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Online Publication Date: 11 Nov 2009

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DOI: 10.17761/ijyt.19.1.344h16438n2x78g6
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Healing Ourselves and Healing Our Communities, A Case for Collaboration, "Sizing Up" Yoga, Credentialing and Reimbursement: A View from the Mat, Yoga Therapy: Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making, State of the "Union" (yuj): Yoga Therapy Standards Down Under, What Prepares a Yoga Therapist?, Yoga Therapy Is Not Yoga, Is Yoga Therapy a Therapy or a Method of Education?, What Is Your Evidence for That Claim?, Square Pegs and Round Holes: Should Evidenced-Based Medicine Apply to Ayurveda?

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