Yoga Therapy

Yoga Therapy is a specialized and advanced application of yoga that integrates with traditional medical interventions. Adding a yoga therapy component to your recovery or wellness efforts can provide you will the tools to maintain gains and return to a previous level of activity. Yoga therapy can also help to feel safe in a group yoga setting, especially if you’ve suffered an injury.

Because yoga therapy is a specialized service, it is necessary to have a 1:1 intake with our yoga therapist as your first private session and prior to joining the yoga therapy clinic. Once you’ve completed the first session, you will be provided more information about booking future appointments.

Learn some of the benefits of yoga therapy and how it might benefit you. For a more detailed view into what it takes to be a yoga therapist, be sure to check out our dicussion with Veronica Zador C-IAYT, founder of Namaste Yoga and the International Institute of Yoga Therapy.

Yoga Therapy Options

Walk-in Clinic

  • Join our walk-in Yoga Therapy Clinics on Fridays from 1-3 p.m.

  • $35 per person

Consultation

  • Complete your medical history & intake before your first appointment HERE.

  • $55 per person

Full Intake

  • We will complete your medical history and intake with you.

  • $125 per person

  • Yoga therapy is designed to help assist and then help empower people to successfully adapt to the process of recovery, to accomplish healing goals and to sustain a higher quality of life using yoga therapy techniques as a complementary modality.

    Yoga therapy is part of the system of traditional complementary healing modalities that help foster recovery, health and well-being through simple, effective and adaptive physical movements, breathing and relaxation techniques.

    As a lifestyle component, yoga therapy techniques serve people who wish to be more involved in their own healing process and oversee aspects of their own health and wellness.

    Yoga therapy can be offered individually or in a group setting.

  • The goal of yoga therapy is to offer a personalized yoga regimen specific to their individual needs that is simple and consistent. Each person is able to develop skills to manage and sustain their own sense of well-being, strength, and stability.

  • Yoga therapy can include instruction in:

    • stress management and the reversal or elimination of stress related conditions

    • yoga techniques that help promote restfulness and relaxation

    • yoga techniques that help with weight management

    • yoga techniques that help with structural, musculoskeletal issues

    • yoga techniques that assist with management of MS

    • yoga techniques that help offset the effects of depression

    • yoga techniques that help increase energy, focus and concentration

    • prenatal yoga

    • yoga techniques for pre and post-surgery

    • yoga techniques that assist with end of life and grief management

  • A Yoga Therapist is well educated and well experienced in the study of yoga and is able to substantiate proficiency in the yoga philosophies of health and healing, ethics, techniques, methodologies and practical applications as they apply to yoga. Generally, yoga therapy programs involve at least 500 hours of study as well as additional hours of documented clinical experience.

    Namaste’s owner, Ken Aubuchon, is a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) through the Beaumont School of Yoga Therapy, led by Veronica Zador, the founder of Namaste Yoga. Certified Yoga Therapists complete 800 hours of instruction plus an externship in hospital and clinical settings. Ken has worked with IIYT at Henry Ford Hospital in downtown Royal Oak.

Testimonials

  • " I feel I will greatly benefit from the practice that yoga therapist Ken Aubuchon created for me. He was very thorough in making sure he understood the physical issues I wanted to address, and in explaining how each posture would affect certain parts of the body. He created a flow of postures that made sense to me and he repeatedly asked along the way if I had questions. The session was not rushed and he was very generous with his time. After the session he sent me detailed notes for the sequence he devised and I’m very satisfied with the whole experience."

    -Cheri G.

  • “Attending the yoga therapy intake meeting was a great experience for me. I was greeted with genuine care by the yoga therapist and put me at ease. During the intake session, the therapist took the time to understand my specific needs and concerns. He asked thoughtful questions, delving into my physical well-being. I felt understood throughout the entire conversation. The therapist's knowledge and expertise in yoga therapy were evident as he explained how specific practices could benefit me. What was most helpful for me was the personalized approach the therapist took. He showed me how he can tailor the yoga poses to address my challenges, ensuring that each practice and technique would contribute to my overall well-being. The yoga therapist’s explanations were clear and easy to follow. Overall, the yoga therapy intake meeting exceeded my expectations. I left feeling inspired, motivated, and confident that I was choosing the right place for my needs. I highly recommend this yoga studio to anyone seeking a holistic approach to wellness.”

    -Diane S.