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 McCabe, ATC
The use of Medical Therapeutic Yoga (MTY) has transformed my physical therapy practice by emphasizing the use of education, self-awareness, and self-empowerment with my patients, thereby enabling them to become partners in their own healing. I am energized by the positive changes in my patients since integrating MTY into my practice. Patient visits now include…
Ginger is an amazing instructor and her passion is contagious. This program gives me hope for healthcare.
Ginger’s PYTI program has restored my love and perspective that physical therapy is a healing ART. I had been feeling uninspired, deflated by the obstacles in the healthcare/insurance system, and was losing sight of what drew me to the healthcare field in the first place. PYTI gave me a solid evidence based framework from which…
My wife and I both took your yoga PYT course in the 90s in Minneapolis Minnesota. I just wanted to let you know that I have been in love with yoga ever since then and continue to practice it several times a week period I also incorporate parts of it in my practice as a…
Medical Therapeutic Yoga is also beneficial for the physical therapist. This methodology teaches the patient how to heal all aspects of their wellbeing and utilizes a team approach to care, thereby decreasing the pressure of the therapist to “fix” the patient. MTY has helped me tremendously to better handle stressful situations and has actually helped…
Ginger’s program is a gift for health care practitioners . It has fulfilled a deep desire for learning, for me. Thank you for creating it and keeping it flexible to let it evolve, with more research. Ginger, you have empowered me as a PT to approach the clinicians and share this model in a language,…
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