A Vision of Yoga Therapy as Lifestyle Education

The holistic therapies aim at treating all aspects of the client. But no therapy has sustained itself first and foremost as a lifestyle education. Many therapies have been reduced to techniques that give symptomatic relief. Often the practice of prescribing isolated techniques gives only temporary relief, thus losing a holistic quality. The roots of a disease are healed by prolonged healthy living. This point is so obvious and so simple that we miss it: yoga therapy must not degenerate into another therapy, but must maintain its focus as a spiritual lifestyle.