Yoga Therapy

When it comes to eating disorder recovery, I believe we must include the body in the process of healing our minds, and yoga therapy is one way we can do that. Through centering exercises, discussion, gentle movement, breathing practices, yoga philosophies, and goal setting to foster healing, yoga therapy teaches you to reconnect with your body and create coping skills for recovery and life.

What You Will Learn

Each 60-minute online yoga therapy session will be tailored to meet your specific needs, goals, and intentions and includes a combination of discussion, yoga poses, breathing exercises, mental techniques, meditation, relaxation, and lifestyle education. Our work together will be goal oriented to support you in your recovery and life, and care can be coordinated with your other outpatient team members. Yoga therapy is a wonderful complement to your work with a therapist, dietician, and other care providers. Here at Yoga for Eating Disorders we have a highly experienced and compassionate team of yoga therapists, all of whom have lived experience with eating disorders and recovery and are honored to support you on your journey.

Here’s some things you will learn in yoga therapy sessions:

  • Yoga poses/shapes to learn to reconnect with your body.

  • Breathing and grounding techniques to help calm spinning thoughts, urges, overwhelm, and anxiety.

  • Yoga concepts to offer new ways to think about your thoughts, actions, and body.

  • How to observe yourself and others instead of judge.

  • How to be present.

  • How to exercise personal agency and choice.

  • The power of mantra and meditation.

  • And so much more.

Benefits

Everyone's experience with and goals for yoga therapy and eating disorder recovery will be unique, but here is a list of some of the general benefits based on what clients have shared and current research.

  • Emotional regulation.

  • Nervous system regulation.

  • Redefine the relationship with your body.

  • Cultivate compassion and curiosity about your body.

  • Explore moments of feeling comfortable in your body.

  • Strengthen your self-expression.

  • Reframe how and why we feed our bodies.

  • Expand your world to be so much more than food, symptoms, and body image.

  • Cultivate self-reliance.

  • Increase self-worth.

  • Enhance physical strength and health.

  • Establish new beliefs grounded in health versus disordered eating.

  • Complement traditional forms of treatment and therapy.

“From breathing exercises to yoga poses to writing activities to mantras, you are equipped with strategies that enable you to focus on what’s necessary to move forward.”
— Ingrid Fedge, Colorado
“Yoga therapy has helped me to completely transform my relationship with food and more notably, to deepen my relationship with myself. I am so very grateful for her heartfelt guidance.”
— Suzanne, New Hampshire

Meet Our Yoga Therapists

  • Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, C-IAYT

    FOUNDER & YOGA THERAPIST

    Jennifer is an author and certified yoga therapist specializing in eating disorders. She is passionate about guiding others in incorporating the teachings and practices of yoga into their recovery care plan.

  • Niya Bajaj, C-IAYT

    YOGA THERAPIST

    Niya is an award-winning mentor, philanthropist, and certified yoga therapist. She focuses on the whole person, taking the experience of body, breath and mind into account.

  • Mary Barton

    YOGA THERAPIST

    Yoga helped Mary reconnect to the physical, emotional and spiritual parts of herself that had been lost from an eating disorder. Mary’s journey led to her to now help others find healing and recovery through yoga.

  • Keren Eshed, MA

    YOGA THERAPIST

    Keren is dedicated to supporting individuals to reconnect with their whole self through the practices of yoga, meditation, breathwork, and yoga philosophy.

  • Erika Tenenbaum, C-IAYT

    YOGA THERAPIST

    Erika has been a yoga teacher and educator for over two decades. Her ongoing yoga studies helps ground her as she continues to navigate her evolution, and she is honored to be of service in helping others as they evolve.

Schedule a Free Discovery Call

If you are curious about how yoga therapy can be helpful in your eating disorder recovery, let's connect on a free Discovery Call. Whether you are new to yoga or are an experienced practitioner, there's so much to discover about how this practice can heal, empower, and offer new tools to support your recovery care plan. During our call, I will give an overview of what a yoga therapy session looks like, explain how our work will positively impact your recovery and work with other providers, and gladly answer all of your questions. If none of the times on my calendar fit your schedule, please get in touch and we will find a time that works for you. Note that times available are Eastern Time Zone.