The focus with MTY is on stress resilience through meditation, self-care habits, breathwork, mindful movement and awareness, self reflection, and nutrition. If stress can be managed more effectively and student athletes can be educated on lifestyle and health risk choices, then there could be many long-term benefits on the field and off the field. Erin…
I was first drawn to Medical Therapeutic Yoga (MTY) by a desire to provide safe and biomechanically sound yoga by training with a neuromuscular expert. However, what I learned was much more, as training in MTY opens upa holistic and individual centered approach to healthcare. By avoiding a reductionist system of evaluation, and, instead, utilizing a biopsychosocial…
The Biopsychosocial model (BPS) is a multi-centered methodology that focuses on 5 areas of healing: psychoemotional-social, energetic, intellectual, physical and spiritual. (Garner 14). From a professional standpoint, the BPS model compliments Occupational Therapy extremely well. According to the AOTA Framework: Domain and Process 3rd Edition, it defines OT Domain as achieving health, well- being and…
Over the course of my professional career I have been striving to find the best treatment method that would make the biggest impact on my patients.Almost 20 years, and many continuing education courses later, I believe that I have come upon the best methodology that satisfies these requirements. That method is Medical Therapeutic Yoga. Medical…
I have countless examples of how MTY has positively impacted the patients I work with on a daily basis. Pranayama has been one of the best tools, and is a powerful approach to re-building the foundation of an individual’s therapeutic success and well-being. Patients, who refused to get out of bed due to anxiety and…
It is in this (pediatric) messy and incredible setting that MTY blends so effortlessly. As a traditional biomedically trained physical therapist and athletic trainer and also a 200 hr trained yoga teacher, I already recognized the need for synchrony between Eastern and Western Medicine. I couldn’t facilitate motor development if the child was never free…
What makes MTY so special? Why did I have to go learn more? MTY gives me the foundaton to more systematically approach a patient on every level (psycho-emotional, social, energetic, intellectual, spiritual, and physical). MTY provides a framework for a more comprehensive interview, examination, as well as intervention approach for my patients. The cornerstone of…
Medical Therapeutic Yoga has been the addition to my physical therapy practice that I have been searching for. It has been an incredible tool to help my clients reconnect to their true self through breath work, postures/asanas, visualizations, and meditation. MTY takes an approach that incorporates all these pieces (spiritual, physical, emotional), and then some….
As a therapist, I am prone to “burning out” if I do not give back and take care of myself, which can lead to impartial outcomes. MTY has imparted me with a lifestyle of prioritizing self-care to stay balanced and healthy. By living and embodying what I teach, I can naturally care for and guide…
Completing Level I Medical Therapeutic Yoga with Ginger has opened a whole new world for me to help my patients as an Occupational Therapist. Ginger has created a way healthcare professionals can incorporate both eastern and western medicine in patient care. I have become a life long learner of medical therapeutic yoga. Thank you Ginger! Kara…
I listened to the Yoga Nidra and the morning meditation this weekend in the Level I MTY course. Just wanted to send you a thank you! So beautiful—made my chest feel full of warmth! I am grateful for the opportunity to take this course. Be well and I hope you find joy in every day!…
Hello Ginger, I just wanted to write and tell you how much I enjoyed your six week Medical Therapeutic Yoga series! I’m not sure if you remember me from the training in Aptos right before the world got “locked down”….but this weekly practice with you has been a huge gift. It has really helped me…