GPs, physiotherapists and other health professionals can now access Yoga for Pain referral guidelines to better understand Yoga for Pain themselves and provide more specific advice to pain patients interested in yoga. The guidelines include frequently ask questions about what yoga is, evidence into yoga...
Rachael spoke about the role of yoga in place-based health care at the 2017 Social Impact Festival. Holyoake CEO and 2015 Telstra Businesswoman of the year Angie Paskevicius was the other speaker in the session. Rachael discussed the social side to pain, the potential for Yoga...
Like the tortoise in Aesop’s fable, slow and steady wins the race in fibromyalgia, pain and the pursuit of a meaningful life. Here are three things yoga can teach us about taking it slow without getting stuck at the startline. Welcome subtlety Timothy McCall introduces us to...
With science confirming that standing up straighter won't reduce your pain and that simply building muscle isn't the answer either, what exactly is good movement? Somatics practices like Feldenkrais and Body-Mind Centering help us build body awareness (interoception as well as proprioception) and movement nerds following...
If you don't have persistent pain you’ll probably cope perfectly well with a yoga class that's a bit beyond you. In the unlikely event that you injure yourself, time and rest should eventually allow you to return to a more appropriate class (or persevere with...
Five years talking with people with persistent pain about their needs, and interviews with Australian pain clinics, revealed a big gap that yoga could fill: people with persistent pain needed support transitioning into ordinary life after medical care. ...
Yoga for Pain Practitioner Rosemary Harding runs pain-friendly yoga in Bunbury Western Australia. She explains to Rachael West how she walks the fine line between keeping students safe, and giving them the chance to progress....
Kirsten Mackintosh trained in Power Yoga but now most of her students are over 50. ...
This recently published article by Rachael West featured in the Yoga Australia Spring Edition. You can read the whole article on page 26 of the full magazine here, or read it below. Learn how pain works to help you keep clients A growing body of evidence shows...
We summarise research into yoga and pain and explain practical implications for yoga teachers and health care providers. ...
