch of ayurvedic tradition goes back a long way, but its relatively recent foray into being a self-sufficient treatment modality is in a very early seforum.xxxe.