It’s widely known that Yoga can enhance your physical and emotional well being, but when Yoga is practiced with a therapeutic intention in the form of Yoga Therapy, it can help prevent and aid recovery from physical and mental ailments.

The applications range anywhere from keeping your good health, to recovering from various conditions-in some cases, even those considered incurable. The first and elemental stage of healing involves the movement of vital force in the system. It is known that every illness involves a certain level of blockage of energy or that every time energy gets blocked it results in illness. By promoting the flow of ‘prana’ or vital force, Yoga combats those blockages, restoring the basic condition for health. Some common applications serve structural problems such as spine misalignments or joint function. Deeper applications relate to, for example, AIDS and cancer. Further along, by way of different specific actions such as massage, stretching or alterations of the circulatory patterns, yoga promotes specific changes in muscles, joints and organs altering the vital functions of the body.

More than following just one style or one branch of Yoga, Yoga Therapy feeds from virtually all styles and branches, combining the tools that each one of them bring in the design of a Yoga Sadhana, or routine that addresses the given condition. All styles point in the same direction, towards the self. A deeper connection with the self leads to a better understanding of who we are and what we need.
The term Sadhana describes two things.

• The mat or piece of fabric that is practiced upon. This gathers the energy that is generated and the experience that is reached through the practice which is then evoked by the very presence of the mat or cloth.
• The practice itself.
  

The practice can range from as wide as the entire entourage of the spiritual techniques that are performed, to the most minute punctual mix that addresses a particular issue. The relevance is not simply focused bodily, mentally or spiritually, it addresses every aspect of the being. The more we understand ourselves, the clearer it becomes what is needed in the practice.

Even though different Yoga Therapists follow different procedures to establish the Sadhana, a pretty general scheme would first determine the condition to be treated and then the person’s general abilities. Then the techniques can be chosen from the different realms of action that Yoga includes and that would best serve the therapeutic process. At last, the logistical aspects of the execution of the Sadhana should be determined, such as order of practice and number of repetitions. The person then can practice this Sadhana on his/her own or receive the expert guidance of a Yoga Therapist. The Sadhana is then updated according to the progress that the student accomplishes. Even though there are Yoga Therapy groups, the discipline benefits more from individual work where you have the opportunity to devote time to satiate the personal need for knowledge and also to express and/or analyze the progress and what comes forth as a result of the application of the Sadhana with acceptance and a non-judgmental attitude.

From the perspective of an instructor, the more styles and techniques the instructor has in his serve of knowledge, the more he is able to create the most effective blend to enhance the fullest experience of life.

Satyoga defines a personal way of understanding, practicing and teaching yoga.

SAT refers to 'Divine Truth', the laws of creation, which are true with or without our consent. Satyoga is the practice of those truths to the best of our ability to become one with those truths.

Such laws are universal and apply to all interactions inside of us as well as outside of us. For example: “As above, so below” refers to the universal validity of such truths. All that is valid for the macrocosm (in the planetary realm, the planets revolve around the sun); is also valid for the microcosm (in the atomic realm, the electrons revolve around the nucleus.) And that which applies at the physical level also applies at the psychological level. In that sense, our thinking revolves around a thought.


The aim is to reach the state of Ananda or happiness in peace. This is the peace and happiness that comes from acknowledging change as the only constant. Within that sense we are not the “good” one, “bright” one, “healthy” one, “rich” one, or “gifted” one. Neither are we the “bad” one, “dark” one, “sick” one, “poor” one, or the “deprived” one. We are simply the “Ones” in transition from one extreme to the other and back again.

The intention of Satyoga is to find the blend of techniques that will suit our needs while respecting our personal abilities to become more in accordance with the laws of the Universe.