I’ve come to believe that most powerful aspect of yoga that I can impart to my patients is dhyana, or meditation. Countless studies affirm the benefits across a range of body systems, but the most immediate for my needs is helping people address pain.
Joy McKinney PT
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…
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…
MTY has become an integral component of my physical therapy practice. I specialize in the treatment of men and women with a variety of pelvic and orthopedic symptoms, including persistent pain, bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction, general weakness and pregnancy-related symptoms. My focus as a physical therapist is to help my clients restore comfortable movement…
The impact Ginger’s program has made on my life is staggering. It has changed my perspective as a clinician completely and has allowed me to look forward to treating even the most complex patients with less fear of failure. It has provided me with a palpable presence when connecting with patients and taught me how…
“I wish I knew then what I know now.” How many times have we all said that? I believe that everything happens for a reason and I probably needed to be seasoned. But as a practicing physical therapist of 40 years, I can think of more than a few patients, myself included, that could have…
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…
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