Table of Contents & Editorial

Can just any Yoga teacher work in a hospital, prison, recovery center, or psychiatric facility? Can a Yoga teacher without a healthcare license or specialized training be trusted to work with someone who is depressed, in treatment for cancer, or living with chronic pain?

Many people within the Yoga therapy community, not to mention outside the profession, think the answer to these questions is no. Not just any Yoga teacher is qualified to offer Yoga to people who are suffering in very specific ways.