Yoga Therapeutics re-engages the body’s natural healing mechanisms through the use of Anusara Yoga alignment principles, restorative yoga and breath techniques. This comprehensive approach supports specific areas of the body to heal as well as strengthening the body systemically so you can recover from injury, surgery or a variety of stress-related and/or immune system disorders.
 
Anusara Yoga (www.anusarayoga.com) is an exceptionally therapeutic yoga system that integrates biomechanics with the timeless teachings of yoga. It helps to find the optimal alignment in the body to enhance posture, balance, and energy. Anusara aligns the body through a set of principles that are easily accessed regardless of previous yoga background. Utilizing these actions through a wide range of yoga poses helps to integrate this new body knowledge and use it in all of life’s activities. Anusara is an all-inclusive yoga system where each student’s unique abilities and limitations are honored. This accessibility empowers you to fully participate in your healing process.

Stress is recognized as a major component in disease processes and as an inhibitor to injury recovery. Restorative yoga and Yogic Breathing processes are an antidote to stress, balancing our nervous system, re-oxygenating our cells and restoring and supporting our immune system. The use of props and breathing techniques in restorative yoga helps supports total relaxation, pain relief, blood flow and the gentle opening of chronically tight muscle groups.

Illustrated handouts and specific instructions are provided in all workshops to support your healing at work, home and play.

Individualized therapeutic programs can be developed in private sessions with Jim ($50/hour)or check our workshops page for monthly therapeutic workshops. Illustrated handouts and specific instructions are provided in all workshops to support your healing at work, home and play.To schedule a private or register for a workshop contact yogajim@stillmovingyoga.com


"The neck and shoulder workshop has given me better tools in dealing with my shoulder condition. The postural queues are a great map in navigating through imbalances and discomforts and to bring better alignment into my body. I have been working with a couple of the poses and feeling a difference already. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight." -Michelle Larrain

Jim Gillen is a Registered Yoga Teacher, International Association of Yoga Therapist member and an affiliated Anusara yoga instructor. He co-founded Still Moving Yoga studio in 1997 and teaches the yoga therapeutic workshops at Amrita, a sanctuary for Yoga. Jim also teaches yoga at Physical Therapy Associates, The MAC club, and Portland Parks & Recreation. His yoga therapeutics training has been with John Friend (founder of Anusara Yoga), Sarahjoy Marsh, and Julie Gudmestad (physical therapist and writer of Yoga Journal’s yoga anatomy columns). In 2003 he produced Yoga Renewal, an instructional CD for home practice. Jim was also an instructor at the Winter Park National Sports Center for the Disabled for four years.