How is Yoga for Recovery specially sensitized for helping persons recovering from addiction?
Yoga of Recovery is based on the practices of classical yoga, which includes the Four Paths of Yoga – Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. The Yoga of Recovery course for counselors is not exclusively a hatha yoga training course. We have yoga teachers and non-yoga teachers (social workers, youth leaders, therapists etc.) on the courses. We honor the training the yoga teachers come in with and develop their ability to teach to the varied audiences of people in recovery by bringing the wisdom of the 4 paths of yoga to the physical practice of yoga. Yoga teachers learn how to augment and be sensitive to the needs and vulnerabilities of persons recovering from addiction. The physical practice encompasses spiritual, emotional, and pranic aspects of healing.
