Intro to OTA 1301
Fall 2013
Trends in Healthcare Yoga and Occupational Therapy
Miguel A. Rivas 204050801
Introduction
Yoga is another healing modality that helps with the body-mind connection, which has been around, and has been practiced for thousands of years; this type of therapy is a combination of specific methods designed to develop every aspect of the individual: physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. This type of therapy is a holistic system that integrates the various branches of Yoga in order to bring about a complete and harmonious development of the individual. The idea of this technique practice is to unite the many …show more content…
It is important to consider the personal commitment that the practice of
Yoga requires. All kind of tensions, worries, concerns, memories, and problems could be released, and it could be debated whether a person with a depressive or psychotic background would be able to process this information. The use of yoga as a support for the personal development of the patient can be therefore negative be recommended, but potential problems should be kept in mind to avoid any negative experiences during the therapy. Interrupting the stream of thought: Practicing yoga on a daily basis, ensures that even for just a few moments, an individual can escape the day’s endless stream of thoughts and worries, and find space to reflect on their actions. Thinking positive thoughts, helps a person stay focus with reality, more positive and receptive to reality; focusing on problems or injuries can bring depression; and thinking angry thoughts can leave a person less receptive to therapy or increasing the healing time from …show more content…
The combination of physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation techniques has been shown to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, regulate heart rate, increase the healing length, and even slow down the aging process. Yoga, in common with other mind and body practices, encourages an increasingly calm mental state as the body intensifies its muscular work during rehabilitation. Yoga postures involve the repeated contraction and relaxation of large muscle groups, which signal the brain to release specific neurotransmitters that make you feel simultaneously relaxed and more receptive during any type of therapy.
There are many different forms of yoga which will benefit patients during the healing process, including slow paced styles, and others of more physical intensity. The practice of yoga as a therapy will provide essential preconditions that are beneficial for the rehabilitation and healing process of an injury; the following are few of the benefits of it: physical relaxation, stress reduction, creating space in one’s thinking, profiting from the orientation level of thinking and doing, and will bring good results and changes physically and